2003 West Dorset District Council election
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The 2003 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 1 May 2003 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election. Following boundary changes the number of wards were reduced by five, and the number of seats reduced from 55 to 48.[1]
The 2003 election saw the Conservatives take majority control of the District Council.[2]
Ward results[]
Beaminster[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | V. Ivory * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,213 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bradford Abbas[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | 390 | 66.1 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Longdon | 200 | 33.9 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 190 | 32.2 | –3.7 | ||
Turnout | 38.6 | –9.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,541 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bradpole[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 406 | 78.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Fifield | 111 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 295 | 57.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,673 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Bridport North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Stoodley | 445 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray | 393 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Keith Allan Day | 333 | – | ||
Labour | R. Nicholls | 325 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | K. Wallace | 305 | – | ||
Independent | J. Shaw | 250 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,389 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Bridport South & Bothenhampton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Brown * | 842 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Independent | D. Tett | 715 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Pritchard * | 599 | – | ||
Labour | C. Wild * | 556 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Samuel | 347 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Harrison | 339 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Bagnall | 325 | – | ||
Green | L. Sea | 272 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Dorset Stop The War | D. Partridge | 102 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 37.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,409 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Broadmayne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,559 | ||||
Independent hold |
Broadwindsor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. Sewell * | 384 | 58.4 | –5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Prysor-Jones | 273 | 41.6 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 111 | 16.9 | –10.9 | ||
Turnout | 45.6 | +1.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,447 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Burton Bradstock[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. Parsons | 637 | 67.2 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | M. Pritchard * | 311 | 32.8 | –26.2 | |
Majority | 326 | 34.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.1 | +2.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,608 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cam Vale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 456 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Sargent * | 315 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 141 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,652 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Charminster & Cerne Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. East * | 1,012 | 74.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Horsington | 984 | – | ||
Independent | L. Clarke | 352 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 41.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,334 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Charmouth[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Newson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,475 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Bartlett | 494 | 61.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | I. Lewis | 315 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 179 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.6 | +0.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,788 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Chickerell[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | I. Gardner * | 578 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Rogers | 557 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Jolliffe | 533 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Denton-White | 461 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Dunseith | 452 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Wilson | 392 | – | ||
Independent | D. Smithson | 259 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 28.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,332 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chideock & Symondsbury[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Summers * | 386 | 67.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Morgan-Smith | 186 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 200 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,468 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 734 | 59.1 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Harries * | 620 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Thorogood | 508 | 40.9 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | B. Parkhurst | 503 | – | ||
Turnout | 36.0 | +4.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,548 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning | 550 | 38.8 | +4.7 | |
Independent | A. Beard | 481 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Tarr | 459 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Parry | 386 | 27.2 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | J. Bell | 362 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.0 | +2.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,938 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Dorchester South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. Rennie * | 760 | 57.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Potter | 639 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Martindale | 572 | 42.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Halewood | 567 | – | ||
Turnout | 40.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,312 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Dorchester West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Barrett * | 757 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 705 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Parsley | 616 | – | ||
Conservative | I. Birt | 406 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,381 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Frome Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,656 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | 462 | 63.3 | –1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Dearlove | 268 | 36.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 194 | 26.6 | –2.9 | ||
Turnout | 49.0 | +3.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,504 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Loders[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Roberts | 298 | 50.1 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Brown | 172 | 28.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | V. Barnes | 125 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 126 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,437 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lyme Regis[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O. Lovell * | 510 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Meech * | 452 | 47.0 | N/A | |
Independent | P. Hicks | 438 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Williams | 397 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,131 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Maiden Newton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. Patmore | 357 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Gregson | 335 | 48.4 | +20.8 | |
Majority | 22 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44.9 | –0.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,549 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Marshwood Vale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | I. Gillespie * | 407 | 50.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | H. Thomas * | 394 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,440 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Netherbury[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Alford | 399 | 62.1 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Pawley | 244 | 37.9 | –10.1 | |
Majority | 155 | 24.1 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 43.0 | – | |||
Registered electors | 1,512 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Seall * | 662 | 52.5 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | D. Smy * | 626 | – | ||
Independent | R. Russell | 600 | 47.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 42.5 | +2.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,774 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Piddle Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Barker | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,618 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Puddletown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Pearce | 290 | 36.4 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | G. Harries * | 277 | 34.8 | –4.7 | |
Independent | I. Mayo * | 229 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.7 | +3.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,762 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Queen Thorne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,602 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Sherborne East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 628 | 43.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | M. Clark | 567 | – | ||
Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 467 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert James Bygrave | 343 | 23.9 | +3.8 | |
Turnout | 34.0 | –6.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,308 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Sherborne West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 731 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Marjorie Snowden | 660 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg * | 564 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 33.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,509 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Winterborne St Martin[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen John Slade * | 448 | 46.5 | +18.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Rickard | 239 | 34.8 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 209 | 30.4 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 41.6 | –1.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,663 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Yetminster[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. House * | 386 | 69.8 | –0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 167 | 30.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 219 | 39.6 | –1.4 | ||
Turnout | 41.3 | –1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,343 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "West Dorset". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ 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 ad ae af ag "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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