2003 Woking Borough Council election
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The 2003 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Conservative 17
- Liberal Democrat 12
- Labour 6
- Independent 1[2]
Background
[edit]The election saw 13 seats being contested with the contest in Brookwood ward being a by-election after the previous Conservative councillor, Mark Pritchard, resigned his seat on the council.[3] Three long standing councillors also stood down at the election, Alf Stranks in Byfleet ward, Gordon Brown in Horsell East and Woodham and Rosemary Johnson in Old Woking.[3] As well as candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, there were also 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party, 2 independents and 1 from the Green Party.[3]
Election result
[edit]No party won a majority in the election with the council remaining under no overall control as it had been since the 1998 election.[4] The only party to have more seats after the election than before was Labour after they gained Old Woking from the Liberal Democrats by 26 votes.[4] Meanwhile, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats each gained one seat from the other, with the Conservatives taking Byfleet by 27 votes and the Liberal Democrats winning Brookwood by 7 votes.[4] Overall turnout in the election was 33.66%.[5]
The failure by the Conservatives to gain the two seats they needed to have a majority on the council was described as disappointing by commentators, in a year when the party gained seats nationally.[6] [7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 | 46.7 | 8,780 | +1.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 30.8 | 35.4 | 6,653 | -4.1% | |
Labour | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 23.1 | 13.1 | 2,463 | -0.7% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 461 | +1.8% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 362 | +0.8% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 76 | +0.4% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Philip Goldenberg | 358 | 44.1 | +13.8 | |
Conservative | Justin Boorman | 351 | 43.2 | −19.7 | |
Green | Sandra Simkin | 76 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Labour | Eric Kennedy | 27 | 3.3 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 812 | 43.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Hutton | 1,026 | 46.0 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Roberts | 999 | 44.8 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Brian Cozens | 207 | 9.3 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.2 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,232 | 41.0 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Smith | 727 | 52.2 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Jeremy Yates | 457 | 32.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Christopher Martin | 210 | 15.1 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 270 | 19.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,394 | 25.8 | −3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tina Liddington | 540 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Hilary Addison | 349 | 34.0 | ||
Labour | Graeme Carman | 137 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | 191 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,026 | 25.6 | −5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Murray | 814 | 58.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Leach | 333 | 24.0 | ||
UKIP | Michael Harvey | 183 | 13.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Roberts | 56 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 481 | 34.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,386 | 40.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Armitage | 1,129 | 50.1 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann-Marie Barker | 935 | 41.5 | −6.6 | |
Labour | Audrey Worgan | 121 | 5.4 | +0.0 | |
UKIP | Timothy Shaw | 69 | 3.1 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 194 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,254 | 42.2 | −4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Martin | 498 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | Norma Gruselle | 321 | 28.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Davies | 215 | 18.8 | ||
UKIP | Paul Davey | 110 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 177 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,144 | 28.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neville Hinks | 977 | 47.8 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Catherine Fisher | 950 | 46.5 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Chanchal Kapoor | 117 | 5.7 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,044 | 30.5 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Evans | 593 | 40.8 | −18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wilson | 397 | 27.3 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | David Roe | 289 | 19.9 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Michael Osman | 174 | 12.0 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 196 | 13.5 | −27.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,453 | 22.2 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Ford | 304 | 42.6 | +13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek McCrum | 278 | 39.0 | −13.9 | |
Conservative | Colin Kemp | 131 | 18.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 26 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 713 | 37.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Ankers | 1,285 | 72.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Grimshaw | 442 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | Richard Cowley | 50 | 2.8 | ||
Majority | 843 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,777 | 44.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Cundy | 899 | 72.9 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Kremer | 266 | 21.6 | −3.3 | |
Labour | John Bramall | 69 | 5.6 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 633 | 51.3 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,234 | 35.2 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mehala Gosling | 779 | 58.7 | −12.9 | |
Independent | Richard Wilson | 287 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hough | 186 | 14.0 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Michael Byrne | 74 | 5.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 492 | 37.1 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,326 | 33.8 | −3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Election Results". The Times. 2 May 2003. p. 17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Shake up of council as three bow out". getbracknell. 3 April 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ a b c "Council is hung for fifth year". getsurrey. 8 May 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Election various wards Thursday 1 May 2003: Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Johnston, Philip (2 May 2003). "Labour loses cities as war backlash bites: Analysis". The Daily Telegraph. p. 9.
- ^ "Nationwide gains enough to save IDS leadership". Evening Standard. 2 May 2003. p. 6.