2003 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 27
• Labour 8
• Independent 4

Results

Adur Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11			+4	73.3	46.8	7,167	-2.5%
	Labour	4			-3	26.7	31.5	4,831	-9.1%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	1,713	+10.5%
	Independent	0			-1	0	4.0	607	-0.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	556	+1.9%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	442	+0.8%

Ward results

Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debra Kennard	901	69.1	+0.2
	Labour	Peter Osmond	257	19.7	−2.9
	Green	Frank Tilsley	145	11.1	+11.1
Majority			644	49.4	+3.1
Turnout			1,303	34

Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Bradburn	433	40.3	−16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gibson	235	21.9	+21.9
	Independent	Joy Hartley	214	19.9	+19.9
	Labour	Jeannette White	192	17.9	−14.8
Majority			198	18.4	−5.3
Turnout			1,074	28

Cokeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Yate	553	55.4	−2.5
	Conservative	Brian Boggis	444	44.5	+2.4
Majority			109	10.9	−4.9
Turnout			997	28

Eastbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Eade	562	46.0	+2.8
	Labour	Simon Thorpe	488	40.0	−16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Painter	171	14.0	+14.0
Majority			74	6.0
Turnout			1,221	35

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Eade	602	50.4	+6.2
	Labour	Brian Whipp	419	35.1	−20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert King	174	14.6	+14.6
Majority			183	15.3
Turnout			1,195	36

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Mills	485	47.1	−7.6
	Labour	Jean Woolgar	239	23.2	−3.1
	Independent	Denise Ferris	170	16.5	+16.5
	UKIP	Lionel Parsons	136	13.2	−5.8
Majority			246	23.9	−4.5
Turnout			1,030	31

Mash Barn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Eves	247	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Burt	193	27.8
	Labour	Ann Bridges	153	22.0
	Independent	Patrick Beresford	81	11.7
	Green	Peter Franks-Lovell	21	3.0
Majority			54	7.7
Turnout			695	24

Peverel (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Collard	419
	Conservative	Andrew McGregor	402
	Labour	Joyce Burns	228
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Clarke	214
	Labour	John Wales	180
Turnout			1,443	26

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Howitt	286	74.3
	Conservative	Henry Treadwell	99	25.7
Majority			187	48.6
Turnout			385	45

St. Nicolas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Howard	642	48.5	−1.3
	Labour	Alan Heselden	360	27.2	−4.7
	Green	Moyra Martin	203	15.3	+6.8
	UKIP	Kenneth Bishop	119	9.0	−0.7
Majority			282	21.3	+3.4
Turnout			1,324	35

Southlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Berry	503
	Labour	Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth	385
	Conservative	Felicity Deen	364
	Conservative	Laura Graysmark	361
	Liberal Democrats	Sydney Little	170
	Green	Louis Gibbs	109
	UKIP	Eric Faulkner-Little	108
	UKIP	Michael Henn	79
Turnout			2,079	36

Southwick Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Betty	544	50.6	−10.6
	Labour	Steven Carden	261	24.3	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stuart	192	17.9	+17.9
	Green	Esther Rees	78	7.3	+7.3
Majority			283	26.3	+3.9
Turnout			1,075	29

Widewater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Turner	662	44.3	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Martin	364	24.3	+24.3
	Labour	Adrienne Lowe	327	21.9	−23.6
	Independent	Edwina Weekes	142	9.5	+9.5
Majority			298	20.0	+11.0
Turnout			1,495	33

References

• BBC report of 2003 Adur election result