2003 Rother District Council election

2003 UK local government election August 2015 August 2015 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 Rother District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and independents in light grey. The 2003 Rother District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Rother District Council in East Sussex, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 7.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/220.stm Local elections BBC News Online 14 July 2014 The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.Rother 3 May 2003 The Guardian NewsBank Background Originally a total of 81 candidates stood for the 37 seats that were to be elected after the boundary changes, comprising 37 Conservatives, 32 Liberal Democrats, 12 Labour and 3 independents.Rother Council Dore Rowan 16 April 2003 East Sussex County Publications NewsBank However the death of a Liberal Democrat candidate for Rother Levels meant the election in that ward was delayed until 12 June and so 75 candidates stood for the 35 seats that were contested on 1 May. Both the Conservative leader of East Sussex County Council, Peter Jones, and the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Rother District Council, Stephen Hardy, stood down from the council at the election. Election result The Conservatives continued to hold a strong majority on the council winning 13 of the 18 seats in Bexhill, compared to 2 each for the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, and 1 independent.Rother District Council: Con hold Dore Rowan 2 May 2003 East Sussex County Publications NewsBank In the remaining rural areas of the council that were elected on 1 May, 9 Conservatives, 6 Liberal Democrats, 1 Labour and 1 independent councillors were elected. The delayed election in Rother Levels on 12 June had the Conservatives win both seats.http://www.rother.gov.uk/council/election2003/wards/index.html Election results Rother District Council 14 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20030608065128/http://www.rother.gov.uk/council/election2003/wards/index.html 8 June 2003 Rother local election result 2003English councils - Non-metropolitan districts 3 May 2003 The Times NewsBank 47http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Rother/index.htm Rother Rother District Council Political Science Resources 14 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191805/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Rother/index.htm 4 March 2016 dead Conservative Party (UK) 25 -4 65.8 57.5 25,184 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 0 21.1 30.2 13,205 Labour Party (UK) 3 -1 7.9 8.0 3,497 Independent (politician) 2 -2 5.3 4.3 1,883 The above totals include the delayed election in Rother Levels on 12 June 2003. Ward results Battle Town (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Suzanne Williams 668 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert White 664 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Leicester 599 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Mitchell 560 Labour Party (UK) John Gately 182 2,673 37.3 Bexhill Central (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Eveline Armstrong 634 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Hughes 608 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Francis 484 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Doncaster 451 2,177 32.0 Bexhill Collington (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Dyason 1,071 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Starnes 974 Liberal Democrats (UK) Heather Morrey 575 2,620 43.2 Bexhill Kewhurst (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Brian Kentfield 1,199 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Horscroft 1,180 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Zipperlen 162 2,541 41.7 Bexhill Old Town (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) James Wood 499 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Armstrong 469 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Lendon 373 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Hollington 195 1,536 32.3 Bexhill Sackville (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Jean Hopkinson 876 Conservative Party (UK) Deidre Williams 775 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Storer 411 2,062 33.6 Bexhill Sidley (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Helen Bridger 446 Labour Party (UK) Keith Bridger 418 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Wheeler 399 Conservative Party (UK) Irena Massarella 395 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Kemp 205 1,863 28.7 Bexhill St. Marks (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Earl 1,236 Conservative Party (UK) Joanne Gadd 1,106 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Callandine-Evans 359 2,701 41.6 Bexhill St. Michaels (2 seats) Independent (politician) Charles Clark 631 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Fairhurst 393 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Kenward 373 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martyn Forster 346 1,743 30.6 Bexhill St. Stephens (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Graham Gubby 648 Conservative Party (UK) William Clements 631 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hilary McCorry 432 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Smith 339 Labour Party (UK) Dominic Coughlan 235 2,285 38.8 Brede Valley (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Richard Carroll 775 Conservative Party (UK) Carl Maynard 750 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rowan Fookes 647 2,172 38.0 Crowhurst Liberal Democrats (UK) John Kemp 486 55.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Tomisson 315 36.0 Labour Party (UK) Timothy MacPherson 74 8.5 171 19.5 875 43.4 Darwell (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) David Vereker 858 Independent (politician) Wendy Miers 756 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Seeman 476 2,090 39.7 Eastern Rother (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Keith Glazier 733 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Ramus 707 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sonia Holmes 427 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Cleveland-Stevens 349 Labour Party (UK) Paul Carey 311 Labour Party (UK) Keith Pike 223 2,750 40.1 Ewhurst and Sedlescombe Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Wilson 602 67.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Field 290 32.5 312 35.0 892 46.6 Marsham (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Robin Patten 935 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Bird 894 Independent (politician) Hugh Gallagher 496 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joloyn Holden 285 Labour Party (UK) Paola Dorigato 138 Labour Party (UK) Shirley Wheeldon 132 2,880 48.4 Rye (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Samuel Souster 542 Liberal Democrats (UK) Granville Bantick 537 Conservative Party (UK) David Russell 474 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Arfwedson 448 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Lyus 443 2,444 44.3 Salehurst (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Prochak 894 Liberal Democrats (UK) George Hearn 828 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Barnes 495 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Goodsell 485 2,702 42.7 Ticehurst and Etchingham (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ian Jenkins 663 Conservative Party (UK) John Potter 633 Liberal Democrats (UK) Albert Barrass 542 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Varrall 542 2,380 38.6 Rother Levels delayed election The election in Rother Levels was delayed until 12 June 2003 after the death of a Liberal Democrat candidate Julian Emery. Rother Levels (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Martin Mooney 702 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Parren 685 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Als 466 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Coote 372 Labour Party (UK) Linda Whymark 93 Labour Party (UK) Jean Parks 65 2,383 34.5 By-elections between 2003 and 2007 Bexhill Sackville September 2004 A by-election took place in Bexhill Sackville on 9 September 2004 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Jean Hopkinson when she moved to New Zealand.http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/voting-confusion-follows-ward-changes-1-1403578 https://archive.today/20140717192437/http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/voting-confusion-follows-ward-changes-1-1403578 dead 17 July 2014 Voting confusion follows ward changes - Bexhill Observer 19 August 2004 Bexhill-on-Sea Observer 15 July 2014 The seat was held for the Conservatives by Graham Oliver with a majority of 184 votes over the Liberal Democrats.http://www.rother.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1148 Bexhill By-Elections 2004 - Result of Poll 9 September 2004 Rother District Council 15 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20040925074153/http://www.rother.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1148 25 September 2004 Bexhill Sackville by-election 9 September 2004http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm Local Authority Byelection Results 15 July 2014 29 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041227/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm dead Conservative Party (UK) Graham Oliver 468 51.7 -16.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Francis 284 31.3 -0.6 UK Independence Party Dorothy Thomson 154 17.0 +17.0 184 20.3 906 25.1 -8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Bexhill St Stephens A by-election was held in Bexhill St Stephens on 29 September 2005 after the death of Conservative councillor William Clements.http://www.rother.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2734&p=0 Council Meeting 31 October 2005 Rother District Council 15 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140715175015/http://www.rother.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2734&p=0 15 July 2014 dmy-all The seat was held for the Conservatives by Paul Lendon by a majority of 111 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Bexhill St Stephens by-election 29 September 2005 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Lendon 470 46.6 -2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Molly Webb 359 35.6 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) Dominic Coughlan 180 17.8 -0.1 111 11.0 1,009 30.2 -8.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ticehurst and Etchingham A by-election was held in Ticehurst and Etchingham on 17 November 2005 after Conservative councillor John Potter moved away.http://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/local/tories-celebrate-by-election-victory-1-1381310 Tories celebrate by-election victory 24 November 2005 Rye & Battle Observer 15 July 2014 29 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140729002529/http://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/local/tories-celebrate-by-election-victory-1-1381310 dead The seat was held for the Conservatives by Robert Elliston with a majority of 367 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Ticehurst and Etchingham by-election 17 November 2005 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Elliston 696 67.9 +12.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Varrall 329 32.1 -12.9 367 35.8 1,025 30.8 -7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Bexhill Kewhurst A by-election was held in Bexhill Kewhurst on 4 May 2006 after Conservative councillor Martin Horscroft resigned from the council.http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/tories-sweep-up-in-rother-by-elections-1-1394958 https://archive.today/20140717192344/http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/tories-sweep-up-in-rother-by-elections-1-1394958 dead 17 July 2014 Tories sweep up in Rother by-elections 12 May 2006 Bexhill-on-Sea Observer 15 July 2014 The seat was held for the Conservatives by Martin Kenward with a majority of 616 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Bexhill Kewhurst by-election 4 May 2006 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Kenward 1,141 64.6 -23.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Zipperlen 525 29.7 +17.8 Labour Party (UK) Abdulla Khan 99 5.6 +5.6 616 34.9 1,765 44 +2 Conservative Party (UK) Bexhill Sackville May 2006 A by-election was held in Bexhill Sackville on 4 May 2006 after Conservative councillor Graham Oliver resigned from the council. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Keith Standring with a majority of 89 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Bexhill Sackville by-election 4 May 2006 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Standring 655 48.3 -3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martyn Forster 566 41.8 +10.5 Labour Party (UK) Philipa Coughlan 134 9.9 +9.9 89 6.6 -13.7 1,355 38 +13 Conservative Party (UK) Bexhill St Marks A by-election was held in Bexhill St Marks on 4 May 2006 after Conservative councillor Stuart Earl resigned from the council. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Patrick Douart with a majority of 325 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Bexhill St Marks by-election 4 May 2006 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Douart 863 51.4 -26.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rachel Hills 538 32.1 +6.8 UK Independence Party Tony Smith 185 11.0 +11.0 Labour Party (UK) Stephanie Webb 92 5.5 +5.5 325 19.3 1,678 45 +3 Conservative Party (UK) References 2 2003 Category:2003 English local elections Category:2000s in East Sussex