2003 Maldon District Council election

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Althorne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Boyce*	473	47.7
	Democratic Alliance	Michael Helm	406	41.0
	Democratic Alliance	Richard French	379	38.2
	Conservative	Nigel Butt	368	37.1
	Labour	Christine Lovett	158	15.9
Turnout			~991	32.5
Registered electors			3,048
	Conservative hold
	Democratic Alliance win (new seat)

Burnham-on-Crouch North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Wood*	493	50.0
	Conservative	John Smith*	407	41.3
	Conservative	Neil Pudney	359	36.4
	Labour	Pauline Wells	273	27.7
	Labour	Mary Feakins	190	19.3
Turnout			~986	33.7
Registered electors			2,925
	Independent hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burnham-on-Crouch South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Elliott	486	51.8
	Labour	Una Norman*	392	41.7
	Conservative	Carole Noble	391	41.6
	Labour	Terence Quinlan	237	25.2
	Green	Mark Ellis	200	21.3
Turnout			~939	31.0
Registered electors			3,029
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Great Totham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Delderfield*	699	74.8
	Conservative	Rodney Bass*	689	73.8
	Green	Robert King	251	26.9
Turnout			~934	33.8
Registered electors			2,762
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heybridge East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Warr	Unopposed
	Conservative	Bryan Harker*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,891
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heybridge West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Rosewarne*	383	55.7
	Conservative	Alan Cheshire*	352	51.2
	Democratic Alliance	Thomas Benson	174	25.3
	Labour	Valerie Quinlan	157	22.8
	Green	Michael Cole	150	21.8
Turnout			~688	25.0
Registered electors			2,754
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Maldon East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Rew*	231	58.2
	Conservative	Stephen Savage	166	41.8
Majority			65	16.4
Turnout			397	25.8
Registered electors			1,543
	Labour hold		Swing

Maldon North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Alliance	William Stichbury	529	57.9
	Conservative	Brian Mead*	493	53.9
	Conservative	Dennis Keighley*	368	40.3
Turnout			~914	30.6
Registered electors			2,987
	Democratic Alliance win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Maldon South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Keighley	386	54.8
	Conservative	Andrew Cain	349	49.5
	Labour	Peter Roberts*	247	35.0
	Green	Liz Grimwade	206	29.2
Turnout			~705	23.7
Registered electors			2,973
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Maldon West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Kelly*	521	59.0
	Conservative	William Prior	435	49.3
	Labour	Michael Bentley	309	35.0
	Green	Janet Carden	254	28.8
Turnout			~883	29.1
Registered electors			3,033
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mayland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Penelope Channer*	680	66.8
	Conservative	Carol Ellmers*	567	55.7
	Democratic Alliance	David Horner	360	35.4
	Green	Sylvia Izzard	144	14.1
	Labour	Norman Hunt	116	11.4
Turnout			~1,018	35.4
Registered electors			2,877
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Purleigh (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Archer*	546	56.3
	Independent	Lawrence Cooper*	436	45.0
	Democratic Alliance	Robert Roe	311	32.1
	Labour	Pauline Hallanzy	114	11.8
Turnout			~969	38.0
Registered electors			2,551
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent hold

Southminster (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Beale*	556	69.4
	Democratic Alliance	Paulette Ryall	460	57.4
	Conservative	Gordon Ellmers	259	32.3
	Labour	Rodney Eastham	187	23.3
Turnout			~801	27.1
Registered electors			2,955
	Independent hold
	Democratic Alliance gain from Labour

Tillingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Alliance	Richard Dewick*	460	66.3
	Conservative	Anthony Cussen	117	16.9
	Labour	Cherie Archer	117	16.9
Majority			343	49.4
Turnout			694	42.4
Registered electors			1,646
	Democratic Alliance win (new seat)

Tollesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Laurie*	315	62.7
	Conservative	Arthur Mullin	187	37.3
Majority			128	25.4
Turnout			502	32.6
Registered electors			1,568
	Independent hold		Swing

Tolleshunt D'Arcy (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Peel*	618	46.3
	Conservative	Robert Long*	563	42.2
	Democratic Alliance	Julian Dawson	500	37.5
	Independent	Barry McGhee*	444	33.3
	Green	Jonathan King	266	19.9
Turnout			~1,335	44.5
Registered electors			3,001
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wickham Bishops & Woodham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Howse*	698	62.2
	Conservative	Sheila Young*	614	54.7
	Independent	Graham Finch	420	37.4
	Green	Jill Cole	247	22.0
Turnout			~1,122	40.7
Registered electors			2,757
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Maldon West By-Election 24 November 2005^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Williams	212	51.3	+3.2
	Democratic Alliance	Graham Hathaway	107	25.9	+25.9
	Labour	Michael Bentley	94	22.8	−5.7
Majority			105	25.4
Turnout			413	13.5
	Conservative hold		Swing