Bristol City Council election, 2003

1 May 2003

24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Conservative
Seats won	31	28	11
Seat change	5	4	1

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No Overall Control

2003 local election results in Bristol

The 2003 Bristol City Council election took place on 1 May 2003, on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party made a number of losses, mainly to the Liberal Democrats, and lost overall control of the council.^[1] Loses included Council leader Diane Bunyan, who lost her Windmill Hill seat to the Liberal Democrats.^[2] This year also saw elections contested by the new Bristolian Party, founded by the local 'scandle sheet' The Bristolian, though they failed to win any seats. ^[3]

Ward Results

Ashley

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Marshall	1,313	41.62
	Labour	Helga Christine Benson	746	23.65
	Bristolian	Darryl Malcolm Wandless	343	10.87
	Green	David Mark Simpson	335	10.62
	Socialist Alliance	Anne Martha Lemon	202	6.40
	Conservative	Richard James Manns	151	4.79
	Socialist Labour	Bernard Joseph Kennedy	65	2.06
Majority			567	17.97
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter John Crispin	1,001	31.70
	Independent	Stewart Robert Parkman	508	16.09
	Conservative	Christian Virginia Jessie Simpson	436	13.81
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Elvin	386	12.22
	Bristolian	Julie Anne Palmer	319	10.10
	BNP	Clive Courtney	310	9.82
	Green	Peter Murray Andrews	198	6.27
Majority			493	15.61
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stephen Eddy	2,119	63.63
	Labour	Julie Watts	735	22.07
	BNP	David John Millard	195	5.86
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Althea Lemin	190	5.71
	Green	Barrie Robert Lewis	91	2.73
Majority			1,384	41.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Thomas James Begley	1,165	40.28
	Conservative	Vincent James Mora	839	29.01
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffery Exon	448	15.49
	BNP	John Alan Jarvis	293	10.13
	Green	David Simon Coombes	103	3.56
	Socialist Labour	Brian Andrew Corbett	44	1.52
Majority			326	11.27
	Labour hold		Swing

Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Norman	1,573	56.16
	Labour	Terry Cook	611	21.81
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	442	15.78
	Green	Mary Beryl Wood	175	6.25
Majority			962	34.35
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cabot

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Pauline White	981	52.83
	Labour	Brian Peter Mead	290	15.62
	Conservative	Ian Jenkins Dennis	233	12.55
	Bristolian	Richard Miles Higgs	178	9.59
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	175	9.42
Majority			691	37.21
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Janke	1,499	57.19
	Conservative	Ian Darsie Millard	538	20.53
	Labour	Andrew Mandeville Butterly	304	11.60
	Green	Arjuna Krishna-Das	171	6.52
	Bristolian	Bear Hackenbush	109	4.16
Majority			961	36.66
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton East

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Robert Jones	996	45.07
	Conservative	Stephen Christopher O'Keefe	714	32.31
	Labour	Dave Sutton	257	11.63
	Green	John Mark Hills	152	6.88
	Bristolian	Kevin Richard Bainbridge	91	4.12
Majority			282	12.76
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cotham

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Mary Elworthy	1,257	52.35
	Conservative	Alistair Peter Lindsay Watson	395	16.45
	Labour	Judith Sluglett	386	16.08
	Green	Geoff Collard	363	15.12
Majority			862	35.90
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Easton

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Francis Kelly	1,298	46.21
	Labour	Raja Khalid	603	21.47
	Bristolian	Jane Marie Nicholl	427	15.20
	Green	Samantha Elizabeth Pullinger	264	9.40
	Conservative	Seva Singh	118	4.20
	Socialist Alliance	Houri Ghamian	99	3.52
Majority			695	24.74
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastville

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Muriel Cole	1,145	40.35
	Labour	Malcolm Patterson	781	27.52
	Conservative	Jonathan Arthur Thorne	498	17.55
	Green	Martin Cottingham	299	10.54
	Independent	Robert Hansjurg Paterson	155	4.05
Majority			364	12.83
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Robert Cooper	1,293	57.16
	Labour	Mary Catherine Smith	614	27.14
	Bristolian	Andrew Francis Lovell Cocks	167	7.38
	Conservative	Jonathan Robert Hucker	127	5.61
	Green	Mary Elizabeth Thompson	61	2.70
Majority			679	30.02
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Frome Vale

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Ann Alexander	1,602	47.03
	Labour	Edmund John Bramall	1,175	34.50
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Ivor Potts	481	14.12
	Green	Tony John Gosling	148	4.35
Majority			427	12.53
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Royston Brain	996	42.49
	Conservative	Shirley Diane Hodges	894	38.14
	Liberal Democrat	Joyce Rosaline Mary Cooper	366	15.61
	Green	Stephen Petter	88	3.75
Majority			102	4.35
	Labour hold		Swing

Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jos Clark	1,600	51.83
	Conservative	Roy Devid Pepworth	696	22.55
	Labour	Richard Anthony Hughes	695	22.51
	Green	Nicholas Owain Thomas	96	3.11
Majority			904	29.28
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hillfields

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Roy Robertson	1,057	43.36
	Liberal Democrat	John Patrick Hassell	726	29.78
	Conservative	Lindsay Clare Elliott	655	26.87
Majority			331	13.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Davies	1,952	59.58
	Labour	Philip John Stephen Gibby	717	21.89
	Conservative	Jennifer Rogers	315	9.62
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	179	5.46
	Socialist Alliance	Clare Hall	113	3.45
Majority			1,235	37.69
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Richard Astley	1,150	46.30
	Labour	Carrie Martin	873	35.14
	Bristolian	Julien George Weston	215	8.66
	Conservative	Guy Neale Dawe	149	6.00
	Green	Michael Crawford	97	3.90
Majority			277	11.16
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Ruth Slater	1,294	40.94
	Green	Charles Nicholas Bolton	923	29.20
	Conservative	Anthony James Smith	419	13.26
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Kybert	306	9.68
	Bristolian	Merv Woolford	159	5.03
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Ian Baker	60	1.90
Majority			371	11.74
	Labour hold		Swing

St George East

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Ann Shovelton	1,030	38.66
	Conservative	Matthew James Denyer	914	34.31
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Henry Draper	469	17.61
	Bristolian	Andrew James Way	144	5.41
	Green	Donald Brown	107	4.02
Majority			116	4.35
	Labour hold		Swing

St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Edward Deasy	1,044	44.92
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Lennox Williams	525	22.59
	Conservative	Charles William Alexander	438	18.85
	Bristolian	John Edward Francom	182	7.83
	Green	David Mowat	135	5.81
Majority			519	22.33
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Lopresti	1,753	51.30
	Labour	Susan Milestone	741	21.69
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Ian Johnston	511	14.95
	BNP	Dianne Mary Carr	330	9.66
	Green	Royston Clifford Gallop	82	2.40
Majority			1,012	29.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Holland	910	35.15
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Lance Doddrell	878	33.90
	Conservative	Kathryn Elizabeth Morris	740	28.57
	Green	Daniella Elsa Radice	62	2.39
Majority			32	1.24
	Labour hold		Swing

Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Bailey	1,558	46.42
	Labour	Diane Elizabeth Bunyan	917	27.32
	Green	Patrick Dorian Hulme	327	9.74
	Conservative	Graham David Morris	229	6.82
	Bristolian	Roy Norris	226	6.73
	Socialist Alliance	Sharon Mary Foley	99	2.95
Majority			641	19.10
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 1 May 2003". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ "Council leader loses seat". BBC. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ "Smaller parties bang drum for fishing, hospitals and more people power". The Independent. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

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