2003 West Oxfordshire District Council election

2003 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independents in light grey and Labour in red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003. The 2003 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/322.stm Local elections BBC News Online 9 August 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 29 Liberal Democrats 12 Independent 6 Labour 2Election Results - English Councils 2 May 2003 The Times NewsBank 17 Background Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 32 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 10 seats, Independents had 5 seats and the Labour Party had 2 seats.Polls open for local elections 1 May 2003 Oxfordshire County Publications NewsBank 16 seats were contested in 2003, with 13 of the sitting councillors defending their seats.https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/media/1066092/West-Oxfordshire-District-council-election-results-1998-2010.pdf West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results 1998 - 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council 9 August 2015 5 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151005001145/http://www.westoxon.gov.uk/media/1066092/West-Oxfordshire-District-council-election-results-1998-2010.pdf dead A total of 53 candidates stood for election, 15 Liberal Democrats, 14 Conservatives, 9 Greens, 8 Labour, 6 independents and 1 UK Independence Party. Election result The Conservatives retained control of West Oxfordshire District Council with a reduced majority of nine seats.West Oxfordshire -- Superstore battle proves the ticket 2 May 2003 Oxfordshire County Publications NewsBank They won 9 of the 16 seats contested, but lost three seats, two to the Liberal Democrats and one to an Independent candidate. This left the Conservatives with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrat gains moved them to 12 seats on the council. In total 11 of the 13 sitting councillors who stood again in 2003 won re-election. The Independent gain from the Conservatives came in Witney Central, where first time candidate Harriet Ryley was elected after campaigning against the redevelopment of the Marriotts Close area for either a superstore or housing.Election 2003: Tories tighten grip on county 2 May 2003 Oxfordshire County Publications NewsBank Meanwhile, Labour kept two seats on the council, after Eve Coles held a seat in Chipping Norton ward for the party, while none of the Green Party candidates were elected. Overall turnout at the election was 32.89%. West Oxfordshire local election result 2003Elections: Election results 2 May 2003 Financial Times NewsBank 4 Conservative Party (UK) 9 0 3 -3 56.3 38.6 6,400 -5.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 2 0 +2 25.0 30.5 5,047 +3.0% Independent (politician) 2 1 0 +1 12.5 14.0 2,320 +1.9% Labour Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 6.3 11.2 1,860 -2.5% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 788 +1.9% UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 145 +0.7% Ward results Alvescot and Filkins Conservative Party (UK) Angela Neale 384 72.3 +1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anna Fairhurst 107 20.2 -8.8 Green Party of England and Wales Xanthe Bevis 40 7.5 +7.5 277 52.2 +10.2 531 39.8 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Bampton and Clanfield Conservative Party (UK) Mark Booty 576 53.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Locke 503 46.6 73 6.8 1,079 38.4 +0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Carterton North East Conservative Party (UK) Keith Stone 235 70.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Tatton 98 29.4 137 41.2 333 17.4 Conservative Party (UK) Carterton North West Conservative Party (UK) Peter Handley 458 54.3 Independent (politician) Paul Wesson 288 34.1 Labour Party (UK) William Tumbridge 98 11.6 170 20.2 844 26.5 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Carterton South Conservative Party (UK) Harry Watts 430 49.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Madden 364 41.8 Labour Party (UK) Duncan Enright 77 8.8 66 7.6 871 28.5 -2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Charlbury and Finstock Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Breakell 735 62.2 Independent (politician) Robert Potter 386 32.7 Green Party of England and Wales Tracy Dighton-Brown 60 5.1 349 29.5 1,181 41.2 -9.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chipping Norton Labour Party (UK) Evelyn Coles 744 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) Carolyn Hazeel 631 39.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Katharine Southey 223 14.0 113 7.1 1,598 35.9 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) Eynsham and Cassington Liberal Democrats (UK) David Rossiter 838 57.8 Conservative Party (UK) Frances Pike 498 34.3 Green Party of England and Wales Jill Jones 114 7.9 340 23.5 1,450 32.5 -5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield Conservative Party (UK) Warwick Robinson 714 65.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm West 384 35.0 330 30.0 1,098 36.3 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Kingham, Rollright and Enstone Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Rose 660 60.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Amanda Epps 217 20.0 Labour Party (UK) Georgina Burrows 206 19.0 443 40.9 -1.4 1,083 34.7 Conservative Party (UK) Stonesfield and Tackley Independent (politician) Charles Cottrell-Dormer 782 69.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Leffman 184 16.5 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Turnbull 152 13.6 598 53.4 1,118 36.0 -11.4 Independent (politician) Witney Central Independent (politician) Harriet Ryley 351 30.1 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Creery 335 28.7 Labour Party (UK) Richard Kelsall 290 24.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Slamin 154 13.2 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Creighton 37 3.2 16 1.4 1,167 39.4 -1.7 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Witney East Liberal Democrats (UK) David Nicholson 571 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Barton 366 32.6 Labour Party (UK) Mark Albert 118 10.5 Green Party of England and Wales Christopher Marchant 66 5.9 205 18.3 1,121 31.5 -1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Witney North Liberal Democrats (UK) Serena Martin 439 41.7 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Curry 405 38.5 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Dossett-Davies 208 19.8 34 3.2 1,052 34.7 +1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Witney South Conservative Party (UK) Ross McFarlane 408 31.0 Independent (politician) Thomas Titherington 334 25.4 Labour Party (UK) Phillip Edney 224 17.0 UK Independence Party James Robertshaw 145 11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Olive Minett 139 10.6 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen Mohammad 66 5.0 74 5.6 1,316 29.5 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Witney West Conservative Party (UK) Alvin Adams 300 41.8 Independent (politician) Ian Lucas 179 24.9 Labour Party (UK) David Wesson 103 14.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Branner 91 12.7 Green Party of England and Wales Colette Jones 45 6.3 121 16.9 718 24.0 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) References West Oxfordshire 2003 Category:2000s in Oxfordshire