Colchester Borough Council election, 2003

May 5, 2003 (2003-05-05)

20 seats (out of 60 seats) 31 seats seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrat	Conservative	Labour
Last election	26	24	6
Seats before	25	24	6
Seats won	26	23	6
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	8,740	10,844	5,325
Percentage	32.4	40.3	19.8
Swing	1.7	2.4	2.1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Green
Last election	4	0
Seats before	5	0
Seats won	3	0
Seat change	2	0
Popular vote	1,563	370
Percentage	3.8	1.4
Swing	2.0	0.2

Map of the results of the 2003 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

The 2003 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party with 24 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 23 seats, Labour had 4 seats, there were 8 independents and 1 seat was vacant after the sitting Labour councillor moved to Scotland.^[2] The council was run by a cabinet comprising 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 Labour members.^[3]

21 seats were being contested, with 2 seats available in Wivenhoe Cross due to the vacancy.^[2] The remaining 20 seats all had the sitting councillors defending their seats and included the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrew's and the Conservative mayor Nigel Chapman in Fordham and Stour.^[2] Meanwhile, in High Woods, Ian Ringer, defended the seat as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats earlier in 2003.^[2]

Election result

Prior to the election, 3 Liberal Democrat councillors from Highwoods ward defected and sat as Independents, reducing the Liberal Democrat group to 23 councillors.

Following the election Bob Newman left the Labour group to sit as an independent, reducing Labour to 4 councillors.^[3]^[4] Labour then went into opposition after refusing to work with the Conservatives and a new cabinet was formed with 4 Conservative and 4 Liberal Democrat members.^[3]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2003^[5]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	3	3	0	47.6	40.6	11,108	+1.1%
	Liberal Democrat	8	2	0	+2	38.1	32.0	8,740	-4.4%
	Labour	2	1	1	0	9.5	20.0	5,467	+0.9%
	Independent	1	0	2	-2	4.8	5.7	1,563	+2.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	370	+0.2%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	96	+0.3%

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Three of the single-seat wards (Dedham & Langham, East Donyland, Marks Tey) were not up for election this year. Neither were three of the two-seat wards (Harbour, Lexden, St John's).

Berechurch Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Elizabeth Brooks	746	52.09%
	Labour	Julia Thomas	404	28.21%
	Conservative	Sarah Elizabeth Deborah McLean	274	19.13%
Majority			342	23.88%
Turnout			1432	24.5	-6.5%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Birch & Winstree Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Crowe	966	71.82%
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Ronald Woodward	190	14.13%
	Labour	Audrey Mary Spencer	183	13.61%
Majority			776	57.70%
Turnout			1345	31.0	-8.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Jones	903	54.40%
	Conservative	Pauline Ruth Lucas	404	24.34%
	Labour	Malcolm Peter Cannon	210	12.65%
	Green	Walter Schwarz	132	7.95%
Majority			499	30.06%
Turnout			1660	28.6%	-3.4%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Christ Church Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Clifford Hunt	662	48.01%
	Conservative	Roger Buston	587	42.57%
	Labour	David John Canning	124	8.99%
Majority			75	5.44%
Turnout			1379	43.4%	+3.4%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Copford & West Stanway Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Elizabeth Jewell Blundell	353	70.46%	-4.69%
	Independent	Patrick James Mead	70	13.97%	+13.97%
	Labour	Anna Geraldine Trudgian	40	7.98%	+7.98%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Scott-Boutell	37	7.39%	-17.07%
Majority			283	56.49%	+5.81%
Turnout			501	34.0%	-1.0%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fordham & Stour Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nigel Albert Chapman	797	71.93%
	Liberal Democrat	Wilma Margaret Sutton	161	14.53%
	Labour	Gary Griffiths	144	13.00%
Majority			636	57.40%
Turnout			1108	27.6%	-5.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter John Chillingworth	645	68.62%	+2.88%
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Catney	196	20.85%	-13.41%
	Labour	Alan Frederick Trudigan	108	11.49%	+11.49%
Majority			449	47.77%	+16.29%
Turnout			940	42.7%	+2.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highwoods Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Maris Elizabeth Fuller	417	32.33%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Geoffrey Hayman	408	31.63%
	Independent	Ian Vernon Ringer^{[lower-alpha 1]}	339	26.28%
	Labour	Edmund John Chinnery	121	9.38%
Majority			9	0.70%
Turnout			1290	22.0%	+2.0%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Mile End Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Turrell	589	44.25%
	Conservative	Shahid Naim Husain	400	30.05%
	Labour	Janet Rosehart Smith	171	12.85%
	Independent	Jane Chinnery	124	9.32%
	Green	Mary Hilda Bryan	40	3.01%
Majority			189	14.20%
Turnout			1331	26.3%	+0.3%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

New Town Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Donaldson Fisher	767	54.98%
	Conservative	Glenn Bath	325	23.30%
	Labour	Jane Maureen Green	281	20.14%
Majority			442	31.68%
Turnout			1395	22.9%	-3.1%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Clark Gray	1,044	48.3
	Conservative	Ronald Alfred Levy	935	43.3
	Labour	Luke Michael Powell Dopson	182	8.4
Majority			109	5.0
Turnout			2,161	36.2%	-0.8%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

St Andrew's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Timothy Jon Young	813	61.92%
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Elizabeth Berriman	270	20.56%
	Conservative	Anne Allan	184	14.01%
	Socialist Alliance	Jeremy (Jim) Stuart Jepps	41	3.12%
Majority			543	41.36%
Turnout			1313	19.7%	-0.3%
	Labour hold		Swing

St Annes's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Richard Cook	853	58.38%
	Labour	Peter Raymond Brine	295	20.19%
	Conservative	Angus James Carstairs Allan	283	19.37%
	Socialist Alliance	David Alexander Isaacson	31	2.12%
Majority			558	38.19%
Turnout			1461	22.7%	-2.3%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard William Bourne	596	38.01%
	Conservative	Alan Herbert Scattergood	530	33.80%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Williamson	408	26.02%
	Socialist Alliance	John Eric Coombes	24	1.53%
Majority			66	4.21%
Turnout			1568	24.5%	-0.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanway Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Scott-Boutell	918	52.31%
	Conservative	John Paul Reeves	610	34.76%
	Labour	John Spademan	222	12.65%
Majority			308	17.55%
Turnout			1755	28.8%	-5.2%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tiptree

Tiptree Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Fairley Crowe	546	35.0
	Independent (politician)	Anne Burgess	542	34.7
	Labour	Alan Mogridge	415	26.6
	Green	Stella Barnes	56	3.6
Majority
Turnout			1561	26.4%	-2.6%
	Conservative gain from Tiptree Residents

West Bergholt & Ash Green Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jill Mary Tod	774	66.38%
	Liberal Democrat	Una Jacqueline Myra Jones	238	20.41%
	Labour	Ian John Yates	149	12.78%
Majority			536	45.97%
Turnout			1166	30.3%	-2.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Anne Kimberley	1107	63.01%
	Labour	Bry Whittle Mogridge	359	20.43%
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Charles Laurance Baker	249	14.17%
Majority			748	42.57%
Turnout			1757	30.1%	-0.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross Ward (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Alexander Adams	313
	Conservative	Eugene Kraft	264
	Labour	Aulay MacKenzie	172
	Labour	Paul Anthony Bishop	142
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Wlliam James	101
Turnout			544	16.8%	-0.2%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Richard Davies	488	35.59%
	Conservative	Kenneth Rogers	394	28.74%
	Labour	Stephen Charles Ford	336	24.51%
	Green	Christopher James Fox	142	10.36%
Majority			94	6.9
Turnout			1371	35.6%	-2.4%
	Independent hold		Swing

↑ The Independent candidate in Highwoods ward was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2002.

By-elections between 2003 and 2004

A by-election took place on 22 April 2004 after the death of the independent councillor Richard Davies.^[9]

Wivenhoe Quay By-Election 22 April 2004^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Ford	626	34.4	+9.7
	Conservative	Anne Quarrie	614	33.7	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Jacobs	581	31.9	+31.9
Majority			12	0.7
Turnout			1,821	44.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Colchester : Hung council on election night". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 May 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 "Essex: Politicians set to slug it out". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 April 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 "Colchester : No Labour place on council cabinet". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Wivenhoe: Councillor Newman leaves Labour". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "BBC News Vote 2003 Local Elections". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
1 2 "Colchester Borough Council Elections 1 May 2003 - Results". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
↑ "Colchester election results 2003". East Anglian Daily Times. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ "Summary of the number of votes cast and % turnout". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ "Wivenhoe: Man defends election call that cost £1, 400". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 17 March 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 May 2014.

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