2003 Breckland District Council election

2003 Breckland District Council election
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All 54 seats to Breckland District Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2003 Breckland District Council election.
Control before election; ; Conservative	Control after election ; ; Conservative

The 2003 Breckland District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England.^[1]^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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2003 Breckland District Council election^[3]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	49	42	N/A	N/A	8	77.8	56.5	22,766	+10.3
	Labour	37	8	N/A	N/A	6	14.8	24.9	10,040	–6.1
	Independent	9	4	N/A	N/A	1	7.4	6.7	2,715	+1.7
	Green	12	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	4.9	1,976	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	7	0	N/A	N/A	2	0.0	5.3	2,118	–9.5
	Liberal	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.7	679	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Smith*	473	72.0
	Labour	Robert Smith	184	28.0
Majority			289	44.0
Turnout			657	38.0
Registered electors			1,770
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Joel*	491	75.7
	Labour	Mark Stevens	80	12.3
	Green	Graham Richmond-Shaw	78	12.0
Majority			411	63.4
Turnout			649	49.0
Registered electors			1,330
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Martin*	629	60.2
	Conservative	Adrian Stasiak*	606	58.0
	Independent	Jonathan Evans	252	24.1
	Labour	Peter Cooper	188	18.0
	Labour	James Belsey	170	16.3
	Green	Liam Carroll	117	11.2
Turnout			~1,045	35.0
Registered electors			2,985
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ann Steward	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,489
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robin Goreham*	546	48.8
	Labour	Michael Fanthorpe*	523	46.8
	Conservative	George Barnard	436	39.0
	Conservative	John Cheetham	417	37.3
	Green	Jasmine Rising	121	10.8
Turnout			~1,118	27.0
Registered electors			4,142
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Goreham*	223	44.3
	Conservative	Ursula Cheetham	218	43.3
	Green	David Bowyer	62	12.3
Majority			5	1.0
Turnout			503	28.0
Registered electors			1,793
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Monument*	463	47.6
	Conservative	Michael Griffin	399	41.0
	Labour	Timothy Mantrip	312	32.1
	Green	Ann Bowyer	295	30.3
	Labour	Gordon Mitchell	279	28.7
Turnout			~972	31.0
Registered electors			3,135
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phillip Duigan*	361	39.1
	Conservative	Michael Ward	351	38.0
	Labour	William Sheath*	293	31.7
	Independent	June Barnes	264	28.6
	Labour	Julian Crutch	236	25.5
	Green	Timothy Birt	176	19.0
Turnout			~924	27.0
Registered electors			3,421
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Askew	310	68.0
	Green	Donna Park	146	32.0
Majority			164	36.0
Turnout			456	30.0
Registered electors			1,524
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stanley Bambridge	337	50.4
	Labour	John Mallen*	331	49.6
Majority			6	0.9
Turnout			668	37.0
Registered electors			1,802
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Theresa Hewitt	426	69.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Rooke	185	30.3
Majority			241	39.4
Turnout			611	29.0
Registered electors			1,781
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Kemp*	754
	Conservative	Karen Fisher	669
	Labour	Anne Hanson	257
	Green	Molly O'Brien	213
Turnout			~1,111	35.0
Registered electors			3,174
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Labouchere	369	49.4
	Independent	Brian Rivett	227	30.4
	Labour	Philip Cooper	151	20.2
Majority			142	19.0
Turnout			747	45.0
Registered electors			1,659
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Holland*	366	51.3
	Conservative	Nicholas Taylor	347	48.7
Majority			19	2.7
Turnout			713	47.0
Registered electors			1,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Queens (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Neal	768	65.9
	Conservative	Peter Francis*	753	64.6
	Conservative	Shirley Howard-Alpe	663	56.9
	Labour	Jonathan Dugdale	295	25.3
	Green	Tony Park	278	23.9
	Labour	Anthony O'Callaghan	262	22.5
Turnout			~1,165	24.0
Registered electors			4,857
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Swanton Morley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Carrick*	234	31.7
	Independent	Rosemary Northall	217	29.4
	Conservative	David Ashford	213	28.8
	Labour	Anthony Bartram	75	10.1
Majority			17	2.3
Turnout			739	43.0
Registered electors			1,725
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ian Monson*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,571
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Williams*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,813
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Wilkin*	374	66.7
	Independent	Brian Borgars	187	33.3
Majority			187	33.3
Turnout			561	38.0
Registered electors			1,491
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Hewett	387	71.5
	Labour	Christopher Thorne	154	28.5
Majority			233	43.1
Turnout			541	34.0
Registered electors			1,643
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gould	576	57.8
	Conservative	John Gretton	545	54.7
	Labour	Lewis Pearson	264	26.5
	Labour	Graham Hayden	239	24.0
	Green	Alison Keidan-Cooper	189	19.0
Turnout			~996	28.0
Registered electors			3,558
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shirley Matthews*	833	52.4
	Conservative	Paul Darby*	765	48.1
	Conservative	Ian Sherwood*	759	47.7
	Liberal	David Cannon	679	42.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Howell	663	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Francis	614	38.6
Turnout			~1,590	30.0
Registered electors			5,301
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Duffield	468	70.9
	Labour	Michael Bennett	192	29.1
Majority			276	41.8
Turnout			660	38.0
Registered electors			1,736
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Rogers*	394	78.2
	Labour	Christopher Walls	110	21.8
Majority			284	56.4
Turnout			504	29.0
Registered electors			1,742
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thelma Paines*	349	58.6
	Labour	Albert Paines*	317	53.2
	Conservative	Michael Spencer	268	45.0
Turnout			~596	18.0
Registered electors			3,310
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Terence Lamb*	185	39.1
	Labour	Colin Armes*	106	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jeffrey	93	19.7
	Conservative	David Curtis	89	18.8
Majority			79	16.7
Turnout			473	31.0
Registered electors			1,547
	Independent win (new seat)

Election result

All Saints

Buckenham

Burgh & Haverscroft

Conifer

Dereham-Central

Dereham-Humbletoft

Dereham-Neatherd

Dereham-Toftwood

East Guiltcross

Eynsford

Haggard De Toni

Harling & Heathlands

Hermitage

Launditch

Mid Forest

Nar Valley

Necton

Queens

Shipdham

Springvale & Scarning

Swaffham

Swanton Morley

Taverner

Templar

Thetford-Abbey

Thetford-Castle

Thetford-Guildhall

Thetford-Saxon

Two Rivers

Upper Wensum

Upper Yare

Watton

Wayland

Weeting

West Guiltcross

Wissey

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Mortimer*	494	47.6
	Conservative	Robert Kybird	448	43.2
	Conservative	Pamela Spencer	435	41.9
	Labour	Sylvia Armes*	385	37.1
	Labour	David Curzon-Berners*	291	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Rouse	257	24.8
	Labour	Francis Duffy	240	23.1
Turnout			~1,038	22.0
Registered electors			4,718
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Raymond Key	436	50.5
	Conservative	Marion Chapman-Allen	430	49.8
	Labour	Jack Ramm*	391	45.3
	Labour	Dennis Sully	332	38.5
Turnout			~863	17.0
Registered electors			5,077
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Rose*	712	65.3
	Conservative	Paul Claussen*	629	57.7
	Labour	Carol Warman	366	33.6
	Labour	Janice Smith	346	31.7
Turnout			~1,090	35.0
Registered electors			3,114
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Cathcart	558	71.4
	Labour	Roger Fryatt	224	28.6
Majority			334	42.7
Turnout			782	46.0
Registered electors			1,740
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clifton Jordan*	524	76.3
	Labour	Benjamin Macann	163	23.7
Majority			361	52.5
Turnout			687	39.0
Registered electors			1,774
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Rudling*	1,002	72.2
	Conservative	David Wickham*	800	57.6
	Independent	Keith Gilbert*	580	41.8
	Labour	Gary Greenwood	364	26.2
Turnout			~1,388	27.0
Registered electors			5,142
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Cowen	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,669
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sheila Childerhouse*	569	95.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Green	30	5.0
Majority			539	90.0
Turnout			599	36.0
Registered electors			1,696
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Nunn*	339	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gordon	276	40.8
	Green	Peter Maxey	62	9.2
Majority			63	9.3
Turnout			677	41.0
Registered electors			1,646
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jill Ball*	484	66.9
	Green	Christine Dack	239	33.1
Majority			245	33.9
Turnout			723	38.0
Registered electors			1,907
	Conservative hold