Redditch Council election, 2003

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Elections to Redditch Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Redditch Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 4 +2 40.0 38.1 5,736 -4.5%
  Labour 3 -4 30.0 36.5 5,496 +3.5%
  Liberal Democrat 3 +2 30.0 25.4 3,821 +2.2%

[edit] Ward results

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nigel Hicks 787 71.0 +7.3
Labour Alan Mason 322 29.0 +6.7
Majority 465 42.0 +0.6
Turnout 1,109 27.5
Batchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dorothy Dudley 630 46.5 -5.5
Conservative Peter Anderson 486 35.9 +1.6
Liberal Democrat Kathleen Cummings 238 17.6 +4.0
Majority 144 10.6 -7.1
Turnout 1,354 23.0
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Farooqui 735 43.8 -3.3
Conservative Ronald Passingham 642 38.3 -1.7
Liberal Democrat Robert Hanna 301 17.9 +4.9
Majority 93 5.5 -1.6
Turnout 1,678 31.9
Church Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Gee 668 46.4
Labour David Hunt 594 41.3
Conservative Richard Lumley 177 12.3
Majority 74 5.1
Turnout 1,439 28.5
Crabbs Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Field 814 55.3 +4.8
Labour Gareth Young 465 31.6 -5.7
Liberal Democrat Graham Pollard 193 13.1 +0.8
Majority 349 23.7 +10.5
Turnout 1,472 26.2
Greenlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Braley 737 43.4 +0.8
Labour Helen Cartwright 668 39.3 -4.5
Liberal Democrat Anthony Pitt 294 17.3 +3.7
Majority 69 4.1
Turnout 1,699 26.9
Lodge Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Shurmer 682 46.6 +11.0
Conservative Jean Smith 619 42.3 +8.4
Liberal Democrat Ian Webster 163 11.1 -3.9
Majority 63 4.3 +2.6
Turnout 1,464 29.7
Matchborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Kenney 842 53.6 +2.8
Labour Roy Vickers 451 28.7 -4.7
Liberal Democrat Christopher Hennessey 278 17.7 +1.9
Majority 391 24.9 +7.5
Turnout 1,571 25.3
West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Wilson 1,208 62.1
Labour Patricia Witherspoon 430 22.1
Liberal Democrat Michael Ashall 307 15.8
Majority 778 40.0
Turnout 1,945 30.8
Winyates
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Stanley 592 44.8 -6.9
Labour Clive Cheetham 519 39.3 +0.9
Conservative Juliet Brunner 211 16.0 +6.1
Majority 73 5.5 -7.8
Turnout 1,322 27.8

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Preceded by
Redditch Council election, 2002		 Redditch local elections Succeeded by
Redditch Council election, 2004