Brentwood Borough Council election, 2003

Elections to Brentwood Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election, all seats last being elected in 2002 following boundary changes. Twelve years of Liberal Democrat control ended with the council passing into no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Liberal Democrat 18
Conservative 16
Labour 3

Election result

Brentwood Borough Council Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	2	0	+2	50.0	47.4	7,414	+5.7%
	Liberal Democrat	5	0	2	-2	41.7	36.5	5,698	-5.2%
	Labour	1	1	0	+1	8.3	10.8	1,688	-0.1%
	Liberal	0	0	1	-1	0.0	2.9	456	+1.0%
	New Britain	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	219	+1.4%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	151	+0.3%
	Others	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	-1.5%

The swing was 5.5% from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives.

Ward results

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brentwood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Reg Straw	597	45.7	-4.9
	Conservative	Margaret Hamilton	461	35.3	+6.4
	Labour	Roy Goddard	150	11.5	+0.5
	Green	Frank Seckleman	96	7.4	-2.3
Majority			136	10.4	-11.3
Turnout			1,306	28.6	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-5.7

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brentwood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	David Hann	564	40.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Hogan	481	34.6	+5.1
	Conservative	Louise Monnickendam	337	24.3	+0.8
Majority			83	6.0	-3.0
Turnout			1,389	35.2	-2.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-0.9

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brentwood West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Wheatley	560	54.4	-1.3
	Conservative	Peter Cullum	378	36.7	+6.9
	Labour	Cornelius Maxey	91	8.8	+0.9
Majority			182	17.7	-8.2
Turnout			1,030	25.3	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-4.1

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Brizes & Doddinghurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Brown	850	66.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Robin Maillard	356	27.7	+2.8
	Labour	Michele Wigram	77	6.0	-4.7
Majority			494	38.4	+4.1
Turnout			1,287	28.1	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+2.0

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gordon MacLellan	662	54.5	+18.3
	Liberal	Roy Boggis	456	37.6	-1.0
	Labour	Richard Burns	92	7.6	+2.6
Majority			206	17.0	+7.3
Turnout			1,214	42.0	-0.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.6

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Hutton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Hossack	556	57.6	+17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Tilley	326	33.8	-10.0
	Labour	William Harman	77	8.0	-2.4
Majority			230	23.8	+20.2
Turnout			965	34.6	-0.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+13.7

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Hutton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dudley Payne	649	60.7	+18.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Suckling	315	29.5	-13.1
	Labour	Charles Bisson	101	9.4	+0.6
Majority			334	31.2	+27.8
Turnout			1,069	34.0	-4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.6

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sarah Courage	1,057	55.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Anslow	497	25.9	-8.9
	New Britain	Arthur Howes	219	11.4	+11.4
	Labour	Richard Margrave	79	4.1	-1.2
	Green	Beryl Lankester	55	2.9	-1.9
Majority			560	29.2	+10.6
Turnout			1,916	41.3	-5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Pilgrims Hatch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Myers	718	52.3	-5.3
	Conservative	Kathryn Dean	499	36.4	+9.6
	Labour	Richard Bingley	149	10.9	+1.8
Majority			219	16.0	-14.7
Turnout			1,372	30.1	-5.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-7.4

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Shenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Baker	1,141	75.6	+21.8
	Liberal Democrat	Max Gottesmann	239	15.8	-3.7
	Labour	Bernadette Pavitt	123	8.1	+1.4
Majority			902	59.7	+31.8
Turnout			1,510	36.5	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.7

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Tipps Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Madeline Henwood	665	56.5	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alastair Wakeley	456	38.8	-1.5
	Labour	Robert Gow	54	4.6	-1.2
Majority			209	17.8	+9.6
Turnout			1,176	39.4	-3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.7

Brentwood Borough Council elections, 2003: Warley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Hubbard	659	45.5	-0.8
	Conservative	Joan Holmes	653	45.1	+6.5
	Labour	Peter Anderson	131	9.0	+1.1
Majority			6	0.4	-7.2
Turnout			1,448	33.2	-4.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-3.6

Composition of expiring seats before election

Ward	Party	Incumbent Elected	Incumbent	Stood?
Brentwood North	Liberal Democrats	2002	Reg Straw	Reelected
Brentwood South	Liberal Democrats	2002	Margaret Hogan	Yes
Brentwood West	Liberal Democrats	2002	Allan Wheatley	Reelected
Brizes & Doddinghurst	Liberal Democrats	2002	Colin Brown	Reelected
Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon	Liberal	2002	Roy Boggis	Yes
Hutton East	Liberal Democrats	2002	Stephen Tilley	Yes
Hutton North	Conservative	2002	Dudley Payne	Reelected
Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing	Conservative	2002	Sarah Courage	Reelected
Pilgrims Hatch	Liberal Democrats	2002	Charles Myers	Reelected
Shenfield	Conservative	2002	Philip Baker	Reelected
Tipps Cross	Conservative	2002	Madeline Henwood	Reelected
Warley	Liberal Democrats	2002	Jill Hubbard	Reelected

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