2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
← 1999
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
2007 →
All 55 seats to Suffolk Coastal District Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 43 10
Seat change Increase 7 Steady
Popular vote 24,149 15,540
Percentage 49.8% 32.0%
Swing Increase 3.2% Increase 11.1%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Labour Independent
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Decrease 6 Decrease 1
Popular vote 6,715 285
Percentage 13.8% 0.6%
Swing Decrease 14.8% Decrease 3.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

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

Summary

Election result

2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 55 43 N/A N/A Increase 7 78.2 49.8 24,149 +3.2
  Liberal Democrats 40 10 N/A N/A Steady 18.2 32.0 15,540 +11.1
  Labour 21 2 N/A N/A Decrease 6 3.6 13.8 6,715 –14.8
  Green 9 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 3.1 1,501 N/A
  Firefighters Against Cuts 2 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 0.6 307 N/A
  Independent 2 0 N/A N/A Decrease 1 0.0 0.6 285 –3.3

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.

Aldeburgh

Aldeburgh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Warren 826 53.0
Conservative Margaret Wilson 818 52.5
Liberal Democrats Lisabeth Hoad 609 39.1
Liberal Democrats Keith Dickerson 557 35.8
Green William Berry 131 8.4
Turnout ~1,558 46.8
Registered electors 3,328
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Earl Soham

Earl Soham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Jackson 442 54.8
Liberal Democrats Ronald Else 289 35.9
Green Edward Thompson 75 9.3
Majority 153 18.9
Turnout 806 47.6
Registered electors 1,696
Conservative hold Swing

Farlingaye

Renamed from Woodbridge Farlingaye.

Farlingaye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Annabel Healey 289 49.5
Conservative Benjamin Redsell 193 33.0
Labour Thomas Guest 102 17.5
Majority 96 16.5
Turnout 584 37.1
Registered electors 1,586
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felixstowe East

Felixstowe East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doreen Savage 936 61.8
Conservative Christopher Slemmings 852 56.3
Liberal Democrats David Houseley 395 26.1
Liberal Democrats Mervyn Sheppard 317 20.9
Labour Harriet Bennett 222 14.7
Labour John Mullen 201 13.3
Turnout ~1,514 44.0
Registered electors 3,442
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe North

Felixstowe North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Rodwell 464 38.9
Labour Michael Deacon 459 38.4
Conservative Peter Coleman 403 33.8
Labour Dennis Carpenter 380 31.8
Firefighters Against Cuts Steven Brinkley 156 13.1
Firefighters Against Cuts Paul Woolstenholmes 151 12.6
Liberal Democrats Bernard Price 132 11.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Sherratt 116 9.7
Turnout ~1,194 35.6
Registered electors 3,355
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Felixstowe South

Felixstowe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smith 535 43.3
Conservative David Bentinck 529 42.8
Liberal Democrats Doreen Rayner 483 39.1
Liberal Democrats Cherrie MacGregor 473 38.3
Labour Mark Campbell 187 15.1
Labour Stephen Tuthill 159 12.9
Turnout ~1,235 34.9
Registered electors 3,538
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe South East

Felixstowe South East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Minns 878 58.6
Conservative Andrew Smith 840 56.0
Labour Ruth Campbell 325 21.7
Liberal Democrats Lee Reeves 289 19.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Yates 289 19.3
Labour Mark Knight 284 18.9
Turnout ~1,499 39.7
Registered electors 3,776
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Felixstowe West

Felixstowe West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Dangerfield* 709 49.1
Liberal Democrats Doris Paddick* 685 47.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Ninnmey 594 41.2
Labour Marian Pettit 395 27.4
Labour Margaret Morris 382 26.5
Labour Peter Waller 356 24.7
Conservative Graham Newman 332 23.0
Conservative Eric Bishop 314 21.8
Conservative Joan Sennington 301 20.9
Turnout ~1,443 28.1
Registered electors 5,137
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Framlingham

Framlingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Musgrave 710 56.9
Conservative Winter Rose* 678 54.4
Liberal Democrats David Griffiths 459 36.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Baker 383 30.7
Green Marion Gaze 118 9.5
Turnout ~1,247 36.2
Registered electors 3,444
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative win (new seat)

Grundisburgh

Grundisburgh
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ian Jowers* 430 68.7
Green Elise Joiner 196 31.3
Majority 234 37.4
Turnout 626 34.0
Registered electors 1,842
Conservative win (new seat)

Hacheston

Hacheston
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Colin Hart 525 73.0
Green Rachel Fulcher 194 27.0
Majority 331 46.0
Turnout 719 42.8
Registered electors 1,699
Conservative win (new seat)

Hollesley With Eyke

Hollesley With Eyke
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Rhona Sturrock* 402 57.3
Liberal Democrats Vivien Mason 300 42.7
Majority 102 14.5
Turnout 702 42.1
Registered electors 1,699
Conservative win (new seat)

Kesgrave East

Kesgrave East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Klaschka Unopposed
Conservative John Hammond* Unopposed
Conservative Norman Bugg* Unopposed
Registered electors 4,624
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kesgrave West

Kesgrave West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Veronica Read* 418 49.5
Conservative Robert Grimwood 406 48.1
Conservative Jean Zoller 397 47.0
Liberal Democrats John Briggs 365 43.2
Turnout ~844 28.1
Registered electors 3,002
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kyson

Kyson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Binns 243 42.9
Labour Roy Burgon* 141 24.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Craig-Bennett 105 18.5
Independent John Brownsord 78 13.8
Majority 102 18.0
Turnout 567 35.2
Registered electors 1,619
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Leiston

Leiston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Geater* 758 38.2
Conservative Trevor Hawkins 683 34.5
Conservative Andrew Nunn 593 29.9
Liberal Democrats Jaqueline Morrissey 532 26.8
Labour Terence Hodgson 486 24.5
Labour John Troughton 417 21.0
Independent Robert Stroud 207 10.4
Turnout ~1,466 30.0
Registered electors 4,885
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Martlesham

Martlesham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Kelso* 868 50.3
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Foster 674 39.0
Conservative Christopher Blundell 571 33.1
Conservative Anthony Ramsey 491 28.5
Green John Forbes 287 16.6
Turnout ~1,555 39.6
Registered electors 3,929
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melton & Ufford

Melton & Ufford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Perry 748 58.2
Conservative Paul Callaghan 663 51.7
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Butterwick 537 41.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Coates 533 41.5
Turnout ~1,327 34.7
Registered electors 3,823
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Nacton

Nacton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia O'Brien* Unopposed
Conservative Veronica Falconer Unopposed
Registered electors 3,446
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Orford & Tunstall

Orford & Tunstall
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Raymond Herring* 514 69.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Perren 227 30.6
Majority 287 38.8
Turnout 741 45.3
Registered electors 1,648
Conservative win (new seat)

Otley

Otley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Bellfield* 500 69.6
Liberal Democrats Sheila Else 218 30.4
Majority 282 39.2
Turnout 718 40.2
Registered electors 1,790
Conservative hold Swing

Peasenhall

Peasenhall
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stephen Burroughes* 373 51.4
Liberal Democrats Raymond Andrews 197 27.2
Green Jennifer Berry 155 21.4
Majority 176 24.2
Turnout 725 44.3
Registered electors 1,697
Conservative win (new seat)

Rendlesham

Rendlesham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Philip Dunnett 246 61.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Wroe 154 38.5
Majority 92 23.0
Turnout 400 26.1
Registered electors 1,533
Conservative win (new seat)

Riverside

Riverside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Cocker 393 54.0
Liberal Democrats Sally Bull 247 33.9
Green Rachel Smith-Lyte 87 12.0
Majority 146 20.1
Turnout 727 45.9
Registered electors 1,648
Conservative hold Swing

Rushmere St. Andrew

Rushmere St. Andrew (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Whiting Unopposed
Conservative Dennis Gooch Unopposed
Conservative Gordon Laing Unopposed
Registered electors 4,803
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Saxmundham

Saxmundham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Batho 568 47.7
Liberal Democrats Marian Andrews 457 38.4
Conservative William Wild 435 36.5
Liberal Democrats Donald Tricker 347 29.1
Labour Kevin Welton* 252 21.2
Labour Edna Salmon 172 14.4
Turnout ~1,191 34.6
Registered electors 3,442
Conservative gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Seckford

Seckford
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nigel Barratt* 370 54.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Montgomery 315 46.0
Majority 55 8.0
Turnout 685 44.7
Registered electors 1,533
Conservative win (new seat)

Snape

Snape
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cyril Fidler* 393 64.2
Liberal Democrats Winifred Moss 219 35.8
Majority 174 28.4
Turnout 612 37.9
Registered electors 1,642
Conservative hold Swing

Sutton

Sutton
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Christine Block* 306 52.5
Conservative Dudley Deas 277 47.5
Majority 29 5.0
Turnout 583 43.8
Registered electors 1,329
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trimleys With Kirton

Trimleys With Kirton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sherrie Green 742 42.0
Labour Mary Dixon* 735 41.6
Conservative James Bidwell 688 38.9
Conservative Terence Eastman 648 36.7
Labour Michael Pulford 550 31.1
Labour Catherine Knight 458 25.9
Liberal Democrats Gary Paddick 420 23.8
Liberal Democrats Imogen Dangerfield 413 23.4
Turnout ~1,768 32.0
Registered electors 5,526
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Walberswick & Wenhaston

Walberswick & Wenhaston
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Raeburn Leighton* 463 62.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Block 277 37.3
Majority 186 25.0
Turnout 743 43.2
Registered electors 1,721
Conservative win (new seat)

Wickham Market

Wickham Market
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bruan Hall* 343 60.4
Conservative Dorothy East 166 29.2
Labour Valerie Pizzey 52 9.2
Majority 177 31.2
Turnout 568 32.6
Registered electors 1,741
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Witnesham

Witnesham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Leggett* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,606
Conservative win (new seat)

Yoxford

Yoxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Wragg* 412 61.3
Green John Barrett 258 38.4
Majority 154 22.9
Turnout 672 38.9
Registered electors 1,728
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections

Yoxford By-Election 5 February 2004[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Slater 455 45.2 +45.2
Conservative 319 31.7 −29.8
BNP Paul Goodchild 153 15.2 +15.2
Labour 80 7.9 +7.9
Majority 136 13.5
Turnout 1,007 58.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Felixstowe South By-Election 22 April 2004[6][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Sennington 488 39.5 −5.2
Liberal Democrats Cherrie MacGregor 456 36.6 −3.5
Independent Thomas Savage 168 13.4 +13.4
Labour Margaret Morris 134 10.8 −4.7
Majority 32 2.9
Turnout 1,246 36.2
Conservative hold Swing
Woodbridge Farlingaye By-Election 10 March 2005[7][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 308 58.0 +8.5
Conservative 185 34.8 +1.8
Labour 38 7.2 −10.3
Majority 123 23.2
Turnout 531 34.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Suffolk Coastal District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ^ Rozenberg, Gabriel (7 February 2004). "BNP rural ambitions buoyed by Suffolk poll". The Times. p. 13.
  4. ^ Millward, David (7 February 2004). "BNP man beaten after celebrities' campaign". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
  5. ^ a b c Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "By-elections". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Conservatives hold Felixstowe South seat" (PDF). Suffolk Coastal District Council. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  7. ^ "No change after Salford battle". The Guardian. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Suffolk_Coastal_District_Council_election