2003 Uttlesford District Council election

2003 Uttlesford District Council election
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All 44 seats to Uttlesford District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent
Seats won 31 10 3
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 6 Decrease 3
Popular vote 19,108 14,043 2,103
Percentage 50.3% 39.1% 5.5%
Swing Increase 6.3% Increase 1.7% Decrease 4.2%
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


Liberal Democrats

The 2003 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2003 Uttlesford District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 42 31 6 0 Increase 10 70.5 49.8 17,816 +5.8
  Conservative 39 10 0 5 Decrease 5 22.7 39.4 14,083 +2.0
  Independent 10 3 2 2 Decrease 3 6.8 5.9 2,103 –3.8
  Labour 5 0 0 1 Decrease 2 0.0 4.7 1,677 –4.3
  Green 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 86 N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Savage 351 60.5 +47.6
Independent Raymond Tyler* 173 29.8 –30.0
Independent Tariq Ali 56 9.7 N/A
Majority 178 30.7 N/A
Turnout 580 44.9 +3.8
Registered electors 1,292
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing Increase38.8

Barnston & High Easter

Barnston & High Easter
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Eric Hicks 316 61.0
Liberal Democrats Deborah Bryce 202 39.0
Majority 114 22.0
Turnout 518 41.2
Registered electors 1,257
Conservative win (new seat)

Birchanger

Birchanger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Elizabeth Godwin 269 72.7 N/A
Conservative Raymond Gooding 74 20.0 –52.5
Liberal Democrats David Raynor 27 7.3 –20.2
Majority 195 52.7 N/A
Turnout 370 45.3 +4.2
Registered electors 817
Independent gain from Conservative

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Keith Arctus 645 66.6
Conservative Alan Row* 607 62.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Wingard 287 29.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jones 265 27.4
Turnout ~968 36.6
Registered electors 2,646
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Clavering

Clavering
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edgar Abrahams* 352 84.4 –2.9
Liberal Democrats Ruth Rawlinson 65 15.6 +2.9
Majority 287 68.8 –5.8
Turnout 417 36.7 +0.4
Registered electors 1,137
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.9

Elsenham & Henham

Elsenham & Henham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Morson* 533 57.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Dean* 532 56.9
Conservative Tamsin Johnston 367 39.3
Conservative Keith Mackman 275 29.4
Turnout ~935 33.9
Registered electors 2,757
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Gregory* 539 60.5 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Thawley* 531 59.6 +5.3
Conservative John Howson 336 37.7 –4.2
Conservative Louise McLaughlin 298 33.4 –6.2
Turnout ~892 34.2 –10.4
Registered electors 2,607
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Gaylor* 470 74.1 +22.2
Liberal Democrats John Murphy 403 63.5 +24.5
Conservative Carol James 152 24.0 –5.7
Conservative Heather Powell 136 21.4 –3.5
Green Michael Earley 46 7.2 N/A
Turnout ~635 31.2 –4.0
Registered electors 2,034
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Copping* 660 62.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Clarke 599 56.5 –4.1
Liberal Democrats Frank Silver 598 56.4 N/A
Conservative Douglas James 393 37.1 +4.0
Conservative Helen Rothwell 374 35.3 +2.6
Conservative Barrie Powell 354 33.4 N/A
Turnout ~1,060 29.4 –3.7
Registered electors 3,607
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Reginald Lemon 286 57.5 N/A
Conservative Peter Lewis* 185 37.2 –17.9
Liberal Democrats Marion Dyer 26 5.2 –1.8
Majority 101 20.3 N/A
Turnout 497 37.1 –0.2
Registered electors 1,338
Independent gain from Conservative

Littlebury

Littlebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Menell* 395 78.1 –6.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Johnson 111 21.9 +6.5
Majority 284 40.2 –13.0
Turnout 506 41.2 –2.8
Registered electors 1,228
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.5

Newport

Newport (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats William Bowker* 838 67.2 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Wilcock* 834 66.9 N/A
Conservative Marilyn Scott 357 28.6 N/A
Conservative Ann Smith 338 27.1 N/A
Turnout ~1,247 48.4 +12.0
Registered electors 2,576
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Hibbs* 885 57.7 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Bayley* 713 46.5 +17.4
Liberal Democrats Victor Lelliott 683 44.5 N/A
Conservative David Miller* 655 42.7 +3.3
Conservative Alistair Walters 538 35.1 ±0.0
Conservative Jane Muir 486 31.7 N/A
Independent Richard Glover 217 14.2 N/A
Independent John Cox 174 11.3 N/A
Turnout ~1,533 40.6 –5.5
Registered electors 3,777
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Freeman 539 41.2 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara Hughes 526 40.2 +11.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Jones 496 38.0 N/A
Conservative Sarfraz Anjum 421 32.2 –1.7
Labour Peter Preece 416 31.8 –1.5
Conservative Robert O'Neill* 409 31.3 –1.1
Conservative Jessica Hess 395 30.2 N/A
Labour Yvonne Morton 280 21.4 –11.1
Labour Simon Trimnell 276 21.1 N/A
Turnout ~1,307 35.2 –5.4
Registered electors 3,713
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Baker 531 42.6 +19.0
Conservative Alfred Ketteridge* 502 40.2 –5.6
Liberal Democrats Patrick Boland 484 38.8 +18.6
Labour Russell Green* 468 37.5 –12.2
Liberal Democrats Joan Dawson 457 36.6 N/A
Conservative Adrian Lee 377 30.2 –11.4
Conservative Grant St Clair-Armstrong 364 29.2 N/A
Labour Steven Lake 237 19.0 N/A
Turnout ~1,247 32.5 –2.5
Registered electors 3,838
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stansted North

Stansted North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Sell* 599 55.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Marchant 533 49.2
Conservative Alan Williams 385 35.6
Conservative Sian Lloyd 354 32.7
Independent Raymond Clifford 229 21.2
Turnout ~1,083 41.4
Registered electors 2,615
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stansted South

Stansted South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Alan Dean* 361 68.6
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Ollier 355 67.5
Conservative Richard Wallace 172 32.7
Conservative John Flack 127 24.1
Turnout ~526 24.6
Registered electors 2,138
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stebbing

Stebbing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christina Cant* 267 64.8 –3.9
Conservative Mark Brackenbury 145 35.2 +3.9
Majority 122 29.6 –7.8
Turnout 412 32.8 –6.0
Registered electors 1,255
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease3.9

Stort Valley

Stort Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Loughlin 331 62.8 +1.7
Conservative Edward Oliver 196 37.2 –1.7
Majority 135 25.6 +3.4
Turnout 527 45.0 +1.6
Registered electors 1,172
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.7

Takeley & The Cranfields

Takeley & The Cranfields (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Richard Harris 479 46.7
Conservative Jacqueline Cheetham* 472 46.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Westlake 416 40.6
Conservative Derek Jones* 388 37.8
Independent Richard Smith* 178 17.4
Turnout ~1,026 42.6
Registered electors 2,408
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats E. Tealby-Watson 424 52.3 +6.1
Conservative H. Rolfe 387 47.7 –6.1
Majority 37 4.6 N/A
Turnout 811 62.5 +21.3
Registered electors 1,302
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase6.1

The Eastons

The Eastons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cecile Down* 350 76.4 +31.6
Liberal Democrats Shirley Wilcock 108 23.6 –15.4
Majority 242 52.8 +47.0
Turnout 458 36.9 –11.8
Registered electors 1,240
Conservative hold Swing Increase23.5

The Rodings

The Rodings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Flack* 608 89.5 +37.6
Liberal Democrats Jillien Bolvig-Hansen 71 10.5 –37.6
Majority 537 79.1 +75.2
Turnout 679 49.2 –8.0
Registered electors 1,379
Conservative hold Swing Increase37.6

The Sampfords

The Sampfords
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Schneider* 344 61.1 +8.3
Liberal Democrats David Morgan 219 38.9 –8.3
Majority 125 22.2 +16.6
Turnout 563 40.2 –0.1
Registered electors 1,400
Conservative hold Swing Increase8.3

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Chambers* 406 70.6 +12.1
Liberal Democrats Neville Reed 169 29.4 –12.1
Majority 237 41.2 +24.2
Turnout 575 47.7 –8.3
Registered electors 1,205
Conservative hold Swing Increase12.1

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Corke 299 58.9 +31.1
Independent Rodney Stone* 169 33.3 –38.9
Green Simon Lacey 40 7.9 N/A
Majority 130 25.6 N/A
Turnout 508 35.4 –7.9
Registered electors 1,434
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing Increase35.0

By-elections

Great Dunmow South By-Election 21 October 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Emily Gower 615 61.9 −0.8
Conservative Michael Miller 378 38.1 +0.8
Majority 237 23.8
Turnout 993 28.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Dunmow South By-Election 14 July 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Miller 537 58.6 +21.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Wingard 380 41.4 −21.3
Majority 157 17.2
Turnout 917 26.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Wimbish and Debden By-Election 27 October 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tina Knight 300 53.6 +53.6
Liberal Democrats David Morgan 260 46.4 −12.5
Majority 40 7.2
Turnout 560 24.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Newport By-Election 8 June 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Yarwood 746 60.4 −9.7
Conservative Rad Gooding 489 39.6 +9.7
Majority 257 20.8
Turnout 1,235 48.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Uttlesford_District_Council_election