2003 Exeter City Council election

2003 Exeter City Council election ^[1]^[2]
← 2002 1 May 2003 2004 →
14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	35.6%
	Map showing the results of the 2003 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 2003 Exeter City Council election took place on 1 May 2003, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had held since 1995.^[3]

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2003 Exeter City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	5	2	38.5	15	20	50.0	7,016	32.6	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	30.8	6	10	25.0	5,306	24.6	+2.7
	Conservative	2		15.4	4	6	15.0	5,778	26.8	+2.7
	Liberal	2		15.4	2	4	10.0	2,103	9.8	+2.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	791	3.7	-2.2
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	324	1.5	+0.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.8	+0.4
	Socialist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	67	0.3	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wadham	1,229	54.5%
	Conservative	Peter Cox	628	27.8%
	Labour	Celia Morrish	398	17.6%
Majority			601	26.7%
Turnout			2,255
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Mills	701	42.5%
	Conservative	Margaret Baldwin	626	38.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Ruffle	196	11.9%
	UKIP	David Challice	77	4.7%
	Green	John Hayward	49	3.0%
Majority			75	4.5%
Turnout			1,649
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Cherry Luxton	553	47.6%
	Conservative	Graham Stone	380	32.7%
	Labour	Dominic O'Brien	125	10.8%
	Green	Suzanne Dunstan	103	8.9%
Majority			173	14.9%
Turnout			1,161
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Slack	843	47.8%
	Independent	David Mashiter	260	14.7%
	Conservative	Daniel Bower	253	14.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Pettinger	240	13.6%
	UKIP	Lawrence Harper	87	4.9%
	Green	Thomas Chant	80	4.5%
Majority			583	33.1%
Turnout			1,763
	Labour hold

2003 Exeter City Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Alphington

Cowick

Duryard

Exwick

Heavitree

Mincinglake

Priory

St James

St Leonards

St Loyes

St Thomas

Topsham

Whipton & Barton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Morrish	1,176	67.7%
	Labour	Ian Martin	272	15.7%
	Conservative	Jonathan Farquharson	194	11.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Thickett	95	5.5%
Majority			904	52.0%
Turnout			1,737
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dilys Baldwin	566	53.5%
	Conservative	Richard Briggs	246	23.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Soper	175	16.6%
	Green	Alison Raddon	42	4.0%
	Socialist	Peter Sloman	28	2.6%
Majority			320	30.3%
Turnout			1,057
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Baldwin	1,007	55.4%
	Conservative	Iris Newby	467	25.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Maxwell Carrolle	345	19.0%
Majority			540	29.7%
Turnout			1,819
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell	532	39.5%
	Labour	Marcel Choules	483	35.9%
	Conservative	Alexander Barahona	170	12.6%
	Green	Anita Sutcliffe	162	12.0%
Majority			49	3.6%
Turnout			1,347
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Winterbottom	873	48.5%
	Labour	Eileen Digweed	515	28.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Hobden	199	11.1%
	Green	Nicholas Discombe	149	8.3%
	Independent	Terence Griffin	64	3.6%
Majority			358	19.9%
Turnout			1,800
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Margaret Danks	749	59.9%
	Conservative	Emily Dover	223	17.8%
	Labour	Christine Buswell	207	16.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Revesz	72	5.8%
Majority			526	42.0%
Turnout			1,251
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Fullam	1,108	54.8%
	Labour	Connel Boyle	660	32.6%
	Conservative	Gerald Sclater	179	8.8%
	Green	Paul Edwards	76	3.8%
Majority			448	22.1%
Turnout			2,023
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Bewby	1,199	59.8%
	Liberal Democrats	John Bryant	384	19.1%
	Labour	Michael Groves	293	14.6%
	Green	Joyce Barkla	130	6.5%
Majority			815	40.6%
Turnout			2,006
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hilda Sterry	946	49.1%
	Liberal	Keith Danks	423	22.0%
	Conservative	Keith Nelson-Tomsen	340	17.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Osterly	178	9.2%
	Socialist	Elizabeth Allnatt	39	2.0%
Majority			523	27.1%
Turnout			1,926
	Labour hold