2003 Cherwell District Council election

2003 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 thumb|Results of the 2003 Cherwell District Council election The 2003 Cherwell District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Cherwell 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/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/55.stm Local elections 2009-10-21 BBC News Before the election the Conservatives were expected to lose seats after a recent large council tax rise. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6576430.polls-open-local-elections/ Polls open for local elections 2009-10-21 2003-05-01 Oxford Mail The results saw the Conservatives keep a majority but suffer a net loss of 3 seats after losing 2 seats each to Labour and the Liberal Democrats. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6576348.cherwell-tories-drop-three-seats/ Cherwell: Tories drop three seats 2009-10-21 2003-05-02 Oxford Mail The Labour winners included John Hanna who won by 44 votes after losing in the 2002 election by 8 votes. However the Conservatives did gain a seat in Banbury Grimsbury & Castle from Labour for the first in over 20 years. Meanwhile, the National Front stood a candidate for the first time to Cherwell Council and said that they would stand in all of the Bicester wards in the next election in 2004. After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 34 Labour 12 Liberal Democrat 4 English local elections: Results The Guardian 12 2003-05-02 Election result Cherwell local election result 2003 Election Results The Times 17 2003-05-02 Conservative Party (UK) 9 1 4 -3 56.3 47.7 9,457 -3.6% Labour Party (UK) 4 2 1 +1 25.0 25.4 5,034 -6.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 2 0 +2 18.8 23.8 4,719 +7.8% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 306 +1.1% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 155 +0.2% British National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 142 +0.7% Ward results Ambrosden & Chesterton http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Cherwell/election.html Election Results 2003 2009-10-21 Political Science Resources https://web.archive.org/web/20110125074707/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Cherwell/election.html 25 January 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Fulljames 517 73.6 +8.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ralph Rookwood 185 26.4 +1.5 332 47.2 +7.2 702 Conservative Party (UK) The Astons & Heyfords Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Makepeace 718 51.2 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Miall 684 48.8 34 2.4 1,402 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Easington Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Morris 870 47.9 Labour Party (UK) David Bullock 340 18.7 Independent (politician) Gordon Gerry 306 16.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daphne Nash 223 12.3 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Cull-Dodd 79 4.3 530 29.2 1,818 Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Grimsbury & Castle Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Back 704 50.7 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Ross 684 49.3 20 1.4 1,388 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Banbury Hardwick Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Turner 504 60.4 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Coles 331 39.6 173 20.8 835 Conservative Party (UK) Banbury Ruscote Labour Party (UK) Janet Justice 676 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Strangwood 652 49.1 24 1.8 1,328 Labour Party (UK) Bicester East Labour Party (UK) John Hanna 542 46.6 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Kempton 498 42.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Olatunde Afilaka 124 10.7 44 3.8 1,164 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bicester North Conservative Party (UK) Eamonn Gilmore 564 57.4 Labour Party (UK) Wendy Spencer 273 27.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Creed 146 14.9 291 29.6 983 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester South Conservative Party (UK) Rose Stratford 405 42.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Cotter 387 40.7 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Cherry 159 16.7 18 1.9 951 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester Town Conservative Party (UK) Diana Edwards 564 52.3 Labour Party (UK) John Broad 341 31.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Walton 173 16.0 223 20.7 1,078 Conservative Party (UK) Bicester West Labour Party (UK) Leslie Sibley 774 43.3 Conservative Party (UK) Russell Hurle 690 38.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lorraine Read 181 10.1 British National Front James Starkey 142 7.9 84 4.7 1,787 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cropredy Conservative Party (UK) Rosemarie Higham 704 77.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Davis 204 22.5 500 55.0 908 Conservative Party (UK) Hook Norton Conservative Party (UK) Derrick Gasson 597 77.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Squires 172 22.4 425 55.2 769 Conservative Party (UK) Kidlington North Liberal Democrats (UK) John Wyse 786 54.6 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Goodgame 408 28.4 Labour Party (UK) Catharine Arakelian 245 17.0 378 26.2 1,439 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kidlington South Labour Party (UK) John Stansby 669 37.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Devena Rae 602 33.9 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Carter 507 28.5 67 3.7 1,778 Labour Party (UK) Yarnton, Gosford & Water Eaton Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Evans 818 55.2 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Billington 589 39.7 Green Party of England and Wales Nicholas Goodwin 76 5.1 229 15.5 1,483 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Cherwell 2003 Category:2000s in Oxfordshire