2003 Woking Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election October 2019 December 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 Woking council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003. The 2003 Woking Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/331.stm Local elections 21 January 2010 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 17 Liberal Democrat 12 Labour 6 Independent 1 Election Results The Times 17 2 May 2003 Background The election saw 13 seats being contested with the contest in Brookwood ward being a by-election after the previous Conservative councillor, Mark Pritchard, resigned his seat on the council. http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/news/s/59058_shake_up_of_council_as_three_bow_out Shake up of council as three bow out 21 January 2010 3 April 2003 getbracknell Three long standing councillors also stood down at the election, Alf Stranks in Byfleet ward, Gordon Brown in Horsell East and Woodham and Rosemary Johnson in Old Woking. As well as candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, there were also 3 from the United Kingdom Independence Party, 2 independents and 1 from the Green Party. Election result No party won a majority in the election with the council remaining under no overall control as it had been since the 1998 election. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/59204_council_is_hung_for_fifth_year Council is hung for fifth year 21 January 2010 8 May 2003 getsurrey The only party to have more seats after the election than before was Labour after they gained Old Woking from the Liberal Democrats by 26 votes. Meanwhile, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats each gained one seat from the other, with the Conservatives taking Byfleet by 27 votes and the Liberal Democrats winning Brookwood by 7 votes. Overall turnout in the election was 33.66%. http://www.woking.gov.uk/council/election/wbcer.pdf Election various wards Thursday 1 May 2003: Results 21 January 2010 Woking Borough Council 20 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081120082604/http://www.woking.gov.uk/council/election/wbcer.pdf dead The failure by the Conservatives to gain the two seats they needed to have a majority on the council was described as disappointing by commentators, in a year when the party gained seats nationally. Philip Johnston Labour loses cities as war backlash bites: Analysis The Daily Telegraph 9 2 May 2003 Nationwide gains enough to save IDS leadership Evening Standard 6 2 May 2003 Woking local election result 2003 Conservative Party (UK) 6 1 1 0 46.2 46.7 8,780 +1.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 1 2 -1 30.8 35.4 6,653 -4.1% Labour Party (UK) 3 1 0 +1 23.1 13.1 2,463 -0.7% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 461 +1.8% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 362 +0.8% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 76 +0.4% Ward results Brookwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Goldenberg 358 44.1 +13.8 Conservative Party (UK) Justin Boorman 351 43.2 -19.7 Green Party of England and Wales Sandra Simkin 76 9.4 +9.4 Labour Party (UK) Eric Kennedy 27 3.3 -3.5 7 0.9 812 43.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Byfleet Conservative Party (UK) Simon Hutton 1,026 46.0 -2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Roberts 999 44.8 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) Brian Cozens 207 9.3 -2.9 27 1.2 -7.2 2,232 41.0 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Goldsworth East Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoff Smith 727 52.2 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Yates 457 32.8 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Martin 210 15.1 -4.6 270 19.4 +0.1 1,394 25.8 -3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hermitage and Knaphill South Liberal Democrats (UK) Tina Liddington 540 52.6 Conservative Party (UK) Hilary Addison 349 34.0 Labour Party (UK) Graeme Carman 137 13.4 191 18.6 1,026 25.6 -5.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Horsell East and Woodham Conservative Party (UK) Anne Murray 814 58.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Leach 333 24.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Michael Harvey 183 13.2 Labour Party (UK) Michael Roberts 56 4.0 481 34.7 1,386 40.6 Conservative Party (UK) Horsell West Conservative Party (UK) Jim Armitage 1,129 50.1 +7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann-Marie Barker 935 41.5 -6.6 Labour Party (UK) Audrey Worgan 121 5.4 +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Timothy Shaw 69 3.1 -0.5 194 8.6 2,254 42.2 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Kingfield and Westfield Labour Party (UK) John Martin 498 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) Norma Gruselle 321 28.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gareth Davies 215 18.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Paul Davey 110 9.6 177 15.4 1,144 28.8 Labour Party (UK) Knaphill Liberal Democrats (UK) Neville Hinks 977 47.8 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Fisher 950 46.5 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) Chanchal Kapoor 117 5.7 -5.6 27 1.3 2,044 30.5 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maybury and Sheerwater Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Evans 593 40.8 -18.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Wilson 397 27.3 +13.2 Conservative Party (UK) David Roe 289 19.9 +1.7 Independent (politician) Michael Osman 174 12.0 +3.5 196 13.5 -27.4 1,453 22.2 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) Old Woking Labour Party (UK) Richard Ford 304 42.6 +13.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek McCrum 278 39.0 -13.9 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Kemp 131 18.4 +0.4 26 3.6 713 37.2 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Pyrford Conservative Party (UK) Peter Ankers 1,285 72.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Grimshaw 442 24.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard Cowley 50 2.8 843 47.4 1,777 44.9 Conservative Party (UK) St Johns and Hook Heath Conservative Party (UK) Graham Cundy 899 72.9 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Kremer 266 21.6 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) John Bramall 69 5.6 -0.4 633 51.3 +7.1 1,234 35.2 0.0 Conservative Party (UK) West Byfleet Conservative Party (UK) Mehala Gosling 779 58.7 -12.9 Independent (politician) Richard Wilson 287 21.6 +21.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Hough 186 14.0 -7.8 Labour Party (UK) Michael Byrne 74 5.6 -1.0 492 37.1 -12.7 1,326 33.8 -3.1 Conservative Party (UK) References 2003 Category:2003 English local elections Category:2000s in Surrey