2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election

2003 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election parliamentary no Green Party of England and Wales 1999 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election 1999 2007 Brighton and Hove City Council election 2007 All 54 council seats28 seats needed for a majority 1 May 2003 Ken Bodfish 1999 Labour Party (UK) 34 24 10 70,412 31.71% Conservative Party (UK) 17 20 3 76,578 34.49% Green Party of England and Wales 3 6 3 36,810 16.58% Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 3 2 33,586 15.13% Brighton and Hove City Council election 2003 map.svg Map of results of 2003 election Leader, Majority Party Leader, Council Control after election Ken Bodfish Labour Party (UK) Ken Bodfish No overall control Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council on the south coast of England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election and all 54 councillors were elected from 21 wards.Brighton & Hove City Council [Archive] http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Brighton/election.html politicsresources.net 18 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111253/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Brighton/election.html 4 March 2016 Labour lost their majority on the council but continued to govern in a minority administration. Summary Election result 2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election Labour Co-operative 54 24 2 2 21 31.6 44.4 70,412 –14.2 Conservative Party (UK) 54 20 1 3 7 34.4 37.0 76,578 –3.0 Green Party of England and Wales 53 6 0 0 3 16.5 11.1 36,810 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 54 3 1 0 15.4 5.6 34,374 +10.2 Independent politician 7 1 1 0 1 1.5 1.9 3,286 +1.4 Socialist Alliance (England) 2 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 476 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) 2 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 357 +0.1 British National Party 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.0 314 N/A UKIP 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.0 197 N/A |- note: Socialist Alliance stood as Socialist Alliance Against The War Ward results Brunswick and Adelaide Brunswick & Adelaide (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Elgood 1,222 29.40 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Watkins 1,103 26.54 Labour Co-operative Daniel Fox 622 14.97 Labour Co-operative John Warmington 542 13.04 Green Party of England and Wales Felicity Tanous 291 7.00 Conservative Party (UK) Harry Haynes 269 6.47 Conservative Party (UK) Debra Wade 266 6.40 Independent (politician) Nigel Furness 63 1.16 Independent (politician) Valentine Hogan 47 1.13 2,549 33.0 +4.1 7,725 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Central Hove Central Hove (2) Conservative Party (UK) Averil Older 1,092 19.64 Conservative Party (UK) Jan Young 1,062 19.10 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jenny Barnard-Langston 884 15.90 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Barnard 847 15.23 Labour Co-operative Christopher Wainwright 544 9.78 Labour Co-operative Alun Jones 513 9.23 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Butler 327 5.88 Green Party of England and Wales Jacqueline DaCosta 291 5.23 41.58 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) East Brighton East Brighton (3) Labour Co-operative Gilliam Mitchell 1,545 14.12 Labour Co-operative Warren Morgan 1,451 13.26 Labour Co-operative Craig Turton 1,223 11.18 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Faulkner 1,062 9.71 Conservative Party (UK) Sally Wells 1,017 9.30 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Middleton 976 8.92 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Bowden 770 7.04 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Barrow 682 6.23 Green Party of England and Wales Diana Hicks 623 5.69 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas William Stokes 553 5.05 Green Party of England and Wales Julia Knowles 475 4.34 Green Party of England and Wales Stephen McLaren Watson 396 3.62 Socialist Labour Party (UK) John McLeod 167 1.53 38.6 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Goldsmid Goldsmid (3) Conservative Party (UK) Anne Giebeler 1,521 10.92 Labour Co-operative Simon Battle 1,495 10.73 Labour Co-operative Vincent Meegan 1,490 10.70 Labour Co-operative Frieda Warman-Brown 1,463 10.50 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Harmer-Strange 1,456 10.45 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Rowe 1,451 10.42 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bob Bailey 1,100 7.90 Liberal Democrats (UK) Josephine Lake 1,019 7.32 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Board 881 6.33 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Bakere 877 6.30 Green Party of England and Wales Jenny Deadman 633 4.55 Green Party of England and Wales Gordon Hudson 541 3.88 43.73 +9.73 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Co-operative Conservative Party (UK) Labour Co-operative Conservative Party (UK) Hangleton and Knoll Hangleton & Knoll (3) Labour Co-operative Brian Fitch 2,550 15.25 Labour Co-operative Gerry Kielty 2,394 14.32 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Willows 2,449 14.65 Conservative Party (UK) Dawn Barnett 2,315 13.85 Labour Co-operative James Edward 2,175 13.01 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Wade 2,123 12.70 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Sears 517 3.09 Liberal Democrats (UK) Emily Pearson 477 2.85 Green Party of England and Wales Lucette Forrest 448 2.68 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lee Shingles 434 2.60 Green Party of England and Wales Jean Jones 270 1.62 Socialist Alliance (England) Maggie Clifford 210 1.26 Green Party of England and Wales Matthew Dunton 207 1.24 Independent (politician) Gregory McAusland 149 0.89 56.31 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Conservative Party (UK) Hanover and Elm Grove Hanover & Elm Grove (3) Green Party of England and Wales Joseph Randall 2,198 16.05 Green Party of England and Wales Georgia Wrighton 1,895 13.84 Labour Co-operative Joyce Edmond-Smith 1,886 13.77 Labour Co-operative John Ballance 1,722 12.57 Labour Co-operative John Newington 1,510 11.03 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Jarrett 1,382 10.09 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Owen 517 3.77 Conservative Party (UK) James Roochove 489 3.57 Conservative Party (UK) Luke McCabe 466 3.40 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Lindsay-Hills 460 3.36 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Neish 455 3.32 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Hunnable 450 3.29 Socialist Alliance (England) David Fellows 266 1.94 44.76 Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales Labour Co-operative Hollingbury and Stanmer Hollingbury and Stanmer (3) Labour Co-operative Jeane Lepper 1,882 16.36 Labour Co-operative Pat Hawkes 1,711 14.88 Labour Co-operative Tehmtan Framroze 1,680 14.61 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Ramsden 1,006 8.75 Conservative Party (UK) Roger McCabe 977 8.49 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Weatherley 914 7.95 Green Party of England and Wales Anthony Ackroyd 669 5.82 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Barker 494 4.30 Green Party of England and Wales Amelia Mills 478 4.16 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ellen Woolley 457 3.97 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hector Gow 375 3.26 Green Party of England and Wales Steven Sorrell 339 2.95 Independent (politician) Anthony Greenstein 329 2.86 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Ian Fyvie 190 1.65 37.91 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Moulsecoomb and Bevendean Moulcoomb and Bevendean (3) Labour Co-operative Francis Tonks 1,659 15.48 Labour Co-operative Anne Meadows 1,635 15.25 Labour Party (UK) Jack Hazelgrove 1,632 15.23 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Champion 933 8.70 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Dando 903 8.43 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Smith 891 8.31 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrea Bain 614 5.73 Green Party of England and Wales Kate Chapman 539 5.03 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Durden 500 4.66 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bernard Huggins 495 4.62 Green Party of England and Wales Barry Mills 399 3.72 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Needham 322 3.00 UK Independence Party Ian Hills 197 1.84 36.91 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Labour Party (UK) North Portslade North Portslade (2) Labour Co-operative Robert Carden 1,897 29.37 Labour Co-operative Donald Turner 1,755 27.17 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Catt 863 13.36 Conservative Party (UK) Harinder Gill 728 11.27 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Barnard 408 6.32 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Barnard 350 5.42 Green Party of England and Wales Deborah McElroy 307 4.75 Green Party of England and Wales Guy Richardson 152 2.35 48.12 +11.52 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Patcham Patcham (3) Conservative Party (UK) Brian Pidgeon 3,120 19.66 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Theobald 3,003 18.93 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Theobald 2,970 18.72 Labour Co-operative Derek Betts 1,421 8.96 Labour Co-operative William Chalmers 1,083 6.83 Labour Co-operative Phillip Jones 1,057 6.66 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daphne Latimer 736 4.64 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Latimer 702 4.42 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Lovatt 580 3.66 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Fakhr 436 2.75 Green Party of England and Wales Geraldine Keenan 392 2.47 Green Party of England and Wales Alison Varey 367 2.31 53.22 +1.02 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Preston Park Preston Park (3) Green Party of England and Wales George Mallender 1,951 13.43 Labour Co-operative Juliet McCaffery 1,623 11.18 Labour Co-operative Kevin Allen 1,551 10.68 Green Party of England and Wales Alison Plaumer 1,462 10.07 Labour Co-operative Michael Middleton 1,448 9.97 Green Party of England and Wales Laurence Littman 1,342 9.24 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Garrood 919 6.33 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Anderson 885 6.09 Liberal Democrats (UK) Birgit Gutheridge 871 6.00 Conservative Party (UK) Marie-Anne Bezencon 856 5.89 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Stiles 827 5.69 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trefor Hunter 788 5.43 49.91 Green Party of England and Wales Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Queen's Park Queens Park (3) Labour Co-operative Kenneth Bodfish 1,713 13.51 Labour Co-operative Simon Burgess 1,647 12.99 Labour Co-operative Delia Forester 1,614 12.73 Green Party of England and Wales Nigel Tart 1,147 9.05 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Cecil 947 7.47 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Smith 922 7.27 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Williams 911 7.19 Green Party of England and Wales Mjka Scott 895 7.06 Green Party of England and Wales Rebecca Whale 810 6.39 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Robinson 775 6.11 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joseph Blease 695 5.48 Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Janke 602 4.75 41.48 +9.18 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Regency Regency (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Dawn Davidson 770 15.51 Labour Co-operative Roy Pennington 736 14.82 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Donnelly 731 14.72 Labour Co-operative Michael Fisher 720 14.50 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Poyser 696 14.02 Conservative Party (UK) John Hutchinson 464 9.35 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Pidgeon 435 8.76 Green Party of England and Wales Hugh Miller 413 8.32 35.10 +8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Rottingdean Coastal Rottingdean Coastal (3) Conservative Party (UK) Lynda Hyde 3,270 20.61 Conservative Party (UK) David Smith 2,910 18.34 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Mears 2,880 18.15 Labour Co-operative Norman William 940 5.92 Labour Co-operative Roger Page 839 5.29 Liberal Democrats (UK) Harold DeSouza 805 5.07 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joy DeSouza 805 5.07 Green Party of England and Wales Geoffrey Bowden 749 4.72 Labour Co-operative Hitesh Tailor 744 4.69 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lisa Winter 591 3.72 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Gilson 545 3.44 Green Party of England and Wales Gregory Taylor 474 2.99 British National Party Renzo Ferrari 314 1.98 53.76 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) South Portslade South Portslade (2) Labour Co-operative Leslie Hamilton 1,347 23.23 Labour Co-operative Sue John 1,085 18.71 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Biggs 835 14.40 Independent (politician) Steve Collier 804 13.86 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Long 718 12.38 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicola Searle 303 5.23 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neville Searle 287 4.95 Green Party of England and Wales Christopher Fry 214 3.69 Green Party of England and Wales Janette Ackroyd 206 3.55 46.61 +10.81 Labour Co-operative Labour Co-operative Stanford Stanford (2) Conservative Party (UK) Vanesse Brown 2,497 31.39 Independent (politician) Jayne Bennett 1,771 22.27 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Switzer 1,700 21.37 Labour Co-operative Patrick Gill 467 5.87 Labour Co-operative Nicole Murphy 436 5.48 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Alldred 417 5.24 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Denyer 275 3.46 Green Party of England and Wales Alan Pegg 241 3.03 Green Party of England and Wales Molly Taylor 150 1.89 55.94 +16.94 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) St Peter's and North Laine St Peter's and North Laine (3) Green Party of England and Wales Keith Taylor 2,347 17.27 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Paskins 2,266 16.68 Green Party of England and Wales Simon Williams 2,254 16.59 Labour Co-operative Christine Simpson 1,200 8.83 Labour Co-operative Harry Spillman 1,103 8.12 Labour Co-operative Robert Stephenson 1,094 8.05 Liberal Democrats (UK) Madelaine Hunter 637 4.69 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ruth Berry 627 4.61 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Parker 517 3.81 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Bowes 474 3.49 Conservative Party (UK) Carole Franklin 474 3.49 Conservative Party (UK) James Gowans 471 3.47 Independent (politician) Gerald O’Brien 123 0.91 40.59 Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales Westbourne Westbourne (2) Conservative Party (UK) Brian Oxley 1,482 23.06 Conservative Party (UK) Denise Cobb 1,431 22.27 Labour Co-operative Don Brown 904 14.07 Labour Co-operative David Jones 813 12.65 Liberal Democrats (UK) Valerie Paynter 661 10.28 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Ralfe 553 8.60 Green Party of England and Wales Philip Dymond 358 5.57 Green Party of England and Wales Anita Phillips 225 3.50 46.93 +8.13 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wish Wish (2) Conservative Party (UK) Garry Dunn 1,616 22.96 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Kemble 1,522 21.63 Labour Co-operative Heather James 1,368 19.44 Labour Co-operative Patrick Murphy 1,242 17.65 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Potts 454 6.45 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Baumgardt 324 4.60 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Stockman 296 4.21 Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Wakefield 215 3.06 55.05 +8.35 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Co-operative Conservative Party (UK) Withdean Withdean (3) Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Drake 2,800 17.07 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Norman 2,758 16.81 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Norman 2,726 16.62 Labour Co-operative Iain Findlay 1,192 7.27 Labour Co-operative Jane Peckham 1,135 6.92 Labour Co-operative Gareth Jones 1,073 6.54 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Garratt 1,000 6.10 Liberal Democrats (UK) Donald McBeth 930 5.67 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Hall 895 5.46 Green Party of England and Wales James Lea 745 4.54 Green Party of England and Wales Lynn MacKenzie 680 4.14 Green Party of England and Wales Fiona Williams 472 2.88 53.74 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Woodingdean Woodingdean (2) Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Wells 2,500 32.26 Conservative Party (UK) Deirdre Simson 2,456 31.69 Labour Co-operative Raymond Blackwood 956 12.34 Labour Co-operative Malcolm Prescott 885 11.42 Liberal Democrats (UK) Season Prater 289 3.73 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tim Prater 292 3.77 Green Party of England and Wales Stella Pentecost 218 2.81 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Ward 153 1.97 55.33 +1.03 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:21st century in Brighton and Hove Category:2000s in East Sussex