2003 Tendring District Council election

2003 Tendring District Council election

1 May 2003
All 60 seats to Tendring District Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 17 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 14.2% 23 seats, 37.6% Seats before 17 11 21 Seats won 25 13 11 Seat change 9 4 14 Popular vote 12,898 7,503 7,503 Percentage 36.0 21.7 21.0 Swing 2.7 7.5 12.3   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Community Representative Independent Holland Residents Last election Did Not Stand 6 seats, 12.8% Seats before 0 6 Seats won 4 4 3 Seat change 4 2 3 Popular vote 3,116 2,217 1,098 Percentage 8.7 6.2 3.1 Swing 8.7 6.6 3.1
Majority party before election No overall control Majority party after election No overall control

Elections to Tendring District Council took place on 1 May 2003. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Summary Result

Tendring District Council election, 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	0	0	9		36.0	12,898	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	13	4	0	4		21.7	7,766	+7.5
	Labour	11	0	14	14		21.0	7,503	-12.3
	CRP	4	4	0	4		8.7	3,116	N/A
	Independent	4	0	0	3		6.2	2,217	-6.6
	Holland Residents	3	0	0			3.1	1,098	N/A
	Green	0	0	0			1.8	652	N/A
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.9	326	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0			0.6	204	N/A

Ward results

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CRP = Community Representative Party

Alresford

Alresford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Scott	413	75.2
	Labour	Terry Ripo	136	24.8
Turnout				32.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Alton Park

Alton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Delia Aldis	330	46.0
	Labour	Mark Morley-Souter	299
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Saltmarsh	207	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell	198
	Conservative	Susan Powell	180	25.1
	Conservative	Sheila Wilde	157
Turnout				21.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Stock	370	78.1
	Labour	Colin Olivier	104	21.9
Turnout				27.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jose Powell	Unopposed
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Harold Shearing	757	73.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Beadles	731
	Conservative	Grant Penny	274	26.6
	Conservative	David Cottage	236
Turnout				30.4
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark de Roy	353	56.7
	Green	Michael Mealing	205	32.9
	Labour	Richard Exell	65	10.4
Turnout				36.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Dixon	1,034	26.2
	Labour	Josephine Ruffell	1,023	25.9
	Independent	Peter Patrick	989	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Dale	770
	Conservative	Vivien Chapman	551	14.0
	Conservative	Jane Girdlestone	542
	Green	Valerie Bentinck	350	8.9
Turnout				34.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Burrsville

Burrsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Sambridge	336	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Bensilum	317	48.5
Turnout				34.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Frinton

Frinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Allen	974	60.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Turner	887
	UKIP	Anthony Finnegan-Butler	326	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Whitson	164	10.2
	Labour	Ann Evander	142	8.8
	Labour	Graham Ford	130
Turnout				41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golf Green

Golf Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CRP	Roy Smith	1,135	61.1
	CRP	Kenneth Sargeant	651
	Labour	Maurice Alexander	491	26.4
	Conservative	Kenneth Spooner	231	12.4
Turnout				36.4
	CRP gain from Labour
	CRP gain from Labour

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lines	228	41.3
	Labour	Graham Turner	215	38.9
	CRP	Anthony Colbourne	109	19.7
Turnout				32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	478	90.2
	Labour	Lily Jakubowski	52	9.8
Turnout				30.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hamford

Hamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Caddick	921	67.2
	Conservative	Iris Johnson	893
	Labour	Valerie Bird	234	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Harrison	215	15.7
Turnout				37.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harwich East

Harwich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Payne	295	46.7
	CRP	Michael Gardner	198	31.3
	Conservative	Janet Little	100	15.8
	Socialist Alliance	Richard Allday	39	6.2
Turnout				32.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Brand	499	35.9
	Conservative	William Bleakley	492	35.4
	Labour	David McLeod	481
	CRP	Fraser Leeks	315	22.6
	Socialist Alliance	Sylvia Noble	85	6.1
Turnout				30.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harwich West

Harwich West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Double	613	44.4
	Labour	Hugh Markham-Lee	456
	Conservative	Eric Yallop	359	26.0
	CRP	Ricardo Callender	329	23.8
	CRP	Hugh Thompson	256
	Socialist Alliance	John Tipple	80	5.8
Turnout				29.6
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CRP	Steven Henderson	704	53.2
	CRP	David Rutson	607
	Labour	Louise Armstrong	386	29.2
	Labour	Colin Knight	386
	Conservative	Karoline Hlubek	233	17.6
Turnout				32.2
	CRP gain from Labour
	CRP gain from Labour

Haven

Haven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Holland Residents	Brian Thomasson	361	46.8
	Conservative	Joyce Broderick	296	38.4
	Independent	George Craft	114	14.8
Turnout				42.2
	Holland Residents gain from Independent		Swing

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Bucke	907	75.8
	Conservative	Mark Cossens	875
	Labour	Joan Bond	289	24.2
Turnout				33.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Homelands

Homelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Page	Unopposed
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lawford

Lawford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sarah Candy	452	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelly	353	30.4
	Conservative	Russell Ginn	287
	Labour	Michael Barker	203	17.5
	Labour	Gregory Morgan	198
	CRP	David Smy	154	13.3
Turnout				27.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Little Clacton & Weeley

Little Clacton & Weeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter de Vaux-Balbirnie	617	54.2
	Conservative	Bernard Leatherdale	578
	Liberal Democrats	John Candler	309	27.1
	Labour	Ronald Fluin	213	18.7
Turnout				26.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dew	547	48.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Potter	511
	Conservative	Alison Johnson	438	38.5
	Conservative	Alistair Ford	403
	Labour	Christine Morgan	154	13.5
Turnout				32.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Peter Bruff

Peter Bruff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Shearing	485	70.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Bevan	481
	Conservative	John Stephenson	204	29.6
	Conservative	Madeline Pound	184
Turnout				21.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Pier

Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Audrey Overton	357	47.9
	Conservative	Ann Oxley	333
	Labour	Anne Alexander	291
	Labour	Raymond Rogers	291	39.1
	Green	Marie Herbert	97	13.0
Turnout				21.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Elmer	205	39.8
	CRP	Michael Lowe	181	35.1
	Conservative	Andrew Purdy	129	25.0
Turnout				27.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Baker	300	41.6
	Labour	Anthony Sargent	283
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Harper	224	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy King	217
	Conservative	Helen Doddridge	198	27.4
Turnout				20.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St. Bartholomew's

St. Bartholomew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Holland Residents	Mary Bragg	737	53.5
	Holland Residents	Michael Holden	673
	Conservative	Claire Moor	640	46.5
	Conservative	Brian Pennell	624
Turnout				38.0
	Holland Residents hold
	Holland Residents hold

St. James

St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Griffiths	403	32.4
	Conservative	Gill Downing	384
	Liberal Democrats	Gloria Bargent	376	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Harrison	253
	Labour	David Bolton	249	20.0
	Independent	Martyn Hughes	215	17.3
	Labour	Roy Raby	214
Turnout				32.6
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative
	Conservative gain from Labour

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bevan	577	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Cripps	504
	Conservative	Anthony Cooper	326	26.6
	Conservative	Colin Madge	313
	Labour	Norman Jacobs	231	26.2
Turnout				29.3
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Aldis	264	34.2
	Conservative	Amanda-Jane Pound	261	33.9
	Labour	Susan Morley-Souter	251
	Conservative	Francis Woods	248
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Miller	246	31.9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Redding	209
Turnout				21.3
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

St. Osyth & Point Clear

St. Osyth & Point Clear

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John White	680	65.0
	Independent	Michael Talbot	655
	Conservative	Ronald Walker	366	35.0
Turnout				30.1
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pierre Oxley	793	55.5
	Conservative	Catherine Jessop	701
	Labour	David Gamman	239	16.7
	Independent	Brian White	219	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Jarvis	177	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Smith	154
Turnout				34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Dimmock	586	52.3
	Conservative	Harry Jessop	563
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Bell	534	47.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Mannings	502
Turnout				31.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Walton

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeanette King	676	70.7
	Conservative	Christine Turner	637
	Labour	Sacha Aldis	280	29.3
Turnout				28.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References

1. "Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2021.