2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
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2003 English local government election
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The 2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries. The number of seats increased by 1.
Election result
| 2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 42 | 28 | N/A | N/A |  5 |
62.2 | 47.8 | 16,060 | +4.1 | |
| Labour | 24 | 12 | N/A | N/A |  4 |
26.7 | 35.5 | 11,909 | –4.0 | |
| Independent | 7 | 3 | N/A | N/A |  |
6.7 | 8.8 | 2,948 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
4.4 | 7.4 | 2,494 | –1.9 | |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | |
0.0 | 0.5 | 180 | N/A | |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
Abbeygate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Farmer | 982 | 62.8 | ||
| Independent | Michael Ames* | 666 | 42.6 | ||
| Independent | Brian Lockwood* | 386 | 24.7 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,563 | 45.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,451 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Bardwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Hale | 485 | 72.9 | ||
| UKIP | James Lumley | 180 | 27.1 | ||
| Majority | 305 | 45.8 | |||
| Turnout | 665 | 36.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,789 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Barningham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Simmons | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,022 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Barrow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Houler | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,729 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Cavendish
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Stevens | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,509 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Chedburgh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nigel Aitkens | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,757 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Clare
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeffrey Stevens* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,653 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Eastgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patricia Warby | 383 | 56.9 | ||
| Labour | Leslie Button | 290 | 43.1 | ||
| Majority | 93 | 13.8 | |||
| Turnout | 673 | 42.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,664 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Fornham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Jones* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,695 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Great Barton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Horbury* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,752 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Haverhill East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ernest Goody | 639 | 45.1 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Hanlon* | 603 | 42.5 | ||
| Labour | Susan Howard | 601 | 42.4 | ||
| Conservative | Gordon Cox | 597 | 42.1 | ||
| Conservative | Janet Johnson | 586 | 41.3 | ||
| Conservative | David Rosen | 525 | 37.0 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,419 | 28.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,033 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Haverhill North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gerry Kiernan* | 859 | 52.4 | ||
| Labour | Ann Thomas | 717 | 43.7 | ||
| Labour | Phillip French* | 689 | 42.0 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy Marks | 668 | 40.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Harris | 649 | 39.6 | ||
| Conservative | Edgar Morton | 599 | 36.5 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,640 | 33.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,895 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Haverhill South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Martin | 472 | 50.0 | ||
| Labour | Maggie Lee* | 461 | 48.8 | ||
| Conservative | Dorothy Whittaker | 264 | 28.0 | ||
| Conservative | Pippa Farthing | 263 | 27.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~944 | 26.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,591 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Haverhill West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adam Whittaker | 591 | 57.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jeremy Farthing* | 522 | 51.0 | ||
| Labour | Julie Jupp | 400 | 39.1 | ||
| Labour | Lynne Brixius | 359 | 35.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,023 | 27.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,693 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Horringer & Whelnetham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terence Clements | 429 | 50.3 | ||
| Independent | Bert Biglin* | 424 | 49.7 | ||
| Majority | 5 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 853 | 51.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,695 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Hundon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Warwick* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,696 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Ixworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Griffiths* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,620 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Kedington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey Rushbrooke | 423 | 62.9 | ||
| Labour | Alan Pearson | 250 | 37.1 | ||
| Majority | 173 | 25.8 | |||
| Turnout | 673 | 42.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,592 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Minden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Charlesworth | 718 | 49.3 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Speakman | 665 | 45.7 | ||
| Labour | Ray Nowak* | 663 | 45.5 | ||
| Labour | Colin Muge* | 613 | 42.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,456 | 40.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,612 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Moreton Hall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terence Buckle | 868 | 59.7 | ||
| Conservative | Francis Warby* | 861 | 59.3 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Beckwith* | 624 | 43.0 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Jones | 439 | 30.2 | ||
| Labour | Elle Zwandahl | 391 | 26.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,453 | 38.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,824 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Northgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Lockwood* | 364 | 55.6 | ||
| Independent | Richard Mortlock | 153 | 23.4 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Flack | 107 | 16.3 | ||
| Majority | 211 | 32.2 | |||
| Turnout | 655 | 35.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,834 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Pakenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Spicer | 423 | 64.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Chappell | 214 | 32.5 | ||
| Majority | 209 | 31.8 | |||
| Turnout | 658 | 40.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,645 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Risby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Helen Levack* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,957 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Risbygate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Nettleton | 617 | 52.1 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Everitt | 478 | 40.4 | ||
| Labour | Mark Ereira-Guyer* | 440 | 37.1 | ||
| Labour | Jennifer Hart | 279 | 23.6 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,185 | 38.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,109 | ||||
| Independent gain from Labour | |||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Rougham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sara Mildmay-White* | 550 | 77.0 | ||
| Labour | Adrian Grenville | 164 | 23.0 | ||
| Majority | 386 | 54.0 | |||
| Turnout | 714 | 41.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,789 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Southgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Allan Jones | 804 | 50.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Bradbury | 748 | 46.6 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Hopfensperger | 744 | 46.3 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Milnes* | 681 | 42.4 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,606 | 47.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,395 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
St. Olaves
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sheila Wormleighton* | 662 | 62.5 | ||
| Labour | Robert Cockle | 608 | 57.4 | ||
| Conservative | George Cockram | 286 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Forster | 253 | 23.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,060 | 30.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,441 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Stanton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jim Thorndyke* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,919 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Westgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Varley* | 633 | 43.1 | ||
| Conservative | Stefan Oliver | 549 | 37.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gerry Taylor | 412 | 28.1 | ||
| Labour | Robert Corfe | 322 | 22.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond Astley-Cooper | 316 | 21.5 | ||
| Independent | Roger Waters | 307 | 20.9 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,467 | 43.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,411 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Wickhambrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Derek Redhead* | 395 | 58.0 | ||
| Conservative | Alexander Bridges | 278 | 40.8 | ||
| Majority | 117 | 17.2 | |||
| Turnout | 681 | 41.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,642 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Withersfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Clifton-Brown* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,752 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
By-elections
Risbygate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 293 | 34.1 | |||
| Conservative | 278 | 32.3 | |||
| Labour | 169 | 19.7 | |||
| Green | 85 | 9.9 | |||
| Independent | 35 | 4.1 | |||
| Majority | 15 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 860 | 26.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,221 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Haverhill East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 520 | 35.9 | |||
| Independent | 376 | 26.0 | |||
| Labour | 363 | 25.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 189 | 13.1 | |||
| Majority | 144 | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,448 | 28.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,117 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Barningham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Unopposed | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,022 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Risby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 394 | 57.7 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 289 | 42.3 | |||
| Majority | 105 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 683 | 20.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,300 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Haverhill South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 746 | 43.8 | |||
| Conservative | 602 | 35.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 357 | 20.9 | |||
| Majority | 144 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,705 | 46.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,659 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Westgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 500 | 54.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 311 | 33.6 | |||
| Green | 64 | 6.9 | |||
| UKIP | 50 | 5.4 | |||
| Majority | 189 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 925 | 27.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,376 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kedington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 350 | 53.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 250 | 38.4 | |||
| Labour | 51 | 7.8 | |||
| Majority | 100 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 651 | 43.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,514 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth University: The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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