2003_Mid_Sussex_District_Council_election
The 2003 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority of one on the council.
Quick Facts All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council 28 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
28 | 24 | 2 |
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 28 | 1 | 51.9 | 53.4 | 30,973 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 3 | 44.4 | 40.1 | 23,289 | ||||
Labour | 2 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3,036 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 381 | |||||
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 300 | ||||
Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 36 | |||||
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Ardingly and Balcombe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gary Marsh | 868 | 72.6 | ||
Conservative | Andrew MacNaughton | 706 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Donald Morrison | 328 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Ross | 222 | |||
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Ashurst Wood
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barnett | 485 | 67.5 | ||
Conservative | John Saull | 234 | 32.5 | ||
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Bolney
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Seward | 603 | 74.4 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Hodgetts | 112 | 13.8 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Dawn Houghton | 59 | 7.3 | -4.6 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Baron von Thunderclap | 36 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
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Burgess Hill Dunstall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Suzanne Cosgrave | 453 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Barrett-Miles | 449 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Drew | 391 | 46.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Betty Davies | 382 | |||
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Burgess Hill Franklands
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Heather Ross | 909 | 56.1 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Sullivan | 712 | 43.9 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Barbara Selby | 645 | |||
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Burgess Hill Leylands
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gillian Balsdon | 711 | 71.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Jones | 711 | |||
Conservative | Peter Burgess | 288 | 28.8 | ||
Conservative | Alfred May | 235 | |||
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Burgess Hill Meeds
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Dumbovic | 690 | 66.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Cutler | 626 | |||
Conservative | John Boulter | 348 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Julian Wadey | 324 | |||
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Burgess Hill St Andrews
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Shevels | 563 | 63.1 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Shevels | 522 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Landriani | 329 | 36.9 | +13.1 | |
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Burgess Hill Victoria
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Knight | 471 | 61.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lyn Williams | 451 | |||
Conservative | Edward Holland | 299 | 38.8 | ||
Conservative | Geraldine May | 289 | |||
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Copthorne and Worth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Forde | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Livesey | Unopposed | |||
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Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Crawley Down and Turners Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phillip Coote | 804 | 56.8 | ||
Conservative | Ian Scotland | 795 | |||
Conservative | Julian Calvert | 794 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fynn | 612 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Felicity Bunting | 603 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janette Wilson | 530 | |||
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Cuckfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David King | 717 | 55.2 | -11.0 | |
Conservative | Brenda Binge | 687 | |||
Independent | Peter Davis | 300 | 23.1 | +23.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marianne Griffin | 281 | 21.6 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mira McMichael | 255 | |||
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East Grinstead Ashplats
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Roland Lord | 541 | 55.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Johnson | 536 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Ball | 435 | 44.6 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Madgwick | 427 | |||
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East Grinstead Baldwins
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Deborah Adams | 506 | 58.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Gillbard | 502 | |||
Conservative | Sally Beal | 366 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | hillip Coote | 314 | |||
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East Grinstead Herontye
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Heasman | 631 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dixon | 626 | |||
Conservative | Edward Belsey | 626 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Lea | 563 | |||
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Second seat decided on drawing of lots due to second and third place getting the same number of votes. Ian Dixon, the Liberal Democrat won therefore Edward Belsey was not elected.
East Grinstead Imberhorne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jean Glynn | 624 | 57.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Starmer | 565 | |||
Conservative | Allan Beal | 464 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | Brian Sparkes | 429 | |||
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East Grinstead Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | James Joyce-Nelson | 258 | 60.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Edward Matthews | 254 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Belsey | 167 | 39.3 | ||
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Hassocks
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Martin | 1,263 | 54.9 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Marples | 1,224 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Shanahan | 1,164 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Cook | 811 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Kemp | 768 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Mulligan | 729 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Epstein | 227 | 9.9 | ||
Labour | Arleene Piercy | 212 | |||
Labour | Stephen Lewis | 187 | |||
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Haywards Heath Ashenground
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Hall | 748 | 63.2 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Bates | 742 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Madden | 435 | 36.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Rodney Ransom | 413 | |||
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Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Haywards Heath Bentswood
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paddy Henry | 633 | 55.3 | -7.1 | |
Labour | Richard Goddard | 609 | |||
Conservative | Clare Steele | 325 | 28.4 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | James Horsman | 322 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Riddington | 186 | 16.3 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Brown | 172 | |||
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Haywards Heath Franklands
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clive Chapman | 548 | 54.2 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Ian Ellis | 521 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Lucraft | 330 | 32.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Mercer | 324 | |||
Labour | Denis Nyman | 134 | 13.2 | -18.4 | |
Labour | Pascal Atkins | 133 | |||
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Haywards Heath Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Irene Wilkins | 789 | 56.5 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Brown | 774 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Baker | 608 | 43.5 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Timothy Hartley | 604 | |||
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Haywards Heath Lucastes
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terence Gillard | 695 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | Derek Booker | 642 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Balls | 597 | 46.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Rodgers | 493 | |||
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High Weald
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Field | 775 | 44.6 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Hersey | 591 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Webster | 581 | 33.4 | ||
Green | Paul Brown | 381 | 21.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Camplisson | 347 | |||
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Hurstpierpoint and Downs
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susanna Kemp | 1,136 | 46.6 | ||
Conservative | David Hampson | 1,084 | |||
Conservative | James Worsley | 1,030 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Jackson | 827 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Ann Morgan | 474 | 19.5 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Uhlhorn | 368 | |||
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Lindfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Hersey | 1,101 | 54.7 | ||
Conservative | George Snowling | 1,093 | |||
Conservative | Mark Sharman | 1,029 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Lucraft | 910 | 45.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cyril Povey | 824 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian House | 807 | |||
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- Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2003". Retrieved 9 June 2020.