East Dorset District Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey.

The 2003 East Dorset District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

East Dorset local election result 2003^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24			-2	66.7	59.9	24,753
	Liberal Democrat	11			+2	30.6	36.1	14,921
	Independent	1			0	2.8	1.1	435
	Labour	0			0	0	1.7	723
	Dorset Stop The War	0			0	0	0.7	310
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.5	195

Ward results

Alderholt^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Cozier	530	75.8
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Haynes	169	24.2
Majority			361	51.6
Turnout			699	32.2

Ameysford^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pauline Reynolds	500	73.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Roberts	179	26.4
Majority			321	47.3
Turnout			679	32.6

Colehill East (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	799
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Wallace	709
	Conservative	Kevin Johnson	480
	Conservative	Peter Finney	459
	Independent	John Bell	132
	Labour	Kathryn Parish	92
Turnout			2,671	36.8

Colehill West^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Packer	456	58.4
	Liberal Democrat	Elena Pujol	325	41.6
Majority			131	16.8
Turnout			781	40.5

Corfe Mullen Central (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	John Holland	707
	Liberal Democrat	Byron Kimber	652
	Conservative	John Harrington	442
	Conservative	Peter Haward	405
Turnout			2,206	28.8

Corfe Mullen North^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Holland	456	71.3
	Conservative	Andrew Russell	184	28.8
Majority			272	42.5
Turnout			640	32.8

Corfe Mullen South^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Hearn	441	63.3
	Conservative	Michael Soper	256	36.7
Majority			185	26.5
Turnout			697	35.1

Crane^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Palmer	483	74.0
	Liberal Democrat	Dora Aburrow	170	26.0
Majority			313	47.9
Turnout			653	38.6

Ferndown Central (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Queenie Comfort	1,035
	Conservative	Derek Burt	999
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Angus	337
	Liberal Democrat	Percival Bartlett	269
Turnout			2,640	37.5

Ferndown Links (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maureen Godfrey	889
	Conservative	John Little	837
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Angus	303
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Harknett	240
Turnout			2,269	29.5

Handley Vale^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Bailey-Wright	415	57.5
	Conservative	Phyllis Packer	307	42.5
Majority			108	15.0
Turnout			722	36.5

Holt^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Spencer Flower	572	74.3
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Gurney	198	25.7
Majority			374	48.6
Turnout			770	40.7

Longham^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gladys Elliot	365	59.0
	Liberal Democrat	Allan White	254	41.0
Majority			111	17.9
Turnout			619	33.9

Parley (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Daw	909
	Conservative	Barbara Manuel	895
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Reay	230
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Dix	226
	Labour	Christopher Hampton	155
Turnout			2,415	32.4

St Leonards & St Ives East (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ann Warman	1,102
	Conservative	Michael Dyer	1,014
	Liberal Democrat	Deirdre Briggs	227
	UKIP	Allan Tallett	195
	Liberal Democrat	Lilian Rowe	183
	Labour	Duncan Finch	129
Turnout			2,850	38.4

St Leonards & St Ives West^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Dudman	781	81.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Truscott	173	18.1
Majority			608	63.7
Turnout			954	47.0

Stapehill^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Russell	541	80.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mario Rouse	128	19.1
Majority			413	61.7
Turnout			669	34.6

Stour^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Guinn	334	56.6
	Conservative	John Moore	256	43.4
Majority			78	13.2
Turnout			590	30.5

Three Cross & Potterne^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Victor Redpath	243	57.9
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Bond	177	42.1
Majority			66	15.7
Turnout			420	22.7

Verwood Dewlands (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Toni Coombs	809
	Conservative	Josephine Staunton-Lambert	684
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Baker	481
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Reay	408
Turnout			2,382	34.0

Verwood Newtown^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Boyden Mortimer	386	53.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lindsey Dedden	271	37.8
	Independent	Derrick Crisp	60	8.4
Majority			115	16.0
Turnout			717	35.8

Verwood Stephen's Castle (2 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Burt	776
	Conservative	Lucy Clark	762
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Daymond	617
	Liberal Democrat	Poppy Baker	611
Turnout			2,766	40.1

West Moors (3 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Clarke	1,525
	Conservative	David Durley	1,511
	Conservative	Andrew Skeats	1,368
	Liberal Democrat	Jeanne Roberts	402
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Dedden	375
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Gardiner	372
	Labour	Michael Shine	347
Turnout			5,901	34.0

Wimborne Minster (3 seats)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Hymers	1,224
	Liberal Democrat	David Morgan	968
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Osner	891
	Conservative	Ivy Ellis	833
	Conservative	Alan Flint	775
	Conservative	Christine Reaks	627
	Dorset Stop The War	Damien Stone	194
	Dorset Stop The War	Geoffrey Stone	116
Turnout			5,628	35.8

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
↑ "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2003. p. 47. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "District Election Results 2003". East Dorset District Council. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

Council elections in Dorset

Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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