2003 Norwich City Council election

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The 2003 Norwich City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up in Henderson ward due to a by-election.

Result summary[]

2003 Norwich City Council election[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	4	58.8	20	30	62.5	13,978	39.0	-5.1
	Labour	5	4	29.4	10	15	31.3	11,176	31.2	-2.0
	Green	2		11.8	0	2	4.1	5,689	15.9	+6.5
	Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.0	4,539	12.7	+0.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	488	1.4	+0.9

Ward results[]

Bowthorpe[]

Bowthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Borrett	1,102	43.6	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Arundell	617	24.4	-7.1
	Conservative	Antony Little	603	23.8	+8.8
	Green	Beth Brockett	208	8.2	+3.3
Majority			485	19.2	+1.9
Turnout			2,530	29.1	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Catton Grove[]

Catton Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Smith	630	38.3	-4.5
	Conservative	Colin Barker	491	29.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kendrick	337	20.5	-3.0
	Green	Janet Bearman	186	11.3	+6.3
Majority			139	8.5	-5.6
Turnout			1,644	28.9	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Coslany[]

Coslany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Watson	846	42.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Strong	434	22.0	-8.7
	Conservative	Ernest Horth	331	16.8	-3.1
	Green	Adrian Holmes	231	11.7	+3.5
	Independent	David Bethell	131	6.6	N/A
Majority			412	27.3	+15.8
Turnout			1,973	35.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Crome[]

Crome

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Waters	920	50.7	-0.3
	Conservative	D. Lovewell	425	23.4	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Smith	375	20.7	-0.9
	Green	Fiona Dowson	94	5.2	+2.9
Majority			495	27.3	+1.5
Turnout			1,814	35.8	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

Eaton[]

Eaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Lubbock	2,164	62.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Ian Mackie	782	22.7	-2.3
	Labour	J. Bremner	338	9.8	-0.4
	Green	Neville Bartlett	159	4.6	+2.4
Majority			1,382	40.1	+2.5
Turnout			3,443	55.2	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.3

Heigham[]

Heigham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Verran	860	45.6	-5.2
	Labour	Carol Morrey	644	34.1	-1.0
	Green	Rupert Read	382	20.3	+14.9
Majority			216	11.5	-4.2
Turnout			1,886	33.7	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

Henderson[]

Henderson (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jessica Goldfinch	1,011	47.5	+6.1
	Green	Adrian Ramsay	991
	Labour	H. Panting	638	30.0	-0.4
	Labour	John Sheridan	473
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Bazley	355	16.7	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Stairs	305
	Conservative	C. Page	124	5.8	±0.0
	Conservative	F. Leatherdale	112
Turnout				35.7	-1.3
	Green hold
	Green hold

Lakenham[]

Lakenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Harper	938	48.2	-0.9
	Labour	Charles Sanderson	657	33.7	-4.4
	Conservative	Christine Munroe	224	11.5	+2.3
	Green	Andrew Knighton	129	6.6	+2.9
Majority			281	14.4	+3.4
Turnout			1,948	36.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.8

Mancroft[]

Mancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Lowe	1,058	40.5	-1.2
	Labour	P. Harris	882	33.7	-5.6
	Conservative	Trevor Ivory	388	14.8	+2.4
	Green	R. House	287	11.0	+4.4
Majority			176	6.7	+4.3
Turnout			2,615	38.3	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	2.2

Mile Cross[]

Mile Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Elvin	802	49.5	+2.3
	Labour	B. Simpson	710	43.9	-4.6
	Green	Jennifer Parkhouse	104	6.4	+2.2
Majority			92	5.7	—
Turnout			1,616	29.9	-2.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	3.5

Mousehold[]

Mousehold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Williams	778	41.3	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hopkins	579	30.7	-8.7
	Independent	Paul Scruton	357	18.9	+9.4
	Green	L. Freaney	171	9.1	+5.7
Majority			199	10.6	—
Turnout			1,885	30.8	-1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Nelson[]

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. McAlenan	1,000	42.7	-9.4
	Green	Robert Gledhill	835	35.6	+21.2
	Labour	Stephen Cook	345	14.7	-12.2
	Conservative	Victor Hopes	164	7.0	+0.3
Majority			165	7.0	-18.2
Turnout			2,344	42.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.3

St. Stephen[]

St. Stephen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Wells	1,082	49.1	-2.3
	Labour	S. Wright	534	24.2	-5.6
	Green	Stephen Little	302	13.7	+7.5
	Conservative	Richard Wells	287	13.0	+0.5
Majority			548	24.9	+3.3
Turnout			2,205	39.5	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.7

Thorpe Hamlet[]

Thorpe Hamlet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Divers	1,106	57.3	-3.8
	Labour	Julie Westmacott	384	19.9	-2.6
	Conservative	M. Ivory	233	12.1	+3.4
	Green	R. Farrington	206	10.7	+2.9
Majority			722	37.4	-1.2
Turnout			1,929	30.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

Town Close[]

Town Close

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Wood	1,031	47.3	-13.1
	Labour	Keith Driver	709	32.5	+6.8
	Conservative	John Wyatt	240	11.0	+1.3
	Green	Christopher Webb	199	9.1	+4.9
Majority			322	14.8	-19.8
Turnout			2,179	41.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.0

University[]

University

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Williams	935	50.5	-12.2
	Labour	Roy Blower	586	31.7	+8.0
	Green	Katharine Willett	194	10.5	+5.0
	Conservative	Dipesh Palana	135	7.3	-0.8
Majority			349	18.9	-20.1
Turnout			1,850	35.0	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.1

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