2003 Chichester District Council election

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control.

2003 Chichester District Council election

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All 48 seats to Chichester District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 26 21
Popular vote 23,680 20,153
Percentage 44.5% 37.9%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Election result

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Chichester District Council Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 26 0 0 0 54.2 44.5 23,680
  Liberal Democrats 21 0 0 0 43.7 37.9 20,153
  Independent 1 0 0 0 2.1 2.3 1,220
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 4,913
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 2,559
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 715

1 Independent candidate was unopposed.

26 21 1
Conservative Liberal Democrat I.

Ward results

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Bosham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Myers 649 26.2
Conservative Myles Antony Cullen 623 25.1
Independent Clifford Michael Archer 588 23.7
Liberal Democrats Gerald Patrick Lynch 441 17.8
UKIP Douglas Ernest Denny 178 7.2
Turnout 2479 42.5
Boxgrove (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Norman Hall 431 51.1
Conservative Jane Louise Chevis 358 42.5
UKIP Antony Edward Bird 54 6.4
Turnout 843 47.2
Bury (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Mary Hallock 481 70.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Ernest Wellstead 205 29.9
Turnout 686 38.7
Chichester East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Quentin Robson Cox 653 19.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony John French 639 18.6
Liberal Democrats Eva Marliese French 635 18.5
Conservative Rebecca Elizabeth Harris 304 8.8
Conservative Gina Margaret Simpson 283 8.2
UKIP Nigel Degge Wilmot Sitwell 247 7.2
Green Josephine Eckhard 191 5.6
Labour Peter John Nutt 191 5.6
Labour John Smith 156 4.5
Labour Doris Bryson Walton 141 4.1
Turnout 3440 24.5
Chichester North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gloria Patricia Hooley 1002 17.7
Liberal Democrats Edith Pingree 961 17.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Edward Plowman 903 15.9
Conservative Stuart Ian King 731 12.9
Conservative Nicholas Hart Roberts 715 12.6
Conservative Timothy John Roberts 640 11.3
UKIP Michael Alan Mason 205 3.6
Green Valerie Anne Briginshaw 173 3.1
Labour David Morrison 122 2.2
Labour John Wallace Barr 117 2.1
Labour Frances Turner 98 1.7
Turnout 5667 43.1
Chichester South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna 876 20.5
Liberal Democrats Alan David Chaplin 741 17.4
Liberal Democrats David John Siggs 753 17.6
Conservative Hilary Anne Flynn 377 8.8
Conservative Dorothy June Spirit 365 8.5
Conservative Robin William Bell 336 7.9
Labour John Bennett 214 5.0
UKIP Anne Patricia Craven 159 3.7
Labour Benjamin Earnshaw-Mansell 154 3.6
Labour Susan Mary Barnardo Bramwell-Smith 151 3.5
Green Prudence Dwyer 149 3.5
Turnout 4275 31.1
Chichester West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Margaret Apel 655 30.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Raymond Shone 628 28.7
Conservative Julie Ann Rooker 414 19.0
UKIP James McCulloch 205 9.4
Labour Andrew Emerson 165 7.6
Labour Margaret Denis 116 5.3
Turnout 2183 33.2
Donnington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ridd 356 49.9
Liberal Democrats Alan George Wells 312 43.7
Labour Micheline Lawson 46 6.4
Turnout 714 41.2
Easebourne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Alan Fay 344 51.0
Conservative Norma Dorothy Graves 331 49.0
Turnout 675 35.7
East Wittering (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Marion Graham Clay 524 25.1
Liberal Democrats Dr Mary Ellen Green 485 23.2
Conservative Thea Pauline Hucklesby 412 19.7
Labour Celia Anne Barlow 221 10.6
Labour Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan 188 9.0
UKIP Gordon Alexander Simpson 148 7.2
Green Jacqueline Susan Taylor 109 5.2
Turnout 2087 35.1
Fernhurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Cheason Mitchell 718 25.9
Conservative Heather Penelope Caird 606 21.9
Liberal Democrats William Edwin Quinn 593 21.4
Independent Dr Mamdouh George Salameh 450 16.2
Conservative Nola Jane Hendon 405 14.6
Turnout 2772 39.8
Conservative hold Swing
Fishbourne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss 607 73.1
Conservative Clifford William Spawton 223 26.9
Turnout 830 52.5
Funtington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Ernest Garrett 542 69.0
Liberal Democrats John Cooper Rankin 243 31.0
Turnout 785 38.4
Harting (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Michael Shaxson (Re-elected Unopposed) n/a n/a
Lavant (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Robert Homan Smith 442 72.9
Conservative Mary Louise Goldsmith 164 27.1
Turnout 606 36.8
Midhurst (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Joseph Robert Cartwright 678 30.1
Conservative Brian John Weekes 587 26.2
Liberal Democrats Judith Russell Fowler 532 23.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Humphrey Bourchier Devereux 453 20.1
Turnout 2250 30.7
North Mundham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Quigley 368 55.8
Conservative Anthony Peter Dignum 292 44.2
Turnout 660 39.7
Petworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Elizabeth Duncton 952 35.5
Conservative Margaret Valerie Field 808 30.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah Margaret Barstow 477 17.8
Liberal Democrats Catherine Gillian Alderson Perschke 442 16.5
Turnout 2679 38.3
Plaistow (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian James Hooton 677 31.9
Conservative Anthony Malcolm Walker 667 31.4
Liberal Democrats Raymond Ernest John Cooper 397 18.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Colville 383 18.0
Turnout 2124 30.9
Rogate (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Ann Janes 531 60.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin George Campbell 254 29.0
UKIP Ashley Mote 89 10.2
Turnout 874 41.2
Selsey North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melva Kathleen Bateman 694 19.4
Conservative Stewart Marr Adamson 657 18.4
Conservative Alan John Dyer 615 17.2
Labour Ian Bell 457 12.8
Labour Margaret Dyer 451 12.6
Labour Wendy Virginia Pengelly 414 11.5
UKIP Andrew Edward Wilkinson 291 8.1
Turnout 3579 28.3
Selsey South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Edward Vines 567 27.3
Conservative John Thomas Curtis 551 26.6
Labour Janet Cynthia Miller 324 15.6
UKIP Bernard Arthur Smith 321 15.5
Labour Sidney William Hoy 312 15.0
Turnout 2075 33.3
Sidlesham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Joy Pound 295 47.4
Independent Patricia Mary Tull 182 29.3
Labour Robert Harvey Jaffa 79 12.7
UKIP Derek Hunnikin 66 10.6
Turnout 622 34.6
Southbourne (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Marrs 743 16.1
Conservative Graham Hamilton Hicks 739 16.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Gowlett 684 14.8
Conservative Nigel Charles Brown 679 14.7
Liberal Democrats James Richard Jennings 623 13.5
Liberal Democrats Penelope Anne Blackmore 530 11.5
UKIP Alicia Ruth Denny 170 3.7
Labour June Mary Leonard 159 3.4
Labour Duncan Hollowood 149 3.2
Labour Marguerite Lawrence 145 3.1
Turnout 4621 30.7
Stedham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lorraine Cherry 547 67.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel John Warner 260 32.2
Turnout 807 43.1
Tangmere (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Meyer 258 52.1
Conservative Paul Newton-Lewis 204 41.2
Labour Andrew Young 33 6.7
Turnout 495 28.7
Westbourne (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Eleanor Elliott 391 63.7
Labour John Baker 122 19.9
UKIP Reginald Rodger Willoughby Musgrave 101 16.4
Turnout 614 36.5
West Wittering (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony John Davies 938 31.1
Conservative Peter Edward Jones 843 27.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Walter Tilbury 346 11.5
UKIP Roger Lewis Wilson 325 10.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Green 285 9.4
Labour Gordon Trevor Churchill 107 3.5
Green Joan Marjorie Welch 93 3.1
Labour Kenneth Alex Newman 81 2.7
Turnout 3018 40.8
Wisborough Green (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Harry Field 481 61.7
Liberal Democrats John Edward Barstow 299 38.3
Turnout 780 40.8

By-Election results

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See Chichester local elections for by-election results after this election.

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