South Oxfordshire District Council election, 2003
The 2003 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 2.[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives take control from the Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition that had run the council before the election.[3] This was the first time the Conservatives had controlled the council since 1995 and came after they made 5 gains to hold 27 of the 48 seats on the council.[3][4] The Liberal Democrats lost eight seats, including the council chairman John Griffin in Crowmarsh ward and the council leader Jan Morgan.[5] Meanwhile, Labour also lost three seats including the cabinet member for finance Nick Hards.[5] However the Henley Residents Group gained seats, picking up all 4 seats for Henley.[5] Overall turnout in the election was 35.13%,[6] after voting hours had been extended in an attempt to increase turnout.[7]
South Oxfordshire Local Election Result 2003[2][6] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 27 | +5 | 56.3 | 47.1 | 27,821 | |||||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | -8 | 18.8 | 29.3 | 17,291 | |||||
Labour | 4 | -3 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 6,563 | |||||
Independent | 4 | 0 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 3,500 | |||||
Henley Residents Group | 4 | +4 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3,029 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 874 | |||||
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorothy Brown | 530 | 74.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Savory | 105 | 14.8 | ||
Labour | Timothy Savory | 76 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | 425 | 59.8 | |||
Turnout | 711 | 38.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Susan Cooper | 862 | |||
Conservative | Felix Bloomfield | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Booker | 787 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Loughran | 554 | |||
Turnout | 2,994 | 38.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cotton | 825 | |||
Conservative | Philip Cross | 764 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Marc Hiles | 583 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Carole Heath-Whyte | 490 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Hall | 325 | |||
Labour | Michael Hall | 229 | |||
Turnout | 3,216 | 39.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Greene | 521 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jane Fishwick | 395 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | 126 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 916 | 46.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Turner | 510 | 60.6 | ||
Conservative | Ann Pritchard | 284 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Collins | 47 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 226 | 26.9 | |||
Turnout | 841 | 38.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Thomson | 438 | 67.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Felicity Chancellor | 212 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 226 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 650 | 34.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Cameron | 688 | |||
Independent | Patricia Haywood | 523 | |||
Conservative | David Heaven | 513 | |||
Independent | Martin Wright | 509 | |||
Independent | Eric Stanley | 227 | |||
Labour | Julie Marfleet | 180 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Cockayne | 151 | |||
Turnout | 2,791 | 32.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Dawe | 727 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Leadsom | 682 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Janet Morgan | 671 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Josephine Clyde | 628 | |||
Turnout | 2,708 | 35.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Jennings | 402 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Griffin | 346 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 56 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 748 | 41.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Flood | 552 | |||
Independent | Sara Davidson | 438 | |||
Conservative | Alan Thompson | 419 | |||
Labour | Mark Fysh | 391 | |||
Labour | Shirley Brown | 381 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Emma Beszant | 204 | |||
Turnout | 2,385 | 31.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Service | 509 | |||
Conservative | Colin Daukes | 498 | |||
Conservative | Marcus Harris | 478 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Parry | 473 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Jones | 468 | |||
Labour | Nicholas Hards | 435 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anthony Worgan | 420 | |||
Labour | Philippa Giaretta | 409 | |||
Labour | William Atkinson | 402 | |||
Turnout | 4,092 | 26.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael McNulty | 416 | |||
Labour | David Giaretta | 388 | |||
Conservative | Roger Jeffreys | 265 | |||
Conservative | Roger Hawlor | 261 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Miranda Jennings | 172 | |||
Turnout | 1,502 | 21.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Davies | 665 | |||
Labour | Eleanor Hards | 630 | |||
Conservative | Marie Flood | 480 | |||
Conservative | Lyndon Elias | 442 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Lee Thacker | 197 | |||
Green | David Brooks-Saxl | 169 | |||
Turnout | 2,583 | 30.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Patricia Purse | 585 | 66.5 | ||
Conservative | John Walsh | 295 | 33.5 | ||
Majority | 290 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 880 | 37.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Ann Tomline | 471 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Michael Belcher | 309 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 162 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 780 | 35.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Ducker | 1,222 | |||
Conservative | Pearl Slatter | 1,117 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alice Harrison | 640 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Caroline Wardle | 590 | |||
Green | James Norman | 309 | |||
Turnout | 3,878 | 45.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Nowell-Smith | 419 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | Frank Nixey | 333 | 36.9 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Newdick | 92 | 10.2 | ||
Green | Alistair Morris | 58 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 86 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 902 | 44.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Greene | 662 | 68.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jancis Smith | 203 | 21.0 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Goff | 103 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 459 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 968 | 46.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henley Residents Group | Kenneth Arlett | 779 | |||
Henley Residents Group | Gillian Zakss | 710 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Spencer-Jones | 621 | |||
Conservative | Bruce Harrison | 563 | |||
Green | Aidan Carlisle | 142 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Pinfield | 142 | |||
Turnout | 2,957 | 35.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henley Residents Group | Terry Buckett | 895 | |||
Henley Residents Group | Barry Wood | 645 | |||
Conservative | Alan Rooke | 439 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Lane | 417 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Noel Snell | 339 | |||
Green | Susan Miles | 145 | |||
Turnout | 2,880 | 35.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Stimson | 275 | 45.8 | ||
Conservative | Rolien Tremain | 208 | 34.7 | ||
Labour | William Atkinson | 66 | 11.0 | ||
Green | David Scott | 51 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 67 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 600 | 28.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Rudge | 973 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Leonard | 945 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Emily Cooper | 339 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Curl | 287 | |||
Turnout | 2,544 | 35.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Naish | 983 | |||
Conservative | Henry Kemp | 908 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mary Martyn-Johns | 399 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Wardle | 335 | |||
Turnout | 2,625 | 33.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Bretherton | 526 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Welply | 471 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jeneva Paul | 418 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Carter | 416 | |||
Labour | Euan Aitken | 222 | |||
Labour | Christopher Chandler | 201 | |||
Turnout | 2,254 | 27.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Midwinter | 825 | |||
Conservative | David Dodds | 642 | |||
Labour | Mary Stiles | 566 | |||
Conservative | Ana Choudhury | 460 | |||
Turnout | 2,493 | 33.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Denis Strange | 978 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Moor | 607 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Norah Laurie | 581 | |||
Conservative | John Cohen | 363 | |||
Turnout | 2,529 | 35.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Mann | 835 | |||
Conservative | David Sloan | 803 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jane Fleming | 741 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barbara Snell | 617 | |||
Turnout | 2,996 | 40.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Roger Bell | 674 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sarah Gray | 638 | |||
Conservative | John Hamer | 566 | |||
Conservative | Diana Ludlow | 487 | |||
Labour | Matthew Andrews | 184 | |||
Labour | Daniel Ferrett | 155 | |||
Turnout | 2,704 | 33.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Quinton | 553 | 58.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Robin Peirce | 398 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 155 | 16.3 | |||
Turnout | 951 | 49.3 | |||
References
- ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- 1 2 "Election Results". The Times. 2003-05-02. p. 17.
- 1 2 "Tories win South Oxfordshire". BBC News Online. 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- ↑ "Good night for Tories". Reading Post. 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- 1 2 3 "South Oxfordshire: Conservatives sweep back to power". thisisoxfordshire. 2003-05-02. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ↑ "Will ballot trials woo back voters?". BBC News Online. 2003-04-25. Retrieved 2010-06-01.