English council election
2003 Gedling Borough Council election 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. An election was held 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]
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 (British politician) 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
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