Ashfield Council election, 2003

The 2003 Ashfield Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.[1] The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]

Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council after independents gained 12 seats and Labour lost 15 seats.[3]

Ashfield Local Election Result 2003[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 16 -15 48.5 52.0 17,551
  Independent 14 +12 42.4 34.8 11,763
  Green 2 +2 6.1 4.5 1,518
  Conservative 1 +1 3.0 7.3 2,473
  BNP 0 0 0 1.4 472

7 Labour candidates were unopposed.[5]

Ward results

Hucknall Central (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Locke 848
Labour Charles Short 831
Conservative Gordon Riley 784
Turnout 2,463 30.5
Hucknall East (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Creed 708
Independent Geoffrey Thorpe 624
Labour Yvonne White 588
Turnout 1,920 26.3
Hucknall North (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Gow 841
Labour John Wilmott 774
Conservative Michael Murphy 739
Labour Patrick Wren 620
Turnout 2,974 32.3
Hucknall West (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Blagden 1,088
Labour Simon Harris 1,005
Conservative Brian Connor 950
Labour John Knight 807
BNP Barry Hodgson 472
Turnout 4,322 28.7
Jacksdale[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Holmes 495 76.2
Independent Frank Wood 155 23.8
Majority 340 52.3
Turnout 650 25.8
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Antony Brown 952
Independent Rachel Madden 888
Labour Alan Butler 530
Labour Peter Thorpe 370
Green Andrew Finlayson 188
Turnout 2,928 32.4
Kirky-in-Ashfield East (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wendy Harvey 610
Independent Harold Greasley 586
Labour Jean Tomlinson 357
Labour Warren Nuttall 325
Turnout 1,878 22.4
Kirky-in-Ashfield West (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Baird 955
Independent David Spalding 774
Labour Glennis Thierry 387
Labour Beverly Meszaros 320
Turnout 2,436 26.1
Selston (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Beverley Turner 750
Independent Petro Clarke 708
Labour Christopher Bonam 596
Labour Elaine Bonam 570
Turnout 2,624 27.1
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Matthews unopposed
Labour Alan Price unopposed
Labour Margaret Thorpe unopposed
Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour May Barsby 1,091
Independent George Toy 1,009
Labour Derek Young 962
Labour David Parker 952
Turnout 4,014 24.0
Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beryl Anthony unopposed
Labour John Bennett unopposed
Labour Jessie Parker unopposed
Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ramon Buttery 1,020
Independent Terence Keetley 977
Independent Roy Adkins 914
Labour David Shooter 824
Labour Kier Barsby 717
Labour Hilda Holmes 616
Turnout 5,068 23.5
Underwood[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Mays unopposed
Woodhouse (2)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Justin Smith 687
Green Mark Harrison 643
Labour Martin Carey 633
Labour Christopher Davidson 537
Turnout 2,500 25.7

References

  1. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/10.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "Election results". Financial Times: p. 8. 3 May 2003. 
  3. ^ "Labour loses historic vote". BBC News Online. 2 May 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/2994819.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "English councils". The Times: p. 47. 3 May 2003. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Local Elections - May 2003 Results". Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original on 20030622205945. http://web.archive.org/web/20030622205945/http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/councillors/election_results/may2003/index.cfm. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
Preceded by
Ashfield Council election, 1999		 Ashfield local elections Succeeded by
Ashfield Council election, 2007