Harlow District Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 Harlow District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

The 2003 Harlow District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had 12 councillors, while Labour had 9 seats.^[3]

A total of 36 candidates stood for the 11 seats that were being contested, with the councillors who got the lowest number of votes from the 2002 election defending their seats.^[3] One Labour councillor, John Cave, stood down at the election after 32 years, while 3 former Labour councillors and 1 former Liberal Democrat councillor attempted to regain seats.^[3] Among the councillors defending their seats was the Conservative group leader Andrew Johnson in Sumners and Kingsmoor ward.^[3]

Election result

There was no change in the party situation on the council with no party gaining a majority.^[4] The closest result was in Bush Fair ward where Liberal Democrat Chris Millington held the seat by 39 votes, but the Liberal Democrat council chairman Nick Macy was not re-elected after contesting the Labour held seat in Little Parndon and Hare Street.^[5] Overall turnout at the election was 29%.^[6]

However an enquiry was started after the election as 3,279 postal votes had to be rejected as they did not have an official mark on them.^[7]

Harlow local election result 2003^[2]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	4	0	0	0	36.4	32.7	4,610	+0.9%
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	0	0	36.4	27.8	3,915	-1.9%
	Labour	3	0	0	0	27.3	38.3	5,394	+0.6%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	181	+0.7%

Ward results

Bush Fair^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Millington	663	46.5
	Labour	Terence Brandon	624	43.7
	Conservative	Hazel Beckers	140	9.8
Majority			39	2.8
Turnout			1,427	31.3	-9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Church Langley^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Hall	705	68.2
	Liberal Democrat	Molly White	179	17.3
	Labour	Tina Baker	150	14.5
Majority			526	50.9
Turnout			1,034	22.5	-5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Parndon^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McClarnon	706	49.3
	Labour	Suzanne Ennifer	514	35.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Barton	211	14.7
Majority			192	13.4
Turnout			1,431	30.9	-5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harlow Common^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Wilkinson	725	54.5
	Conservative	Nora Arnott	405	30.4
	Liberal Democrat	Audrey Curran	201	15.1
Majority			320	24.1
Turnout			1,331	29.1	-10
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Parndon & Hare Street^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Clark	707	49.2
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Macy	372	25.9
	Conservative	John Goddard	293	20.4
	Socialist Alliance	John Hobbs	66	4.6
Majority			335	23.3
Turnout			1,438	31.0	-3
	Labour hold		Swing

Mark Hall^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Rideout	598	44.8
	Labour	Sean Folan	510	38.2
	Conservative	Callum Finlayson	179	13.4
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Delbridge	48	3.6
Majority			88	6.6
Turnout			1,335	33.6	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Netteswell^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Pailing	622	49.8
	Labour	Feroz Khan	406	32.5
	Conservative	Matthew Warren	153	12.3
	Socialist Alliance	Josephine Clarke	67	5.4
Majority			216	17.3
Turnout			1,248	29.2	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Old Harlow^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Livings	809	56.3
	Labour	Robert Eschle	430	29.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon MacNeill	198	13.8
Majority			379	26.4
Turnout			1,437	34.5	-6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Staple Tye^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Faccini	519	55.2
	Labour	Sandra Rootsey	246	26.2
	Conservative	Shona Souter	175	18.6
Majority			273	29.0
Turnout			940	22.7	-5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sumners and Kingsmoor^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Johnson	572	48.2
	Labour	Derek Eardley	452	38.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Mabey	163	13.7
Majority			120	10.1
Turnout			1,187	25.4	-5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toddbrook^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Davis	630	48.8
	Conservative	Muriel Jolles	473	36.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lawton	189	14.6
Majority			157	12.2
Turnout			1,292	29.6	-6
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
1 2 "English councils - Non-metropolitan districts". The Times (NewsBank). 3 May 2003. p. 47. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 "Citizen election news". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 7 April 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Essex: Tories make gains in local elections". Essex County Publications (NewsBank). 2 May 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Election reaction". Hertfordshire County Publications (NewsBank). 7 May 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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↑ "Ballot blunder probed". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications (NewsBank). 7 May 2003. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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