2003 Chelmsford Borough Council election

2003 Chelmsford Borough Council election

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 57 seats to Chelmsford Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 21 28 Seats before 21 28 Seats won 35 20 Seat change 14 8 Popular vote 41,766 31,150 Percentage 48.1 35.8 Swing 10.9 2.1   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Independent Last election 5 2 Seats before 5 2 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 11,484 1,878 Percentage 13.2 2.2 Swing 8.5 0.3

The 2003 Chelmsford Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Chelmsford Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

There were boundary changes across the council area resulting in new wards being created. The number of seats on the council was increased from 56 to 57 seats.

Results summary

2003 Chelmsford Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35	7	0	14	61.4	48.1	41,766	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	20	3	6	8	35.1	35.8	31,150	-2.1
	Labour	2	0	3	3	3.5	13.2	11,484	-8.5
	Independent	0	0	1	2	0.0	2.2	1,878	+0.3
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	643	-0.5

Ward results

Bicknacre & East & West Hanningfield

Bicknacre & East & West Hanningfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Poulter	734	48.5
	Conservative	Ronald Saunders	667	44.1
	Independent	Alan Dixon	474	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteing	331	21.9
	Independent	Edward Williamson	177	11.7
	Labour	Hilary Chad	147	9.7
	Labour	Paul Matthews	103	6.8
Turnout			1,514	36.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boreham & The Leighs

Boreham & The Leighs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Galley	848	69.5
	Conservative	Philip Wilson	652	53.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah MacKrory	300	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Davies	232	19.0
	Labour	Timothy MacGregor	153	12.5
Turnout			1,220	30.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broomfield & The Walthams

Broomfield & The Walthams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Delmas Ashford	1,245	59.8
	Conservative	Alan Willsher	1,123	53.9
	Conservative	Jason Need	1,040	50.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pooley	714	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anna-Marie Broadhead	574	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Richardson	564	27.1
	Labour	Michael Powell	243	11.7
	Labour	William Evans	200	9.6
	Labour	Andrew Dearman	191	9.2
Turnout			2,082	34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmer Village & Beaulieu Park

Chelmer Village & Beaulieu Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Lumley	977	65.7
	Conservative	Ronald Alcock	966	64.9
	Conservative	Neil Gulliver	901	60.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Webb	345	23.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Styles	319	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Robson	288	19.4
	Labour	James Russell	218	14.7
Turnout			1,488	21.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmsford Rural West

Chelmsford Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicolette Chambers	586	57.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Evans	364	35.7
	Labour	Barry Williams	69	6.8
Majority			222	21.8
Turnout			1,019	46.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Galleywood

Galleywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janette Potter	868	61.5
	Conservative	David Stevenson	841	59.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Mountain	264	18.7
	Labour	Roger Patterson	264	18.7
	Labour	Muriel Briault	261	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Hutchon	231	16.4
Turnout			1,412	30.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Goat Hall

Goat Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Mountain	824	61.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	734	54.3
	Conservative	Vernon Makin	411	30.4
	Conservative	Susan Ford-Sumner	398	29.5
	Labour	Brian Whitelaw	167	12.4
Turnout			1,351	29.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Baddow East

Great Baddow East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Rycroft	1,081	56.4
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Miller	1,071	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sosin	1,052	54.9
	Conservative	Kenneth Carr	628	32.8
	Conservative	Peter Martin	602	31.4
	Conservative	Ivy Day	588	30.7
	Labour	Carol Kemp	184	9.6
	Labour	David Laing	145	7.6
	Labour	Ernest Webb	127	6.6
Turnout			1,915	29.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Great Baddow West

Great Baddow West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hutchon	618	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janetta Sosin	587	54.6
	Conservative	Peter Hindle	326	30.3
	Conservative	Roy Moore	323	30.0
	Labour	Joanna Grindrod	126	11.7
	Labour	Kerry Abel	117	10.9
Turnout			1,076	27.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Lawns

The Lawns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Harvey	787	46.7	−11.1
	Conservative	Yvonne Spence	779	46.2	+17.6
	Conservative	Pamela Joughin	767	45.5	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hall	713	42.3	−11.5
	Labour	Robert Miller	108	6.4	−7.0
	Labour	Alan Rigg	90	5.3	−7.2
	Green	Eleanor Burgess	65	3.9	N/A
Turnout			1,687	38.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon

Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Hurrell	1,343	69.4	+11.3
	Conservative	Ian Wright	1,327	68.5	+11.7
	Conservative	Christopher Kingsley	1,306	67.5	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence O'Brien	388	20.0	−1.6
	Green	Colin Budgey	350	18.1	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chaplin	250	12.9	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lester Crichton	235	12.1	−6.8
	Labour	Donald Newton	152	7.9	−2.5
Turnout			1,936	29.7	−3.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Marconi

Marconi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Horslen	432	50.9
	Labour	Adrian Longden	400	47.2
	Conservative	Clive Hodges	261	30.8
	Conservative	Jennifer Alefounder	236	27.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pennicard	111	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Harvey	110	13.0
Turnout			848	17.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Moulsham & Central

Moulsham & Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Lee	921	40.2
	Conservative	Timothy Worrall	906	39.5
	Conservative	Sameh Hindi	860	37.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brooks	824	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Francis	794	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Secluna	746	32.5
	Labour	Patrick Baldwin	463	20.2
	Labour	Robert Jones	442	19.3
	Labour	Peter Dixon	427	18.6
	Independent	Stepen Stratton	201	8.8
Turnout			2,292	31.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moulsham Lodge

Moulsham Lodge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Firth	884	66.1	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	814	60.9	+2.1
	Conservative	Pauline Hepworth	340	25.4	+5.1
	Conservative	David Kimberlin	329	24.6	+6.3
	Labour	Frederick Grindrod	180	13.5	−2.0
	Labour	John Knott	158	11.8	−0.7
Turnout			1,337	31.6	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Patching Hall

Patching Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Smith-Hughes	857	44.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Arnot	797	41.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charman	747	38.5	−1.3
	Conservative	Richard Campion	712	36.7	−1.3
	Conservative	Michael McCullough	678	34.9	+4.8
	Conservative	Nicholas Stevenson	669	34.5	+5.6
	Labour	Roy Chad	364	18.8	−3.9
	Labour	David Howell	326	16.8	−4.3
	Labour	Sean O'Sullivan	309	15.9	−4.4
	Green	Angela Thomson	160	8.2	+2.1
Turnout			1,940	27.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Rettendon & Runwell

Rettendon & Runwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Little	901	66.1	+13.1
	Conservative	Raymond Ride	817	59.9	+10.5
	Independent	Eileen Mickleborough	446	32.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Owen	196	14.4	−2.4
Turnout			1,363	34.0	+9.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Jones	1,083	48.3	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Trustrum	1,032	46.0	+18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Willis	1,005	44.8	+18.7
	Labour	Elaine Baldwin	698	31.1	−15.3
	Labour	John Devane	661	29.5	−14.5
	Labour	Russell Kennedy	643	28.7	−14.9
	Conservative	John Candler	481	21.4	−1.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Pauley	476	21.2	−1.5
	Conservative	Patricia Marchand	462	20.6	−1.1
Turnout			2,244	32.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

South Hanningfield, Stock & Margaretting

South Hanningfield, Stock & Margaretting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Grundy	1,051	76.7
	Conservative	Roy Whitehead	977	71.3
	Liberal Democrats	George Allen	190	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Edwards	181	13.2
	Labour	Carol Stevens	140	10.2
Turnout			1,370	32.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Woodham - Chetwood & Collingwood

South Woodham - Chetwood & Collingwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Moulds	855	65.6	+7.5
	Conservative	James Allen	845	64.8	+8.9
	Conservative	Christopher Stevenson	829	63.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Lewis	297	22.8	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Sutcliffe	287	22.0	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Sykes	265	20.3	+4.2
	Labour	Catherine Trevaldwyn	139	10.7	−11.6
Turnout			1,304	20.2	−0.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville

South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Hughes	915	53.4	+22.4
	Conservative	Robert Denston	914	53.4	+27.3
	Conservative	Linda-Anne Denston	905	52.9	+28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Goldfinch	434	25.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Roberts	415	24.2	−11.9
	Independent	Paul Martin	409	23.9	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Deakin	400	23.4	−10.9
	Labour	James Barnett	218	12.7	−11.8
	Labour	Alison Hurst	146	8.5	−16.5
	Labour	Max Gibson	136	7.9	N/A
Turnout			1,712	27.4	+5.1
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Springfield North

Springfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham McGhie	654	43.5	+12.7
	Conservative	Anthony West	626	41.6	+12.4
	Conservative	David Sismey	618	41.1	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	William Lane	613	40.8	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Lane	612	40.7	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mackrory	597	39.7	−1.7
	Labour	Karen Kennedy	206	13.7	−4.6
	Labour	Steven Haigh	192	12.8	−4.0
	Labour	Margaret Horslen	187	12.4	−4.1
Turnout			1,504	21.8	−1.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Trinity

Trinity

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gale	748	54.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Davis	739	54.3
	Conservative	Paul Hutchinson	632	46.4
	Conservative	Alastair Tween	569	41.8
	Labour	Prudence Jones	175	12.8
	Labour	Roderick Essery	165	12.1
Turnout			1,362	30.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Waterhouse Farm

Waterhouse Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunnable	609	45.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Cobbold	592	44.1	−0.7
	Labour	Joan Bliss	431	32.1	−4.2
	Labour	Maurice Austin	423	31.5	−4.8
	Conservative	Anthony Lipman	363	27.1	+10.6
	Conservative	Christopher Wickers	336	25.1	+9.4
Turnout			1,341	32.3	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Writtle

Writtle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Sach	692	40.0	+2.5
	Conservative	Timothy Roper	690	39.9	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Robinson	661	38.2	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Robinson	644	37.2	+10.9
	Labour	Barry Grainger	191	11.0	−19.4
	Independent	Thomas Mahon	171	9.9	N/A
	Labour	Susan O'Brien	167	9.6	−17.5
	Green	Richard De Ville	68	3.9	−1.9
Turnout			1,731	40.1	+1.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold