2003 Guildford Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election September 2026 December 2013 The 2003 elections for Guildford Borough Council were the first, and as of 2011 the only, full election for Guildford Borough Council conducted by an all postal ballot.See http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/85232_postal_power_puts_voting_back_in_poll_position An all postal ballot was used in one subsequent Guildford ward by-election - the Friary and St Nicolas ward by-election for Guildford Borough Council held on 25 March 2004. For further details see para 5 at http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/40CE1851-7BB3-438B-A633-DAF9E954C275/4276/Item7AllPostalBallotReview2272004.pdfOctober 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes The result saw the Conservatives win a majority of seats on Guildford Borough Council for the first time since losing their majority in the 1991 election. Boundary changes In September 1998, the Local Government Commission for England published their "Final Recommendations on the Future Electoral Arrangements for Guildford in Surrey".http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/document-summary?assetid=12939 Archived copy 19 May 2011 31 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120531080706/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/document-summary?assetid=12939 dead The recommendations in this report formed the basis for the redrawing of ward boundaries in Guildford increasing the number of wards from 21 to 22; and increasing the number of councillors from 45 to 48. The 2003 council election was the first contested under these new ward boundaries.The Borough of Guildford (Electoral Changes) Order 1999, SI 1999 No. 2475 The new ward boundaries differed from the old ones as follows: 13 of the 21 wards in Guildford saw their boundaries alter to some degree or other; 8 wards were left unaltered namely - Clandon & Horsley, Effingham, Lovelace, Normandy, Pirbright, Send, Tillingbourne and Worplesdon; Merrow & Burpham ward, which previously had elected 3 councillors, was split in two. In its place was created a new Merrow ward with 3 councillors and a new Burpham ward with 2 councillors.There had been a significant degree of new housing and consequent population increase in parts of Burpham and in the Merrow Park area since the previous ward boundaries had been drawn up in time for the 1976 Guildford local elections. the three wards representing Ash and Tongham, prior to the 2003 boundary changes, had been named Ash, Ash Vale and Tongham. Between them they had been represented by 6 councillors. They were replaced by three substantially redrawn wards with the names Ash South & Tongham, Ash Vale and Ash Wharf, which between them had 7 councillors. The new Ash Vale ward covered a significantly smaller geographical area than the previous ward known as Ash Vale; the boundary line between the Pilgrims ward and the Shalford ward was altered so that the Shalford ward would now include the areas of Artington and Compton which had previously been part of Pilgrims. This change saw the number of councillors representing Shalford increase from 1 to 2 and the number of councillors representing Pilgrims decline from 2 to 1; the dividing line between the Stoughton ward and the Westborough ward was redrawn; the various dividing lines between the following wards in Guildford town were redrawn: Christchurch, Friary & St Nicolas, Holy Trinity, Onslow, and Stoke; and the number of councillors representing Holy Trinity increased from 2 to 3 and the number of councillors representing Stoke decreased from 3 to 2. Voter turnout Average voter turnout increased throughout Guildford Borough Council from 36.2%, in 1999, to 53.4%, in 2003.See para 2.3 at http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/40CE1851-7BB3-438B-A633-DAF9E954C275/4276/Item7AllPostalBallotReview2272004.pdfOctober 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Summary of election results 450px|thumb|right|2003 election Guildford Borough Council Going into the 2003 election the net position was as follows. (The net position includes the defection of one of the Liberal Democrat councillors for Worplesdon first to the independents, in 1999, and then, in 2002, to the Conservatives).For 1999 election results see Surrey Advertiser 14 May 1999. For councillor Nigel Sutcliffe resigning from the Liberal Democrats in July 1999 see: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/82138_former_leader_quits_lib_dem_group_after_row . For Nigel Sutcliffe standing as a Conservative in 2003 see Guildford BC election results 2003: http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB4B28EA-357B-41CA-AD67-E1DB1B563AC4/0/BoroughCouncilResults2003.PDF Archived copy 18 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061001022507/http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB4B28EA-357B-41CA-AD67-E1DB1B563AC4/0/BoroughCouncilResults2003.PDF 1 October 2006 + Prior to 2003 council election Party Seats Conservative18 Labour6 Liberal Democrats19 Independent2 After the election the position was as follows. + After 2003 council electionGuildford BC election results 2003: http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB4B28EA-357B-41CA-AD67-E1DB1B563AC4/0/BoroughCouncilResults2003.PDF Archived copy 18 November 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061001022507/http://www.guildford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB4B28EA-357B-41CA-AD67-E1DB1B563AC4/0/BoroughCouncilResults2003.PDF 1 October 2006 Party Seats Conservative26 Labour2 Liberal Democrats19 Independent1 The Conservatives made a net gain of eight seats, gaining nine and losing one; The Liberal Democrats retained the same number of seats; gaining four and losing four; The Labour Party lost four seats; The number of independents on Guildford Borough Council reduced from two to one. Conservative seat changes In the May 2003 elections, the Conservatives gained 6 seats in Guildford town itself (4 in the Merrow and Burpham area, 1 in Holy Trinity Ward and 1 in Onslow ward); 2 seats in the Ash and Tongham area, towards the west of the borough of Guildford; and 1 seat in Tillingbourne, the rural district towards the south east of Guildford borough. The Liberal Democrats retook from the Conservatives the 1 Worplesdon seat which the Liberal Democrats had lost as a result of a defection during the 1999-2003 session. Liberal Democrat seat changes In May 2003, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats from the Labour Party in Westborough ward, towards the west of Guildford town. The Liberal Democrats retook from the Conservatives the Worplesdon seat which the Liberal Democrats had lost as a result of a defection during the 1999-2003 session. The Liberal Democrats lost 4 seats to the Conservatives three in Guildford town itself (2 losses in the Merrow & Burpham areas and 1 in Onslow ward) and one in the rural Tillingbourne ward. Labour seat changes The Labour Party lost 3 seats to the Liberal Democrats in Westborough. Additionally the Labour Party lost 1 seat in Stoke ward, towards the north of Guildford town as a result of boundary changes and a reduction in the number of councillors representing that ward from 3 to 2. By election changes Subsequent to the May 2003 elections, the Liberal Democrats gained a seat from the Conservatives in Merrow ward, in a by election in July 2003, increasing the number of Liberal Democrat seats on the council from 19 to 20 and reducing the number of Conservative seats from 26 to 25. May 2003 Results Ash South & Tongham (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) John Grenville Ades 1691 56.2 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart James Carter 1395 46.4 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas John Sutcliffe 1356 45.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Richard Hilliar 1035 34.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Gail Elizabeth Spencer 985 32.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carolyn Elisabeth Ruth Hilliar 967 32.2 Labour Party (UK) Rosa Katherine Pawsey 276 9.2 Labour Party (UK) Donald Bennett Hirsch 262 8.7 Labour Party (UK) Alan Duthie Roy 243 8.1 321 10.7 3007The turnout figures given herein are the published figures for the number of ballot papers. All percentages whether related to the percentage vote per candidate; the percentage majority; or the percentage turnover are calculated using this figure for the number of ballot papers. 49.7 Ash Vale (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Manning 1085 56.3 Conservative Party (UK) Marsha Jayne Moseley 1037 53.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Denise Jacqueline Smith 581 30.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craig Victor Pickets 562 29.2 Labour Party (UK) Lynne Janice MacDonald 176 9.1 Labour Party (UK) Amanda Elizabeth Emily Reed 159 8.3 456 23.7 1926 45.5 Ash Wharf (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Jayne Hewlett 1048 47.9 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Thomas Evans 1028 47.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Valerie Frampton 762 34.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Richard Frampton 743 34.0 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Eric Jenkinson 269 12.3 Labour Party (UK) Kazimierz Mieczyslaw Jasinski 239 10.9 266 12.2 2187 48.8 Burpham (top 2 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Patrick Mayne 1015 45.5 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Dominic Leonard Brougham 966 43.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rupert John Kinnaird Sheard 927 41.6 Conservative Party (UK) Julie Jean Perry 916 41.1 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Charles Newton 240 10.8 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Piers Hill 196 8.8 39 1.7 2230 55.5 Christchurch (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Andrew John Edward Hodges 1312 50.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivienne Natalie Johnson 1154 44.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Hunter 1151 44.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tom Sharp 968 37.3 Green Party of England and Wales John Michael Pletts 180 6.9 Labour Party (UK) Celia Anne Lindsay 148 5.7 Labour Party (UK) Tim David Wolfenden 118 4.5 3 0.1 2596 67.6 Clandon & Horsley (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Eleri Powell 2761 72.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jenny Mary Wicks 2563 67.3 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew John French 2521 66.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald James Harman 720 18.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip John Palmer 597 15.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Teresa Thorne 524 13.7 Labour Party (UK) Meriel Anne Beynon 389 10.2 Labour Party (UK) Julie Roxburgh 377 9.9 Labour Party (UK) John Virgo Brown 364 9.6 1801 47.3 3811 58.6 Effingham (only 1 candidate elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Irene Hogger 700 52.3 Conservative Party (UK) James Louie Nicholls 572 42.7 Labour Party (UK) Fanny Lines 32 2.4 128 9.6 1339 68.8 Friary & St. Nicolas (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard George Marks 1694 57.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Evelyn Blundell 1684 57.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David John Goodwin 1642 56.2 Conservative Party (UK) Michael John Gorman 628 21.5 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Ann Hooper 621 21.2 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Matthew Simon Hooper 571 19.5 Labour Party (UK) Helen Mary Ayscough 325 11.1 Labour Party (UK) James Heaphy 292 10.0 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Dominic Robin Ayscough 261 8.9 Trinity Michel Wayne Harper 225 7.7 Trinity Raschid Michael Abdullah 205 7.0 1014 34.7 2924 46.6 Holy Trinity (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Tamsy Katharine Baker 1509 47.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gordon Alfred Bridger 1390 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) Sarah Kathleen Creedy 1337 42.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Slade 1237 39.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Anthony Ellis Williams 1187 37.5 Conservative Party (UK) Vivien Mary Sale 1179 37.3 Green Party of England and Wales Barbara Kathleen Edwards 392 12.4 Labour Party (UK) Barry Hall 214 6.8 Labour Party (UK) Frank Gunning 192 6.1 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Hamilton MacDonald 170 5.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Robert Alexander McWhirter 106 3.4 100 3.2 3162 55.8 Lovelace (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) John Richard Garrett 629 59.2 Labour Party (UK) Carol Hayton 204 19.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Arthur Julian Thorne 179 16.9 425 40.0 1062 57.5 Merrow (top 3 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony William Bays 1580 46.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jennifer Jordan 1572 46.2 Conservative Party (UK) Sheridan Nicholas Westlake 1569 46.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Lee 1434 42.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Rachael Stanley 1419 41.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Merilyn Gail Spier 1399 41.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael Peter Hornsby-Smith 337 9.9 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Robert Balls 314 9.2 Labour Party (UK) Graham Redvers Gosling 289 8.5 135 4.0 3401 58.2 Normandy (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Diana Lockyer-Nibbs 923 61.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Henry Vincent Charman 365 24.4 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Brady 172 11.5 558 37.3 1497 62.1 Onslow (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynda Strudwick 1115 42.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tony Phillips 1094 41.4 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Ann Kirkland 984 37.3 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Stuart Chandler 960 36.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Christopher Freeman 920 34.8 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Andrew Chambers 893 33.8 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Ian Bullock 541 20.5 Labour Party (UK) Florence Flynn 382 14.5 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Thomas Rogers 310 11.7 Green Party of England and Wales Richard William Stephens 310 11.7 24 0.9 2641 41.6 Pilgrims (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Rooth 750 67.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Scott Mellor 231 20.8 Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Parfitt 85 7.7 519 46.8 1108 58.4 Pirbright (only 1 candidate elected) Conservative Party (UK) Michael George William Nevins 606 63.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Charlotte Marie Healy 206 21.7 Labour Party (UK) Peter Paul Newmark 98 10.3 400 42.2 948 50.9 Send (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Keith Charles Taylor 1262 67.6 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Dickson Patrick 1049 56.2 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Bean 386 20.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Madeline Amelia Clements 309 16.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rupert Emerson 285 15.3 Labour Party (UK) Sally Carrol Tiffin 186 10.0 663 35.5 1868 58.3 Shalford (top 2 candidates elected) Conservative Party (UK) Vasilis Alexandros Kapsalis 1348 55.4 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Ward 1152 47.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Vyvyan Orchard 863 35.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Thomson 768 31.6 Labour Party (UK) Michael Stanley Jeram 266 10.9 Labour Party (UK) Susan Pauline Gomm 180 7.4 289 11.9 2432 59.4 Stoke (top 2 candidates elected) Labour Party (UK) Brian Keith Chesterton 994 43.8 Labour Party (UK) Angela Gunning 989 43.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thibault-Charles Jamme 651 28.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen John Wright 584 25.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael David Catton 436 19.2 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Henry Johns 336 14.8 British National Party Francis Samuel McAllister 187 8.2 338 14.9 2268 49.9 Stoughton (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Ann Searle 1367 47.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jayne Diana Marks 1352 46.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fiona Jean White 1087 37.7 Independent (politician) Anthony James Ferris 670 23.2 Conservative Party (UK) David James Quelch 657 22.8 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Nicholas Whitby-Collins 548 19.0 Conservative Party (UK) Charlotte Helen Louise Keys 428 14.8 Labour Party (UK) Carole Jean Barber 333 11.6 Labour Party (UK) Ian Stuart Mather 328 11.4 Labour Party (UK) William McCulloch Scott 319 11.1 Trinity Nigel Herbert Foreman 307 10.6 Trinity Michael George Pooley 165 5.7 417 14.4 2883 47.3 Tillingbourne (top 2 candidates elected) Independent (politician) Keith Childs 1559 60.6 Conservative Party (UK) David Alan Wright 1435 55.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Montgomery Wicks 811 31.5 Labour Party (UK) Carolyn Fiddes 238 9.3 624 24.3 2572 62.3 Westborough (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Valerie Jean Hazelwood 1292 41.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Olaf Eugen Kolassa 1233 39.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marilyn Merryweather 1192 38.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael Joseph Hassell 1075 34.3 Labour Party (UK) Martin Phillips 1056 33.7 Labour Party (UK) David Vaughan Hide 969 30.9 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Johns 576 18.4 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Anne Parke 566 18.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Marshall 544 17.4 Pacifist Party John Hugh Morris 133 4.2 117 3.7 3132 46.9 Worplesdon (top 3 candidates elected) Liberal Democrats (UK) Jill Margaret Chan 1586 45.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Terence Nigel King 1565 45.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Victor John Searle 1519 43.8 Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Nigel Sutcliffe 1496 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) Sheila Gladys Knight 1418 40.9 Conservative Party (UK) Christine Margaret Stacy 1402 40.4 Labour Party (UK) Kerry Jane James 302 8.7 Labour Party (UK) Norma Patricia Hedger 296 8.5 Labour Party (UK) Edward John Boys Pawsey 258 7.4 23 0.7 3469 54.4 Guildford BC election results 2003 References 2003 Category:2003 English local elections Category:2000s in Surrey