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2003 Fenland District Council election
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thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 Fenland council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey.
The 2003 Fenland District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/111.stm Local elections BBC News Online 11 September 2011 The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429056/Local-council-election-results.html Local council election results 3 May 2003 The Daily Telegraph 12 September 2011
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Election result
The results saw the Conservatives easily stay in control of the council taking 36 of the 40 seats, with Conservative candidates having been unopposed in 11 wards.https://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/features/2003/05/results_fenland.shtml Fenland District Council results 2003 BBC News Online 12 September 2011 The only ward where any other group won all of the seats was in Waterlees in Wisbech, where Labour took both seats.
Fenland local election result 2003http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Fenland/result.htm Election Results Fenland District Council Political Science Resources 12 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120902081823/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Fenland/result.htm 2 September 2012 dead
Conservative Party (UK)
36
-
-
+7
90.0
67.5
13,088
Labour Party (UK)
3
-
-
-4
7.5
21.7
4,209
Independent (politician)
1
-
-
-2
2.5
6.7
1,306
Liberal Democrats (UK)
0
-
-
-1
0
2.9
567
Green Party of England and Wales
0
-
-
0
0
1.1
223
14 Conservative candidates were unopposed at the election.
Ward results
Bassenhally (Whittlesey)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenneth Mayor
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Benwick, Coates and Eastrea (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Butcher
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Pamela Potts
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Birch (Chatteris)
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Melton
304
66.5
Labour Party (UK)
David Biggs
153
33.5
151
33.0
457
28.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Clarkson (Wisbech)
Conservative Party (UK)
Carol Cox
245
64.6
Labour Party (UK)
Ann Purt
134
35.4
111
29.2
379
23.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Delph
Conservative Party (UK)
Denise Laws
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Doddington
Conservative Party (UK)
Geoffrey Harper
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Elm and Christchurch (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Malcolm Cotterell
550
Conservative Party (UK)
Evelyn Green
486
Independent (politician)
Phillip Webb
368
1,404
27.2
Hill (Wisbech) (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon King
621
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Wegg
574
Labour Party (UK)
Lewis Purt
258
1,453
25.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kingsmoor (Whittlesey)
Conservative Party (UK)
Martin Curtis
239
57.6
Labour Party (UK)
Douglas Costain
176
42.4
63
15.2
415
32.1
Kirkgate (Wisbech)
Conservative Party (UK)
Leslie Sims
245
66.9
Labour Party (UK)
Ronald Harris
121
33.1
124
33.8
366
21.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Lattersey
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Garratt
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Manea
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Jolley
unopposed
March East (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Bernard Keane
805
Conservative Party (UK)
Frederick Yeulett
674
Labour Party (UK)
Barry Howlett
672
Labour Party (UK)
Barry Wales
662
Conservative Party (UK)
Leon Hyde
624
Labour Party (UK)
Martin Field
509
Green Party of England and Wales
Christopher Bennett
223
4,169
29.0
March North (3 seats)
Independent (politician)
Patricia Brewin
716
Conservative Party (UK)
Trevor Quince
641
Conservative Party (UK)
John West
633
Conservative Party (UK)
Kimberley French
612
2,602
24.1
March West (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Janet French
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Owen
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Skoulding
unopposed
Medworth (Wisbech)
Conservative Party (UK)
Jonathon Farmer
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Cyril Bellamy
683
Conservative Party (UK)
Clifford Edwards
630
Labour Party (UK)
John Cook
264
1,577
29.7
Peckover (Wisbech)
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth Carlisle
295
77.2
Labour Party (UK)
Simon Massen
87
22.8
208
54.4
382
22.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Roman Bank (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Humphrey
851
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Hardy
849
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Ward
810
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Hibbert
329
2,839
27.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Slade Lode
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Dickinson
165
39.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Christopher Howes
129
30.8
Labour Party (UK)
Grant Osbourn
125
29.8
36
8.6
419
25.6
Conservative Party (UK)
St Andrews
Conservative Party (UK)
Ronald Speechley
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
St Marys
Conservative Party (UK)
Ursula Cuffe
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Staithe (Wisbech)
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Green
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
The Mills
Conservative Party (UK)
Albert German
360
61.9
Independent (politician)
Stephen Wilson
222
38.1
138
23.8
582
31.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Waterlees (Wisbech) (2 seats)
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Cawthorne
317
Labour Party (UK)
Avis Gilliatt
297
Conservative Party (UK)
Yvonne Lawrence
230
Conservative Party (UK)
Susanah Farmer
192
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Paul Clapp
162
1,198
17.7
Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Wenneye
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Murphy
353
56.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Florence Newell
276
43.9
77
12.2
629
35.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Wimblington
Conservative Party (UK)
Jillian Tuck
417
79.9
Labour Party (UK)
Claire Osbourn
105
20.1
312
59.8
522
37.4
References
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