Map of the results of the 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Labour in red.
The 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2.[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.[2]
Election result
The Conservatives took control of the council after gaining 22 seats to have 39 of the 41 councillors.[3] Meanwhile, Labour was reduced to only 2 councillors after losing 19 seats.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 26.8%, down from 32% at the 1999 election.[4]
Among the Labour councillors to be defeated were the leader of the council Dave Wells and the mayor Charles Smith.[5]
^"Election Results - English Councils". The Times. NewsBank. 2 May 2003. p. 17.
^ abJohnston, Philip (3 May 2003). "Tories back in charge in former true-blue towns: Conservatives". The Daily Telegraph. NewsBank.
^ abcdefghijklmnop"Castle Point Borough Council election results May 2003" (PDF). Castle Point Borough Council. Political Science Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^"South Essex: It's a blue day as Tories run riot". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 2 May 2003.