2003 Torridge District Council election
2003 UK local government election
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The 2003 Torridge District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Torridge District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the council stayed under no overall control.[1][2]
Election result
A newly formed group called the Community Alliance gained 9 seats on the council and they were among 17 new councillors on the council.[3][4] Among the gains for the Community Alliance were 3 seats in Northam ward, a seat in Bideford South from Labour and a gain from an independent in Westward Ho!.[2] None of the candidates for the Community Alliance were sitting councillors and the group said it aimed to "keep party politics out of local government".[2]
Meanwhile, Labour lost both their 2 seats on the council, while the Conservatives and Greens regained 1 seat each.[2] 8 councillors were elected without facing any opposition, but this was down from 9 at the 1999 election and 13 in 1995.[5] Overall turnout at the election was 38.4%, up from 36.1% in 1999.[6]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 17 | 47.2 | 27.3 | 6,849 | -7.7 | ||||
| Community Alliance Independent | 9 | +9 | 25.0 | 32.4 | 8,109 | +32.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 19.4 | 25.6 | 6,409 | -11.5 | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1,165 | +3.5 | |||
| Green | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 845 | -3.1 | |||
| UKIP | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 427 | +1.7 | |||
| Labour | 0 | -2 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1,257 | -15.2 | |||
Ward results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Leonard Ford | 506 | |||
| UKIP | Andrew Eastman | 427 | |||
| Independent | Philip Waters | 421 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Jeremy Bell | 402 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Langbridge | 141 | |||
| Turnout | 1,897 | 47.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Alliance Independent | Stephen Clarke | 653 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | William Isaac | 516 | |||
| Independent | Pamela Paddon | 482 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Andrew Powell | 461 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Noel Deakes | 293 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Birchmore | 284 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Nicholson | 161 | |||
| Labour | Anne Brenton | 158 | |||
| Labour | Lynda Dark | 144 | |||
| Labour | Sarah Lovera | 87 | |||
| Turnout | 3,239 | 32.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Peter Christie | 633 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugo Barton | 632 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Alasdair Gould | 488 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Leather | 486 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Hadfield | 426 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Osborne | 338 | |||
| Conservative | Graham Jones | 336 | |||
| Turnout | 3,339 | 34.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Lane | 494 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Sonia Bushby | 424 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Daniel | 354 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Inch | 344 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | David Ratcliff | 310 | |||
| Labour | David Brenton | 309 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Elliot Gould | 309 | |||
| Labour | Ian Hopkins | 131 | |||
| Labour | Walter Hill-Paul | 106 | |||
| Turnout | 2,781 | 28.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Frank Howard | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip Collins | 228 | 34.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Copp | 179 | 26.8 | ||
| Conservative | Roy Watts | 179 | 26.8 | ||
| Independent | Brian Stacey | 81 | 12.1 | ||
| Majority | 49 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 667 | 55.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Royston Johns | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Geoffrey Broyd | 294 | 56.1 | ||
| Community Alliance Independent | Richard Deane | 230 | 43.9 | ||
| Majority | 64 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 524 | 42.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Christine March | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Pillman | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Trevor Sillifant | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Desmond Shadrick | 784 | |||
| Independent | John Allen | 581 | |||
| Conservative | Coral Broyd | 356 | |||
| Turnout | 1,721 | 40.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Alliance Independent | Hugh Bone | 263 | 52.6 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Collins | 237 | 47.4 | ||
| Majority | 26 | 5.2 | |||
| Turnout | 500 | 39.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Geoffrey Boundy | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Alliance Independent | Alan Eastwood | 941 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Edward Davies | 926 | |||
| Community Alliance Independent | Paul Sturges | 850 | |||
| Independent | Richard Bradford | 640 | |||
| Independent | Anthony Barnes | 525 | |||
| Labour | Sheila Bloomfield | 322 | |||
| Turnout | 4,204 | 40.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Susan Mounce | 285 | 52.9 | ||
| Community Alliance Independent | Matthew Richards | 254 | 47.1 | ||
| Majority | 31 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 539 | 40.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Allin Bewes | 389 | 63.3 | ||
| Community Alliance Independent | Richard Clark | 226 | 36.7 | ||
| Majority | 163 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 615 | 47.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard Broad | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Patricia Ferguson | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Margaret Brown | 645 | |||
| Independent | Richard Bond | 424 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Rawlinson | 376 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | William Brook | 364 | |||
| Independent | Richard Rumbold | 254 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Freeland | 243 | |||
| Green | Cathrine Simmons | 212 | |||
| Turnout | 2,518 | 27.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Morrish | 253 | 43.5 | ||
| Independent | William Tanton | 154 | 26.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Ridd | 101 | 17.4 | ||
| Community Alliance Independent | Patrick Adams | 74 | 12.7 | ||
| Majority | 99 | 17.0 | |||
| Turnout | 582 | 46.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Hicks | 332 | 69.3 | ||
| Community Alliance Independent | Roger Vanstone | 147 | 30.7 | ||
| Majority | 185 | 38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 479 | 39.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Alliance Independent | Timothy Williams | 428 | 57.6 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Barclay | 315 | 42.4 | ||
| Majority | 113 | 15.2 | |||
| Turnout | 743 | 45.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Cowle | 506 | 71.0 | ||
| Community Alliance Independent | Paul Camilleri | 207 | 29.0 | ||
| Majority | 299 | 41.9 | |||
| Turnout | 713 | 47.9 | |||
By-elections between 2003 and 2007
Bideford South
A by-election was held in Bideford South on 4 December 2003 after the former leader of the council, Liberal Democrat Mervyn Lane, resigned from the council due to ill health.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Inch | 244 | 44.4 | +4.1 | |
| Independent | Chris Leather | 177 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
| Community Alliance | Shirley Hagley | 128 | 23.3 | −11.3 | |
| Majority | 67 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 549 | 15.2 | −13.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Westward Ho!
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Roger Tisdale | 257 | 37.1 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hadfield | 226 | 32.6 | +32.6 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Collins | 149 | 21.5 | +21.5 | |
| Independent | Hugh Brading | 61 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
| Majority | 31 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 693 | 41.2 | −4.4 | ||
| Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Tamarside
Independent Kenneth James won a by-election in Tamarside on 14 July 2005 after the death of councillor Richard Broad.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kenneth James | 167 | 45.2 | ||
| Conservative | Coral Broyd | 143 | 38.7 | ||
| Independent | Arthur Stewart | 59 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 24 | 6.5 | |||
| Turnout | 369 | 29.6 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Northam
Conservative Sam Robinson won a by-election in Northam on 23 November 2006 after the resignation of councillor Alan Eastwood.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Samuel Robinson | 556 | 57.3 | +57.3 | |
| Green | Miranda Cox | 414 | 42.7 | +42.7 | |
| Majority | 142 | 14.6 | |||
| Turnout | 970 | 21.6 | −18.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||