2003 Exeter City Council election
2003 UK local government election
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14 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 35.6% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2003 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and orange shows the Liberals. Wards in grey had no election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Exeter City Council election took place on 1 May 2003, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Devon, England. The election was held concurrently with other local elections in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost control of the council, which it had held since 1995.[3]
Results summary
2003 Exeter City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 5 | 2 | 38.5 | 15 | 20 | 50.0 | 7,016 | 32.6 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 2 | 30.8 | 6 | 10 | 25.0 | 5,306 | 24.6 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | 2 | 15.4 | 4 | 6 | 15.0 | 5,778 | 26.8 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal | 2 | 15.4 | 2 | 4 | 10.0 | 2,103 | 9.8 | +2.4 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 791 | 3.7 | -2.2 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 1.5 | +0.7 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 0.8 | +0.4 | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 0.3 | N/A |
Ward results
Alphington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Wadham | 1,229 | 54.5% | |
Conservative | Peter Cox | 628 | 27.8% | |
Labour | Celia Morrish | 398 | 17.6% | |
Majority | 601 | 26.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,255 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Cowick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Michael Mills | 701 | 42.5% | |
Conservative | Margaret Baldwin | 626 | 38.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Ruffle | 196 | 11.9% | |
UKIP | David Challice | 77 | 4.7% | |
Green | John Hayward | 49 | 3.0% | |
Majority | 75 | 4.5% | ||
Turnout | 1,649 | |||
Labour hold |
Duryard
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Cherry Luxton | 553 | 47.6% | |
Conservative | Graham Stone | 380 | 32.7% | |
Labour | Dominic O'Brien | 125 | 10.8% | |
Green | Suzanne Dunstan | 103 | 8.9% | |
Majority | 173 | 14.9% | ||
Turnout | 1,161 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Exwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Slack | 843 | 47.8% | |
Independent | David Mashiter | 260 | 14.7% | |
Conservative | Daniel Bower | 253 | 14.4% | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Pettinger | 240 | 13.6% | |
UKIP | Lawrence Harper | 87 | 4.9% | |
Green | Thomas Chant | 80 | 4.5% | |
Majority | 583 | 33.1% | ||
Turnout | 1,763 | |||
Labour hold |
Heavitree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Morrish | 1,176 | 67.7% | |
Labour | Ian Martin | 272 | 15.7% | |
Conservative | Jonathan Farquharson | 194 | 11.2% | |
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Thickett | 95 | 5.5% | |
Majority | 904 | 52.0% | ||
Turnout | 1,737 | |||
Liberal hold |
Mincinglake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dilys Baldwin | 566 | 53.5% | |
Conservative | Richard Briggs | 246 | 23.3% | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Soper | 175 | 16.6% | |
Green | Alison Raddon | 42 | 4.0% | |
Socialist Alternative | Peter Sloman | 28 | 2.6% | |
Majority | 320 | 30.3% | ||
Turnout | 1,057 | |||
Labour hold |
Priory
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Baldwin | 1,007 | 55.4% | |
Conservative | Iris Newby | 467 | 25.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | Maxwell Carrolle | 345 | 19.0% | |
Majority | 540 | 29.7% | ||
Turnout | 1,819 | |||
Labour hold |
St James
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Mitchell | 532 | 39.5% | |
Labour | Marcel Choules | 483 | 35.9% | |
Conservative | Alexander Barahona | 170 | 12.6% | |
Green | Anita Sutcliffe | 162 | 12.0% | |
Majority | 49 | 3.6% | ||
Turnout | 1,347 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
St Leonards
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Winterbottom | 873 | 48.5% | |
Labour | Eileen Digweed | 515 | 28.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hobden | 199 | 11.1% | |
Green | Nicholas Discombe | 149 | 8.3% | |
Independent | Terence Griffin | 64 | 3.6% | |
Majority | 358 | 19.9% | ||
Turnout | 1,800 | |||
Conservative hold |
St Loyes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal | Margaret Danks | 749 | 59.9% | |
Conservative | Emily Dover | 223 | 17.8% | |
Labour | Christine Buswell | 207 | 16.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Revesz | 72 | 5.8% | |
Majority | 526 | 42.0% | ||
Turnout | 1,251 | |||
Liberal hold |
St Thomas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Fullam | 1,108 | 54.8% | |
Labour | Connel Boyle | 660 | 32.6% | |
Conservative | Gerald Sclater | 179 | 8.8% | |
Green | Paul Edwards | 76 | 3.8% | |
Majority | 448 | 22.1% | ||
Turnout | 2,023 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Topsham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Bewby | 1,199 | 59.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bryant | 384 | 19.1% | |
Labour | Michael Groves | 293 | 14.6% | |
Green | Joyce Barkla | 130 | 6.5% | |
Majority | 815 | 40.6% | ||
Turnout | 2,006 | |||
Conservative hold |
Whipton & Barton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Hilda Sterry | 946 | 49.1% | |
Liberal | Keith Danks | 423 | 22.0% | |
Conservative | Keith Nelson-Tomsen | 340 | 17.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Osterly | 178 | 9.2% | |
Socialist Alternative | Elizabeth Allnatt | 39 | 2.0% | |
Majority | 523 | 27.1% | ||
Turnout | 1,926 | |||
Labour hold |
References
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Exeter City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 11.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2003). Local Elections Handbook 2003 (PDF). University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. p. 8.
- ^ "Vote 2003". BBC News.
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