2003 Coventry City Council election

Elections to Coventry City Council in England were held on 1 May 2003. Nineteen seats were up for election - the usual one third of the council, plus an additional seat in Whoberley ward, which was vacant. The Labour lost majority control of the council, but remained the largest party.

Election result

Coventry Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	5	-5
	Conservative	9	4	0	+4
	Socialist Alternative	1	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1
	BNP	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0.00

Council Composition

The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	31	18	13	8	26
	Conservative	19	14	5	9	23
	Socialist Alternative	3	2	1	1	3
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	2
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0
Total		54	36	18	18	54

Ward results

Bablake ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Kelsey	2,139
	Labour	Gordon Arthur Wright	1,011
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Napier Penlington	713
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binley and Willenhall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ram Parkash Lakha	1,386
	Conservative	Heather Jean Johnson	1,247
	Independent	Brian Anthony McCarney	486
	Socialist Alternative	Samantha Elizabeth Ashby	230
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheylesmore ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Ann Reece	1,840
	Labour	Raymond Stewart Byers	1041
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent McKee	563
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Earlsdon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew MacDonald Matchet	2,166
	Labour	Lindsley Harvard	1,366
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Edward Dyke	822
	Socialist Alternative	Anthony Paul Smith	223
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foleshill ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Ann Parker	1,679
	Conservative	Shabbir Ahmed	819
	Socialist Alternative	Lakshman Hensman	348
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Henley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Patrick Ruddy	1,228
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Tandy	778
	Liberal Democrats	Mandeep Singh Jandu	302
	Socialist Alternative	Martha Elsie Beatrice Young	262
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Holbrook ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Clifford	1,569
	Conservative	Harjinder Sehmi	775
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Nuala Coupe	701
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Longford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Arthur Duggins	1,561
	Conservative	Harry Maeers	777
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Brian Sewards	515
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lower Stoke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip David Townshend	1,171
	Conservative	Margaret Veronica Rigby	957
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Benefield	465
	Socialist Alternative	Jane Ashwell	345
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Radford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Charles Skipper	1,262
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Simpson	712
	Conservative	Ronald John Carr	605
	Marxist	David Anderson	134
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherbourne ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Rutter	1,394
	Labour	Howard Peter Lacy	1,186
	Liberal Democrats	William George Haymes	681
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Michael's ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist Alternative	Karen McKay	1,185
	Labour	James Matthew O'Boyle	1,005
	Conservative	Marc Cedric Howson	270
Majority
Turnout
	Socialist Alternative hold		Swing

Upper Stoke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Field	2,201
	Labour	David Henry Edwards	1,294
	Conservative	Hazel Ann Reece	244
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Wainbody ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Edward Crookes	2,194
	Labour	Christopher Nicholas Youett	800
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Peter Lockett	957
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Henry Batten	1,304
	Conservative	Nigel Charles Lee	1,086
	Independent	James Richard Donnelly	251
	Socialist Alternative	James Richard Donnelly	218
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Whoberley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Ann Griffin	1,497
	Conservative	Clifford Leonard Ridge	1,383
	Labour	Kevin Barry Maton	1,043
	Labour	John French	1,000
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Hugh Thomas	734
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bridget Basu	712
	Socialist Alternative	Michael Jeffrey Holton	268
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Edward Power	253
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodlands ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Margaret Tuson	1,827
	Labour	Jean Jackson	1,276
	BNP	Mark Andrew Payne	1,013
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Howarth	811
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyken ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susanna Ella Dixon	1,594
	Labour	Marilyn Ann Mutton	1,334
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Rees Lewis	794
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• "Coventry City Council Online [Archive]". 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.