Restormel Borough Council election, 2003
Elections to Restormel Borough 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.[1] The council stayed under no overall control.
Results
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 Independents and one Liberal Democrat councillor were elected unopposed.
By ward
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 |
|
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