2003 Mid Sussex District Council election

The 2003 Mid Sussex District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Mid Sussex District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives won a majority of one on the council.

2003 Mid Sussex District Council election

1 May 2003
All 54 seats to Mid Sussex District Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats won 28 24 2 Seat change 1 3   Fourth party   Party Independent Seats won 0 Seat change 2
Winner of each seat

Council composition

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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28	24	2
Con	LDem	Lab

Results summary

2003 Mid Sussex District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28			1	51.9	53.4	30,973
	Liberal Democrats	24			3	44.4	40.1	23,289
	Labour	2				3.7	5.2	3,036
	Green	0				0.0	0.7	381
	Independent	0			2	0.0	0.5	300
	Monster Raving Loony	0				0.0	0.1	36

Ward results

Ardingly and Balcombe

Ardingly and Balcombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Marsh	868	72.6
	Conservative	Andrew MacNaughton	706
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Morrison	328	27.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ross	222
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ashurst Wood

Ashurst Wood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barnett	485	67.5
	Conservative	John Saull	234	32.5
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bolney

Bolney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Seward	603	74.4	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Hodgetts	112	13.8	+4.0
	Labour	Dawn Houghton	59	7.3	−4.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Baron von Thunderclap	36	4.4	+4.4
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Burgess Hill Dunstall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Cosgrave	453	53.7
	Conservative	Andrew Barrett-Miles	449
	Liberal Democrats	David Drew	391	46.3
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Davies	382
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burgess Hill Franklands

Burgess Hill Franklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Ross	909	56.1	+11.9
	Conservative	Michael Sullivan	712	43.9	−1.3
	Conservative	Barbara Selby	645
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burgess Hill Leylands

Burgess Hill Leylands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Balsdon	711	71.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Jones	711
	Conservative	Peter Burgess	288	28.8
	Conservative	Alfred May	235
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Burgess Hill Meeds

Burgess Hill Meeds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Dumbovic	690	66.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Cutler	626
	Conservative	John Boulter	348	33.5
	Conservative	Julian Wadey	324
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Burgess Hill St Andrews

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Shevels	563	63.1	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Shevels	522
	Conservative	Jacqueline Landriani	329	36.9	+13.1
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Burgess Hill Victoria

Burgess Hill Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Knight	471	61.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lyn Williams	451
	Conservative	Edward Holland	299	38.8
	Conservative	Geraldine May	289
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Copthorne and Worth

Copthorne and Worth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Forde	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Livesey	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Crawley Down and Turners Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillip Coote	804	56.8
	Conservative	Ian Scotland	795
	Conservative	Julian Calvert	794
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Fynn	612	43.2
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Bunting	603
	Liberal Democrats	Janette Wilson	530
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cuckfield

Cuckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David King	717	55.2	−11.0
	Conservative	Brenda Binge	687
	Independent	Peter Davis	300	23.1	+23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Griffin	281	21.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mira McMichael	255
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Grinstead Ashplats

East Grinstead Ashplats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Lord	541	55.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Johnson	536
	Conservative	Margaret Ball	435	44.6
	Conservative	Matthew Madgwick	427
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Grinstead Baldwins

East Grinstead Baldwins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Adams	506	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Gillbard	502
	Conservative	Sally Beal	366	42.0
	Conservative	hillip Coote	314
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Grinstead Herontye

East Grinstead Herontye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Heasman	631	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dixon	626
	Conservative	Edward Belsey	626	49.8
	Conservative	Andrew Lea	563
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Second seat decided on drawing of lots due to second and third place getting the same number of votes. Ian Dixon, the Liberal Democrat won therefore Edward Belsey was not elected.

East Grinstead Imberhorne

East Grinstead Imberhorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Glynn	624	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Starmer	565
	Conservative	Allan Beal	464	42.6
	Conservative	Brian Sparkes	429
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Grinstead Town

East Grinstead Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Joyce-Nelson	258	60.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Matthews	254
	Conservative	Margaret Belsey	167	39.3
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hassocks

Hassocks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Martin	1,263	54.9
	Conservative	Gordon Marples	1,224
	Conservative	Patrick Shanahan	1,164
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Cook	811	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Kemp	768
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Mulligan	729
	Labour	Jennifer Epstein	227	9.9
	Labour	Arleene Piercy	212
	Labour	Stephen Lewis	187
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Haywards Heath Ashenground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hall	748	63.2	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bates	742
	Conservative	Gerald Madden	435	36.8	+13.2
	Conservative	Rodney Ransom	413
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Haywards Heath Bentswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy Henry	633	55.3	−7.1
	Labour	Richard Goddard	609
	Conservative	Clare Steele	325	28.4	+6.6
	Conservative	James Horsman	322
	Liberal Democrats	John Riddington	186	16.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Brown	172
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Franklands

Haywards Heath Franklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Chapman	548	54.2	+14.8
	Conservative	Ian Ellis	521
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lucraft	330	32.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Mercer	324
	Labour	Denis Nyman	134	13.2	−18.4
	Labour	Pascal Atkins	133
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Heath

Haywards Heath Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Wilkins	789	56.5	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Brown	774
	Conservative	Margaret Baker	608	43.5	+5.2
	Conservative	Timothy Hartley	604
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Haywards Heath Lucastes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Gillard	695	53.8
	Conservative	Derek Booker	642
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Balls	597	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Rodgers	493
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

High Weald

High Weald

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Field	775	44.6
	Conservative	Christopher Hersey	591
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Webster	581	33.4
	Green	Paul Brown	381	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Camplisson	347
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Hurstpierpoint and Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susanna Kemp	1,136	46.6
	Conservative	David Hampson	1,084
	Conservative	James Worsley	1,030
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Jackson	827	33.9
	Labour	Ann Morgan	474	19.5
	Labour	Malcolm Uhlhorn	368
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lindfield

Lindfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Hersey	1,101	54.7
	Conservative	George Snowling	1,093
	Conservative	Mark Sharman	1,029
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Lucraft	910	45.3
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Povey	824
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian House	807
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)