2003_West_Somerset_Council_election
The 2003 West Somerset District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 58.1 | 42.1 | 7,157 | -1.9% | |
Independent | 9 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 29.0 | 29.2 | 4,959 | +15.9% | |
Labour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 16.7 | 2,837 | -8.9% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 1,823 | -5.6% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 217 | +1.3% | |
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5 Conservatives, 2 independents and 1 Liberal Democrat were unopposed at the election.[2] One of the independent councillors, Michael Gammon, took the Conservative whip.[3]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jamie Anderson | 265 | |||
Conservative | Nicolas Messarra | 262 | |||
Labour | Valerie Welch | 138 | |||
Labour | Marcus Kravis | 108 | |||
Turnout | 773 | 20.9 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Simon Stokes | 379 | |||
Labour | Ivor Gibbon | 368 | |||
Conservative | John Hickman | 285 | |||
Conservative | Pamela Hawkins | 248 | |||
Turnout | 1,280 | 34.8 | -4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Webber | 361 | 78.5 | ||
Independent | Andrew Kelsey | 98 | 21.4 | ||
Majority | 263 | 57.3 | |||
Turnout | 459 | 49.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | David Gliddon | 203 | 60.2 | -23.6 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Day | 134 | 39.8 | +39.8 | |
Majority | 69 | 20.5 | -47.0 | ||
Turnout | 337 | 44.9 | +6.3 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Humber | unopposed | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Vivian Brewer | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Keith Ross | 718 | |||
Independent | Michael Gammon | 650 | |||
Labour | Susan Gibb | 172 | |||
Turnout | 1,540 | 52.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bryan Leaker | 207 | 60.2 | +10.8 | |
Independent | John Walker | 72 | 20.9 | -29.7 | |
Labour | John Dore | 65 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Majority | 135 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 344 | 50.4 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steven Pugsley | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Lawrence | 551 | |||
Conservative | Ann Foxhuntley | 428 | |||
Conservative | Keith Parkes | 428 | |||
Labour | David Ross | 356 | |||
Labour | John McGee | 324 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Jenkins | 207 | |||
Labour | Thomas Welch | 207 | |||
UKIP | Marilyn Berrey | 150 | |||
Turnout | 2,651 | 37.5 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martyn Snell | 621 | |||
Conservative | Terry Venner | 608 | |||
Conservative | Colin Hill | 590 | |||
Conservative | Ernest Taylor | 514 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Galloway | 480 | |||
Labour | Ian Grady | 306 | |||
Turnout | 3,119 | 41.2 | -12.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Pamela Driver | unopposed | |||
Independent | John Nethercott | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Padgett | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Angela Palmer | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terence Ayre | 449 | |||
Conservative | Mary Crowley | 364 | |||
Independent | Keith Turpin | 353 | |||
Turnout | 1,166 | 41.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Frederick Rawle | unopposed | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Knight | 555 | |||
Independent | Jennifer Hill | 464 | |||
Independent | David Banks | 438 | |||
Labour | Adrian Rowe | 414 | |||
Independent | Sally De Renzy-Martin | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Bowden | 348 | |||
Conservative | Loretta Whetlor | 288 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Emily Booker | 167 | |||
Turnout | 3,063 | 41.6 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Barbara Child | 302 | 56.2 | ||
Independent | Jim Laflin | 235 | 43.8 | ||
Majority | 67 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 537 | 53.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Hugh Davies | 707 | |||
Independent | Edwin May | 361 | |||
Independent | John Holden | 271 | |||
Conservative | David Wilson | 164 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Woods | 154 | |||
UKIP | Kenneth Matthews | 67 | |||
Turnout | 1,724 | 45.9 | +4.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jessica Griffith | 468 | 72.7 | ||
Conservative | Roy Harbour | 136 | 21.1 | ||
Labour | John Garland | 40 | 6.2 | ||
Majority | 332 | 51.6 | |||
Turnout | 644 | 35.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- "West Somerset District Council - May 2003". West Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- "Results of District Council elections". Somerset County Gazette. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- "Results for the District Council Elections - 1 May 2003". West Somerset District Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.