2003 Test Valley Borough Council election

2003 Test Valley Borough Council election
All 48 seats to Test Valley Borough Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservatives;	Council control after election ; Conservatives;

The 2003 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on the 1 May 2003. With new ward boundaries, all 48 seats were up for election.^[1] 25 seats were needed for a majority, with the Conservatives winning 30; the Liberal Democrats won 16 seats, and Independents won 2.^[2]

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Party		Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Conservative	30	62.50	52.20	17,121
	Liberal Democrats	16	33.33	35.95	11,793
	Labour	0	0.00	5.40	1,648
	Independent	2	4.16	3.46	1,138
	UKIP	0	0.00	2.57	846
	Green	0	0.00	0.76	250
Total		48			32,796

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Donald Kemish	773	32.89
	Conservative	Clive Collier	765	32.55
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Lamb	678	28.85
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Rispin	528
	Labour	Charles Damant	134	5.70
Majority
Turnout			2,350
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hughes	596	48.49
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Gates	543
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Msonthi	507
	Conservative	Karen Hamilton	469	38.16
	Conservative	Michael Platt	432
	Conservative	Lynsay Scratchley	430
	UKIP	William McCabe	164	13.34
Majority
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Hatley	649	78.19
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Cosier	181	21.80
Majority			468	56.38
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Arnell	467	69.18
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Warner	129	19.11
	UKIP	Dominic Mills	79	11.70
Majority			338	50.07
	Conservative win (new seat)

2003 Test Valley Borough Council election

Ward results

Abbey

Alamein

Ampfield and Braishfield

Amport

Anna

Blackwater

Bourne Valley

Broughton and Stockbridge

Charlton

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams

Cupernham

Dun Valley

Harewood

Harroway

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh

Millway

North Baddesley

Over Wallop

Penton Bellinger

Romsey Extra

St Mary's

Tadburn

Valley Park

Winton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Townsend	809	58.49
	Conservative	Arthur Peters	767
	Liberal Democrats	John Moon	398	28.77
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin O'Leary	346
	UKIP	Stanley Oram	176	12.72
Majority
Turnout			1,383
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Gentle	1,205	77.49
	Conservative	John Lewis	1,024
	Liberal Democrats	Max Buckmaster	350	22.50
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Jones	338
Majority
Turnout			1,555
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Jackson	505	73.93
	Liberal Democrats	David Webb	178	26.06
Majority			327	47.87
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Boulton	1,174	59.05
	Conservative	Daniel Busk	969
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Treadwell	674	33.90
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Anderson	634
	Labour	Arthur Paul	140	7.04
Majority
Turnout			1,988
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Carr	461	77.21
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Webb	136	22.78
Majority			325	54.43
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hall	1,242	59.82
	Conservative	Nigel Anderson	1,230
	Conservative	Bruce Cowan	1,084
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Richards	545	26.25
	Labour	Keith Morrel	289	13.92
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Baverstock	838	58.23
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Marsh	827
	Conservative	Richard Jenkins	601	41.76
	Conservative	Sarah Whitaker	594
Majority
Turnout			1,439
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neville Whiteley	478	66.94
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Houghton	236	33.05
Majority			242	33.89
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Neal	555	74.29
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Treadwell	192	25.70
Majority			363	48.59
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia West	875	54.07
	Conservative	Brian Page	777
	Conservative	Carl Borg-Neal	718
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Levitt	391	24.16
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilson	384
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalie Sweetman	376
	Labour	Michael Mumford	352	21.75
	Labour	Alan Cotter	279
	Labour	James Lowe	255
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Bidwell	365	41.95
	Conservative	David Bonnor-Morris	358	41.14
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harris	147	16.89
Majority			7	0.80
Turnout			870
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Zilliah Brooks	1,078	71.10
	Conservative	Sandra Hawke	998
	Conservative	David Drew	989
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Henstock	438	28.89
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sweetman	418
Majority			1,516
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Cosier	1,437	65.85
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Dowden	1,214
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Tupper	1,139
	Conservative	Robin Oliver	628	28.78
	Conservative	Roy Williams	576
	Conservative	Alfred-Hans Monsen	441
	Labour	Christopher Deverell	117	5.36
Majority
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Hope	320	77.48
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Fisk	93	22.51
Majority			227	54.96
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Lashbrook	770	56.20
	Conservative	Timothy Southern	739
	Liberal Democrats	Lance Mitchell	360	26.27
	UKIP	Derek Rumsey	240	17.51
Majority
Turnout			1,370
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Nokes	542	53.82
	Conservative	Ian Hibberd	495
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Dunleavy	465	46.17
	Liberal Democrats	George Johnson	444
Majority
Turnout			1,007
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Bailey	704	44.75
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Levitt	602
	Liberal Democrats	Donald MacDonald	583
	Conservative	Kenneth Whitehouse	546	34.71
	Conservative	Peter Wood	528
	Conservative	Barry Hodgson	516
	Labour	Paul Goddard	323	20.53
	Labour	Martyn Wilson	276
	Labour	Peter Scarrott	267
Majority
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	909	51.76
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Leach	900
	Conservative	Peter Daw	701	39.92
	Conservative	David Willox	635
	Labour	Carolyn Nixson	146	8.31
Majority
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dowden	1,153	58.46
	Liberal Democrats	Jacquie Shaw	1,023
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Lewis	929
	Conservative	John Barton	672	34.07
	Conservative	Richard James	631
	Conservative	Peggy Humphries	613
	Labour	David Moores	147	7.45
	Labour	Teri Moores	144
Majority
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marion Kerley	1,251	55.52
	Conservative	Pamela Mutton	1,085
	Conservative	Alan Smith	1,061
	Liberal Democrats	David Metcalf	565	25.07
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Jones	502
	Liberal Democrats	John Smith	479
	Green	James Todd	250	11.09
	UKIP	Anthony McCabe	187	8.30
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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