Purbeck Council election, 2003
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Elections to Purbeck Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
[edit] Election result
| Purbeck Local Election Result 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | +3 | 62.5 | 36.4 | 3,780 | +0.5% | |||
| Conservative | 3 | -3 | 37.5 | 44.3 | 4,603 | +13.8% | |||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 1,334 | +0.3% | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 667 | -14.8% | |||
[edit] Ward results
| Castle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Duffy | 554 | 59.5 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Drury | 352 | 37.8 | ||
| Labour | Ruth Cade | 25 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 202 | 21.7 | |||
| Turnout | 931 | ||||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Frederick Drane | 610 | 61.5 | ||
| Conservative | Pam Hindley | 382 | 38.5 | ||
| Majority | 228 | 23.0 | |||
| Turnout | 992 | ||||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Starr | 498 | 45.6 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Pipe | 480 | 44.0 | ||
| Labour | David Collis | 114 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | 18 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,092 | ||||
| St Martin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Green | 497 | 54.3 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Russell | 287 | 31.3 | ||
| Labour | James Bennett | 132 | 14.4 | ||
| Majority | 210 | 23.0 | |||
| Turnout | 916 | ||||
| Swanage North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Trite | 908 | 60.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Harry Carter | 409 | 27.4 | ||
| Labour | Leigh van de Zande | 178 | 11.9 | ||
| Majority | 499 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,495 | ||||
| Swanage South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Julie Wheeldon | 920 | 50.3 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Wootton | 497 | 27.2 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Christine Rabson | 413 | 22.6 | -10.9 | |
| Majority | 423 | 23.1 | +14.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,830 | ||||
| Wareham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Eric Osmond | 715 | 33.6 | -8.9 | |
| Independent | Leslie Burns | 667 | 31.4 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Roy Anderson | 572 | 26.9 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Bob Huskinson | 171 | 8.0 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 48 | 2.2 | -10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,125 | ||||
| Wool | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Hodder | 702 | 70.0 | ||
| Labour | Jon Davey | 301 | 30.0 | ||
| Majority | 401 | 40.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,003 | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Purbeck Council election 2002 |
Purbeck local elections | Succeeded by Purbeck Council election 2004 |
