2003 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2003 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey. Elections to Aylesbury Vale District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of councillors by 1. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
Results Aylesbury Vale Local Election Result 2003 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 30 +3 50.8 48.2 33,685 Liberal Democrats 25 +1 42.4 40.0 27,968 Independent 4 -2 6.8 5.2 3,660 Labour 0 -1 0 5.5 3,878 Residents Action Party 0 0 0 0.9 604 UKIP 0 0 0 0.2 126
5 Conservative candidates were unopposed.
By ward Aston Clinton (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Chapple 1,723 Conservative Carole Paternoster 1,635 Conservative David Thompson 1,493 Liberal Democrats Sheelagh Nolan 809 Turnout 5,660
Aylesbury Central Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Keith Turner 326 53.0 Conservative David Clarke 200 32.5 Independent Denis Gilford 89 14.5 Majority 126 20.5 Turnout 615
Bedgrove (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Penelope Thorne 1,432 Liberal Democrats Julian Newman 1,404 Liberal Democrats Alan Sherwell 1,324 Conservative John Champion 1,239 Conservative June Toseland 1,188 Conservative Michael Arrowsmith 1,170 Labour Edna Ullmann 225 Turnout 7,992
Bierton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Bernard Griffin 269 46.5 Liberal Democrats Ronald Letts 175 30.2 Conservative Alistair Doe 135 23.3 Majority 94 16.3 Turnout 579
Brill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Valerie Baxter 580 53.6 Labour Joanna Dodsworth 256 23.7 Liberal Democrats Luke Croydon 246 22.7 Majority 324 29.9 Turnout 1,082
Buckingham North (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Derrick Isham 630 Conservative Timothy Mills 521 Liberal Democrats Pauline Stevens 484 Labour Christine Strain-Clark 479 Turnout 2,114
Buckingham South (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Kenneth Liversedge 601 Conservative Hedley Cadd 574 Labour Robin Stutchbury 399 Liberal Democrats Hannah Saul 290 Turnout 1,864
Cheddington Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Corry Cashman 558 58.7 Conservative Lesley Pollard 392 41.3 Majority 166 17.4 Turnout 950
Coldharbour (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Paul Hughes 589 Liberal Democrats Chloe Willets 567 Liberal Democrats Zulifgar Ahmed 517 Conservative Philip Collinge 393 Conservative Andrew Huxley 376 Conservative Nicholas West 356 Labour Neal Bonham 198 Independent Christopher Card 80 Turnout 3,076
Edlesborough Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Pauline Hannelly 457 59.8 Liberal Democrats John Brown 307 40.2 Majority 150 19.6 Turnout 764
Elmhurst and Watermead (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Raj Khan 936 Conservative Abdul Khaliq 746 Conservative Jason Bray 725 Liberal Democrats Maria Butler 715 Liberal Democrats Jennifer Puddefoot 690 Conservative Ian West 647 Labour Michael Rowlinson 352 Turnout 4,811
Gatehouse (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Patricia Jamieson 474 Liberal Democrats Terence Sherwin 439 Conservative Jane Sale 180 Labour Philip McGoldrick 160 Conservative Catherine West 160 Labour Malcolm Pike 141 Residents Action Party Frank Merrick 83 Residents Action Party Martin Hill 75 Turnout 1,712
Great Brickhill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Neil Blake 480 57.1 Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Twiss 268 31.9 Labour Brian Ambler 92 11.0 Majority 212 25.2 Turnout 840
Great Horwood Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Beville Stanier unopposed
Grendon Underwood Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Cartwright unopposed
Haddenham (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Neil Stuart 1,281 Conservative Judith Brandis 1,215 Independent Chloe Lambert 1,083 Conservative Brian Foster 1,049 Liberal Democrats Richard Moore 991 Conservative Eric Lambden 850 Liberal Democrats Mary Baldwin 849 Turnout 7,318
Long Crendon (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Smith 1,083 Conservative Michael Edmonds 1,064 Liberal Democrats Elaine Stuart 442 Labour Margaret Liggett 374 Turnout 2,953
Luffield Abbey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alison Walsh 555 76.1 Liberal Democrats Laura Takuma 174 23.9 Majority 381 52.2 Turnout 729
Mandeville and Elm Farm (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Denise Summers 828 Liberal Democrats Peter Vernon 764 Liberal Democrats Niknam Hussain 676 Conservative Myles Grandison 467 Conservative Thomas Wilkins 447 Conservative Hugh Williams 445 Labour Henry Gardner 198 Labour Shirley Raw 195 UKIP Gerard McCormack 126 Turnout 4,146
Marsh Gibbon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Ian Metherell 421 53.3 Conservative Michael Hall 369 46.7 Majority 52 6.6 Turnout 790
Newton Longville Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Pamela Pearce 493 52.6 Conservative Sally Judd 295 31.5 Liberal Democrats Llewellyn Monger 149 15.9 Majority 198 21.1 Turnout 937
Oakfield (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Stephen Patrick 711 Liberal Democrats Glenda Reynolds 675 Conservative Jason Evans 229 Conservative Joseph Cook 222 Turnout 1,837
Pitstone Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Avril Davies 537 68.8 Conservative Paul Garrad 244 31.2 Majority 293 37.6 Turnout 781
Quainton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Sue Polhill unopposed
Quarrendon (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Raymond Ghent 400 Liberal Democrats Raymond Humm 366 Residents Action Party David Davies 188 Residents Action Party Elsie Davies 184 Conservative John Carter 99 Conservative Philip Still 82 Turnout 1,319
Southcourt (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Freda Roberts 627 Liberal Democrats David Ralph 456 Independent Alan Price 271 Labour Zard Khan 222 Conservative Louis Altman 109 Conservative Marion Dorrell 95 Residents Action Party Joanne Merrick 74 Turnout 1,854
Steeple Claydon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Edward Griffin unopposed
Stewkley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Jennings 609 70.6 Labour William Lyttle 253 29.4 Majority 356 41.2 Turnout 862
Tingewick Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Rowlands 651 73.3 Liberal Democrats Howard Mordue 237 26.7 Majority 414 46.6 Turnout 888
Waddesdon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Margaret Morgan-Owen unopposed
Walton Court and Hawkslade (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Steven Kennell 515 Liberal Democrats Ranjula Takodra 452 Conservative Paul Milham 196 Conservative John Wiseman 189 Labour Gordon Richardson 126 Independent Albert McNicholls 117 Labour Tom Watt 105 Turnout 1,700
Weedon Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ashley Bond 380 62.1 Liberal Democrats Harold Newman 129 21.1 Labour Margaret Ewan 103 16.8 Majority 251 41.0 Turnout 612
Wendover (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Christopher Richards 1,062 Conservative Judith Myers 1,061 Conservative Kevin McPartland 1,032 Liberal Democrats Christopher Peeler 944 Liberal Democrats Gordon Knight 940 Liberal Democrats Jane Rutland 933 Turnout 5,972
Wing Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Dorothea Glover 521 65.1 Liberal Democrats Robert Lewis 279 34.9 Majority 242 30.2 Turnout 800
Wingrave Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Peter Cooper 571 64.6 Conservative Colin Smart 313 35.4 Majority 258 29.2 Turnout 884
Winslow (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Ashendon 812 Conservative Angela Rowlands 784 Independent Christopher James 687 Liberal Democrats Sandra Monger 468 Turnout 2,751
External links 2003 Aylesbury Vale election result