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Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council on the south coast of England were held on ?? May 2003. The whole council, a unitary authority, is elected every four years; in 2003, as in the whole of Sussex, new ward boundaries were introduced. The council was reduced from 78 members (26 wards each returning 3 members) to 54: in most of the city, wards of around 7000 electors ere replaced with larger wards of up to 11000, while in some areas (mostly in Hove and Portslade but also in the eastern area of Woodingdean) the former wards were retained, with boundary adjustments where necessary, but reduced to two councillors. <--- The Conservative Party replaced the Labour Party as the largest party on the council. However, the council remained under "no overall control" (i.e., no absolute majority for any party): the Conservatives won 26 out of the 54 seats in the city. This result was to some extent in line with the general pattern of results throughout England that day, with Conservatives gaining seats at the expense of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The Green Party increased its number of seats from 6 to 12. ---> Summary description of the result and change from 1999 goes here. Labour lost overall majority but remained the largest party.

Election result

Brighton & Hove Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	23	{{{gain}}}	{{{loss}}}	{{{net}}}
	Conservative	20	{{{gain}}}	{{{loss}}}	{{{net}}}
	Green	6	{{{gain}}}	{{{loss}}}	{{{net}}}
	Liberal Democrats	2	{{{gain}}}	{{{loss}}}	{{{net}}}
	Independent	1	{{{gain}}}	{{{loss}}}	{{{net}}}

Ward results

Note these are not yet the results for this election!!!!!!

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	Ward	Candidates											Notes
			Labour		Conservative		Green		Lib Dem		Other
Brunswick and Adelaide (2 seats)
	Brunswick and Adelaide		Dan Fox 622		Harry Haynes 269		Hazel Ellison 389		Paul Elgood 1222		Nigel Furness (Independent) 63		Lib Dem 2
			John Warmington 542		Debra Wade 266		Felicity Tanous 291		David Watkins 1103		Valentine Hogan (Independent) 47
Hangleton and Knoll (3 seats)
	Hangleton and Knoll		Brian Fitch 2550		Peter Willows 2449		Lucette Forrest 448		David John Sears 517		David Newland (Socialist Alliance) 210		Lab 2 Con 1
			Gerry Kielty 2394		Dawn Barnett 2315		Jean Cheryl Jones 270		Emily Pearson 477		Gregory McAusland (Independent) 149
			James Thompson 2175		Stephen Wade 2123		Matthew Leo Dunton 207		Lee Shingles 434
Stanford (2 seats)
	Stanford		Patrick Gordon Gill 467		Vanessa Brown 2497		Alan Keith Pegg 241		Roy Alldred 417		Jayne Bennett (Independent) 1771		Con hold 1 Ind hold 1
			Nicole Murphy 436		Michael Switzer 1700		Molly Taylor 150		Peter Thomas Denyer 275
Woodingdean (2 seats)
	Woodingdean		Raymond Blackwood 947		Geoffrey Wells 2500		Stella Pentecost 218		Tim Prater 292				Con hold 2
			Malcolm Prescott 885		Dee Simson 2456		Paul Ward 153		Season Prater 289

Note these are not yet the results for this election!!!!!!

Brunswick & Adelaide (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elgood	942
	Liberal Democrats	David Watkins	729
	Green	Phelim Mccafferty	482
	Green	Hazel Ellison	431
	Conservative	Joanne Heard	368
	Conservative	Roz Rawcliffe	357
	Labour	David Boyle	284
	Labour	Simon Gulliver	263
	Independent	Brian Ralfe	152
	English Democrat	Ben Potter	56
Turnout			3,335	28.0	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Hove (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Averil Older	964
	Conservative	Jan Young	901
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Doyle	692
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Herbert	667
	Green	Dave Walsh	420
	Green	Jacqueline Da Costa	333
	Labour	Rachel Lyons	317
	Labour	Bernie Katz	304
	Protest Vote	Christopher Kilburn	109
Turnout			4,707	34.0	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Brighton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Mitchell	1,539
	Labour	Warren Morgan	1,401
	Labour	Craig Turton	1,262
	Conservative	Simon Hackett	1,000
	Conservative	Victor Mower	997
	Conservative	David Van Day	931
	Green	Nigel Tart	621
	Green	Eliza Fakhr	467
	Green	Hugh Miller	445
	Liberal Democrats	James Ledwood	401
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Hodlin	400
	Liberal Democrats	Trefor Hunter	377
	Brighton and Hove Independents	Vicki Davies	257
	Socialist Labour	John McLeod	109
Turnout			10,207	35.4	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Goldsmid (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Lainchbury	1,330
	Conservative	Ayas Fallon-Khan	1,238
	Labour	Melanie Davis	1,231
	Labour	Vince Meegan	1,201
	Conservative	Stephen Wade	1,189
	Labour	Alun Jones	1,098
	Green	Rob Jarrett	1,010
	Green	Martin Grimshaw	833
	Green	Sue Baumgardt	760
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Bailey	720
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Mailing	609
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Potts	506
	Brighton and Hove Independents	Anne Giebeler	314
	Independent	Gemma Furness	134
	Independent	Nigel Furness	114
	Brighton and Hove Independents	David Jeal	109
	Independent	Peter Poole	73
Turnout			12,469	37.5	−6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hangleton & Knoll (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Barnett	2,651
	Conservative	Tony Janio	2,237
	Conservative	David Smart	2,215
	Labour	Brian Fitch	1,820
	Labour	Tony Meadows	1,514
	Labour	Eddy Sears	1,509
	Liberal Democrats	David Patrick	335
	Green	Andy Player	321
	Respect	Maggie Clifford	297
	UKIP	Stuart Bower	291
	Liberal Democrats	David Sears	261
	Green	Tim Goodall	255
	Green	Nicola Hodgson	251
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Shingles	198
Turnout			14,155	45.6	−10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hanover & Elm Grove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Bill Randall	2,182
	Green	Georgia Wrighton	2,102
	Green	Vicky Wakefield-Jarrett	1,945
	Labour	Joyce Edmond-Smith	1,321
	Labour	Leo Barraclough	1,030
	Labour	Brendan Hanlon	945
	Conservative	James Mortimer	482
	Conservative	Guy Gilmour	459
	Conservative	Luke Foster	411
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Barker	333
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Wooley	260
	Liberal Democrats	Beulah Town	256
Turnout			11,466	36.6	−8.2
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing