2003 Horsham District Council election

The 2003 Horsham District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. The result left the council with no overall control with the Conservatives one seat short of a majority.

Council Composition[]

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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21	12	3
Con	LDem	Ind

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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22	20	2
Con	LDem	Ind

Results summary[]

2003 Horsham District Council election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	22	1	51.1	47.5	32,264	-3.0
Liberal Democrats	20	8	46.5	42.3	28,707	+4.6
Independent	2	1	4.7	6.9	4,652	+2.1
Labour	0		0.0	3.2	2,164	-3.9
UKIP	0		0.0	0.2	112	+0.2

Ward results[]

Billingshurst and Shipley[]

Billingshurst and Shipley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sheila van den Bergh	830	36.7
	Conservative	Gordon Lindsay	751
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Lawes	736	32.5
	Conservative	David Fisher	734
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Rodwell	710
	Liberal Democrats	John Griffin	604
	Independent	Douglas Rands	500	22.1
	Labour	Sally Morton	197	8.7
Turnout				29.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote[]

Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Fisher	643	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Hewitt	640	46.0
	Conservative	John Peake	615
	Liberal Democrats	Stephan Shorey	609
	Labour	Michael Neves	108	7.8
	Labour	Estelle Hilditch	105
Turnout				33.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Broadbridge Heath[]

Broadbridge Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Horner	313	43.8	-6.8
	Conservative	Peter Catchpole	253	35.4	+2.8
	Labour	Richard Wilson	148	20.7	+3.8
Turnout				30.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chanctonbury[]

Chanctonbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Harris	1,521	62.4	-4.6
	Conservative	Michael Jackson	1,501
	Conservative	Eric Jenkins	1,410
	Independent	James Glasse	517	21.2	+21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sugarman	400	16.4	-16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Holbook	388
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hughes	387
Turnout				35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chantry[]

Chantry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Tatum	1,486	55.6
	Conservative	Keith Ballard	1,432
	Conservative	Neil Butler	1,406
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Banks	1,188	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Girard	996
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Sullivan	906
Turnout				35.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead[]

Cowfold, Shermanbury and West Grinstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Baldwin	863	68.8
	Conservative	Annette Harriesv	746
	Liberal Democrats	Piers Pollard	262	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Price	248
	Labour	Josephine Battersby	129	10.3
Turnout				29.1
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Denne[]

Denne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sheldon	703	49.3	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	William Parsonson	631
	Conservative	Peter Tobutt	600	42.1	-5.5
	Conservative	John Charles	579
	Labour	Terence Parker	123	8.6	-3.5
Turnout				32.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Forest[]

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	742	59.0	+6.3
	Conservative	Evelyn Mauchel	458	36.4	-0.5
	Labour	Louise Skipton-Carter	58	4.6	-5.8
Turnout				44.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Henfield[]

Henfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sheila Matthews	925	49.7	+12.9
	Conservative	Adam Reeves	706	38.0	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Howard	229	12.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Pearce	199
Turnout				32.0
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holbrook East[]

Holbrook East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Baldwin	659	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Millson	657	40.4
	Conservative	Maria Bell	523
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Dale	483
	Independent	James Rae	201	12.4
	Labour	Kathleen Goddard	108	6.6
Turnout				30.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Holbrook West[]

Holbrook West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Nye	657	39.3
	Conservative	Christian Mitchell	641
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Powell	637	38.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hull	618
	Independent	Peter Burgess	238	14.2
	Labour	Raymond Chapman	139	8.3
Turnout				32.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Horsham Park[]

Horsham Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Clarke	983	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Holmes	943
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mullarky	915
	Independent	Clive Burgess	494	23.8
	Conservative	Derek Bradnum	398	19.2
	Conservative	Nathanael Johansen-Allison	379
	Conservative	Liz Ostacchini	351
	Labour	Charlotte Morrissey	197	9.5
Turnout				27.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham[]

Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Burnham	908	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dalrymple	902	49.8
	Conservative	Claire Vickers	869
	Liberal Democrats	David Wright	810
Turnout				44.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Nuthurst[]

Nuthurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cox	610	72.6	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Sloan	230	27.4	+10.0
Turnout				35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough and Coldwatham[]

Pulborough and Coldwatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Donnelly	927	74.9	+7.2
	Conservative	Roger Paterson	923
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Girard	310	25.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalyn Deedman	291
Turnout				28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey North[]

Roffey North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Price	784	41.0	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Clausen	743
	Conservative	Frank King	642	33.6	-7.8
	Conservative	Simon Torn	629
	Independent	Liz Paffett	174	9.1	+9.1
	Labour	Matthew Stanley	159	8.3	-2.8
	Independent	Margaret Deane	152	8.0	+8.0
Turnout				33.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Roffey South[]

Roffey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Rutherford	664	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Wilton	568
	Conservative	Andrew Strang	364	26.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Vickers	326
	Independent	Peter Paffett	237	17.4
	Labour	Keith Maslin	97	7.1
Turnout				24.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rudgwick[]

Rudgwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bailey	428	70.0	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hendy	183	30.0	+14.2
Turnout				28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusper and Colgate[]

Rusper and Colgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kitchen	463	77.4
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Brundish	135	22.6
Turnout				29.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southwater[]

Southwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stainton	1,232	51.7	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Stainton	1,227
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Varley	1,205
	Conservative	Simon Hawkins	971	40.8	-13.8
	Conservative	Ian Howard	966
	Conservative	Graham Dye	938
	Labour	Christine Conibear	179	7.5	-2.2
Turnout				33.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Steyning[]

Steyning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Cockman	1,124	39.0	-0.1
	Conservative	Margaret Lyth	890	30.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stokes	624	21.7	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Twell	433
	Labour	Valerie Neves	131	4.5	-4.9
	Labour	Peter Hilditch	118
	UKIP	Lindsay Jupp	112	3.9	+3.9
Turnout				37.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar[]

Trafalgar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Costin	1,170	58.3	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Crosbie	1,069
	Conservative	Vivienne Tobutt	670	33.4	-1.5
	Conservative	Ian Strang	598
	Labour	Elved Mainwaring	168	8.4	-1.8
Turnout				39.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References[]

^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2003". Retrieved 2020-06-09.

[electionscentre-1] Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2003". Retrieved 2020-06-09.

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