The 2003 Ashfield District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.[1] The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]
Election result
The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council after independents gained 12 seats and Labour lost 15 seats.[3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 16 | -15 | 48.5 | 52.0 | 17,551 | ||||
Independent | 14 | +12 | 42.4 | 34.8 | 11,763 | ||||
Green | 2 | +2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 1,518 | ||||
Conservative | 1 | +1 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 2,473 | ||||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 472 |
7 Labour candidates were unopposed.[5]
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Trevor Locke | 848 | |||
Labour | Charles Short | 831 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Riley | 784 | |||
Turnout | 2,463 | 30.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Creed | 708 | |||
Independent | Geoffrey Thorpe | 624 | |||
Labour | Yvonne White | 588 | |||
Turnout | 1,920 | 26.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Gow | 841 | |||
Labour | John Wilmott | 774 | |||
Conservative | Michael Murphy | 739 | |||
Labour | Patrick Wren | 620 | |||
Turnout | 2,974 | 32.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Blagden | 1,088 | |||
Labour | Simon Harris | 1,005 | |||
Conservative | Brian Connor | 950 | |||
Labour | John Knight | 807 | |||
BNP | Barry Hodgson | 472 | |||
Turnout | 4,322 | 28.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Holmes | 495 | 76.2 | ||
Independent | Frank Wood | 155 | 23.8 | ||
Majority | 340 | 52.3 | |||
Turnout | 650 | 25.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Antony Brown | 952 | |||
Independent | Rachel Madden | 888 | |||
Labour | Alan Butler | 530 | |||
Labour | Peter Thorpe | 370 | |||
Green | Andrew Finlayson | 188 | |||
Turnout | 2,928 | 32.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wendy Harvey | 610 | |||
Independent | Harold Greasley | 586 | |||
Labour | Jean Tomlinson | 357 | |||
Labour | Warren Nuttall | 325 | |||
Turnout | 1,878 | 22.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Baird | 955 | |||
Independent | David Spalding | 774 | |||
Labour | Glennis Thierry | 387 | |||
Labour | Beverly Meszaros | 320 | |||
Turnout | 2,436 | 26.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Beverley Turner | 750 | |||
Independent | Petro Clarke | 708 | |||
Labour | Christopher Bonam | 596 | |||
Labour | Elaine Bonam | 570 | |||
Turnout | 2,624 | 27.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lesley Matthews | unopposed | |||
Labour | Alan Price | unopposed | |||
Labour | Margaret Thorpe | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | May Barsby | 1,091 | |||
Independent | George Toy | 1,009 | |||
Labour | Derek Young | 962 | |||
Labour | David Parker | 952 | |||
Turnout | 4,014 | 24.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beryl Anthony | unopposed | |||
Labour | John Bennett | unopposed | |||
Labour | Jessie Parker | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ramon Buttery | 1,020 | |||
Independent | Terence Keetley | 977 | |||
Independent | Roy Adkins | 914 | |||
Labour | David Shooter | 824 | |||
Labour | Kier Barsby | 717 | |||
Labour | Hilda Holmes | 616 | |||
Turnout | 5,068 | 23.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Mays | unopposed | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Justin Smith | 687 | |||
Green | Mark Harrison | 643 | |||
Labour | Martin Carey | 633 | |||
Labour | Christopher Davidson | 537 | |||
Turnout | 2,500 | 25.7 |
References
- ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ "Election results". Financial Times. 3 May 2003. p. 8.
- ↑ "Labour loses historic vote". BBC News Online. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ "English councils". The Times. 3 May 2003. p. 47.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Local Elections - May 2003 Results". Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original on 22 June 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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