Stroud District Council election, 2003

The 2003 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Stroud local election result 2003^[3]^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	0	2	-2	29.4	35.6	7,268	-5.9%
	Labour	4	0	1	-1	23.5	24.6	5,023	-4.3%
	Green	4	0	0	0	23.5	15.4	3,141	+5.0%
	Liberal Democrat	2	2	0	+2	11.8	20.3	4,144	+4.0%
	Independent	2	1	0	+1	11.8	3.1	624	+0.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	211	+0.4%

Ward results

Cainscross^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anthony Shortt	760	48.5
	Conservative	Norma Rodman	355	22.7
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Jones	341	21.8
	Green	Carol Kambites	111	7.1
Majority			405	25.8
Turnout			1,567	30.4	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Cam East^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Miranda Clifton	524	40.4
	Conservative	Julian D'arcy	493	38.0
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Pearce	281	21.6
Majority			31	2.4
Turnout			1,298	39.7	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Cam West^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Fowles	496	41.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Dapling	470	39.6
	Conservative	Lawrence Hall	220	18.5
Majority			26	2.2
Turnout			1,186	35.9	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Central^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Williams	255	46.5	-5.8
	Green	Kevin Cranston	126	23.0	+3.7
	Labour	Anne Snelgrove	101	18.4	-10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Sutherland	66	12.0	+12.0
Majority			129	23.5	-0.4
Turnout			548	39.0	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chalford^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Elizabeth Peters	875	46.5
	Labour	David Taylor	316	16.8
	Green	David Wood	306	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Brown	277	14.7
	UKIP	Leslie Banstead	107	5.7
Majority			559	29.7
Turnout			1,881	37.7	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dursley^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Marsh	727	42.5
	Conservative	Loraine Patrick	582	34.0
	Labour	Daryl Matthews	364	21.3
	UKIP	Anthony Gardiner	37	2.2
Majority			145	8.5
Turnout			1,710	36.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Farmhill and Paganhill^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Sheffie Mohammed	361	61.8	+6.2
	Labour	Lesley Williams	101	17.3	+1.7
	Conservative	Catherine James	77	13.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Rogers	45	7.7	-2.8
Majority			260	44.5	+4.5
Turnout			584	33.9	+3.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Minchinhampton^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Elisabeth Bird	889	59.6
	Labour	Audrey Smith	330	22.1
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Edmunds	224	15.0
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	48	3.2
Majority			559	37.5
Turnout			1,491	43.8	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsworth^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Jeffreys	643	33.1
	Green	John Nicholson	621	32.0
	Labour	Keith Norbury	417	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Myles Robinson	259	13.4
Majority			22	1.1
Turnout			1,940	39.7	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodborough^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Cooper	521	39.2
	Green	Steven Penny	423	31.9
	Labour	Martin Alder	295	22.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Howe	89	6.7
Majority			98	7.4
Turnout			1,328	37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slade^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Gwendoline Belcher	252	48.3	+5.6
	Conservative	Deborah Westgate	148	28.4	+2.7
	Labour	Henrietta Nichols	122	23.4	-8.2
Majority			104	19.9	+8.9
Turnout			522	31.1	-2.0
	Green hold		Swing

Stonehouse^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christopher Brine	761	47.0
	Conservative	Philip Brine	566	34.9
	Liberal Democrat	Milner Woodhead	154	9.5
	Green	Sally Pickering	139	8.6
Majority			195	12.0
Turnout			1,620	28.5	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Thrupp^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Martin Whiteside	436	50.4	+10.7
	Conservative	Patricia Carpenter	270	31.2	-3.7
	Labour	John Howgate	103	11.9	-13.5
	Liberal Democrat	Colleen Rothwell	56	6.5	+6.5
Majority			166	19.2	+14.4
Turnout			865	47.9	+0.1
	Green hold		Swing

Trinity^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	John Marjoram	387	53.5	-15.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Brown	169	23.3	+23.3
	Labour	Marta Cock	114	15.7	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Beckingham	54	7.5	+1.5
Majority			218	30.1	-13.9
Turnout			724	44.7	-2.0
	Green hold		Swing

Uplands^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Linda Townley	263	40.8	+15.6
	Conservative	Linda Jeffreys	167	25.9	-1.8
	Labour	Karin Degenberg	106	16.4	-19.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Owen	46	7.1	+7.1
	Green	Henry Leveson-Gower	44	6.8	-4.2
	UKIP	Alan Lomas	19	2.9	+2.9
Majority			96	14.9
Turnout			645	36.7	+3.6
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Valley^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Green	Tobias Green	296	48.4	+10.9
	Conservative	Brian Wheatley	145	23.7	+4.4
	Labour	John Appleton	113	18.5	-8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Stayte	57	9.3	-6.6
Majority			151	24.7	+14.5
Turnout			611	35.9	+1.0
	Green hold		Swing

Wotton-under-Edge^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Smith	998	52.8
	Conservative	Sidney Gowers	893	47.2
Majority			105	5.6
Turnout			1,891	37.8	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
↑ "Election Results". The Times. 2003-05-02. p. 17. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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