2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election
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All 55 seats to Suffolk Coastal District Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election.
Control before election; ; Conservative	Control after election ; ; Conservative

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

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2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	55	43	N/A	N/A	7	78.2	49.8	24,149	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	40	10	N/A	N/A		18.2	32.0	15,540	+11.1
	Labour	21	2	N/A	N/A	6	3.6	13.8	6,715	–14.8
	Green	9	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	3.1	1,501	N/A
	Firefighters Against Cuts	2	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.6	307	N/A
	Independent	2	0	N/A	N/A	1	0.0	0.6	285	–3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Warren	826	53.0
	Conservative	Margaret Wilson	818	52.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lisabeth Hoad	609	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Dickerson	557	35.8
	Green	William Berry	131	8.4
Turnout			~1,558	46.8
Registered electors			3,328
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Jackson	442	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Else	289	35.9
	Green	Edward Thompson	75	9.3
Majority			153	18.9
Turnout			806	47.6
Registered electors			1,696
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Annabel Healey	289	49.5
	Conservative	Benjamin Redsell	193	33.0
	Labour	Thomas Guest	102	17.5
Majority			96	16.5
Turnout			584	37.1
Registered electors			1,586
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doreen Savage	936	61.8
	Conservative	Christopher Slemmings	852	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Houseley	395	26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mervyn Sheppard	317	20.9
	Labour	Harriet Bennett	222	14.7
	Labour	John Mullen	201	13.3
Turnout			~1,514	44.0
Registered electors			3,442
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Aldeburgh

Earl Soham

Farlingaye

Felixstowe East

Felixstowe North

Felixstowe South

Felixstowe South East

Felixstowe West

Framlingham

Grundisburgh

Hacheston

Hollesley With Eyke

Kesgrave East

Kesgrave West

Kyson

Leiston

Martlesham

Melton & Ufford

Nacton

Orford & Tunstall

Otley

Peasenhall

Rendlesham

Riverside

Rushmere St. Andrew

Saxmundham

Seckford

Snape

Sutton

Trimleys With Kirton

Walberswick & Wenhaston

Wickham Market

Witnesham

Yoxford

By-elections

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ann Rodwell	464	38.9
	Labour	Michael Deacon	459	38.4
	Conservative	Peter Coleman	403	33.8
	Labour	Dennis Carpenter	380	31.8
	Firefighters Against Cuts	Steven Brinkley	156	13.1
	Firefighters Against Cuts	Paul Woolstenholmes	151	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Price	132	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sherratt	116	9.7
Turnout			~1,194	35.6
Registered electors			3,355
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Smith	535	43.3
	Conservative	David Bentinck	529	42.8
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Rayner	483	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cherrie MacGregor	473	38.3
	Labour	Mark Campbell	187	15.1
	Labour	Stephen Tuthill	159	12.9
Turnout			~1,235	34.9
Registered electors			3,538
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Minns	878	58.6
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	840	56.0
	Labour	Ruth Campbell	325	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Reeves	289	19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Yates	289	19.3
	Labour	Mark Knight	284	18.9
Turnout			~1,499	39.7
Registered electors			3,776
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Dangerfield*	709	49.1
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Paddick*	685	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ninnmey	594	41.2
	Labour	Marian Pettit	395	27.4
	Labour	Margaret Morris	382	26.5
	Labour	Peter Waller	356	24.7
	Conservative	Graham Newman	332	23.0
	Conservative	Eric Bishop	314	21.8
	Conservative	Joan Sennington	301	20.9
Turnout			~1,443	28.1
Registered electors			5,137
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Musgrave	710	56.9
	Conservative	Winter Rose*	678	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Griffiths	459	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Baker	383	30.7
	Green	Marion Gaze	118	9.5
Turnout			~1,247	36.2
Registered electors			3,444
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Jowers*	430	68.7
	Green	Elise Joiner	196	31.3
Majority			234	37.4
Turnout			626	34.0
Registered electors			1,842
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Hart	525	73.0
	Green	Rachel Fulcher	194	27.0
Majority			331	46.0
Turnout			719	42.8
Registered electors			1,699
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rhona Sturrock*	402	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Mason	300	42.7
Majority			102	14.5
Turnout			702	42.1
Registered electors			1,699
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Klaschka	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Hammond*	Unopposed
	Conservative	Norman Bugg*	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,624
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Read*	418	49.5
	Conservative	Robert Grimwood	406	48.1
	Conservative	Jean Zoller	397	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Briggs	365	43.2
Turnout			~844	28.1
Registered electors			3,002
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Leiston (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Geater*	758	38.2
	Conservative	Trevor Hawkins	683	34.5
	Conservative	Andrew Nunn	593	29.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jaqueline Morrissey	532	26.8
	Labour	Terence Hodgson	486	24.5
	Labour	John Troughton	417	21.0
	Independent	Robert Stroud	207	10.4
Turnout			~1,466	30.0
Registered electors			4,885
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Trimleys With Kirton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sherrie Green	742	42.0
	Labour	Mary Dixon*	735	41.6
	Conservative	James Bidwell	688	38.9
	Conservative	Terence Eastman	648	36.7
	Labour	Michael Pulford	550	31.1
	Labour	Catherine Knight	458	25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Paddick	420	23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Imogen Dangerfield	413	23.4
Turnout			~1,768	32.0
Registered electors			5,526
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Yoxford By-Election 5 February 2004^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Slater	455	45.2	+45.2
	Conservative		319	31.7	−29.8
	BNP	Paul Goodchild	153	15.2	+15.2
	Labour		80	7.9	+7.9
Majority			136	13.5
Turnout			1,007	58.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Binns	243	42.9
	Labour	Roy Burgon*	141	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Craig-Bennett	105	18.5
	Independent	John Brownsord	78	13.8
Majority			102	18.0
Turnout			567	35.2
Registered electors			1,619
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelso*	868	50.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Foster	674	39.0
	Conservative	Christopher Blundell	571	33.1
	Conservative	Anthony Ramsey	491	28.5
	Green	John Forbes	287	16.6
Turnout			~1,555	39.6
Registered electors			3,929
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Perry	748	58.2
	Conservative	Paul Callaghan	663	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Butterwick	537	41.8
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Coates	533	41.5
Turnout			~1,327	34.7
Registered electors			3,823
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia O'Brien*	Unopposed
	Conservative	Veronica Falconer	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,446
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Herring*	514	69.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Perren	227	30.6
Majority			287	38.8
Turnout			741	45.3
Registered electors			1,648
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Bellfield*	500	69.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Else	218	30.4
Majority			282	39.2
Turnout			718	40.2
Registered electors			1,790
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Burroughes*	373	51.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Andrews	197	27.2
	Green	Jennifer Berry	155	21.4
Majority			176	24.2
Turnout			725	44.3
Registered electors			1,697
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Dunnett	246	61.5
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Wroe	154	38.5
Majority			92	23.0
Turnout			400	26.1
Registered electors			1,533
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clifford Cocker	393	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Bull	247	33.9
	Green	Rachel Smith-Lyte	87	12.0
Majority			146	20.1
Turnout			727	45.9
Registered electors			1,648
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Whiting	Unopposed
	Conservative	Dennis Gooch	Unopposed
	Conservative	Gordon Laing	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,803
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Batho	568	47.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Andrews	457	38.4
	Conservative	William Wild	435	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Tricker	347	29.1
	Labour	Kevin Welton*	252	21.2
	Labour	Edna Salmon	172	14.4
Turnout			~1,191	34.6
Registered electors			3,442
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Barratt*	370	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Montgomery	315	46.0
Majority			55	8.0
Turnout			685	44.7
Registered electors			1,533
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cyril Fidler*	393	64.2
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Moss	219	35.8
Majority			174	28.4
Turnout			612	37.9
Registered electors			1,642
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Block*	306	52.5
	Conservative	Dudley Deas	277	47.5
Majority			29	5.0
Turnout			583	43.8
Registered electors			1,329
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raeburn Leighton*	463	62.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Block	277	37.3
Majority			186	25.0
Turnout			743	43.2
Registered electors			1,721
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bruan Hall*	343	60.4
	Conservative	Dorothy East	166	29.2
	Labour	Valerie Pizzey	52	9.2
Majority			177	31.2
Turnout			568	32.6
Registered electors			1,741
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Leggett*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,606
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Wragg*	412	61.3
	Green	John Barrett	258	38.4
Majority			154	22.9
Turnout			672	38.9
Registered electors			1,728
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Sennington	488	39.5	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cherrie MacGregor	456	36.6	−3.5
	Independent	Thomas Savage	168	13.4	+13.4
	Labour	Margaret Morris	134	10.8	−4.7
Majority			32	2.9
Turnout			1,246	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	308	58.0	+8.5
	Conservative	185	34.8	+1.8
	Labour	38	7.2	−10.3
Majority		123	23.2
Turnout		531	34.8
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing