Colchester Borough Council election, 2003

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Map of the results of the 2003 Colchester council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

The 2003 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2003 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the seats were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party with 24 seats, the Liberal Democrats had 23 seats, Labour had 4 seats, there were 8 independents and 1 seat was vacant after the sitting Labour councillor moved to Scotland.[2] The council was run by a cabinet comprising 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Democrats and 1 Labour members.[3]

21 seats were being contested, with 2 seats available in Wivenhoe Cross due to the vacancy.[2] The remaining 20 seats all had the sitting councillors defending their seats and included the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrew's and the Conservative mayor Nigel Chapman in Fordham and Stour.[2] Meanwhile in High Woods, Ian Ringer, defended the seat as an independent after leaving the Liberal Democrats earlier in 2003.[2]

Election result

No party gained a majority on the council, but the Liberal Democrats picked up 2 seats to have 25 councillors, compared to 24 for the Conservatives.[1] Labour stayed on 5 seats, after Richard Bourne gained a seat in Shrub End for the party,[4] but they also lost a seat in Wivenhoe Cross,[5] while the remaining seats were held by independents.[1] Overall turnout at the election was 27.8%.[6]

Following the election Bob Newman left the Labour group to sit as an independent, reducing Labour to 4 councillors.[7][3] Labour then went into opposition after refusing to work with the Conservatives and a new cabinet was formed with 4 Conservative and 4 Liberal Democrat members.[3]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2003[8][9]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 10 3 3 0 47.6 40.6 11,108 +1.1%
  Liberal Democrat 8 2 0 +2 38.1 32.0 8,740 -4.4%
  Labour 2 1 1 0 9.5 20.0 5,467 +0.9%
  Independent 1 0 2 -2 4.8 5.7 1,563 +2.0%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 370 +0.2%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 96 +0.3%

Council composition

The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats were up for election can be found in the following table:[8]

Party Previous council Staying councillors Seats up for election Election result New council
Liberal Democrats 23 17 6 8 25
Conservatives 24 14 10 10 24
Labour 5 3 2 2 5
Independents 5 2 3 1 6
Tiptree Residents 3 2 1 0 2
Greens 0 0 0 0 0
Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0
Total 60 39 21 21 60

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.[9][5][6]

Three of the single-seat wards (Dedham & Langham, East Donyland, Marks Tey) were not up for election this year. Neither were three of the two-seat wards (Harbour, Lexden, St John's).

Berechurch Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Susan Elizabeth Brooks 746 52.09%
Labour Julia Thomas 404 28.21%
Conservative Sarah Elizabeth Deborah McLean 274 19.13%
Majority 342 23.88%
Turnout 1432 24.5 -6.5%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Birch & Winstree Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Crowe 966 71.82%
Liberal Democrat Barry Ronald Woodward 190 14.13%
Labour Audrey Mary Spencer 183 13.61%
Majority 776 57.70%
Turnout 1345 31.0 -8.0%
Conservative hold Swing
Castle Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Jones 903 54.40%
Conservative Pauline Ruth Lucas 404 24.34%
Labour Malcolm Peter Cannon 210 12.65%
Green Walter Schwarz 132 7.95%
Majority 499 30.06%
Turnout 1660 28.6% -3.4%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Christ Church Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Martin Clifford Hunt 662 48.01%
Conservative Roger Buston 587 42.57%
Labour David John Canning 124 8.99%
Majority 75 5.44%
Turnout 1379 43.4% +3.4%
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Copford & West Stanway Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jewell Blundell 353 70.46% -4.69%
Independent Patrick James Mead 70 13.97% +13.97%
Labour Anna Geraldine Trudgian 40 7.98% +7.98%
Liberal Democrat Anthony Scott-Boutell 37 7.39% -17.07%
Majority 283 56.49% +5.81%
Turnout 501 34.0% -1.0%
Conservative hold Swing
Fordham & Stour Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Albert Chapman 797 71.93%
Liberal Democrat Wilma Margaret Sutton 161 14.53%
Labour Gary Griffiths 144 13.00%
Majority 636 57.40%
Turnout 1108 27.6% -5.4%
Conservative hold Swing
Great Tey Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter John Chillingworth 645 68.62% +2.88%
Liberal Democrat Carolyn Catney 196 20.85% -13.41%
Labour Alan Frederick Trudigan 108 11.49% +11.49%
Majority 449 47.77% +16.29%
Turnout 940 42.7% +2.7%
Conservative hold Swing
Highwoods Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maris Elizabeth Fuller 417 32.33%
Liberal Democrat Alan Geoffrey Hayman 408 31.63%
Independent Ian Vernon Ringer[lower-alpha 1] 339 26.28%
Labour Edmund John Chinnery 121 9.38%
Majority 9 0.70%
Turnout 1290 22.0% +2.0%
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Mile End Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Anne Turrell 589 44.25%
Conservative Shahid Naim Husain 400 30.05%
Labour Janet Rosehart Smith 171 12.85%
Independent Jane Chinnery 124 9.32%
Green Mary Hilda Bryan 40 3.01%
Majority 189 14.20%
Turnout 1331 26.3% +0.3%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
New Town Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Margaret Donaldson Fisher 767 54.98%
Conservative Glenn Bath 325 23.30%
Labour Jane Maureen Green 281 20.14%
Majority 442 31.68%
Turnout 1395 22.9% -3.1%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Prettygate Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sandra Clark Gray 1,044 48.3
Conservative Ronald Alfred Levy 935 43.3
Labour Luke Michael Powell Dopson 182 8.4
Majority 109 5.0
Turnout 2,161 36.2% -0.8%
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
St Andrew's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Timothy Jon Young 813 61.92%
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Elizabeth Berriman 270 20.56%
Conservative Anne Allan 184 14.01%
Socialist Alliance Jeremy (Jim) Stuart Jepps 41 3.12%
Majority 543 41.36%
Turnout 1313 19.7% -0.3%
Labour hold Swing
St Annes's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Barrie Richard Cook 853 58.38%
Labour Peter Raymond Brine 295 20.19%
Conservative Angus James Carstairs Allan 283 19.37%
Socialist Alliance David Alexander Isaacson 31 2.12%
Majority 558 38.19%
Turnout 1461 22.7% -2.3%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Shrub End Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard William Bourne 596 38.01%
Conservative Alan Herbert Scattergood 530 33.80%
Liberal Democrat Barbara Williamson 408 26.02%
Socialist Alliance John Eric Coombes 24 1.53%
Majority 66 4.21%
Turnout 1568 24.5% -0.5%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Stanway Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Lesley Scott-Boutell 918 52.31%
Conservative John Paul Reeves 610 34.76%
Labour John Spademan 222 12.65%
Majority 308 17.55%
Turnout 1755 28.8% -5.2%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tiptree Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Fairley Crowe 546 34.98%
Tiptree Residents Anne Burgess 542 34.72%
Labour Alan Charles Leslie Mogridge 415 26.59%
Green Stella May Barnes 56 3.59%
Majority 4 0.26%
Turnout 1561 26.4% -2.6%
Conservative gain from Tiptree Residents
West Bergholt & Ash Green Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Mary Tod 774 66.38%
Liberal Democrat Una Jacqueline Myra Jones 238 20.41%
Labour Ian John Yates 149 12.78%
Majority 536 45.97%
Turnout 1166 30.3% -2.7%
Conservative hold Swing
West Mersea Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Anne Kimberley 1107 63.01%
Labour Bry Whittle Mogridge 359 20.43%
Liberal Democrat Ronald Charles Laurance Baker 249 14.17%
Majority 748 42.57%
Turnout 1757 30.1% -0.9%
Conservative hold Swing
Wivenhoe Cross Ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Alexander Adams 313
Conservative Eugene Kraft 264
Labour Aulay MacKenzie 172
Labour Paul Anthony Bishop 142
Liberal Democrat Barry Wlliam James 101
Turnout 544 16.8% -0.2%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Wivenhoe Quay Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Davies 488 35.59%
Conservative Kenneth Rogers 394 28.74%
Labour Stephen Charles Ford 336 24.51%
Green Christopher James Fox 142 10.36%
Majority 94 6.9
Turnout 1371 35.6% -2.4%
Independent hold Swing

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By-elections between 2003 and 2004

A by-election took place on 22 April 2004 after the death of the independent councillor Richard Davies.[10]

Wivenhoe Quay By-Election 22 April 2004[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Ford 626 34.4 +9.7
Conservative Anne Quarrie 614 33.7 +4.7
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Jacobs 581 31.9 +31.9
Majority 12 0.7
Turnout 1,821 44.0
Labour gain from Independent Swing

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