West Somerset District Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 West Somerset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2003 West Somerset District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

West Somerset local election result 2003[2][3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18	3	3	0	58.1	42.1	7,157	-1.9%
	Independent	9	2	3	-1	29.0	29.2	4,959	+15.9%
	Labour	2	0	0	0	6.5	16.7	2,837	-8.9%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	0	+1	6.5	10.7	1,823	-5.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	217	+1.3%

5 Conservatives, 2 independents and 1 Liberal Democrat were unopposed at the election.^[2] One of the independent councillors, Michael Gammon, took the Conservative whip.^[3]

Ward results

Alcombe East (2)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jamie Anderson	265
	Conservative	Nicolas Messarra	262
	Labour	Valerie Welch	138
	Labour	Marcus Kravis	108
Turnout			773	20.9	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alcombe West (2)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Stokes	379
	Labour	Ivor Gibbon	368
	Conservative	John Hickman	285
	Conservative	Pamela Hawkins	248
Turnout			1,280	34.8	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Aville Vale[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Webber	361	78.5
	Independent	Andrew Kelsey	98	21.4
Majority			263	57.3
Turnout			459	49.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brompton Ralph and Haddon[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Gliddon	203	60.2	-23.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Day	134	39.8	+39.8
Majority			69	20.5	-47.0
Turnout			337	44.9	+6.3
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Carhampton and Withycombe[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Humber	unopposed
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crowcombe and Stogumber[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivian Brewer	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulverton and Brushford (2)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Ross	718
	Independent	Michael Gammon	650
	Labour	Susan Gibb	172
Turnout			1,540	52.5
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Dunster[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Leaker	207	60.2	+10.8
	Independent	John Walker	72	20.9	-29.7
	Labour	John Dore	65	18.9	+18.9
Majority			135	39.2
Turnout			344	50.4	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Exmoor[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Pugsley	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minehead North (3)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Lawrence	551
	Conservative	Ann Foxhuntley	428
	Conservative	Keith Parkes	428
	Labour	David Ross	356
	Labour	John McGee	324
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Jenkins	207
	Labour	Thomas Welch	207
	UKIP	Marilyn Berrey	150
Turnout			2,651	37.5	-1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minehead South (3)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn Snell	621
	Conservative	Terry Venner	608
	Conservative	Colin Hill	590
	Conservative	Ernest Taylor	514
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Galloway	480
	Labour	Ian Grady	306
Turnout			3,119	41.2	-12.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Cleeve (2)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Driver	unopposed
	Independent	John Nethercott	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Porlock and District (2)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Padgett	unopposed
	Conservative	Angela Palmer	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quantock Vale (2)[2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Ayre	449
	Conservative	Mary Crowley	364
	Independent	Keith Turpin	353
Turnout			1,166	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Quarme[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frederick Rawle	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Watchet (3)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Knight	555
	Independent	Jennifer Hill	464
	Independent	David Banks	438
	Labour	Adrian Rowe	414
	Independent	Sally De Renzy-Martin	389
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Bowden	348
	Conservative	Loretta Whetlor	288
	Liberal Democrat	Emily Booker	167
Turnout			3,063	41.6	+5.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

West Quantock[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Child	302	56.2
	Independent	Jim Laflin	235	43.8
Majority			67	12.5
Turnout			537	53.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Williton (2)[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Davies	707
	Independent	Edwin May	361
	Independent	John Holden	271
	Conservative	David Wilson	164
	Conservative	Rosemary Woods	154
	UKIP	Kenneth Matthews	67
Turnout			1,724	45.9	+4.4
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections between 2003 and 2007

Old Cleeve By-election 7 July 2005[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jessica Griffith	468	72.7
	Conservative	Roy Harbour	136	21.1
	Labour	John Garland	40	6.2
Majority			332	51.6
Turnout			644	35.0
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
2. "West Somerset District Council - May 2003". West Somerset Council. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
3. "Results of District Council elections". Somerset County Gazette. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
4. "Results for the District Council Elections - 1 May 2003". West Somerset District Council. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
5. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 November 2011.