Restormel Council election, 2003

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Elections to Restormel 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 seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.

[edit] Election result

Restormel Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	22			+4	48.9	46.7	17,298
	Independent	13			+2	28.9	25.5	9,444
	Conservative	9			-3	20.0	19.0	7,036
	Mebyon Kernow	1			-1	2.2	3.0	1,126
	Labour	0			-1	0	5.8	2,146

Two Independent and one LibDem councillors were uncontested.

[edit] Ward results

Bethel (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Blaylock	669
	Liberal Democrat	Reginald Gill	651
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Brown	613
	Labour	Jennifer Massey	209
Turnout			2,142	21.0

Crinnis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stewart	612	80.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Cook	106	13.9
	Labour	Muriel Richardson	43	5.7
Majority			506	66.5
Turnout			761	49.0

Edgcumbe North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Leverton	471
	Conservative	Mark Formosa	387
	Independent	Wilfred Thompson	346
	Liberal Democrat	Brenda Edwards	257
	Independent	Arthur Button	185
Turnout			1,646	29.5

Edgcumbe South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Edwards	317
	Independent	Jozsef Varga	307
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Irons	286
	Conservative	David Morris	271
Turnout			1,181	22.0

Fowey & Tywardreath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elizabeth Boosey	uncontested
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Chapman	uncontested
	Independent	Marilyn Wellman	uncontested

Gannel (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Clarke	610
	Liberal Democrat	Olive Irons	591
	Conservative	Denis Dent	541
	Conservative	John Moore	495
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Kenny	462
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Inns	448
Turnout			3,147	26.8

Gover (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Heyward	394
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Powell-Corkan	393
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Egerton	355
	Conservative	Tristan Scott	321
	Mebyon Kernow	Trevor Tyrrell	130
	Labour	Gail Blamire	112
Turnout			1,705	34.0

Lostwithiel (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Warren Nicholls	624
	Independent	Ralph Keam	601
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Gillett	393
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Sandham	350
Turnout			1,968	31.7

Mevagissey (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Trevarton	605
	Conservative	Denise Mutton	528
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Howson	505
	Independent	John Olford	321
	Labour	Susan Dugmore	102
Turnout			2,061	41.7

Mount Charles (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Mathews	624
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Jones	570
	Independent	Elizabeth Polmounter	511
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Rawlins	481
	Labour	Philip Derry	225
Turnout			2,411	25.8

Poltair (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Menear	513
	Liberal Democrat	John Stocker	389
	Labour	Andrea Lanxon	232
Turnout			1,134	28.2

Rialton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harry Heywood	798
	Conservative	Patrick Lambshead	576
	Conservative	Gary Redman	512
	Liberal Democrat	John Rainbow	427
	Liberal Democrat	Pepper Beckerleg	419
Turnout			2,732	28.0

Rock (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Wood	691
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Greenslade	666
	Liberal Democrat	Malvina Higman	522
	Independent	Julia Clarke	496
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jones	479
	Independent	Susan Taylor	400
	Labour	John Blamire	166
Turnout			3,420	31.0

St. Blaise (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Taylor	720
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Bull	709
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Burley	666
	Labour	Adrian Seel	340
Turnout			2,435	22.2

St. Columb (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Harvey	728
	Conservative	Yvonne Ellery	479
	Independent	William Corbett	434
	Conservative	Edward George	267
	Independent	Terence Shad	69
Turnout			1,977	33.6

St. Enoder (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mebyon Kernow	Richard Cole	742
	Independent	Andrew Waters	626
	Independent	Elizabeth Hawken	226
Turnout			1,594	29.7

St. Ewe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Ederton	699
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Uden	557
	Conservative	Jennifer Mason	502
	Conservative	Charles Bennett	464
	Labour	Graham McGrath	112
Turnout			2,334	41.2

St. Stephen (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Desmond Cornow	739
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Danning	644
	Liberal Democrat	Kim Wonnacott	537
	Labour	Laurence Budge	457
Turnout			2,377	24.0

Treverbyn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Vincent	679
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Bassett	509
	Independent	Christopher Rowe	308
	Mebyon Kernow	Matthew Luke	254
	Labour	David Doyle	148
	Independent	Karen Tregidgo	127
Turnout			2,025	34.0

Preceded by Restormel Council election 1999

Restormel local elections

Succeeded by Restormel Council election 2007