2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

The 2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results by ward

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries. The number of seats increased by 1.

Summary

2003 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28			5	62.2	47.8	16,060	+4.1
	Labour	12			4	26.7	35.5	11,909	-4.0
	Independent	3			0	6.7	8.8	2,948	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	2			0	4.4	7.4	2,494	-1.9
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.5	180	New

By-elections

Risbygate

Risbygate: 20 May 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		293	34.1
	Conservative		278	32.3
	Labour		169	19.7
	Green		85	9.9
	Independent		35	4.1
Majority			15	1.8
Turnout			860
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Haverhill East

Haverhill East: 10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		520	35.9
	Independent		376	26.0
	Labour		363	25.1
	Liberal Democrats		189	13.1
Majority			144	9.9
Turnout			1,448
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Barningham

Barningham: 9 September 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	'	Unopposed
Majority			N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

Haverhill South

Haverhill South: 5 May 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		746	43.8
	Conservative		602	35.3
	Liberal Democrats		357	20.9
Majority			144	8.5
Turnout			1,705
	Labour hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate: 16 February 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		500	54.1
	Liberal Democrats		311	33.6
	Green		64	6.9
	UKIP		50	5.4
Majority			189	20.5
Turnout			925
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kedington

Kedington: 15 June 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		350	53.8
	Liberal Democrats		250	38.4
	Labour		51	7.8
Majority			100	15.4
Turnout			651
	Conservative hold		Swing