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2003 Norwich City Council election

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The 2003 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up in Henderson ward due to a by-election.

Ward results

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"Norwich City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

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2003 Norwich City Council election^[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	4	58.8	20	30	62.5	13,978	39.0	-5.1
	Labour	5	4	29.4	10	15	31.3	11,176	31.2	-2.0
	Green	2		11.8	0	2	4.1	5,689	15.9	+6.5
	Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.0	4,539	12.7	+0.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	488	1.4	+0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Borrett	1,102	43.6	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Arundell	617	24.4	-7.1
	Conservative	Antony Little	603	23.8	+8.8
	Green	Beth Brockett	208	8.2	+3.3
Majority			485	19.2	+1.9
Turnout			2,530	29.1	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Smith	630	38.3	-4.5
	Conservative	Colin Barker	491	29.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kendrick	337	20.5	-3.0
	Green	Janet Bearman	186	11.3	+6.3
Majority			139	8.5	-5.6
Turnout			1,644	28.9	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Watson	846	42.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Strong	434	22.0	-8.7
	Conservative	Ernest Horth	331	16.8	-3.1
	Green	Adrian Holmes	231	11.7	+3.5
	Independent	David Bethell	131	6.6	N/A
Majority			412	27.3	+15.8
Turnout			1,973	35.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Waters	920	50.7	-0.3
	Conservative	D. Lovewell	425	23.4	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Smith	375	20.7	-0.9
	Green	Fiona Dowson	94	5.2	+2.9
Majority			495	27.3	+1.5
Turnout			1,814	35.8	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

2003_Norwich_City_Council_election

2003 Norwich City Council election

Result summary

Ward results

Bowthorpe

Catton Grove

Coslany

Crome

Eaton

Heigham

Henderson

Lakenham

Mancroft

Mile Cross

Mousehold

Nelson

St. Stephen

Thorpe Hamlet

Town Close

University

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Lubbock	2,164	62.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Ian Mackie	782	22.7	-2.3
	Labour	J. Bremner	338	9.8	-0.4
	Green	Neville Bartlett	159	4.6	+2.4
Majority			1,382	40.1	+2.5
Turnout			3,443	55.2	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Verran	860	45.6	-5.2
	Labour	Carol Morrey	644	34.1	-1.0
	Green	Rupert Read	382	20.3	+14.9
Majority			216	11.5	-4.2
Turnout			1,886	33.7	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jessica Goldfinch	1,011	47.5	+6.1
	Green	Adrian Ramsay	991
	Labour	H. Panting	638	30.0	-0.4
	Labour	John Sheridan	473
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Bazley	355	16.7	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Stairs	305
	Conservative	C. Page	124	5.8	±0.0
	Conservative	F. Leatherdale	112
Turnout				35.7	-1.3
	Green hold
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Harper	938	48.2	-0.9
	Labour	Charles Sanderson	657	33.7	-4.4
	Conservative	Christine Munroe	224	11.5	+2.3
	Green	Andrew Knighton	129	6.6	+2.9
Majority			281	14.4	+3.4
Turnout			1,948	36.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Lowe	1,058	40.5	-1.2
	Labour	P. Harris	882	33.7	-5.6
	Conservative	Trevor Ivory	388	14.8	+2.4
	Green	R. House	287	11.0	+4.4
Majority			176	6.7	+4.3
Turnout			2,615	38.3	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Elvin	802	49.5	+2.3
	Labour	B. Simpson	710	43.9	-4.6
	Green	Jennifer Parkhouse	104	6.4	+2.2
Majority			92	5.7	—
Turnout			1,616	29.9	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Williams	778	41.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hopkins	579	30.7	-8.7
	Independent	Paul Scruton	357	18.9	+9.4
	Green	L. Freaney	171	9.1	+5.7
Majority			199	10.6	—
Turnout			1,885	30.8	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. McAlenan	1,000	42.7	-9.4
	Green	Robert Gledhill	835	35.6	+21.2
	Labour	Stephen Cook	345	14.7	-12.2
	Conservative	Victor Hopes	164	7.0	+0.3
Majority			165	7.0	-18.2
Turnout			2,344	42.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Wells	1,082	49.1	-2.3
	Labour	S. Wright	534	24.2	-5.6
	Green	Stephen Little	302	13.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Richard Wells	287	13.0	+0.5
Majority			548	24.9	+3.3
Turnout			2,205	39.5	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Divers	1,106	57.3	-3.8
	Labour	Julie Westmacott	384	19.9	-2.6
	Conservative	M. Ivory	233	12.1	+3.4
	Green	R. Farrington	206	10.7	+2.9
Majority			722	37.4	-1.2
Turnout			1,929	30.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

Town Close
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Wood	1,031	47.3	-13.1
	Labour	Keith Driver	709	32.5	+6.8
	Conservative	John Wyatt	240	11.0	+1.3
	Green	Christopher Webb	199	9.1	+4.9
Majority			322	14.8	-19.8
Turnout			2,179	41.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.0

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	935	50.5	-12.2
	Labour	Roy Blower	586	31.7	+8.0
	Green	Katharine Willett	194	10.5	+5.0
	Conservative	Dipesh Palana	135	7.3	-0.8
Majority			349	18.9	-20.1
Turnout			1,850	35.0	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.1