2003 Chester City Council election
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2003 Chester City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Chester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]Election result
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | ![]() |
38.1 | 13 | 21 | 35.0 | 6,765 | 30.3 | +5.0 | |
Labour | 7 | ![]() |
33.3 | 13 | 20 | 33.3 | 6,334 | 28.4 | –6.0 | |
Conservative | 5 | ![]() |
23.8 | 13 | 18 | 30.0 | 7,423 | 33.2 | –6.1 | |
Independent | 1 | ![]() |
4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1,211 | 5.4 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 0.9 | N/A | |
CPA | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.3 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]Barrow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eleanor Johnson* | 465 | 78.0 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Benjamin Page | 68 | 11.4 | –6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Lockwood | 63 | 10.6 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 397 | 66.6 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 596 | 41.3 | –2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,442 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Blacon Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Price* | 758 | 66.0 | –8.8 | |
UKIP | Desmond Dodd | 164 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Isaac | 150 | 13.1 | –12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 76 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 594 | 51.7 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,148 | 21.3 | –0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,401 | ||||
Labour hold |
Blacon Lodge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Reginald Jones* | 557 | 73.7 | –5.1 | |
UKIP | Leslie Ingram | 113 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Yakan | 86 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 444 | 58.7 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 756 | 19.4 | –4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,892 | ||||
Labour hold |
Boughton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Rudd* | 449 | 52.8 | –6.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Drinkwater | 243 | 28.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James McCabe | 94 | 11.0 | –1.7 | |
Green | Helen Counsell | 65 | 7.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 206 | 24.2 | –7.8 | ||
Turnout | 851 | 30.9 | –4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,757 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Boughton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ann Farrell* | 713 | 53.2 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Stewart | 500 | 37.3 | –1.4 | |
Labour | Ethel Price | 126 | 9.4 | –5.4 | |
Majority | 213 | 15.9 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,339 | 43.6 | +7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,071 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Christleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Boughton* | 691 | 56.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katrina Hughes | 378 | 30.6 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | Christine Davies | 165 | 13.4 | –1.9 | |
Majority | 313 | 25.4 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,234 | 36.7 | –4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,071 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Janet Black* | 385 | 43.0 | –9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Mead | 223 | 24.9 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | Trudy Ryall-Harvey | 200 | 22.3 | –0.8 | |
Green | Stephen Dorrans | 87 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 18.1 | –9.0 | ||
Turnout | 895 | 19.2 | –0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,659 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Curzon & Westminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Short* | 927 | 64.9 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Zoe Langmead | 260 | 18.2 | –6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Jones | 241 | 16.9 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 667 | 46.7 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,428 | 42.1 | –1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,390 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Barry Cowper* | 519 | 80.3 | ||
Labour | Mark Peterson | 452 | 70.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Merrill | 321 | 49.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,292 | 39.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,304 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Hoole All Saints
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jean Nuttall* | 459 | 59.8 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Hilary Harrison | 171 | 22.3 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | John Burke | 66 | 8.6 | N/A | |
CPA | Peter Fabian | 47 | 6.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jill Pears | 25 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 288 | 37.5 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 768 | 30.4 | –11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,525 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hoole Groves
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Beverly Eaton | 658 | 43.7 | –14.4 | |
Labour | Alexander Black | 606 | 40.3 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Christina Alexander | 161 | 10.7 | –0.8 | |
Green | Helen Trask | 52 | 3.5 | N/A | |
CPA | Stephen Allen | 28 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 3.5 | –25.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,505 | 48.9 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,080 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Huntington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Moore* | 250 | 33.3 | –9.7 | |
Independent | Mark Williams | 194 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alexandra van der Zwan | 190 | 25.3 | –6.6 | |
Labour | Ann Treloar | 90 | 12.0 | –13.1 | |
UKIP | Allan Weddell | 26 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 56 | 7.5 | –3.6 | ||
Turnout | 750 | 49.3 | +6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,520 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Kelsall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joan Fairhurst | 767 | 52.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Pauline Tilley* | 624 | 42.3 | –3.6 | |
Labour | Paul Cornwell | 85 | 5.8 | –1.0 | |
Majority | 143 | 9.7 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,476 | 51.8 | –0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,850 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Lache Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Challen* | 712 | 56.9 | –3.7 | |
Conservative | Max Drury | 291 | 23.3 | –16.1 | |
Independent | Arthur Harada | 143 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline McCabe | 105 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 421 | 33.7 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,251 | 28.6 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,366 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Malpas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Ebben | 628 | 58.9 | –14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Flannery | 348 | 32.6 | +18.3 | |
Labour | Margaret Violet | 90 | 8.4 | –3.6 | |
Majority | 280 | 26.3 | –33.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,066 | 33.3 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,198 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Mickle Trafford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Parker* | 512 | 79.1 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Brian Roberts | 80 | 12.4 | –13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vera Roberts | 55 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 432 | 66.8 | +17.9 | ||
Turnout | 647 | 37.3 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,736 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Newton Brook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Jordan* | 526 | 47.7 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Karen Bardsley | 381 | 34.5 | –9.7 | |
Labour | Peter Griffiths | 196 | 17.8 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 145 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,103 | 36.4 | –2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,031 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Tattenhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | James Haynes* | 874 | 87.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Anthony Pegrum | 121 | 12.2 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 753 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 995 | 32.8 | –4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,035 | ||||
Independent hold |
Upton Grange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Bain* | 864 | 51.6 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Gerald Roose | 547 | 32.7 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Brenda Southward | 264 | 15.8 | –3.2 | |
Majority | 317 | 18.9 | ±0.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,675 | 33.6 | –5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,984 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Vicars Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Graham Proctor* | 859 | 54.9 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Moore-Dutton | 526 | 33.6 | –7.0 | |
Labour | Sara Barnsley | 180 | 11.5 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 333 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,726 | 34.9 | –3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,483 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 March 2024.