2003 Mid Suffolk District Council election

2003 Mid Suffolk District Council election
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All 40 seats to Mid Suffolk District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2003 Mid Suffolk District Council election.
Control before election; ; No overall control	Control after election ; ; Conservative

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

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2003 Mid Suffolk District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	21	N/A	N/A	6	52.5	47.0	14,464	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	22	11	N/A	N/A	3	27.5	29.1	8,940	–0.4
	Independent	7	5	N/A	N/A	2	12.5	6.4	1,967	+1.1
	Labour	13	2	N/A	N/A	4	5.0	13.7	4,209	–15.1
	Green	7	1	N/A	N/A	1	2.5	3.8	1,170	N/A
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	2	2	0.0	N/A	N/A	–2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Shave*	420	48.4
	Conservative	David Hodges	270	31.1
	Green	Roger Stearn	178	20.5
Majority			150	17.3
Turnout			868	48.2
Registered electors			1,802
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Barker	668	64.2
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Saunders*	373	35.8
Majority			295	28.3
Turnout			1,041	53.7	+8.7
Registered electors			1,938
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Hoy*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,723
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Gary Install	Unopposed
	Conservative	Roger Saunders*	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,162
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

2003 Mid Suffolk District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bacton & Old Newton

Badwell Ash

Barking & Somersham

Bramford & Blakenham

Claydon & Barham

Debenham

Elmswell & Norton

Eye

Fressingfield

Gislingham

Haughley & Wetherden

Helmingham & Coddenham

Hoxne

Mendlesham

Needham Market

Onehouse

Palgrave

Rattlesden

Rickinghall & Walsham

Ringshall

Stowmarket Central

Stowmarket North

Stowmarket South

Stowupland

Stradbroke & Laxfield

The Stonhams

Thurston & Hessett

Wetheringsett

Woolpit

Worlingworth

By-elections

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Crane*	756	58.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Eastall	712	54.9
	Conservative	John Williams	538	41.5
	Conservative	Neil Cooper	485	37.4
Turnout			~1,297	38.1
Registered electors			3,405
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Alcock	386	52.7
	Liberal Democrats	Manuelo Lorenzo	221	30.2
	Green	Merlin Carr	125	17.1
Majority			165	22.5
Turnout			732	43.6	+0.5
Registered electors			1,680
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Milward*	873	65.9
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Reed	850	64.1
	Conservative	David Etchells-Butler	453	34.2
Turnout			~1,337	37.9
Registered electors			3,526
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Charles Flatman*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,591
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Frost*	454	61.5
	Independent	Garry Deeks	117	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Goode	88	11.9
	Green	Emily Beanland	79	10.7
Majority			337	45.7
Turnout			738	41.6	+0.5
Registered electors			1,776
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Kearsley	572	66.1
	Labour	Terence O'Keefe*	294	33.9
Majority			278	32.1
Turnout			866	46.5	+7.6
Registered electors			1,862
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Davie-Thornhill	335	52.2
	Labour	David Evans*	307	47.8
Majority			28	4.4
Turnout			642	38.9	+2.3
Registered electors			1,660
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Passmore	415	62.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon West	252	37.8
Majority			163	24.4
Turnout			667	40.5
Registered electors			1,651
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Lawrence	463	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Van Slooten	275	37.3
Majority			188	25.4
Turnout			738	46.4	+3.5
Registered electors			1,597
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Stringer	472	53.4
	Conservative	John Gilmour*	412	46.6
Majority			60	6.8
Turnout			884	50.9	+8.4
Registered electors			1,755
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Stowmarket Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Paton*	621	54.5
	Conservative	Poppy Robinson	558	48.9
	Labour	Marilyn Finbow*	518	45.5
	Labour	Ronald Snell	428	37.6
Turnout			~1,191	32.4	+2.4
Registered electors			3,676
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Woolpit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ramon Melvin*	361	73.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Cooke	133	26.9
Majority			228	46.2
Turnout			494	32.0	−4
Registered electors			1,545
	Independent hold		Swing

Worlingworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Debenham*	547	77.4
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Foster	160	22.6
Majority			387	54.8
Turnout			707	40.8	+0.8
Registered electors			1,739
	Conservative hold		Swing

Claydon & Barham By-Election 21 October 2004^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Redbound	617	57.7	−0.7
	Conservative		374	35.0	−6.6
	Labour		78	7.3	+7.3
Majority			243	22.7
Turnout			1,069	30.7	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Marchant*	740	53.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Norris*	517	37.5
	Conservative	Ian Mason	468	33.9
	Conservative	Raymond Darnell	465	33.7
	Labour	David Hill	173	12.5
Turnout			~1,413	38.6	+3.6
Registered electors			3,662
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Cameron-Laker	297	42.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cray*	293	42.0
	Green	John Matthissen	108	15.5
Majority			4	0.6
Turnout			698	41.9	−2.9
Registered electors			1,667
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Michell*	418	71.8
	Labour	Elaine Halton	164	28.2
Majority			254	43.6
Turnout			582	36.5	−1.9
Registered electors			1,614
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Otton*	488	73.4
	Independent	Lord Morris	177	26.6
Majority			311	46.8
Turnout			665	44.3	−5.9
Registered electors			1,510
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alec Russell*	812	66.5
	Conservative	Sara Michell*	797	65.3
	Labour	John Dougall	409	33.5
Turnout			~1,249	37.0
Registered electors			3,376
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Godden	340	54.3
	Conservative	Eleanor Rauh	286	45.7
Majority			54	8.6
Turnout			626	32.6	+32.6
Registered electors			1,928
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Shephard	621	57.7
	Conservative	Frank Whittle	571	53.1
	Labour	Duncan Macpherson	455	42.3
	Labour	John Drake	448	41.6
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	446	41.4
Turnout			~1,135	24.7	+2.7
Registered electors			4,594
	Conservative gain from Independent Labour
	Conservative gain from Independent Labour
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda McKinlay*	533	50.8
	Conservative	Vera Waspe	517	49.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Scarff*	504	47.9
	Conservative	Keith Myers-Hewitt	479	45.5
Turnout			~1,069	28.7	+4.7
Registered electors			3,724
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan Lockett	384	66.0
	Labour	Timothy Lodge	198	34.0
Majority			186	32.0
Turnout			582	33.6	−1.4
Registered electors			1,755
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stuart Gemmill*	438	66.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Coulter	115	17.5
	Green	Adrian Green	104	15.8
Majority			323	49.2
Turnout			657	34.3
Registered electors			1,917
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fowler*	333	45.2
	Conservative	Richard Passmore*	300	40.7
	Green	Nicholas Hardingham	104	14.1
Majority			33	4.5
Turnout			737	42.0
Registered electors			1,755
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derrick Haley	687	47.7
	Conservative	Alan Stiff	639	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Kemplay	384	26.7
	Labour	Donald Stevenson	369	25.6
Turnout			~1,211	36.5
Registered electors			3,317
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tilbury	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,818
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Richardson	281	51.1
	Conservative		183	33.3
	UKIP		86	15.6
Majority			98	17.8
Turnout			550	32.1	+32.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Adey	308	46.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gibson-Harries	295	45.0	−17.7
	Labour	Garry Deeks	54	8.2	+8.2
Majority			13	1.9
Turnout			657	40.3	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Field	536	64.3
	Conservative	Michael Damant	229	27.5
	Labour	Suzanne Britton	68	8.2
Majority			307	36.8
Turnout			833	26.5	+26.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

v t e Council elections in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2026
Babergh District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
East Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
Ipswich 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Mid Suffolk District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Suffolk District Council	2019 2023
East Suffolk 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 Abolished
Forest Heath District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
St Edmundsbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Suffolk Coastal District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Waveney District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 Abolished
West Suffolk 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 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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