2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election May 2025 December 2013 thumb|Results of the 2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election The 2003 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/329.stm Local elections 2010-11-27 BBC News The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. English councils The Times 47 2003-05-03 Campaign Windsor and Maidenhead council was a top target for the Liberal Democrats in the 2003 local elections. Parties try to shift focus to Birmingham from Baghdad Financial Times 10 2003-04-15 The party had come close to taking the Maidenhead parliamentary constituency at the last general election in 2001 and were optimistic of taking control of the council. Local Elections: Where a mosque is the big issue; Lib Dem target Maidenhead The Independent 6 2003-04-22 Julia Hartley-Brewer Tories face a poll wipe-out The Express on Sunday 2003-04-20 The Liberal Democrats were expected to benefit from the support of the estimated 3,000 Muslims who lived in the council area due to the party's opposition to the Iraq War. The issue of a proposed extension to a local mosque was also used for the Liberal Democrats, but the Conservatives accused them of pandering to the Muslim community. Richard Milne Tension rises in Maidenhead amid claims of dirty tricks Financial Times 5 2003-05-01 The council had been controlled by the Conservatives since the 2000 election in an alliance with 2 of the independent councillors. Jill Sherman Lib Dems plotting to overthrow Tories in Windsor The Times 10 2003-04-24 However the Liberal Democrats attacked the council for having raised council tax by 9.3% in the last year and by 20% over the 3 years since the last election. They also criticised the council for its plans to demolish the town hall and pointed to a weak rating for the council by the Audit Commission. However the Conservatives said Windsor and Maidenhead's council tax was still one of the lowest in the southeast and that if the Liberal Democrats implemented the policies in their manifesto it would mean a 27% increase in council tax. Boundary changes which reduced the number of seats by 1, meant both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats needed 1 less seat to take control of the council. With the election important to both parties, the Conservative Party Chairman and local MP Theresa May and the Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy both campaigned in the area. The council again used a mobile polling station to go to railway stations and supermarkets in an attempt to increase turnout. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2988307.stm New voting methods 'increase turnout' 2010-11-28 2003-04-30 BBC News Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats take control of the council, Ross Lydall But in the south Tories fail to make big breakthrough Evening Standard London 7 2003-05-02 after gaining 13 seats. Paul Waugh How Britain voted: Kennedy claims parity with 30% share of vote; Liberal Democrats The Independent 18 2003-05-03 The election results were seen as giving the Liberal Democrats hope for the next general election in the Maidenhead constituency after the party won 61% of the vote in wards within the constituency against 33.6% for the Conservatives. Windsor and Maidenhead local election result 2003 http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/elections_borough_results2003.htm Borough Election Results 2003 - By Ward 2010-11-27 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead https://web.archive.org/web/20110112091638/http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/elections_borough_results2003.htm 12 January 2011 dead Liberal Democrats (UK) 34 +13 59.6 49.0 46,098 Conservative Party (UK) 15 -14 26.3 37.8 35,585 Independent (politician) 5 +5 8.8 4.8 4,540 Old Windsor Residents Association 2 0 3.5 1.8 1,732 Labour Party (UK) 1 0 1.8 6.0 5,617 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.5 464 Residents 0 -5 0 0 0 Ward results Ascot and Cheapside (2) Conservative Party (UK) David Hilton 775 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Spooner 708 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Pope 229 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Taylor 214 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Young 120 2,046 30.3 Belmont (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Bruton 1,524 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Baskerville 1,406 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Mackay 1,364 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Love 752 Conservative Party (UK) Iain Buchanan 712 Conservative Party (UK) Asghar Majeed 638 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Shenstone 147 6,543 39.1 Bisham and Cookham (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohinder Brar 1,196 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Ricardo 1,090 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Cubley 1,000 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Jay 968 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Lawrence 964 Conservative Party (UK) Chester Denniford 936 Labour Party (UK) Judith Percival 144 Labour Party (UK) Paul Percival 105 6,403 40.9 Boyn Hill (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Holness 1,297 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Hyde 1,235 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Howes 1,215 Conservative Party (UK) Yames Bragg 643 Conservative Party (UK) Howard McBrien 641 Conservative Party (UK) Arshad Hussain 606 Green Party of England and Wales Ann Hay 113 Labour Party (UK) Robert Barclay 81 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Cooper 81 5,912 36.7 Bray (3) Conservative Party (UK) Leo Walters 1,028 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Thompson 986 Conservative Party (UK) David Burbage 982 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Janikoun 509 Liberal Democrats (UK) Heather Elliot 460 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel Shurben 396 Labour Party (UK) Alan Wellstead 147 4,508 28.4 Castle Without (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) David Eglise 962 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bryan Hedley 962 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Pritchett 959 Conservative Party (UK) George Bathurst 444 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Lavender 429 Conservative Party (UK) David Coppinger 399 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Atwell 136 Labour Party (UK) Janet Milward 132 4,423 31.4 Clewer East (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Gliksten 655 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lee Hibbard 640 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Evans 553 Conservative Party (UK) Eileen Quick 541 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Gittins 120 2,509 38.1 Clewer North (3) Independent (politician) Cynthia Endacott 967 Independent (politician) Eileen Penfold 914 Independent (politician) Geoffrey Fido 883 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Smith 457 Conservative Party (UK) James Richards 452 Conservative Party (UK) Wesley Richards 430 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Foster 274 Labour Party (UK) Ann Matthews 265 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Foakes 250 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicola Shurben 249 Labour Party (UK) Antony Matthews 245 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Wilson 227 5,613 31.6 Clewer South (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Fagence 742 Liberal Democrats (UK) Antony Wood 706 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Heaven 232 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Chukwuemeka 207 Labour Party (UK) Linda Ayres 89 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Coles 87 2,063 27.6 Cox Green (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Howes 1,332 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bruce Adams 1,320 Liberal Democrats (UK) Emrys Richards 1,295 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Digby 529 Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Mallet 493 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Horder 490 Labour Party (UK) Ian Harvey 132 Labour Party (UK) Robert Horner 121 Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Shafiq 90 5,802 34.3 Datchet (2) Conservative Party (UK) Jesse Grey 613 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Hawkes 610 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy O'Flynn 438 Independent (politician) Ewan Larcombe 264 Labour Party (UK) Peter Ward 129 2,054 29.7 Eton and Castle Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Pratt 309 58.3 Conservative Party (UK) Gwyn Collier 180 34.0 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Ward 41 7.7 129 24.3 530 29.7 Eton Wick Labour Party (UK) Mark Olney 484 62.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Smith 286 37.1 198 25.8 770 42.0 Furze Platt (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Stock 1,459 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cynthia Pitteway 1,411 Liberal Democrats (UK) Humaira Javed 1,377 Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Baker 613 Conservative Party (UK) Penelope Baker 590 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Willis 566 Labour Party (UK) Katherine Holder 117 6,133 37.7 Horton and Wraysbury (2) Independent (politician) Donald Gregory 790 Independent (politician) Richard Bertram 722 Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Parker 516 Conservative Party (UK) David Martin 474 Labour Party (UK) Paul Rae 69 2,571 34.7 Hurley and Walthams (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) John Iles 1,166 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Hyde 1,154 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Langdown 1,118 Conservative Party (UK) David Penfold 639 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Watss 580 Conservative Party (UK) Justin List 563 Labour Party (UK) Patrick McDonald 295 Labour Party (UK) Kelly Dale 272 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Webb 261 6,048 44.0 Maidenhead Riverside (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Pamela Proctor 1,374 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Herlinger 1,341 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Napier 1,294 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Jenner 877 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Hollingsworth 784 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Spear 723 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Kennedy 117 Green Party of England and Wales Craig McDermott 86 6,596 41.8 Oldfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Derek Wilson 729 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Kemp 725 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Moore 713 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Dorrington 640 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Bartley 622 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Hill 608 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Cutting 293 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Randall 217 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Smith 193 4,740 28.3 Old Windsor (2) Old Windsor Residents Association Malcolm Beer 906 Old Windsor Residents Association Eric Wiles 826 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Hawkes 173 Conservative Party (UK) James Belsey 161 Labour Party (UK) Roy Reeves 125 Labour Party (UK) Ahamed Mashoor 103 2,294 30.5 Park (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Scott 854 Liberal Democrats (UK) Beverley Green 835 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Cross 640 Conservative Party (UK) John Henson 634 Labour Party (UK) Brent Curless 77 Labour Party (UK) Annemarie Price 67 3,107 37.3 Pinkneys Green (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathryn Newbound 1,480 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Werner 1,360 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wilson Hendry 1,341 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Hollingsworth 603 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Webster 598 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Porter 581 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Horner 127 6,090 38.9 Sunningdale (2) Conservative Party (UK) Christine Bateson 858 Conservative Party (UK) John Webb 847 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Herbert-Brown 212 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Cross 185 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Cochrane 122 2,224 31.8 Sunninghill and South Ascot (3) Conservative Party (UK) Brian Birkhead 914 Conservative Party (UK) Alison Knight 904 Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Yong 896 Liberal Democrats (UK) Enid Cross 698 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charmian Hopkins 686 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Bushill 678 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Shaw 145 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Yates 136 5,057 34.4 References Windsor and Maidenhead 2003 Category:2000s in Berkshire