2003 Chester City Council election

2003 Chester City Council election
21 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2003 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

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

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2003 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	38.1	13	21	35.0	6,765	30.3	+5.0
	Labour	7		33.3	13	20	33.3	6,334	28.4	–6.0
	Conservative	5	1	23.8	13	18	30.0	7,423	33.2	–6.1
	Independent	1	2	4.8	0	1	1.7	1,211	5.4	+4.3
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	328	1.5	N/A
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	204	0.9	N/A
	CPA	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.3	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor Johnson*	465	78.0	+6.0
	Labour	Benjamin Page	68	11.4	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Lockwood	63	10.6	±0.0
Majority			397	66.6	+12.0
Turnout			596	41.3	–2.0
Registered electors			1,442
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Price*	758	66.0	–8.8
	UKIP	Desmond Dodd	164	14.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Isaac	150	13.1	–12.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	76	6.6	N/A
Majority			594	51.7	+2.1
Turnout			1,148	21.3	–0.9
Registered electors			5,401
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Jones*	557	73.7	–5.1
	UKIP	Leslie Ingram	113	14.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Yakan	86	11.4	N/A
Majority			444	58.7	+1.1
Turnout			756	19.4	–4.5
Registered electors			3,892
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Rudd*	449	52.8	–6.9
	Conservative	Michael Drinkwater	243	28.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	James McCabe	94	11.0	–1.7
	Green	Helen Counsell	65	7.6	N/A
Majority			206	24.2	–7.8
Turnout			851	30.9	–4.5
Registered electors			2,757
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

2003 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Barrow

Blacon Hall

Blacon Lodge

Boughton

Boughton Heath

Christleton

College

Curzon & Westminster

Elton

Hoole All Saints

Hoole Groves

Huntington

Kelsall

Lache Park

Malpas

Mickle Trafford

Newton Brook

Tattenhall

Upton Grange

Vicars Cross

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Farrell*	713	53.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Paul Stewart	500	37.3	–1.4
	Labour	Ethel Price	126	9.4	–5.4
Majority			213	15.9	+8.1
Turnout			1,339	43.6	+7.7
Registered electors			3,071
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Boughton*	691	56.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Katrina Hughes	378	30.6	±0.0
	Labour	Christine Davies	165	13.4	–1.9
Majority			313	25.4	+1.9
Turnout			1,234	36.7	–4.1
Registered electors			3,071
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Black*	385	43.0	–9.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Mead	223	24.9	±0.0
	Conservative	Trudy Ryall-Harvey	200	22.3	–0.8
	Green	Stephen Dorrans	87	9.7	N/A
Majority			162	18.1	–9.0
Turnout			895	19.2	–0.8
Registered electors			4,659
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Short*	927	64.9	+0.9
	Labour	Zoe Langmead	260	18.2	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones	241	16.9	+5.3
Majority			667	46.7	+7.0
Turnout			1,428	42.1	–1.4
Registered electors			3,390
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Cowper*	519	80.3
	Labour	Mark Peterson	452	70.0
	Conservative	Andrew Merrill	321	49.7
Turnout			1,292	39.1
Registered electors			3,304
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Nuttall*	459	59.8	+6.7
	Labour	Hilary Harrison	171	22.3	+0.6
	Conservative	John Burke	66	8.6	N/A
	CPA	Peter Fabian	47	6.1	N/A
	UKIP	Jill Pears	25	3.3	N/A
Majority			288	37.5	+9.6
Turnout			768	30.4	–11.5
Registered electors			2,525
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverly Eaton	658	43.7	–14.4
	Labour	Alexander Black	606	40.3	+10.8
	Conservative	Christina Alexander	161	10.7	–0.8
	Green	Helen Trask	52	3.5	N/A
	CPA	Stephen Allen	28	1.9	N/A
Majority			52	3.5	–25.1
Turnout			1,505	48.9	+4.9
Registered electors			3,080
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Moore*	250	33.3	–9.7
	Independent	Mark Williams	194	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Alexandra van der Zwan	190	25.3	–6.6
	Labour	Ann Treloar	90	12.0	–13.1
	UKIP	Allan Weddell	26	3.5	N/A
Majority			56	7.5	–3.6
Turnout			750	49.3	+6.1
Registered electors			1,520
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Fairhurst	767	52.0	+4.7
	Conservative	Pauline Tilley*	624	42.3	–3.6
	Labour	Paul Cornwell	85	5.8	–1.0
Majority			143	9.7	+8.4
Turnout			1,476	51.8	–0.2
Registered electors			2,850
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Challen*	712	56.9	–3.7
	Conservative	Max Drury	291	23.3	–16.1
	Independent	Arthur Harada	143	11.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline McCabe	105	8.4	N/A
Majority			421	33.7	+12.5
Turnout			1,251	28.6	+0.1
Registered electors			4,366
	Labour hold		Swing	6.3

Mickle Trafford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Parker*	512	79.1	+4.7
	Labour	Brian Roberts	80	12.4	–13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Roberts	55	8.5	N/A
Majority			432	66.8	+17.9
Turnout			647	37.3	+3.0
Registered electors			1,736
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.0

Upton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Bain*	864	51.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Gerald Roose	547	32.7	+1.6
	Labour	Brenda Southward	264	15.8	–3.2
Majority			317	18.9	±0.0
Turnout			1,675	33.6	–5.5
Registered electors			4,984
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Ebben	628	58.9	–14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Flannery	348	32.6	+18.3
	Labour	Margaret Violet	90	8.4	–3.6
Majority			280	26.3	–33.2
Turnout			1,066	33.3	+3.2
Registered electors			3,198
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	16.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jordan*	526	47.7	+3.8
	Conservative	Karen Bardsley	381	34.5	–9.7
	Labour	Peter Griffiths	196	17.8	+5.9
Majority			145	13.1	N/A
Turnout			1,103	36.4	–2.7
Registered electors			3,031
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Haynes*	874	87.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Anthony Pegrum	121	12.2	–0.9
Majority			753	75.7	N/A
Turnout			995	32.8	–4.1
Registered electors			3,035
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Proctor*	859	54.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Peter Moore-Dutton	526	33.6	–7.0
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	180	11.5	+4.2
Majority			333	21.3	N/A
Turnout			1,726	34.9	–3.6
Registered electors			4,483
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9

v t e Council elections in Cheshire
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Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Chester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
Congleton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished
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