2003 North Norfolk District Council election

2003 North Norfolk District Council election
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All 48 seats to North Norfolk District Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
Control before election; ; No overall control	Control after election ; ; Liberal Democrats

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

The council was contested on new ward boundaries and the number of seats increased by 2 to 48.

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2003 North Norfolk District Council election^[3]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	48	28	N/A	N/A	16	58.3	42.0	20,836	+10.3
	Conservative	44	14	N/A	N/A		29.2	37.5	18,575	+6.5
	Independent	19	6	N/A	N/A	4	12.5	13.2	6,538	+0.5
	Labour	13	0	N/A	N/A	10	0.0	5.8	2,876	–18.7
	Green	14	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.5	744	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Broughton*	349	42.9
	Conservative	James Howlett	267	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Pike	144	17.7
	Green	Monika Wiedmann	54	6.6
Majority			82	10.1
Turnout			814	46.6
Registered electors			1,747
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyatt*	455	64.3
	Conservative	Susan Edwards	229	32.3
	Green	Sharon Harvey	24	3.4
Majority			226	31.9
Turnout			709	42.8
Registered electors			1,656
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Sweeney*	454	49.2
	Conservative	David Heathcote	423	45.9
	Green	Victoria Wood	45	4.9
Majority			31	3.4
Turnout			927	48.6
Registered electors			1,907
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Perry-Warnes*	560	55.7
	Labour	Aubrey Poberefsky*	330	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Swain	115	11.4
Majority			230	22.9
Turnout			1,005	53.8
Registered electors			1,876
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2003 North Norfolk District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Astley

Briston

Chaucer

Corpusty

Cromer Town

Erpingham

Gaunt

Glaven Valley

Happisburgh

High Heath

Holt

Hoveton

Lancaster North

Lancaster South

Mundesley

North Walsham East

North Walsham North

North Walsham West

Poppyland

Priory

Roughton

Scottow

Sheringham North

Sheringham South

St Benet

Stalham & Sutton

Suffield Park

The Raynhams

The Runtons

Walsingham

Waterside

Waxham

Wensum

Worstead

By-elections

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Laurence Randall*	558	52.5
	Conservative	Thomas Cabbell Manners*	529	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Baldwin	272	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Corney	210	19.8
	Labour	Colin Vanlint	179	16.9
	Independent	George Foster	123	11.6
Turnout			~1,062	33.6
Registered electors			3,158
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Willcox	479	57.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Stibbons	239	28.5
	Labour	Ann Poberefsky	122	14.5
Majority			240	28.6
Turnout			840	46.1
Registered electors			1,821
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Jones	437	49.4
	Conservative	Judith Oliver	307	34.7
	Independent	Clyte Venvell	141	15.9
Majority			130	14.7
Turnout			885	48.5
Registered electors			1,834
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Crowe*	623	65.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Groom	275	28.9
	Green	Rupert Rosser	52	5.5
Majority			348	36.6
Turnout			950	50.6
Registered electors			1,891
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hammond	349	45.4
	Conservative	James Croft	344	44.7
	Green	Paul Saunders	76	9.9
Majority			5	0.7
Turnout			769	40.1
Registered electors			1,933
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Cordeaux*	504	50.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Deterding	438	44.2
	Green	Rosalind Redfern	49	4.9
Majority			66	6.7
Turnout			991	60.7
Registered electors			1,633
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Baker*	823	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Stone*	506	33.7
	Conservative	John Blyth	463	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Combe	432	28.8
	Independent	Philip High	414	27.6
	Green	Paula D'Attoma	61	4.1
	Green	Alicia Hull	41	2.7
Turnout			~1,501	52.3
Registered electors			2,868
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rita Massingham*	613	75.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandrine Howe	195	24.1
Majority			418	51.7
Turnout			808	47.1
Registered electors			1,725
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Starling	720	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wright	649	56.5
	Conservative	Michael Reynolds	252	21.9
	Labour	Janet Holdom	210	18.3
	Independent	Philip Kemp*	190	16.5
	Green	Vanessa Jarvis	52	4.5
Turnout			~1,149	40.4
Registered electors			2,845
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Towers	453	42.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Howe	452	42.0
	Conservative	Roy Banham*	410	38.1
	Conservative	James Spencer Ashworth	345	32.0
	Labour	Brenda Coldrick*	189	17.6
	Labour	Desmond Hewitt*	183	17.0
Turnout			~1,077	34.3
Registered electors			3,137
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Priory (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Trett*	715	42.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Savory	700	41.5
	Conservative	Charles Tucker	576	34.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Lynch	540	32.1
	Labour	Michael Gates*	404	24.0
	Green	Rosemary Amesbury	87	5.2
	Green	George Benny	65	3.9
Turnout			~1,686	48.4
Registered electors			3,483
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Suffield Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Platton	683	48.0
	Conservative	Nigel Ripley	604	42.4
	Independent	Vera Woodcock*	477	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harbord	362	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Gould	347	24.4
	Independent	Leslie Hawkes	247	17.4
	Independent	Yvonne Nolan	133	9.3
Turnout			~1,502	46.2
Registered electors			3,250
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waxham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Daniel Corbett*	309	46.5
	Conservative	Alan Duncan	206	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Harrison	106	16.0
	Green	Rosemary Breame	43	6.5
Majority			103	15.5
Turnout			664	38.7
Registered electors			1,716
	Independent win (new seat)

Wensum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Green	441	53.4
	Conservative	Derek Baxter*	329	39.8
	Green	Timothy Doncaster	56	6.8
Majority			112	13.6
Turnout			826	46.3
Registered electors			1,792
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wyndham Northam*	903	67.7
	Independent	Susan Willis*	704	52.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Farmer	269	20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas John	253	19.0
Turnout			~1,335	40.9
Registered electors			3,263
	Conservative hold
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Moore	640	46.9
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ford	603	44.2
	Conservative	Rita Rose*	451	33.0
	Conservative	Susan Williamson	381	27.9
	Labour	George Nelson	174	12.7
	Independent	Graham Dunn	172	12.6
	Independent	Charles Cole	104	7.6
Turnout			~1,367	41.5
Registered electors			3,293
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Turner	625	55.8
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Thompson	615	54.9
	Conservative	Arthur Vincent	295	26.4
	Conservative	Donna McDougall	271	24.2
	Independent	Roy Haynes*	264	23.6
Turnout			~1,117	34.5
Registered electors			3,237
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Birch*	773	59.8
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Gay	652	50.5
	Conservative	Natasha Sherry	301	23.3
	Conservative	Arthur Stimpson	290	22.5
	Labour	Paul Buck	282	21.9
Turnout			~1,286	41.5
Registered electors			3,098
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angela Tillett	361	39.5
	Independent	Judith Fathers*	357	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Barker	123	13.5
	Labour	Michael Cox	73	8.0
Majority			4	0.4
Turnout			919	50.2
Registered electors			1,831
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Arnold	342	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Harrold*	268	32.5
	Labour	David Spencer*	215	26.1
Majority			74	9.0
Turnout			825	47.1
Registered electors			1,757
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Cyril Durrant*	212	37.3
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Wilkins*	200	35.2
	Conservative	Michael Wright	156	27.5
Majority			12	2.1
Turnout			568	33.3
Registered electors			1,704
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hannah*	777	66.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Pointer	678	57.8
	Conservative	Gillian Gibbs	446	38.0
	Conservative	Alistair Mackay	387	33.0
Turnout			~1,210	40.7
Registered electors			2,972
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Nelson*	720	63.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Fenn	706	62.1
	Conservative	Lionel McGinn*	493	43.4
	Conservative	Michael Lauterback	422	37.1
Turnout			~1,249	42.6
Registered electors			2,931
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Haddow*	384	44.6
	Independent	Christopher How	352	40.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Corney	125	14.5
Majority			32	3.7
Turnout			861	48.9
Registered electors			1,770
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Barran	525	40.3
	Liberal Democrats	Candy Sheridan	427	32.8
	Conservative	Carolyn Williams	422	32.4
	Labour	Michael Cullingham*	417	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Partridge	366	28.1
Turnout			~1,306	39.3
Registered electors			3,323
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Welsh	327	47.2
	Conservative	Henry Thompson	268	38.7
	Labour	Ian Brockbank	98	14.1
Majority			59	8.5
Turnout			693	36.7
Registered electors			1,889
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Craske*	458	52.3
	Conservative	Danny Rowe*	378	43.2
	Green	Alan Marett	39	4.5
Majority			80	9.1
Turnout			875	50.4
Registered electors			1,746
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas Moore*	622	81.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Chapman	143	18.7
Majority			479	62.6
Turnout			765	41.4
Registered electors			1,860
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Partridge	781	52.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Stockton	563	38.1
	Independent	Keith Bacon*	545	36.8
	Conservative	Colin Robertshaw	459	31.0
	Conservative	Jean Eldred	369	24.9
Turnout			~1,517	43.0
Registered electors			3,526
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Wilkins*	372	52.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Pegge	333	47.2
Majority			39	5.5
Turnout			705	40.3
Registered electors			1,773
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Combe	441	51.5	+33.8
	Conservative		346	40.4	+7.6
	Independent		38	4.4	N/A
	Labour		32	3.7	N/A
Majority			95	11.1
Turnout			857	48.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stockton	619	61.0	+15.6
	Conservative	James Croft	372	36.7	−8.0
	Green	Rosemary Breame	24	2.4	−7.5
Majority			247	24.3
Turnout			1,015	51.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara McGoun	576	50.1	+35.6
	Conservative	Christopher How	537	46.7	+2.1
	Labour	David Spencer	36	3.1	N/A
Majority			39	3.4
Turnout			1,149	65.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea Sweeney	490	53.4	+4.2
	Conservative	David Heathcote	395	43.1	−2.8
	Labour	David Thompson	32	3.5	N/A
Majority			95	10.3
Turnout			917	48.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing