Swindon Borough Council election, 2003
The 2003 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative 29
- Labour 22
- Liberal Democrat 8[2]
Voting trial
Swindon was one of 3 councils which trialed voting by television in 2003 for the first time anywhere in the world.[3] Voters in Swindon also had 8 electronic information kiosks in the town centre where they could vote,[4] telephone and internet voting.[5] These trials, which were open for voting in the week before the election,[5] followed a trial of electronic voting in the 2002 election which saw turnout increase by 3.5%.[6]
Overall turnout in the election was 29.82%,[7] lower than in 2002.[8][9] However the number of electronic votes increased by 75% from 2002 to 11,055, including 349 cast by television.[8]
Election result
Swindon Local Election Result 2003[7][10] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 12 | +6 | 60.0 | 41.8 | 16,983 | +3.2% | ||||
Labour | 5 | -6 | 25.0 | 30.7 | 12,455 | -3.5% | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 25.3 | 10,287 | +1.0% | ||||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 289 | +0.3% | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 265 | +0.7% | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 232 | -1.2% | ||||
Swindon Org UK People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 102 | +0.3% | ||||
Ward results
Abbey Meads[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Stoddart | 651 | 64.9 | -5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Derek Richards | 182 | 18.1 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Ruairi Tobin | 170 | 16.9 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 469 | 46.8 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,003 | 24.0 | -4.9 | ||
Central[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Dickinson | 632 | 38.6 | +3.9 | |
Labour | David Cox | 616 | 37.6 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Olive Clapham | 287 | 17.5 | +0.9 | |
Swindon Org UK People Before Profit | Karsten Evans | 102 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,637 | 23.1 | -2.3 | ||
Covingham and Nythe[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Glenn Smith | 1,323 | 53.4 | +13.8 | |
Labour | Peter Mallinson | 766 | 30.9 | -16.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ellen Aylett | 388 | 15.7 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 557 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,477 | 35.8 | +0.1 | ||
Dorcan[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Andrew Albinson | 992 | 44.0 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Peter Brown | 951 | 42.2 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Phipps | 311 | 13.8 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 41 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,254 | 32.5 | -1.7 | ||
Eastcott[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Wiltshire | 1,039 | 53.7 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Richard Young | 502 | 26.0 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Valerie Butt | 393 | 20.3 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 537 | 27.8 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,934 | 25.5 | -2.6 | ||
Freshbrook and Grange Park[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Geraldine Robertson | 987 | 46.9 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Gerald Boydell | 727 | 34.5 | -0.2 | |
Labour | James Grant | 391 | 18.6 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 260 | 12.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,105 | 27.3 | -0.8 | ||
Gorse Hill and Pinehurst[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Ballman | 603 | 40.4 | -13.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steven Camburn | 352 | 23.6 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | Mark Furkins | 348 | 23.3 | -0.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | Andrew Newman | 189 | 12.7 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 251 | 16.8 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,492 | 21.6 | -1.1 | ||
Haydon Wick[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ian Dobie | 1,203 | 52.5 | +4.6 | |
Labour | John Keepin | 625 | 27.3 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tel Hudson | 462 | 20.2 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 578 | 25.2 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,290 | 28.8 | -1.2 | ||
Highworth[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Melanie Duff | 1,176 | 47.2 | -3.3 | |
Labour | Lynn Vardy | 866 | 34.7 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jennifer Shorten | 452 | 18.1 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 310 | 12.4 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,494 | 38.3 | -0.4 | ||
Moredon[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Maureen Caton | 787 | 40.5 | -5.9 | |
Conservative | Dale Heenan | 759 | 39.0 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Sharp | 301 | 15.5 | -2.6 | |
UKIP | Trevor Prescott | 98 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.4 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,945 | 26.0 | +1.3 | ||
Old Town and Lawn[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Fionuala Foley | 2,000 | 54.8 | +14.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mark Wheaver | 1,160 | 31.8 | -17.1 | |
Labour | Maire Darker | 259 | 7.1 | +0.2 | |
Green | John Hughes | 232 | 6.4 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 840 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,651 | 47.6 | -5.1 | ||
Parks[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Fay Howard | 775 | 53.7 | -10.7 | |
Conservative | Natasha Young | 350 | 24.3 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jacob Pajak | 317 | 22.0 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 425 | 29.5 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,442 | 20.8 | -1.0 | ||
Penhill[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Andy Harrison | 613 | 50.6 | -8.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Louisa Sharp | 326 | 26.9 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Donald Day | 172 | 14.2 | -4.4 | |
Socialist Alliance | Roy North | 100 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 287 | 23.7 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,211 | 26.5 | +0.8 | ||
Shaw and Nine Elms[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Garry Perkins | 912 | 49.2 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Amber Johnson | 481 | 25.9 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Neil Heavens | 461 | 24.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 431 | 23.2 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,854 | 26.8 | -0.4 | ||
St Margaret[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Christopher Van Roon | 1,273 | 54.4 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Patricia Spry | 678 | 29.0 | -10.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Payne | 390 | 16.7 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 595 | 25.4 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,341 | 31.0 | +0.5 | ||
St Philip[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Deborah Baylies | 1,107 | 45.6 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Eriqua Ballman | 926 | 38.2 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Wiltshire | 393 | 16.2 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 181 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,426 | 34.0 | +2.8 | ||
Toothill and Westlea[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Steve Wakefield | 879 | 50.4 | ||
Labour | Philip Rashid | 503 | 28.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Leigh Bint | 361 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 376 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,743 | 29.4 | |||
Walcot[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Laura Holiday | 654 | 40.9 | ||
Labour | Christian Eley | 566 | 35.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen McCarthy | 378 | 23.7 | ||
Majority | 88 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,598 | 31.1 | |||
Western[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Keith Small | 863 | 43.3 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | Halina Roberts | 519 | 26.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Russell Scott-Browne | 444 | 22.3 | +8.1 | |
UKIP | Michael Morton | 167 | 8.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 344 | 17.3 | -7.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,993 | 26.3 | -2.2 | ||
Wroughton and Chiseldon[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Morton | 1,258 | 46.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Victor Goodman | 930 | 34.2 | -3.7 | |
Labour | Sarah Bush | 534 | 19.6 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 328 | 12.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,722 | 36.1 | -3.9 | ||
References
- ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- ↑ "How Britain voted: English and Scottish councils". The Independent. 2003-05-03. pp. 18–19.
- ↑ "Britain: Pol idol; Television voting". The Economist. 2003-04-26. p. 29.
- ↑ "Text, e-mail, click...just vote, please". The Times. 2003-04-29. p. 4.
- 1 2 Mathieson, SA (2003-05-01). "Inside IT: X marks the spot: Today's local elections mark the biggest experiment so far in e-voting". The Guardian. p. 15.
- ↑ Parker, Simon (2003-04-30). "Society: Cross culture: The government is putting its faith in the potential of electronic voting to the test in tomorrow's local elections. But are indifference and disillusionment the real enemies of democracy?". The Guardian. p. 2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Swindon Borough Council Election Results 1 May 2003" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- 1 2 "Life: Inside IT: News". The Guardian. 2003-05-08. p. 18.
- ↑ "West: Voting, which way now?". BBC News Online. 2003-05-11. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- ↑ "Election results; English Councils; Local elections 2003". The Times. 2003-05-02. p. 16.
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