2003 Uttlesford District Council election

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Savage	351	60.5	+47.6
	Independent	Raymond Tyler*	173	29.8	–30.0
	Independent	Tariq Ali	56	9.7	N/A
Majority			178	30.7	N/A
Turnout			580	44.9	+3.8
Registered electors			1,292
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	38.8

Barnston & High Easter

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Hicks	316	61.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Bryce	202	39.0
Majority			114	22.0
Turnout			518	41.2
Registered electors			1,257
	Conservative win (new seat)

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Godwin	269	72.7	N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Gooding	74	20.0	–52.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Raynor	27	7.3	–20.2
Majority			195	52.7	N/A
Turnout			370	45.3	+4.2
Registered electors			817
	Independent gain from Conservative

Broad Oak & The Hallingburys (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Arctus	645	66.6
	Conservative	Alan Row*	607	62.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingard	287	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	265	27.4
Turnout			~968	36.6
Registered electors			2,646
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edgar Abrahams*	352	84.4	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Rawlinson	65	15.6	+2.9
Majority			287	68.8	–5.8
Turnout			417	36.7	+0.4
Registered electors			1,137
	Independent hold		Swing	2.9

Elsenham & Henham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Morson*	533	57.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Dean*	532	56.9
	Conservative	Tamsin Johnston	367	39.3
	Conservative	Keith Mackman	275	29.4
Turnout			~935	33.9
Registered electors			2,757
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Gregory*	539	60.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Thawley*	531	59.6	+5.3
	Conservative	John Howson	336	37.7	–4.2
	Conservative	Louise McLaughlin	298	33.4	–6.2
Turnout			~892	34.2	–10.4
Registered electors			2,607
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gaylor*	470	74.1	+22.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Murphy	403	63.5	+24.5
	Conservative	Carol James	152	24.0	–5.7
	Conservative	Heather Powell	136	21.4	–3.5
	Green	Michael Earley	46	7.2	N/A
Turnout			~635	31.2	–4.0
Registered electors			2,034
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Copping*	660	62.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Clarke	599	56.5	–4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Silver	598	56.4	N/A
	Conservative	Douglas James	393	37.1	+4.0
	Conservative	Helen Rothwell	374	35.3	+2.6
	Conservative	Barrie Powell	354	33.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,060	29.4	–3.7
Registered electors			3,607
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Reginald Lemon	286	57.5	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Lewis*	185	37.2	–17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Dyer	26	5.2	–1.8
Majority			101	20.3	N/A
Turnout			497	37.1	–0.2
Registered electors			1,338
	Independent gain from Conservative

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Menell*	395	78.1	–6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Johnson	111	21.9	+6.5
Majority			284	40.2	–13.0
Turnout			506	41.2	–2.8
Registered electors			1,228
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Newport (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Bowker*	838	67.2	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilcock*	834	66.9	N/A
	Conservative	Marilyn Scott	357	28.6	N/A
	Conservative	Ann Smith	338	27.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,247	48.4	+12.0
Registered electors			2,576
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Audley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hibbs*	885	57.7	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Bayley*	713	46.5	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Lelliott	683	44.5	N/A
	Conservative	David Miller*	655	42.7	+3.3
	Conservative	Alistair Walters	538	35.1	±0.0
	Conservative	Jane Muir	486	31.7	N/A
	Independent	Richard Glover	217	14.2	N/A
	Independent	John Cox	174	11.3	N/A
Turnout			~1,533	40.6	–5.5
Registered electors			3,777
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Castle (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Freeman	539	41.2	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Hughes	526	40.2	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jones	496	38.0	N/A
	Conservative	Sarfraz Anjum	421	32.2	–1.7
	Labour	Peter Preece	416	31.8	–1.5
	Conservative	Robert O'Neill*	409	31.3	–1.1
	Conservative	Jessica Hess	395	30.2	N/A
	Labour	Yvonne Morton	280	21.4	–11.1
	Labour	Simon Trimnell	276	21.1	N/A
Turnout			~1,307	35.2	–5.4
Registered electors			3,713
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saffron Walden Shire (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baker	531	42.6	+19.0
	Conservative	Alfred Ketteridge*	502	40.2	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Boland	484	38.8	+18.6
	Labour	Russell Green*	468	37.5	–12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Dawson	457	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	Adrian Lee	377	30.2	–11.4
	Conservative	Grant St Clair-Armstrong	364	29.2	N/A
	Labour	Steven Lake	237	19.0	N/A
Turnout			~1,247	32.5	–2.5
Registered electors			3,838
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stansted North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sell*	599	55.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Marchant	533	49.2
	Conservative	Alan Williams	385	35.6
	Conservative	Sian Lloyd	354	32.7
	Independent	Raymond Clifford	229	21.2
Turnout			~1,083	41.4
Registered electors			2,615
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stansted South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dean*	361	68.6
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Ollier	355	67.5
	Conservative	Richard Wallace	172	32.7
	Conservative	John Flack	127	24.1
Turnout			~526	24.6
Registered electors			2,138
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Cant*	267	64.8	–3.9
	Conservative	Mark Brackenbury	145	35.2	+3.9
Majority			122	29.6	–7.8
Turnout			412	32.8	–6.0
Registered electors			1,255
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.9

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Loughlin	331	62.8	+1.7
	Conservative	Edward Oliver	196	37.2	–1.7
Majority			135	25.6	+3.4
Turnout			527	45.0	+1.6
Registered electors			1,172
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.7

Takeley & The Cranfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Harris	479	46.7
	Conservative	Jacqueline Cheetham*	472	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westlake	416	40.6
	Conservative	Derek Jones*	388	37.8
	Independent	Richard Smith*	178	17.4
Turnout			~1,026	42.6
Registered electors			2,408
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Tealby-Watson	424	52.3	+6.1
	Conservative	H. Rolfe	387	47.7	–6.1
Majority			37	4.6	N/A
Turnout			811	62.5	+21.3
Registered electors			1,302
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.1

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecile Down*	350	76.4	+31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Wilcock	108	23.6	–15.4
Majority			242	52.8	+47.0
Turnout			458	36.9	–11.8
Registered electors			1,240
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.5

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Flack*	608	89.5	+37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jillien Bolvig-Hansen	71	10.5	–37.6
Majority			537	79.1	+75.2
Turnout			679	49.2	–8.0
Registered electors			1,379
	Conservative hold		Swing	37.6

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Schneider*	344	61.1	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	219	38.9	–8.3
Majority			125	22.2	+16.6
Turnout			563	40.2	–0.1
Registered electors			1,400
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Chambers*	406	70.6	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Reed	169	29.4	–12.1
Majority			237	41.2	+24.2
Turnout			575	47.7	–8.3
Registered electors			1,205
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.1

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Corke	299	58.9	+31.1
	Independent	Rodney Stone*	169	33.3	–38.9
	Green	Simon Lacey	40	7.9	N/A
Majority			130	25.6	N/A
Turnout			508	35.4	–7.9
Registered electors			1,434
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	35.0

Great Dunmow South By-Election 21 October 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Gower	615	61.9	−0.8
	Conservative	Michael Miller	378	38.1	+0.8
Majority			237	23.8
Turnout			993	28.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Dunmow South By-Election 14 July 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Miller	537	58.6	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingard	380	41.4	−21.3
Majority			157	17.2
Turnout			917	26.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wimbish and Debden By-Election 27 October 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Knight	300	53.6	+53.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan	260	46.4	−12.5
Majority			40	7.2
Turnout			560	24.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newport By-Election 8 June 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Yarwood	746	60.4	−9.7
	Conservative	Rad Gooding	489	39.6	+9.7
Majority			257	20.8
Turnout			1,235	48.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing