An election in England
Map of the results of the 2003 Fenland council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey. The 2003 Fenland District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Election result The results saw the Conservatives easily stay in control of the council taking 36 of the 40 seats, with Conservative candidates having been unopposed in 11 wards .[3] The only ward where any other group won all of the seats was in Waterlees in Wisbech, where Labour took both seats.[3]
Fenland Local Election Result 2003[4] [2] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 36 - - +7 90.0 67.5 13,088 Labour 3 - - -4 7.5 21.7 4,209 Independent 1 - - -2 2.5 6.7 1,306 Liberal Democrats 0 - - -1 0 2.9 567 Green 0 - - 0 0 1.1 223
14 Conservative candidates were unopposed at the election.[4]
Ward results Bassenhally (Whittlesey)[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Kenneth Mayor unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Thomas Butcher unopposed Conservative Pamela Potts unopposed Conservative win (new seat) Conservative win (new seat)
Birch (Chatteris) [4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Alan Melton 304 66.5 Labour David Biggs 153 33.5 Majority 151 33.0 Turnout 457 28.7 Conservative win (new seat)
Clarkson (Wisbech)[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Carol Cox 245 64.6 Labour Ann Purt 134 35.4 Majority 111 29.2 Turnout 379 23.9 Conservative win (new seat)
Delph[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Denise Laws unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
Doddington[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Geoffrey Harper unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
Elm and Christchurch (2 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Malcolm Cotterell 550 Conservative Evelyn Green 486 Independent Phillip Webb 368 Turnout 1,404 27.2
Hill (Wisbech) (2 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Simon King 621 Conservative Henry Wegg 574 Labour Lewis Purt 258 Turnout 1,453 25.4 Conservative win (new seat) Conservative win (new seat)
Kingsmoor (Whittlesey) [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Martin Curtis 239 57.6 Labour Douglas Costain 176 42.4 Majority 63 15.2 Turnout 415 32.1
Kirkgate (Wisbech) [4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Leslie Sims 245 66.9 Labour Ronald Harris 121 33.1 Majority 124 33.8 Turnout 366 21.6 Conservative win (new seat)
Lattersey[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Stephen Garratt unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
Manea[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul Jolley unopposed
March East (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Bernard Keane 805 Conservative Frederick Yeulett 674 Labour Barry Howlett 672 Labour Barry Wales 662 Conservative Leon Hyde 624 Labour Martin Field 509 Green Christopher Bennett 223 Turnout 4,169 29.0
March North (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Patricia Brewin 716 Conservative Trevor Quince 641 Conservative John West 633 Conservative Kimberley French 612 Turnout 2,602 24.1
March West (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Janet French unopposed Conservative Christopher Owen unopposed Conservative Peter Skoulding unopposed
Medworth (Wisbech) [4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Jonathon Farmer unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Cyril Bellamy 683 Conservative Clifford Edwards 630 Labour John Cook 264 Turnout 1,577 29.7
Peckover (Wisbech) [4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Elizabeth Carlisle 295 77.2 Labour Simon Massen 87 22.8 Majority 208 54.4 Turnout 382 22.9 Conservative win (new seat)
Roman Bank (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Michael Humphrey 851 Conservative Brian Hardy 849 Conservative Peter Ward 810 Labour Richard Hibbert 329 Turnout 2,839 27.8 Conservative win (new seat) Conservative win (new seat) Conservative win (new seat)
Slade Lode[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Peter Dickinson 165 39.4 Liberal Democrats Christopher Howes 129 30.8 Labour Grant Osbourn 125 29.8 Majority 36 8.6 Turnout 419 25.6 Conservative win (new seat)
St Andrews[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Ronald Speechley unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
St Marys[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Ursula Cuffe unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
Staithe (Wisbech) [4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Anthony Green unopposed Conservative win (new seat)
The Mills[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Albert German 360 61.9 Independent Stephen Wilson 222 38.1 Majority 138 23.8 Turnout 582 31.1 Conservative win (new seat)
Waterlees (Wisbech) (2 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % Labour Stephen Cawthorne 317 Labour Avis Gilliatt 297 Conservative Yvonne Lawrence 230 Conservative Susanah Farmer 192 Liberal Democrats Paul Clapp 162 Turnout 1,198 17.7 Labour win (new seat) Labour win (new seat)
Wenneye[4] Party Candidate Votes % Conservative Peter Murphy 353 56.1 Liberal Democrats Florence Newell 276 43.9 Majority 77 12.2 Turnout 629 35.1 Conservative win (new seat)
Wimblington[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jillian Tuck 417 79.9 Labour Claire Osbourn 105 20.1 Majority 312 59.8 Turnout 522 37.4
References ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 September 2011 . ^ a b "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph . 3 May 2003. Retrieved 12 September 2011 . ^ a b "Fenland District Council results 2003". BBC News Online . Retrieved 12 September 2011 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Election Results". Fenland District Council . Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011 .