North Somerset Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, independent in grey and Green Party in green.

The 2003 North Somerset Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Election result

North Somerset Local Election Result 2003^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24			-8	39.3	37.6	38,862
	Liberal Democrat	23			+11	37.7	38.0	39,307
	Labour	10			-1	16.4	20.0	20,620
	Independent	3			-1	4.9	3.7	3,781
	Green	1			0	1.6	0.6	627
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.1	124
	Others	0			-1	0	0	0

Ward results

Backwell (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Felicity Baker	1,023
	Conservative	Peter Burden	903
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Madge	648
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Armstrong	517
	Labour	David Punter	234
Turnout			3,325

Banwell and Winscombe (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ann Harley	1,311
	Conservative	Anthony Lake	1,297
	Conservative	Hugh Parsons	1,261
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bibb	846
	Liberal Democrat	Amanda Brading	801
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Luke	649
	Labour	Stanley Banks	336
	Labour	Simon Arlidge	324
	Labour	Andrew Hughes	263
Turnout			7,088

Blagdon and Churchill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Wells	644	57.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hughes	372	33.4
	Labour	Ernest Barnhurst	98	8.8
Majority			272	24.4
Turnout			1,114

Clevedon Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Nobes	375	51.1
	Conservative	Carl Francis-Pester	219	29.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Carpenter	140	19.1
Majority			156	21.3
Turnout			734

Clevedon East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Shopland	445	47.7
	Conservative	William Lavelle	227	24.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Mclean	144	15.4
	Labour	Jeremy Callaghan	117	12.5
Majority			218	23.4
Turnout			933

Clevedon North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lionel Bates	495	58.4
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Watkins	229	27.0
	Labour	John Farley	123	14.5
Majority			266	31.4
Turnout			847

Clevedon South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Cotton	316	39.4
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Watkins	271	33.7
	Conservative	Christopher Blades	216	26.9
Majority			45	5.6
Turnout			803

Clevedon Walton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Morris	592	52.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jack Dagnall	537	47.6
Majority			55	4.9
Turnout			1,129

Clevedon West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chanel Stevens	409	45.9
	Conservative	Ericka Blades	251	28.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Mcneill	231	25.9
Majority			158	17.7
Turnout			891

Clevedon Yeo^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Norton-Sealey	351	45.7
	Labour	Bryan Moore	240	31.3
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Carpenter	177	23.0
Majority			111	14.5
Turnout			768

Congresbury^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Thomas Leimdorfer	627	58.7
	Conservative	Gillian Bute	442	41.3
Majority			185	17.3
Turnout			1,069

Easton-in-Gordano^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Fisher	636	61.4
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Griggs	237	22.9
	Labour	Derek Waters	163	15.7
Majority			399	38.5
Turnout			1,036

Gordano^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Ashton	639	67.1
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Pritchard	198	20.8
	Labour	Barry Cooper	115	12.1
Majority			441	46.3
Turnout			952

Hutton and Locking (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ian Peddlesden	1,039
	Conservative	Elfan Rees	946
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Mcgrath	687
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Bartlett	637
	Labour	Timothy Taylor	270
	Labour	David Roxburgh	220
Turnout			3,799

Kewstoke^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Porter	424	52.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	255	31.7
	Labour	Jacqueline Scholes	125	15.5
Majority			169	21.0
Turnout			804

Nailsea East (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Cole	1,119
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Coleman	986
	Conservative	Angela Barber	836
	Conservative	Anita Heappey	663
Turnout			3,604

Nailsea North and West (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Steadman	1,062
	Conservative	Jeremy Blatchford	1,031
	Liberal Democrat	James Tonkin	960
	Conservative	Mary Blatchford	958
	Conservative	Suzanne Williams	955
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Clarke	954
	Labour	Julian Parry	756
	Labour	Sarah Obrien	745
	Labour	Catherine Elliott	738
Turnout			8,159

Pill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glyndwr Duck	587	61.2
	Conservative	Adrian Phillips	222	23.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Maw	150	15.6
Majority			365	38.1
Turnout			959

Portishead Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	John Clark	204	41.3
	Conservative	James Mcmurray	174	35.2
	Labour	Andrew Hamblin	116	23.5
Majority			30	6.1
Turnout			494

Portishead Coast^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Walters	608	59.5
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Palmer	414	40.5
Majority			194	19.0
Turnout			1,022

Portishead East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Terry	386	39.4
	Liberal Democrat	Daisy Bickley	309	31.6
	Labour	Roger Whitfield	284	29.0
Majority			77	7.9
Turnout			979

Portishead Redcliffe Bay^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Daws	606	60.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Clark	401	39.8
Majority			205	20.4
Turnout			1,007

Portishead South and North Weston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Gething	389	41.4
	Conservative	Alan Mcmurray	299	31.8
	Labour	Patricia Gardener	252	26.8
Majority			90	9.6
Turnout			940

Portishead West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Nicholas Brown	898	81.9
	Conservative	Rosalind Cruse	198	18.1
Majority			700	63.9
Turnout			1,096

Weston Super Mare Central (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	John Crockford-Hawley	693
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Baker	655
	Conservative	Mark Terry-Short	375
	Conservative	David Hunt	360
	Labour	Josephine Bateman	222
	Labour	Frederick Roberts	199
	Independent	Adam Nash	92
	UKIP	Alan James	51
Turnout			2,647

Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Roe	1,385
	Conservative	Anthony Bryant	1,368
	Conservative	Clive Webb	1,345
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Tucker	647
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Solomon	620
	Liberal Democrat	David Hobb-Titchard	599
	Labour	Stephen Varney	339
	Labour	Jamie Dormer-Durling	337
	Labour	Karoline Bateman	328
Turnout			6,968

Weston Super Mare East (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Derek Kraft	1,034
	Labour	Richard Tucker	990
	Labour	Muriel Kraft	944
	Liberal Democrat	Grace Atkinson	629
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Osborne	610
	Conservative	Raymond Hicks	591
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Hampson	543
Turnout			5,341

Weston Super Mare Milton and Old Worle (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Gosden	1,169
	Liberal Democrat	Astra Brand	1,118
	Liberal Democrat	Rosslyn Willis	1,112
	Conservative	Peter Crew	1,025
	Conservative	Patrick Taylor	1,018
	Conservative	Frederick Hogg	1,009
	Labour	Simon Stokes	481
	Labour	Elizabeth Swan	450
	Labour	William Swan	424
	Independent	Jeffrey Bullingham	407
Turnout			8,213

Weston Super Mare North Worle (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Hockridge	1,356
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Moon	1,236
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Skinner	1,143
	Conservative	Frederick Parsons	627
	Conservative	Frederick Gamble	610
	Labour	Paul Francis	268
	Labour	Lynda Pearcey	248
	Labour	Simon Morse	243
Turnout			5,731

Weston Super Mare South (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ian Parker	1,122
	Labour	Mari Owens	1,057
	Labour	Robert Bateman	1,056
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Armstrong	388
	Liberal Democrat	Celia Davies	386
	Liberal Democrat	June How	357
	Conservative	Michael Marriott	338
Turnout			4,704

Weston Super Mare South Worle (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Tabrett	989
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Golland	953
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Wright	921
	Labour	Christopher Flint	621
	Labour	Michael Lyall	608
	Labour	Christopher Belton-Reed	584
	Conservative	Ena King	533
	Conservative	Sidney Carter	526
	Conservative	Alan Lane	479
	Independent	John Heenan	109
Turnout			6,323

Weston Super Mare West (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Canniford	1,337
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bell	1,336
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Payne	1,179
	Conservative	Andrew Horler	895
	Conservative	Robert Cleland	864
	Conservative	Michael Fazackerley	853
	Independent	Paul Spencer	223
	Labour	Robert Craig	210
	Labour	Christopher Hollebon	197
	Labour	Vanessa Hollebon	188
	UKIP	Mervyn Gibbs	73
Turnout			7,355

Winford^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Audrey Telling	456	57.6
	Labour	Jessica Monks	335	42.4
Majority			121	15.3
Turnout			791

Wraxall and Long Ashton (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Cook	1,097
	Conservative	Howard Roberts	1,000
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Neale	807
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Barritt	653
	Labour	Christopher Smart	317
Turnout			3,874

Wrington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Yamanaka	708	67.8
	Conservative	Teresa Kemp	336	32.2
Majority			372	35.6
Turnout			1,044

Yatton (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Greta Lewis	1,607
	Liberal Democrat	Isabel Cummings	1,388
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Kehoe	1,251
	Conservative	Stanley Kehoe	1,048
	Conservative	Alison Tull	872
	Labour	Douglas May	612
Turnout			6,778

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 "Council Elections - 1 May 2003". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
↑ "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bath and North East Somerset Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Somerset Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Bath City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

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