2003 Gedling Borough Council election

The 2003 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 7.[1] The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]

2003 Gedling Borough Council election
May 2003
All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 21 21 7
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 1
Map of the results of the 2003 Gedling council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in grey.

Background

At the last election in 1999 the Conservatives gained control of the council from the Labour Party with 29 seats, compared to 18 for Labour, 7 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents.[3]

Boundary changes between 1999 and 2003 reduced the number of seats from 57 to 50.[3] The changes included removing the wards of Cavendish, Conway and Priory, while creating new wards of Daybrook and Valley.[4]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 32.4%, down from 35.0% in 1999.[3]

Following the election a power sharing agreement was reached with the Conservative and Labour parties agreeing to share the post of leader of the council.[5]

Gedling Local Election Result 2003[6][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 21 -8 42.0 42.9 29,511
  Labour 21 +2 42.0 41.1 28,321
  Liberal Democrats 7 0 14.0 11.3 7,777
  Independent 1 -1 2.0 4.6 3,160
  Green 0 0 0 0.1 73

Ward results
Bestwood Village[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denis Beeston 306 70.3
Conservative Thomas Roach 129 29.7
Majority 177 40.6
Turnout 435 33.5
Bonington (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Lane 748
Labour Stephen Rigby 735
Labour Vivienne McCrossen 703
Conservative Terence Pepper 567
Conservative Robert Tait 560
Conservative Balraj Johal 499
Turnout 3,812 25.9
Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Blandamer 551
Conservative Alan Bexon 515
Liberal Democrats Richard Berry 449
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ellwood 362
Labour Jeanette Johnson 331
Labour Brigitte Maguire 301
Turnout 2,509 43.9
Calverton (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Calverton First Independents William Peet 808
Labour James Woodward 786
Labour Gareth Griffiths 785
Calverton First Independents William Mellors 761
Labour Alan Woodward 730
Calverton First Independents Grant Withers 716
Conservative Mark Winter 383
Conservative Simon Massey 314
Turnout 5,283 35.0
Carlton (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Day 712
Conservative Wendy Golland 691
Conservative Richard Goodwin 681
Labour Cheryl Hewlett 653
Labour Damian Belshaw 623
Labour Barbara Miller 611
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sowter 299
Turnout 4,270 28.6
Carlton Hill (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Darrell Pulk 942
Labour Paul Feeney 939
Labour Seamus Creamer 938
Conservative Susan Jakeman 601
Conservative Peter Foulkes 594
Conservative Thomas Butcher 592
Turnout 4,606 29.7
Daybrook (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Barnes 731
Labour Sandra Barnes 713
Conservative Lorraine Beaumont 308
Conservative Michael Smedley 298
Turnout 2,050 28.4
Gedling (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Tunniclife 1,067
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Wright 1,060
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dunkin 970
Conservative Edward Godfrey 508
Conservative Andrew Bell 489
Conservative Kevin Alcock 461
Labour Jennifer Hollingsworth 317
Labour Allan Leadbeater 303
Labour James O'Riordan 269
Turnout 5,444 36.2
Killisick[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harvey Maddock 280 52.7
Liberal Democrats Anthony Turner 92 17.3
Conservative Derek Smith 86 16.2
Green Henry Wheeler 73 13.7
Majority 188 35.4
Turnout 531 28.6
Kingswell (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rodney Kempster 845
Conservative Vernon Bradley 749
Labour Martin Hall 374
Labour Julia Buckby 335
Independent Edna Hindle 214
Independent Clifford Hindle 179
Turnout 2,696 37.1
Lambley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roland Spencer 417 74.3
Labour Marjorie Paling 144 25.7
Majority 273 48.6
Turnout 561 34.5
Mapperley Plains (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Veronica Pepper 1,013
Conservative John Parr 989
Conservative Gerald Clarke 979
Labour Peter Crossley 607
Labour Nicola Brooks 606
Labour Alan Hardy 592
Turnout 4,786 28.0
Netherfield & Colwick (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Clarke 768
Labour William Clarke 760
Labour Christina Lockett 728
Conservative Anthony Morris 397
Conservative Judith Nicholson 368
Conservative Richard Smedley 362
Turnout 3,383 23.3
Newstead[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McCauley 265 50.1
Conservative Bruce Andrews 264 49.9
Majority 1 0.2
Turnout 529 32.9
Phoenix (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivan Gollop 539
Liberal Democrats Raymond Poynter 519
Labour Arthur Turney 501
Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes 471
Conservative Ann Collin 187
Conservative Colin Blandamer 186
Turnout 2,403 33.6
Porchester (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Tanner 907
Conservative Donald Pycroft 892
Conservative Jennifer Spencer 854
Labour John Truscott 832
Labour Paul Barton 811
Labour Leslie Nourse 779
Turnout 5,075 34.0
Ravenshead (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Grainger 1,226
Conservative Thambithurai Chandran 1,098
Conservative Mark Spencer 1,085
Labour Gwilym Griffith 582
Labour John Kendrick 564
Labour Barrie Bowker 404
Turnout 4,959 37.7
St. James (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Gillam 654
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pratt 598
Conservative Eric Collin 351
Conservative Elaine Goodwin 325
Labour Gary Gregory 257
Labour Paul Wilkinson 234
Turnout 2,419 25.1
St. Marys (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Cole 794
Labour Grace Millar 779
Labour Stewart Ragsdale 762
Conservative Magdalen Roach 689
Conservative Paul Beaumont 647
Conservative Mavis Gunson 639
Turnout 4,310 29.0
Valley (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Dunkin 404
Labour Christopher Preston 379
Labour Daniel Taylor 368
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swift 353
Conservative Wesley Bleakley 208
Conservative Bernard Leaper 205
Turnout 1,917 30.6
Woodborough[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Glass 485 79.6
Labour Liz Delaney 124 20.4
Majority 361 59.2
Turnout 609 40.0
Woodthorpe (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suzanne Prew-Smith 1,216
Conservative Richard Nicholson 1,206
Conservative Francis Boot 1,183
Labour Ronald McCrossen 613
Labour Christine Russell 576
Labour Philip Miller 500
Liberal Democrats Margaret Swift 479
Independent Christine Hindle 266
Independent David Hindle 216
Turnout 6,255 39.7

References
  1. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. "Gedling Borough Council elections summary" (PDF). Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  4. "Council Elections May 2003". Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  5. "Parties Share Power". Gedling Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 May 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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