2003 Worcester City Council election

2003 UK local government election October 2019 December 2013 The 2003 Worcester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/334.stm Local elections 4 January 2010 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 19 Labour 10 Independent 5 Liberal Democrat 2 Election Results The Times 17 2 May 2003 Campaign 13 seats were contested in the election with 2 seats available in St Nicholas ward after a Labour councillor stood down. Worcestershire council nominations: Far right join in battle for city; Worcester Birmingham Mail 13 8 April 2003 Labour defended 7 seats as against 5 for the Conservatives and 1 for the independents. Jonathan Walker Elections 2003: Tories hoping to tighten their grip for majority Birmingham Post 4 20 April 2003 Meanwhile, the decision of the British National Party to put up a candidate in Holy Trinity ward received attention in the press. Worcester was a top Conservative target council in the 2003 local elections, Jo Dillon Tories in election plot to boost IDS The Independent on Sunday 4 20 April 2003 Jill Sherman Melissa Kite Blair risks forfeiting a dozen councils to mid-term blues The Times 16 11 April 2003 with gains here seen as important signal for the parties performance at the next general election. Charlie Courtauld Worcester Woman is unimpressed and may not be voting at all; The Tories invented her, then wooed her. But she seems likely to rebuff them again on Thursday The Independent 10 27 April 2003 The Conservatives had controlled the council as a minority administration since the 2000 election and were hoping to win a majority. They said Labour had been out of touch when they ran the council and had made poor decisions such as using green fields for transport schemes. However, Labour attacked the Conservatives for the council's budget, including a council tax rise of 9.5% and poor waste collection services; as well as the controversy over the closing and then rescue of Swan Theatre in Worcester. The level of postal voting in the election was up on previous years with 5,000 postal voting forms being sent, compared to 3,000 in 2002. Jonathan Walker Demand for postal votes on the rise Birmingham Post 4 22 April 2003 https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7641332.post-your-vote-idea-catching-on/ Post-your-vote idea catching on 5 January 2010 19 April 2003 Malvern Gazette Election result The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council, https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/02/localgovernment.elections2003 Backlash costs Labour 750 seats 5 January 2010 2 May 2003 guardian.co.uk London Simon Parker after gaining 2 seats from Labour but losing 1 seat to the Liberal Democrats. http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=12912673&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=Tories%20cling%20on%20to%20Worcester Tories cling on to Worcester 5 January 2010 2 May 2003 icBirmingham This meant that Labour only held 10 seats which was the lowest number of seats they had held on the council up to then. However Labour did manage to retain Holy Trinity ward, defeating the British National Party who came second in the ward. Voter turnout was low, dropping as low as 18% in St Barnabus ward. Worcester local election result 2003 http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Worcester/results03.htm Electoral Services - Results 2003 4 January 2010 Political Science Resources https://web.archive.org/web/20120510022352/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Worcester/results03.htm 10 May 2012 dead Conservative Party (UK) 6 2 1 +1 46.2 41.3 9,399 -3.1% Labour Party (UK) 5 0 2 -2 38.5 35.9 8,163 -2.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 0 +1 7.7 10.8 2,452 -0.7% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 7.7 9.5 2,164 +3.5% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 271 +1.2% Socialist Party (England and Wales) 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 220 +1.0% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 83 +0.4% Ward results All Saints Conservative Party (UK) Francis Lankester 722 48.1 -8.7 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Watson 559 37.2 -6.0 Socialist Party (England and Wales) Douglas Menzies 220 14.7 +14.7 163 10.9 -2.7 1,501 32.0 Conservative Party (UK) Bedwardine Conservative Party (UK) David Clark 900 55.8 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) Simon Arnold 389 24.1 -4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Louis Stephen 325 20.1 +8.4 511 31.7 +0.4 1,614 30.5 Conservative Party (UK) Claines Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Smith 1,346 57.2 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) William Elsy 1,009 42.8 +1.0 337 14.4 -2.0 2,355 44.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Holy Trinity Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Williams 566 51.6 -5.9 British National Party Martin Roberts 271 24.7 +24.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Campbell 259 23.6 -2.9 295 26.9 -4.1 1,096 26.2 Labour Party (UK) Nunnery Independent (politician) Michael Layland 852 54.3 +9.4 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Taylor 505 32.2 -7.7 Conservative Party (UK) James Denlegh-Maxwell 212 13.5 -1.7 347 22.1 +17.1 1,569 32.0 Independent (politician) St Barnabas Labour Party (UK) Adrian Gregson 563 74.2 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Turner 196 25.8 +5.0 367 48.4 -10.0 759 18.3 Labour Party (UK) St Clement Conservative Party (UK) Colin Phillips 871 41.0 -9.1 Labour Party (UK) Matthew Lamb 858 40.4 -9.5 Independent (politician) Paul Coveney 394 18.6 +18.6 13 0.6 +0.4 2,123 33.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St John Labour Party (UK) David Candler 753 53.1 +0.6 Independent (politician) Colin Layland 396 27.9 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Hazelton 185 13.1 -6.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Jean Eaves 83 5.9 +5.9 357 25.2 +0.5 1,417 28.5 Labour Party (UK) St Martin Conservative Party (UK) Lucy Hodgson 1,460 50.2 -1.1 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Clayton 1,447 49.8 +1.1 13 0.4 -2.2 2,907 23.6 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Nicholas (2) Labour Party (UK) Robert Peachey 837 Labour Party (UK) Richard Bird 834 Conservative Party (UK) David Tibbutt 759 Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Staines 715 3,145 33.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Peter Conservative Party (UK) Robert Rowden 1,121 42.9 -8.8 Labour Party (UK) George Squires 524 20.1 -7.7 Independent (politician) Craig Mills 522 20.0 +20.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Iain Macbriar 446 17.1 -3.4 597 22.8 -1.1 2,613 30.0 Conservative Party (UK) St Stephen Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Inman 990 59.9 -1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Griffiths 335 20.3 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Ali Asghar 328 19.8 -1.4 655 39.6 -0.5 1,653 30.0 Conservative Party (UK) References 30em 2003 Category:2003 English local elections Category:2000s in Worcestershire