2003 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

The 2003 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 26
Labour 22[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 30.32%.[3]

Great Yarmouth Local Election Result 2003[3][2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	10			+2	58.8	48.4	7,784	-2.8%
Conservative	7			-2	41.2	44.6	7,162	+1.3%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	751	+1.2%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	378	+0.4%

Ward results

Caister North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Cunniffe	644	45.5	+2.0
	Labour	Sandy Griffiths	592	41.8	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	147	10.4	-1.1
	Green	Roy Walmsley	32	2.3	+0.6
Majority			52	3.7	+3.5
Turnout			1,415

Caister South[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Hacon	557	51.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Thomas Andrews	473	43.4	-5.5
	Green	Robert Chandler	61	5.6	+1.6
Majority			84	7.7
Turnout			1,091

Claydon (2)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anthony Blyth	608
	Labour	Bernard Williamson	479
	Conservative	Peter Meah	360
Turnout			1,447

Fleggburgh[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Thompson	723	80.9
	Labour	Roger Timms	171	19.1
Majority			552	61.8
Turnout			894

Gorleston[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Hodds	737	56.4	-1.3
	Labour	Sharon Thrasher	376	28.8	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Lees	194	14.8	+2.4
Majority			361	27.6	-0.3
Turnout			1,307

Lichfield and Cobholm[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Penelope Linden	447	73.0	-5.6
	Conservative	Jason Delf	165	27.0	+5.6
Majority			282	46.1	-11.1
Turnout			612

Lothingland[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Tate	572	50.9	-6.6
	Labour	Richard Barker	551	49.1	+6.6
Majority			21	1.9	-13.1
Turnout			1,123

Magdalen East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Peek	429	48.8	-13.3
	Conservative	David Denning	407	46.3	+8.4
	Green	Diane Nottage	43	4.9	+4.9
Majority			22	2.5	-21.8
Turnout			879

Magdalen West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colleen Walker	661	71.8	-8.9
	Conservative	John Hayes	171	18.6	-0.7
	Green	Martyn McCarthy	88	9.6	+9.6
Majority			490	53.3	-8.0
Turnout			920

Nelson[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Jeal	424	65.1	-8.7
	Conservative	Joy Cosaitis	163	25.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tall	64	9.8	+9.8
Majority			261	40.1	-12.7
Turnout			651

Northgate[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Taylor	662	57.3	-0.3
	Conservative	Alan Baugh	368	31.8	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Harris	126	10.9	+4.1
Majority			294	25.4	+0.8
Turnout			1,156

Ormesby[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Shrimplin	720	63.5	-6.1
	Labour	Nicholas Dack	273	24.1	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Mayhew	141	12.4	+1.5
Majority			447	39.4	-13.4
Turnout			1,134

Regent[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Jarvis	446	49.4	+0.2
	Labour	Valerie Pettit	374	41.5	-3.7
	Green	Paula Thompson	82	9.1	+3.6
Majority			72	8.0	+4.0
Turnout			902

Rollesby[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Coleman	310	61.3
	Labour	Peter Alexander	117	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Cole	79	15.6
Majority			193	38.2
Turnout			506

St Andrews[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Culmer	484	52.5	-4.9
	Conservative	Patrick Cook	438	47.5	+4.9
Majority			46	5.0	-9.8
Turnout			922

Yarmouth North[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Woodcock	579	51.9	-1.2
	Conservative	John Getliff	465	41.7	-1.7
	Green	Sheila Chandler	72	6.5	+3.0
Majority			114	10.2	+0.5
Turnout			1,116

References

"Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
"Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
"Great Yarmouth Borough Council: Councillors – Elections 1 May 2003 - Results". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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