2003 Adur District Council election

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Elections to Adur District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.7%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Adur Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 11+473.346.87,167-2.5%
  Labour 4-326.731.54,831-9.1%
  Liberal Democrats 0000011.21,713+10.5%
  Independent 0-104.0607-0.8%
  Green 000003.6556+1.9%
  UKIP 000002.9442+0.8%

Ward results

Buckingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debra Kennard90169.1+0.2
Labour Peter Osmond25719.7-2.9
Green Frank Tilsley14511.1+11.1
Majority64449.4+3.1
Turnout 1,30334
Churchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Bradburn43340.3-16.1
Liberal Democrats Roy Gibson23521.9+21.9
Independent Joy Hartley21419.9+19.9
Labour Jeannette White19217.9-14.8
Majority19818.4-5.3
Turnout 1,07428
Cokeham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Yate55355.4-2.5
Conservative Brian Boggis44444.5+2.4
Majority10910.9-4.9
Turnout 99728
Eastbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Eade56246.0+2.8
Labour Simon Thorpe48840.0-16.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Painter17114.0+14.0
Majority746.0
Turnout 1,22135
Hillside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Eade60250.4+6.2
Labour Brian Whipp41935.1-20.7
Liberal Democrats Robert King17414.6+14.6
Majority18315.3
Turnout 1,19536
Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Mills48547.1-7.6
Labour Jean Woolgar23923.2-3.1
Independent Denise Ferris17016.5+16.5
UKIP Lionel Parsons13613.2-5.8
Majority24623.9-4.5
Turnout 1,03031
Mash Barn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicola Eves24735.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Burt19327.8
Labour Ann Bridges15322.0
Independent Patrick Beresford8111.7
Green Peter Franks-Lovell213.0
Majority547.7
Turnout 69524
Peverel (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brenda Collard419
Conservative Andrew McGregor402
Labour Joyce Burns228
Liberal Democrats Timothy Clarke214
Labour John Wales180
Turnout 1,44326
St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Howitt28674.3
Conservative Henry Treadwell9925.7
Majority18748.6
Turnout 38545
St. Nicolas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Howard64248.5-1.3
Labour Alan Heselden36027.2-4.7
Green Moyra Martin20315.3+6.8
UKIP Kenneth Bishop1199.0-0.7
Majority28221.3+3.4
Turnout 1,32435
Southlands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Berry503
Labour Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth385
Conservative Felicity Deen364
Conservative Laura Graysmark361
Liberal Democrats Sydney Little170
Green Louis Gibbs109
UKIP Eric Faulkner-Little108
UKIP Michael Henn79
Turnout 2,07936
Southwick Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iris Betty54450.6-10.6
Labour Steven Carden26124.3-14.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stuart19217.9+17.9
Green Esther Rees787.3+7.3
Majority28326.3+3.9
Turnout 1,07529
Widewater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Turner66244.3-10.2
Liberal Democrats Doris Martin36424.3+24.3
Labour Adrienne Lowe32721.9-23.6
Independent Edwina Weekes1429.5+9.5
Majority29820.0+11.0
Turnout 1,49533

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