Gedling Borough Council election, 2003
Gedling Borough Council election, 2003
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All 50 seats to Gedling Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Party |
Conservative |
Labour |
Liberal Democrat |
Seats won |
21 |
21 |
7 |
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Fourth party |
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Party |
Independent |
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Seats won |
1 |
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Map of the results of the 2003 Gedling council election.
Conservatives in blue,
Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey.
The 2003 Gedling Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 7.[1] The Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]
Background
At the last election in 1999 the Conservatives gained control of the council from the Labour Party with 29 seats, compared to 18 for Labour, 7 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents.[3]
Boundary changes between 1999 and 2003 reduced the number of seats from 57 to 50.[3] The changes included removing the wards of Cavendish, Conway and Priory, while creating new wards of Daybrook and Valley.[4]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 32.4%, down from 35.0% in 1999.[3]
Following the election a power sharing agreement was reached with the Conservative and Labour parties agreeing to share the post of leader of the council.[5]
Gedling Local Election Result 2003[6][2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
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Conservative |
21 |
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-8 |
42.0 |
42.9 |
29,511 |
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Labour |
21 |
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+2 |
42.0 |
41.1 |
28,321 |
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Liberal Democrat |
7 |
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0 |
14.0 |
11.3 |
7,777 |
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Independent |
1 |
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-1 |
2.0 |
4.6 |
3,160 |
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Green |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0.1 |
73 |
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Ward results
Bestwood Village[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Labour |
Denis Beeston |
306 |
70.3 |
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Conservative |
Thomas Roach |
129 |
29.7 |
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Majority |
177 |
40.7 |
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Turnout |
435 |
33.5 |
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Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Conservative |
Patricia Blandamer |
551 |
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Conservative |
Alan Bexon |
515 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Richard Berry |
449 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Ellwood |
362 |
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Labour |
Jeanette Johnson |
331 |
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Labour |
Brigitte Maguire |
301 |
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Turnout |
2,509 |
43.9 |
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Calverton (3)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Calverton First Independents |
William Peet |
808 |
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Labour |
James Woodward |
786 |
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Labour |
Gareth Griffiths |
785 |
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Calverton First Independents |
William Mellors |
761 |
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Labour |
Alan Woodward |
730 |
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Calverton First Independents |
Grant Withers |
716 |
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Conservative |
Mark Winter |
383 |
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Conservative |
Simon Massey |
314 |
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Turnout |
5,283 |
35.0 |
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Gedling (3)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Liberal Democrat |
Gordon Tunniclife |
1,067 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Marguerite Wright |
1,060 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Dunkin |
970 |
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Conservative |
Edward Godfrey |
508 |
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Conservative |
Andrew Bell |
489 |
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Conservative |
Kevin Alcock |
461 |
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Labour |
Jennifer Hollingsworth |
317 |
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Labour |
Allan Leadbeater |
303 |
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Labour |
James O'Riordan |
269 |
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Turnout |
5,444 |
36.2 |
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Killisick[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Labour |
Harvey Maddock |
280 |
52.7 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Turner |
92 |
17.3 |
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Conservative |
Derek Smith |
86 |
16.2 |
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Green |
Henry Wheeler |
73 |
13.7 |
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Majority |
188 |
35.4 |
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Turnout |
531 |
28.6 |
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Kingswell (2)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Conservative |
Rodney Kempster |
845 |
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Conservative |
Vernon Bradley |
749 |
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Labour |
Martin Hall |
374 |
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Labour |
Julia Buckby |
335 |
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Independent |
Edna Hindle |
214 |
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Independent |
Clifford Hindle |
179 |
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Turnout |
2,696 |
37.1 |
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Lambley[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Conservative |
Roland Spencer |
417 |
74.3 |
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Labour |
Marjorie Paling |
144 |
25.7 |
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Majority |
273 |
48.7 |
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Turnout |
561 |
34.5 |
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Phoenix (2)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Labour |
Ivan Gollop |
539 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Raymond Poynter |
519 |
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Labour |
Arthur Turney |
501 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Paul Hughes |
471 |
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Conservative |
Ann Collin |
187 |
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Conservative |
Colin Blandamer |
186 |
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Turnout |
2,403 |
33.6 |
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St. James (2)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Gillam |
654 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Pratt |
598 |
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Conservative |
Eric Collin |
351 |
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Conservative |
Elaine Goodwin |
325 |
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Labour |
Gary Gregory |
257 |
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Labour |
Paul Wilkinson |
234 |
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Turnout |
2,419 |
25.1 |
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Valley (2)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Dunkin |
404 |
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Labour |
Christopher Preston |
379 |
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Labour |
Daniel Taylor |
368 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Swift |
353 |
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Conservative |
Wesley Bleakley |
208 |
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Conservative |
Bernard Leaper |
205 |
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Turnout |
1,917 |
30.6 |
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Woodthorpe (3)[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Conservative |
Suzanne Prew-Smith |
1,216 |
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Conservative |
Richard Nicholson |
1,206 |
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Conservative |
Francis Boot |
1,183 |
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Labour |
Ronald McCrossen |
613 |
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Labour |
Christine Russell |
576 |
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Labour |
Philip Miller |
500 |
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Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Swift |
479 |
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Independent |
Christine Hindle |
266 |
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Independent |
David Hindle |
216 |
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Turnout |
6,255 |
39.7 |
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