2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 65 seats to Bath and North East Somerset Council 33 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   LD Con Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 30 seats, 40.3% 16 seats, 29.8% Seats won 29 26 Seat change 1 10 Popular vote 29,759 34,167 Percentage 36.5% 41.9% Swing 3.8% 12.1%   Third party Fourth party   Lab Ind Party Labour Independent Last election 17 seats, 27.3% 0 seats, 0.7% Seats won 6 4 Seat change 11 4 Popular vote 11,122 4,375 Percentage 13.6% 5.4% Swing 13.7% 4.7%
Map showing the composition of Bath and North East Somerset Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats, and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation.
Council control before election No overall control (Lib Dem minority) Council control after election No overall control (Lib Dem - Con Coalition)

Elections were held on 1 May 2003 to elect 65 local councillors for Bath and North East Somerset Council. The results are shown below. Following the election, a coalition was formed between the Liberal Democrats and Conservative councillors. Cllr Paul Crossley became leader of the council.

Election results

Bath and North East Somerset Council election, 2003
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Liberal Democrats	59	29	4	5	1	44.6%	36.5%	29,759	3.8%
	Conservative	64	26	10	0	10	40%	41.9%	34,167	12.1%
	Labour	34	6	0	11	11	9.2%	13.6%	11,122	13.7%
	Independent	15	4	4	0	4	6.2%	5.4%	4,375	4.7%
	Green	9	0	0	0		0%	2.5%	2,067	2%

Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1999 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Abbey

Abbey (2 seats)[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Elizabeth Webb	680	47.5	+11.9
	Conservative	Brian Webber	613	–
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Marilyn Tapper *	587	41.0	–7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Richard Peter Smith	561	–
	Independent	Andrew Richard Edwards	166	–
	Independent	Graham Paul Walker	82	–
Turnout				34.6
Registered electors			4,105
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bathavon North

Bathavon North (3 seats)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Anthony Cox *	1,280	53.2	–0.2
	Conservative	Ian Dewey *	1,265	–
	Conservative	Martin Veal *	1,239	–
	Labour	David Walter Lavington	363	15.1	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Ann Wilkins	346	14.4	–14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Aggleton	330	–
	Liberal Democrats	Courtney Dale Lane	317	–
	Labour	Derek William Brown	293	–
	Labour	Hendrik Bebber	290	–
	Green	Michael Boulton	223	9.3	N/A
	Independent	Adrian Philip Shute	195	8.1	N/A
Turnout				39.7
Registered electors			5,539
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bathavon South

Bathavon South[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gitte Dawson *	660	63.5	+1.4
	Conservative	John Doran	379	36.5	+7.9
Majority			281	27.0
Turnout				49.3
Registered electors			2,131
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bathavon West

Bathavon West[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Rea Todd *	434	64.2	+5.6
	Conservative	Paul Baines	242	35.8	–9.3
Majority			190	28.4
Turnout				35.1
Registered electors			1,944
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bathwick

Bathwick (2 seats)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Anthony Bailey *	687	53.1	–6.2
	Conservative	Sir Elgar Jenkins	645	–
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolette Helen Marie Rattle	529	40.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth David Drain	506	–
	Labour	Ryan Thomas Jones	78	6.0	–1.2
Turnout				35.9
Registered electors			3,520
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chew Valley North

Chew Valley North[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Hanney *	675	85.1	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Ledbetter	118	14.9	+4.1
Majority			557	70.2
Turnout				43.6
Registered electors			1,820
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chew Valley South

Chew Valley South[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vic Pritchard *	447	65.0	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Mark Usher	241	35.0	+16.1
Majority			206	30.0
Turnout				40.1
Registered electors			1,729
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clutton

Clutton[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Willcox	405	54.0	+14.2
	Labour	Keith Hallett	212	28.3	–18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Dorothy Dunkerley	133	17.7	+4.3
Majority			193	25.7
Turnout				39.6
Registered electors			1,900
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Combe Down

Combe Down (2 seats)[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leila Wishart	765	41.3	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Symonds *	698	37.7	–11.8
	Conservative	Alan Robert Garrett	581	–
	Liberal Democrats	Michael James Walter Senior	525	–
	Independent	Jill Attwood	390	–
	Independent	Debra Elaine Shute	114	–
Turnout				44.2
Registered electors			3,791
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Farmborough

Farmborough[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Davis *	623	76.9	+20.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Gordon Melling	187	23.1	+12.0
Majority			436	53.8
Turnout				40.1
Registered electors			2,025
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Littleton

High Littleton[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Kew *	569	77.1	+28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Rose Elizabeth Vine	169	22.9	+11.1
Majority			400	54.2
Turnout				33.4
Registered electors			2,226
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham East

Keynsham East (2 seats)[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Organ *	1,026	51.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Marie Brewer	1,004	–
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Martin Clark	755	38.1	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanne Barbara Pinkerton	706	–
	Labour	Beverley Michaela Hunt	201	10.1	–4.4
Turnout				44.5
Registered electors			4,388
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keynsham North

Keynsham North (2 seats)[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gerrish	586	35.6	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Kirwan	578	35.1	–1.7
	Conservative	Brian Simmons	504	–
	Liberal Democrats	John Hudson	495	–
	Labour	Patricia Ann Hogg *	482	29.3	–12.3
	Labour	Gordon Arthur Derrick *	463	–
Turnout				42.1
Registered electors			3,875
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Keynsham South

Keynsham South (2 seats)[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Inker *	603	46.6	–20.6
	Labour	Hilary Fraser	485	–
	Conservative	Edward Gough	357	27.6	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bryce Halliday	334	25.8	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Helen Kirwan	318	–
	Conservative	Harvey Nicholas Haeberling	309	–
Turnout				33.4
Registered electors			3,847
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsmead

Kingsmead (2 seats)[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Furse *	615	44.3	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Paradise	548	–
	Conservative	Christopher John Butt	537	38.7	+0.9
	Conservative	Andrew Gordon Borland	532	–
	Green	Eric Lucas	235	16.9	N/A
Turnout				33.9
Registered electors			3,975
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lambridge

Lambridge (2 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael James Kelleher *	630	40.9	–7.6
	Conservative	Bryan Chalker	615	39.9	+6.2
	Conservative	Glenys Chalker	581	–
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Christopher James	565	–
	Green	Michael Gordon	296	19.2	N/A
Turnout				37.4
Registered electors			3,938
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown (2 seats)[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hawkins *	849	63.7	+6.4
	Conservative	Michael John Ringham *	833	–
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Frances Traill	484	36.3	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Steven Fenwick	480	–
Turnout				39.9
Registered electors			3,505
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyncombe

Lyncombe (2 seats)[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Bellotti	848	44.4	–16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marian McNeir *	827	–
	Conservative	Elizabeth Marie Dodgson	767	40.2	+9.5
	Conservative	Zena Gay Tulyholowycz	680	–
	Green	Wendy Blackman	293	15.4	N/A
	Green	Thelma Vivian Grimes	214	–
Turnout				47.8
Registered electors			3,984
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mendip

Mendip[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Warren	418	62.1	+15.1
	Labour	Nicholas John Simon Ajderian	153	22.7	–16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew John Wait	102	15.2	+1.9
Majority			265	39.4
Turnout				33.3
Registered electors			2,032
	Conservative hold		Swing

Midsomer Norton North

Midsomer Norton North (2 seats)[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Margaret Lewis	464	31.7	+14.2
	Conservative	Shirley Steel	396	27.0	+8.2
	Conservative	Robin John Maggs	379	–
	Labour	Matthew Robert Livsey	366	25.0	–38.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Alexander Knapton	296	–
	Labour	Anne Marie Jovic Sas	285	–
	Independent	Julie Mary Moorshead	238	16.3	N/A
Turnout				32.0
Registered electors			4,085
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Midsomer Norton Redfield

Midsomer Norton Redfield (2 seats)[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Watt	627	36.4	+10.5
	Independent	Betty May Perry	601	34.9	N/A
	Conservative	Barry James Gillett	559	–
	Labour Co-op	Fflyff McLaren	493	28.6	–30.3
	Labour Co-op	Stewart Edward Weston	270	–
Turnout				35.8
Registered electors			3,961
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Newbridge

Newbridge (2 seats)[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Brinkhurst *	888	57.0	–4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Roberts *	780	–
	Conservative	Robert Peter Baker	669	43.0	+15.7
	Conservative	David Elkington	618	–
Turnout				37.7
Registered electors			4,210
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Odd Down

Odd Down (2 seats)[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hedges *	674	48.2	–12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Roberts *	574	–
	Conservative	Janet Elizabeth McPherson	523	37.4	+22.6
	Conservative	Donald Albert Alfons Spearman	442	–
	Labour Co-op	Timothy Edwin Pearce	202	14.4	–9.7
Turnout				35.7
Registered electors			3,784
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oldfield

Oldfield (2 seats)[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Griffiths *	714	54.7	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun McGall *	689	–
	Conservative	Audrey Archer	333	25.5	+10.7
	Conservative	Colin Frederick Evans	298	–
	Labour Co-op	Karen Ruth Weston	258	19.8	–13.5
Turnout				34.1
Registered electors			3,767
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Paulton

Paulton (2 seats)[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Joy Ajderian	548	55.1	–16.6
	Labour	Brian Colin Barrett *	509	–
	Conservative	William Alan Brown	280	28.1	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Jefferies	202	–
	Liberal Democrats	David Matthews	167	16.8	–2.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Gordon Melling	131	–
Turnout				25.8
Registered electors			3,883
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Peasedown

Peasedown (2 seats)[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bevan	606	45.2	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Coleshill	597	–
	Labour	Robert Butt	498	37.2	–12.1
	Labour	Gael Doswell	356	–
	Conservative	Brian Harbour	236	17.6	–3.7
	Conservative	Colleen Patricia Curtis Jefferies	222	–
Turnout				28.1
Registered electors			4,600
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Publow with Whitchurch

Publow with Whitchurch[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edwards	360	59.6	+17.6
	Labour	Lawrence Hunt	164	27.2	–18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Dawn Smallwood	80	13.2	+1.1
Majority			196	32.5
Turnout				32.2
Registered electors			1,883
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radstock

Radstock (2 seats)[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phyllis Gay *	658	–
	Independent	Jonathan Jeffrey Gay *	461	–
	Labour Co-op	Peter Jovic-Sas *	370	32.1	+0.7
	Independent	Allan Brian George Hall	298	–
	Conservative	Gabriel Batt	124	10.8	N/A
	Conservative	Sebastien Long	109	–
Turnout				29.8
Registered electors			3,810
	Independent gain from Independent Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent Labour		Swing

Saltford

Saltford (2 seats)[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francine Haeberling *	792	66.3	+15.3
	Conservative	Gordon Wood *	724	–
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Buchanan	402	33.7	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Crouch	334	–
Turnout				37.0
Registered electors			3,307
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southdown

Southdown (2 seats)[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Crossley *	619	56.4	–15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dine Romero	618	–
	Conservative	Kenneth Philip Cragg	253	23.0	+11.9
	Labour	Grenville Malcolm John Young	226	20.6	+3.8
	Conservative	John Grant Ferrie	213	–
Turnout				30.1
Registered electors			4,052
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Timsbury

Timsbury[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Neal Davis	485	56.4	–2.6
	Conservative	John Kenyon Knibbs	278	32.3	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Rose Matthews	97	11.3	+1.7
Majority			207	24.1
Turnout				42.7
Registered electors			2,029
	Labour hold		Swing

Twerton

Twerton (2 seats)[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ball *	530	61.5	–10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Curran *	404	–
	Labour Co-op	Margaret Ann Pearce	186	21.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Maureen Veronica Bailey	146	16.9	+9.4
	Conservative	Roger Smith	125	–
Turnout				23.5
Registered electors			3,531
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Walcot

Walcot (2 seats)[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Dixon *	556	34.9	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Darracott	546	–
	Conservative	Susan Elizabeth Francesca Yuille	488	30.7	+5.1
	Conservative	William John Yuille	457	–
	Green	Richard Scrase	206	12.9	N/A
	Labour	Peter John Robert Norris	198	12.4	–19.2
	Labour	Bernard William Morgan	189	–
	Green	Gavin Withers	152	–
	Independent	Andrew Benedict Tanner	143	–
	Independent	Nicholas Hales	50	–
Turnout				38.2
Registered electors			4,025
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westfield

Westfield (2 seats)[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Cray	507	–
	Labour	Christopher John Dando	437	40.4	–35.1
	Labour	Wayne Teall	432	–
	Independent	Mike Collins	352	–
	Conservative	Mark Terence Davey	138	12.8	N/A
	Independent	Barbara Hawking	120	–
Turnout				25.6
Registered electors			4,097
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Westmoreland

Westmoreland (2 seats)[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Grace Ball *	543	47.1	–6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Hedges *	509	–
	Labour	Gillian Wendy Pitman	373	32.3	–2.1
	Labour	Christopher Jones	356	–
	Conservative	Susan Gillian Henley Green	238	20.6	+8.6
	Conservative	Gervase Antony Manfred O'Donovan	201	–
Turnout				31.3
Registered electors			3,870
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weston

Weston (2 seats)[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy John Bullamore *	1,068	50.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Colin Barrett	1,061	49.8	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andrews	974	–
	Conservative	Malcolm Lees	955	–
Turnout				50.7
Registered electors			4,030
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Widcombe

Widcombe (2 seats)[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter John Metcalfe *	653	41.8	–13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Mauricette O'Flaherty *	628	–
	Conservative	Martin Robert Sykes	532	34.0	+9.5
	Conservative	Brook Whelan	496	–
	Green	Susan Patricia Bradley	229	14.7	+4.5
	Green	Thelma Vivian Grimes	219	–
	Labour	Jean Adamson Campbell	149	9.5	–0.7
	Labour	Mary Elizabeth Young	149
Turnout				36.5
Registered electors			4,029
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

General

• "Local Election - Thursday, 1st May, 2003". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
• "Bath & North East Somerset Council Election Results 1995-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 16 April 2020.

Specific

1. "Abbey Ward". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
2. "Bathavon North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
3. "Bathavon South". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
4. "Bathavon West". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
5. "Bathwick". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
6. "Chew Valley North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
7. "Chew Valley South". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
8. "Clutton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
9. "Combe Down". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
10. "Farmborough". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
11. "High Littleton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
12. "Keynsham East". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
13. "Keynsham North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
14. "Keynsham South". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
15. "Kingsmead". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
16. "Lambridge". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
17. "Lansdown". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
18. "Lyncombe". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
19. "Mendip". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
20. "Midsomer Norton North". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
21. "Midsomer Norton Redfield". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
22. "Newbridge". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
23. "Odd Down". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
24. "Oldfield". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
25. "Paulton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
26. "Peasedown". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
27. "Publow with Whitchurch". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
28. "Radstock". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
29. "Saltford". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
30. "Southdown". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
31. "Timsbury". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
32. "Twerton". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
33. "Walcot". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
34. "Westfield". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
35. "Westmoreland". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
36. "Weston". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
37. "Widcombe". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.