2003 Tendring District Council election

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2003 Tendring District Council election
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  1999 1 May 2003 2007  

All 60 seats to Tendring District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election17 seats, 33.3%9 seats, 14.2%23 seats, 37.6%
Seats before171121
Seats won251311
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Popular vote12,8987,5037,503
Percentage36.021.721.0
SwingIncrease2.svg2.7Increase2.svg7.5Decrease2.svg12.3

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Party Community Representative Independent Holland Residents
Last electionDid Not Stand6 seats, 12.8%
Seats before06
Seats won443
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Popular vote3,1162,2171,098
Percentage8.76.23.1
SwingIncrease2.svg8.7Decrease2.svg6.6Increase2.svg3.1

Majority party before election

No overall control

Majority party after election

No overall control

Elections to Tendring District Council took place on 1 May 2003. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

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Summary Result

Tendring District Council election, 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2500Increase2.svg 936.012,898+2.7
  Liberal Democrats 1340Increase2.svg 421.77,766+7.5
  Labour 11014Decrease2.svg 1421.07,503-12.3
 CRP440Increase2.svg 48.73,116N/A
  Independent 400Decrease2.svg 36.22,217-6.6
  Holland Residents 300Steady2.svg3.11,098N/A
  Green 000Steady2.svg1.8652N/A
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.9326N/A
  Socialist Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.6204N/A

Ward results

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CRP = Community Representative Party

Alresford

Alresford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Gary Scott 413 75.2
Labour Terry Ripo13624.8
Turnout 32.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Alton Park

Alton Park
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Delia Aldis 330 46.0
Labour Mark Morley-Souter 299
Liberal Democrats Graham Saltmarsh20728.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell198
Conservative Susan Powell18025.1
Conservative Sheila Wilde157
Turnout 21.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Ardleigh & Little Bromley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Neil Stock 370 78.1
Labour Colin Olivier10421.9
Turnout 27.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jose Powell Unopposed
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harold Shearing 757 73.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Beadles 731
Conservative Grant Penny27426.6
Conservative David Cottage236
Turnout 30.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark de Roy 353 56.7
Green Michael Mealing20532.9
Labour Richard Exell6510.4
Turnout 36.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Dixon 1,034 26.2
Labour Josephine Ruffell 1,023 25.9
Independent Peter Patrick 989 25.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Dale770
Conservative Vivien Chapman55114.0
Conservative Jane Girdlestone542
Green Valerie Bentinck3508.9
Turnout 34.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Burrsville

Burrsville
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Charles Sambridge33651.5
Liberal Democrats Walter Bensilum31748.5
Turnout 34.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Frinton

Frinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Allen 974 60.6
Conservative Nicholas Turner 887
UKIP Anthony Finnegan-Butler32620.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Whitson16410.2
Labour Ann Evander1428.8
Labour Graham Ford130
Turnout 41.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golf Green

Golf Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CRPRoy Smith 1,135 61.1
CRPKenneth Sargeant 651
Labour Maurice Alexander49126.4
Conservative Kenneth Spooner23112.4
Turnout 36.4
CRP gain from Labour
CRP gain from Labour

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lines 228 41.3
Labour Graham Turner21538.9
CRPAnthony Colbourne10919.7
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Taylor 478 90.2
Labour Lily Jakubowski529.8
Turnout 30.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hamford

Hamford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Roy Caddick 921 67.2
Conservative Iris Johnson 893
Labour Valerie Bird23417.1
Liberal Democrats Sheila Harrison21515.7
Turnout 37.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harwich East

Harwich East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lawrence Payne 295 46.7
CRPMichael Gardner19831.3
Conservative Janet Little10015.8
Socialist Alliance Richard Allday396.2
Turnout 32.8
Labour hold Swing

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Brand 499 35.9
Conservative William Bleakley 492 35.4
Labour David McLeod481
CRPFraser Leeks31522.6
Socialist Alliance Sylvia Noble856.1
Turnout 30.8
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Harwich West

Harwich West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Double 613 44.4
Labour Hugh Markham-Lee 456
Conservative Eric Yallop35926.0
CRPRicardo Callender32923.8
CRPHugh Thompson256
Socialist Alliance John Tipple805.8
Turnout 29.6
Labour hold
Labour hold

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CRPSteven Henderson 704 53.2
CRPDavid Rutson 607
Labour Louise Armstrong38629.2
Labour Colin Knight386
Conservative Karoline Hlubek23317.6
Turnout 32.2
CRP gain from Labour
CRP gain from Labour

Haven

Haven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Holland Residents Brian Thomasson 361 46.8
Conservative Joyce Broderick29638.4
Independent George Craft11414.8
Turnout 42.2
Holland Residents gain from Independent Swing

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robert Bucke 907 75.8
Conservative Mark Cossens 875
Labour Joan Bond28924.2
Turnout 33.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Homelands

Homelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Page Unopposed
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Lawford

Lawford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Sarah Candy 452 38.9
Liberal Democrats John Kelly35330.4
Conservative Russell Ginn287
Labour Michael Barker20317.5
Labour Gregory Morgan198
CRPDavid Smy15413.3
Turnout 27.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Little Clacton & Weeley

Little Clacton & Weeley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter de Vaux-Balbirnie 617 54.2
Conservative Bernard Leatherdale 578
Liberal Democrats John Candler30927.1
Labour Ronald Fluin21318.7
Turnout 26.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Michael Dew 547 48.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Potter 511
Conservative Alison Johnson43838.5
Conservative Alistair Ford403
Labour Christine Morgan15413.5
Turnout 32.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Peter Bruff

Peter Bruff
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Susan Shearing 485 70.4
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bevan 481
Conservative John Stephenson20429.6
Conservative Madeline Pound184
Turnout 21.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Pier

Pier
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Audrey Overton 357 47.9
Conservative Ann Oxley 333
Labour Anne Alexander291
Labour Raymond Rogers29139.1
Green Marie Herbert9713.0
Turnout 21.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Elmer 205 39.8
CRPMichael Lowe18135.1
Conservative Andrew Purdy12925.0
Turnout 27.8
Labour hold Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Baker 300 41.6
Labour Anthony Sargent 283
Liberal Democrats Robert Harper22431.0
Liberal Democrats Tracy King217
Conservative Helen Doddridge19827.4
Turnout 20.5
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Bartholomew's

St. Bartholomew's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Holland Residents Mary Bragg 737 53.5
Holland Residents Michael Holden 673
Conservative Claire Moor64046.5
Conservative Brian Pennell624
Turnout 38.0
Holland Residents hold
Holland Residents hold

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Griffiths 403 32.4
Conservative Gill Downing 384
Liberal Democrats Gloria Bargent37630.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Harrison253
Labour David Bolton24920.0
Independent Martyn Hughes21517.3
Labour Roy Raby214
Turnout 32.6
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative
Conservative gain from Labour

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Bevan 577 47.1
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Cripps 504
Conservative Anthony Cooper32626.6
Conservative Colin Madge313
Labour Norman Jacobs23126.2
Turnout 29.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Aldis 264 34.2
Conservative Amanda-Jane Pound 261 33.9
Labour Susan Morley-Souter251
Conservative Francis Woods248
Liberal Democrats Peter Miller24631.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Redding209
Turnout 21.3
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

St. Osyth & Point Clear

St. Osyth & Point Clear
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John White 680 65.0
Independent Michael Talbot 655
Conservative Ronald Walker36635.0
Turnout 30.1
Independent hold
Independent hold

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Pierre Oxley 793 55.5
Conservative Catherine Jessop 701
Labour David Gamman23916.7
Independent Brian White21915.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Jarvis17712.4
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Smith154
Turnout 34.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ian Dimmock 586 52.3
Conservative Harry Jessop 563
Liberal Democrats Roger Bell53447.7
Liberal Democrats Marc Mannings502
Turnout 31.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Walton

Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeanette King 676 70.7
Conservative Christine Turner 637
Labour Sacha Aldis28029.3
Turnout 28.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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References

  1. "Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2021.