The 2003 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 2003 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election. Following boundary changes the number of wards were reduced by five, and the number of seats reduced from 55 to 48.[1]
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All 48 seats to West Dorset District Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2003 West Dorset District Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 election saw the Conservatives take majority control of the District Council.[2]
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | V. Ivory * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,213 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bradford Abbas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | 390 | 66.1 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Longdon | 200 | 33.9 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 190 | 32.2 | –3.7 | ||
Turnout | 38.6 | –9.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,541 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 406 | 78.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Fifield | 111 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 295 | 57.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,673 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Bridport North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Stoodley | 445 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray | 393 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Keith Allan Day | 333 | – | ||
Labour | R. Nicholls | 325 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Wallace | 305 | – | ||
Independent | J. Shaw | 250 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,389 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Bridport South & Bothenhampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Brown * | 842 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Tett | 715 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Pritchard * | 599 | – | ||
Labour | C. Wild * | 556 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Samuel | 347 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Harrison | 339 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Bagnall | 325 | – | ||
Green | L. Sea | 272 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Dorset Stop The War | D. Partridge | 102 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 37.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,409 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Broadmayne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,559 | ||||
Independent hold |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. Sewell * | 384 | 58.4 | –5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Prysor-Jones | 273 | 41.6 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 111 | 16.9 | –10.9 | ||
Turnout | 45.6 | +1.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,447 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | M. Parsons | 637 | 67.2 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | M. Pritchard * | 311 | 32.8 | –26.2 | |
Majority | 326 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.1 | +2.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,608 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cam Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 456 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Sargent * | 315 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 141 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,652 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Charminster & Cerne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. East * | 1,012 | 74.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Horsington | 984 | – | ||
Independent | L. Clarke | 352 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 41.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,334 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Newson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,475 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Bartlett | 494 | 61.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | I. Lewis | 315 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 179 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.6 | +0.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,788 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | I. Gardner * | 578 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Rogers | 557 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Jolliffe | 533 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Denton-White | 461 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Dunseith | 452 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Wilson | 392 | – | ||
Independent | D. Smithson | 259 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 28.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,332 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chideock & Symondsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Summers * | 386 | 67.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Morgan-Smith | 186 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 200 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,468 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 734 | 59.1 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Harries * | 620 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Thorogood | 508 | 40.9 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | B. Parkhurst | 503 | – | ||
Turnout | 36.0 | +4.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,548 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning | 550 | 38.8 | +4.7 | |
Independent | A. Beard | 481 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Tarr | 459 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Parry | 386 | 27.2 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | J. Bell | 362 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.0 | +2.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,938 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Dorchester South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | M. Rennie * | 760 | 57.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Potter | 639 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Martindale | 572 | 42.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Halewood | 567 | – | ||
Turnout | 40.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,312 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Dorchester West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Barrett * | 757 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 705 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Parsley | 616 | – | ||
Conservative | I. Birt | 406 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,381 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Frome Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,656 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | 462 | 63.3 | –1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Dearlove | 268 | 36.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 194 | 26.6 | –2.9 | ||
Turnout | 49.0 | +3.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,504 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Loders edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Roberts | 298 | 50.1 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Brown | 172 | 28.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | V. Barnes | 125 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 126 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,437 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | O. Lovell * | 510 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Meech * | 452 | 47.0 | N/A | |
Independent | P. Hicks | 438 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Williams | 397 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,131 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Maiden Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. Patmore | 357 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Gregson | 335 | 48.4 | +20.8 | |
Majority | 22 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44.9 | –0.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,549 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Marshwood Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | I. Gillespie * | 407 | 50.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | H. Thomas * | 394 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,440 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Netherbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Alford | 399 | 62.1 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Pawley | 244 | 37.9 | –10.1 | |
Majority | 155 | 24.1 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 43.0 | – | |||
Registered electors | 1,512 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Seall * | 662 | 52.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | D. Smy * | 626 | – | ||
Independent | R. Russell | 600 | 47.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.5 | +2.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,774 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Piddle Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Barker | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,618 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Pearce | 290 | 36.4 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | G. Harries * | 277 | 34.8 | –4.7 | |
Independent | I. Mayo * | 229 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.7 | +3.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,762 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,602 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Sherborne East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 628 | 43.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | M. Clark | 567 | – | ||
Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 467 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert James Bygrave | 343 | 23.9 | +3.8 | |
Turnout | 34.0 | –6.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,308 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Sherborne West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 731 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Marjorie Snowden | 660 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg * | 564 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,509 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Winterborne St Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Stephen John Slade * | 448 | 46.5 | +18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Rickard | 239 | 34.8 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 209 | 30.4 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 41.6 | –1.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,663 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Yetminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. House * | 386 | 69.8 | –0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 167 | 30.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 219 | 39.6 | –1.4 | ||
Turnout | 41.3 | –1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,343 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "West Dorset". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 26 April 2020.