West Wiltshire District Council election, 2003

Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost their majority, leaving the council with no overall control.

Many wards had boundary changes, and some were new. None were uncontested.

Results

West Wiltshire Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	19				43.2	41.5	20,966
	Liberal Democrat	19				43.2	37.9	19,185
	Independent	4				9.1	9.0	4,565
	Labour	2				4.5	5.6	2,856
	Green	0				0	5.9	3,006

Ward results

Atworth and Whitley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Terrence Peter Chivers	566
	Conservative	Robert George Ian Elliott	209
	Labour	Gregory Anthony Coombes	117	9.5
Majority			357
Turnout			892	45.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradford-on-Avon North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Lindsay Repton	639
	Liberal Democrat	Sophie Farkas	632
	Conservative	Bryan Joseph Earp	548
	Conservative	Anthony Ivan Moore	445
	Green	Susan Karen Nowell-Kelley	242
	Labour	James Henry Joseph Tracey	226
Majority			84
Turnout				40.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradford-on-Avon South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Lewis	665
	Liberal Democrat	Rosanna Rosemary Brown	661
	Conservative	David John Bolwell	587
	Conservative	Gwendoline Mary Allison	573
	Green	Helen Jane Rich	177
	Labour	Angela Womersley	155
	Green	Stephen Trevor Harding	150
Majority			74
Turnout				39.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dilton Marsh (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Thurstan Syndercombe Bower	695
	Conservative	Linda Mary Conley	658
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Mary Irving	586
	Liberal Democrat	John Andrew Moody	428
	Independent	Francis Morland	392
	Green	David John Howells	155
	Green	Kevan James Corcoran	152
Majority			72
Turnout				39.6

Ethandune
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Swabey	493
	Liberal Democrat	Richard George Crofts	206
	Green	Diana Kathleen Corcoran	106
Majority			287
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Duncan John Hames	485
	Conservative	Philip Kevin Seager	285
	Green	Sonja Nicolson	33
Majority			200
Turnout				41.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Manor Vale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Campbell Viles	817
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Cunliffe-Jones	751
	Liberal Democrat	Godfrey Randall Hall	455
	Green	Simon George Allen	300
Majority			296
Turnout				40.8

Melksham North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Betty Barker	599
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Wells	439
	Labour	Davina Margaret Griffin	330
	Labour	Geoffrey Alan Mitcham	283
	Green	Hilary Jane Millichamp	122
Majority			109
Turnout				24.3

Melksham Spa (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Stanley Mudge	571
	Labour	William Charles Gordon Cox	361
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Paton	351
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Bridget Osborn	254
	Green	Lex Hepenstall	146
Majority			10
Turnout				25.9

Melksham Without (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard George Wiltshire	484
	Conservative	Roy Sidney While	482
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Rowland Fisher	211
	Liberal Democrat	John Vladimir Landell-Mills	172
	Independent	Stephen Bryan Petty	345
Majority			271
Turnout				26.9

Melksham Woodrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Jonathon Rosier	295
	Labour	Margaret Ethel White	163
Majority			132
Turnout			458	24.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mid Wylye Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Newbury	715
	Conservative	William Daniel Hurd	200
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Christine Scott Landell-Mills	33
	Green	Karen Ann Cunningham	22
Majority			515
Turnout			970	49.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Paxcroft (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor William Carbin	913
	Independent	Ernest Frederick Clark (Ernie Clark)	735
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Cullern	642
	Conservative	Marina Vassiliev	427
	Conservative	Derek Frederick Thomas Stimpson	346
Majority			93
Turnout				38.9

Shearwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Mounde	548
	Liberal Democrat	Piers Gibbon	154
	Green	Stephen Sainsbury	79
Majority			394
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick and Wingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Guy Phillips	460
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Margaret Brooks	99
	Green	Hilary Carberry	60
Majority			361
Turnout			619	37.0

Summerham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Virginia Fortescue	572
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Malcolm Firmager	329
Majority			243
Turnout				50.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Trowbridge Adcroft (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Blakemore	490
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Raymond James	476
	Conservative	Molly Hopkins	325
	Conservative	Jennifer Jane Murrison	301
	Labour	Peter John Ezra	139
	Green	Richard Douglas Mills	122
Majority			151
Turnout				26.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Trowbridge College (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jeff Osborn	553
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Squires	426
	Conservative	Suzanne Yvonne Gordon	395
	Conservative	Anthony Kennerdale	361
	Green	Nigel John Pratt	126
	Independent	Geoffrey Kenneth Whiffen	88
Majority			31
Turnout				26.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Trowbridge Drynham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham David Payne	601
	Conservative	Gerald Clive Burnan	488
	Liberal Democrat	Grace Hill	448
	Liberal Democrat	Marcus Alexander Francis, Jr.	434
	Green	Patrick Drinkwater	153
Majority			40
Turnout				25.9

Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roland Wallace Knight	454
	Liberal Democrat	Robert John Brice	453
	Conservative	Graeme Stuart Hawley	446
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Mary Stacey	420
	Green	Amanda Griffiths	119
Majority			7
Turnout				25.1

Trowbridge Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew James Bryant	742
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Oldrieve	707
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	670
	Conservative	Derek Coop	612
	Independent	Stephen Nash	299
	Green	Laura Michelle Pictor	156
Majority			37
Turnout				32.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Warminster East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Davis	1,311
	Conservative	Christopher March	1,235
	Conservative	Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs	1,019
	Liberal Democrat	Giacinto Giovanni Barberio (John Barberio)	479
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Thomas Hedley	377
	Green	Roland Peter Noyce	282
	Independent	Stephen James Upton	246
Majority			540
Turnout				29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warminster West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Edward Syme	791
	Conservative	Martin John Baker	665
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Batchelor	605
	Conservative	Alvin Robert Smith	572
	Conservative	William John Parks	568
	Liberal Democrat	David John Lovell	517
	Independent	Leslie George Rose	494
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Houghton Brown	387
	Green	Ashley John Cunningham	163
Majority			33
Turnout				28.6
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Westbury Ham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frederick Clegg	512
	Labour	Elisha Manasseh	510
	Conservative	Charles Thomas Finbow	483
	Labour	Christine Linda Mitchell	365
	Liberal Democrat	William David Charles Tout	331
	Green	Kathryn Jennifer Toyne	141
Majority			27
Turnout				24.9

Westbury Laverton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Clegg	512
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	496
	Liberal Democrat	Horace John Prickett	493
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Ian King	482
	Labour	Stephen John Davies	108
	Labour	Michael Sutton	99
Majority			3
Turnout				30.3

References

Declaration of West Wiltshire District Council Election Results by Jeffrey Ligo, Returning Officer, published 2 May 2003
election result at West Wiltshire DC web site

Council elections in Wiltshire

Wiltshire Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Swindon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Salisbury District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

West Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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