2003 Swindon Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election May 2025 December 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 Swindon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003. The 2003 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/282.stm Local elections 2010-10-27 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was Conservative 29 Labour 22 Liberal Democrat 8 How Britain voted: English and Scottish councils The Independent 18–19 2003-05-03 Voting trial Swindon was one of 3 councils which trialed voting by television in 2003 for the first time anywhere in the world. Britain: Pol idol; Television voting The Economist 29 2003-04-26 Voters in Swindon also had 8 electronic information kiosks in the town centre where they could vote, Text, e-mail, click...just vote, please The Times 4 2003-04-29 telephone and internet voting. SA Mathieson Inside IT: X marks the spot: Today's local elections mark the biggest experiment so far in e-voting The Guardian 15 2003-05-01 These trials, which were open for voting in the week before the election, followed a trial of electronic voting in the 2002 election which saw turnout increase by 3.5%. Simon Parker Society: Cross culture: The government is putting its faith in the potential of electronic voting to the test in tomorrow's local elections. But are indifference and disillusionment the real enemies of democracy? The Guardian 2 2003-04-30 Overall turnout in the election was 29.82%, http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/swindon/election.pdf Swindon Borough Council Election Results 1 May 2003 2010-10-27 Political Science Resources https://web.archive.org/web/20120609174709/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/swindon/election.pdf 9 June 2012 dead lower than in 2002. Life: Inside IT: News The Guardian 18 2003-05-08 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/3006477.stm West: Voting, which way now? 2010-10-29 2003-05-11 BBC News However the number of electronic votes increased by 75% from 2002 to 11,055, including 349 cast by television. Election result Swindon local election result 2003 Election results; English Councils; Local elections 2003 The Times 16 2003-05-02 Conservative Party (UK) 12 +6 60.0 41.8 16,983 +3.2% Labour Party (UK) 5 -6 25.0 30.7 12,455 -3.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 0 15.0 25.3 10,287 +1.0% Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0.7 289 +0.3% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0.7 265 +0.7% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.6 232 -1.2% Swindon Org UK People Before Profit 0 0 0 0.3 102 +0.3% Ward results Abbey Meads Conservative Party (UK) Peter Stoddart 651 64.9 -5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Richards 182 18.1 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) Ruairi Tobin 170 16.9 -2.6 469 46.8 -4.1 1,003 24.0 -4.9 Central Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Dickinson 632 38.6 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) David Cox 616 37.6 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Olive Clapham 287 17.5 +0.9 Swindon Org UK People Before Profit Karsten Evans 102 6.2 +6.2 16 1.0 1,637 23.1 -2.3 Covingham and Nythe Conservative Party (UK) Glenn Smith 1,323 53.4 +13.8 Labour Party (UK) Peter Mallinson 766 30.9 -16.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ellen Aylett 388 15.7 +3.1 557 22.5 2,477 35.8 +0.1 Dorcan Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Albinson 992 44.0 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) Peter Brown 951 42.2 -2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Phipps 311 13.8 +2.2 41 1.8 2,254 32.5 -1.7 Eastcott Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Wiltshire 1,039 53.7 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard Young 502 26.0 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Butt 393 20.3 +4.0 537 27.8 +6.5 1,934 25.5 -2.6 Freshbrook and Grange Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Geraldine Robertson 987 46.9 +6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Boydell 727 34.5 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) James Grant 391 18.6 -5.9 260 12.4 +6.2 2,105 27.3 -0.8 Gorse Hill and Pinehurst Labour Party (UK) John Ballman 603 40.4 -13.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Steven Camburn 352 23.6 +12.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Furkins 348 23.3 -0.8 Socialist Alliance (England) Andrew Newman 189 12.7 +1.8 251 16.8 -13.4 1,492 21.6 -1.1 Haydon Wick Conservative Party (UK) Ian Dobie 1,203 52.5 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) John Keepin 625 27.3 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tel Hudson 462 20.2 +2.8 578 25.2 +12.0 2,290 28.8 -1.2 Highworth Conservative Party (UK) Melanie Duff 1,176 47.2 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) Lynn Vardy 866 34.7 +6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Shorten 452 18.1 -3.4 310 12.4 -10.0 2,494 38.3 -0.4 Moredon Labour Party (UK) Maureen Caton 787 40.5 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Dale Heenan 759 39.0 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Sharp 301 15.5 -2.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Trevor Prescott 98 5.0 +5.0 28 1.4 -9.4 1,945 26.0 +1.3 Old Town and Lawn Conservative Party (UK) Fionuala Foley 2,000 54.8 +14.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Wheaver 1,160 31.8 -17.1 Labour Party (UK) Maire Darker 259 7.1 +0.2 Green Party of England and Wales John Hughes 232 6.4 +2.7 840 23.0 3,651 47.6 -5.1 Parks Labour Party (UK) Fay Howard 775 53.7 -10.7 Conservative Party (UK) Natasha Young 350 24.3 +4.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jacob Pajak 317 22.0 +5.8 425 29.5 -15.5 1,442 20.8 -1.0 Penhill Labour Party (UK) Andy Harrison 613 50.6 -8.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Louisa Sharp 326 26.9 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Day 172 14.2 -4.4 Socialist Alliance (England) Roy North 100 8.3 +8.3 287 23.7 -13.9 1,211 26.5 +0.8 Shaw and Nine Elms Conservative Party (UK) Garry Perkins 912 49.2 -4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Amber Johnson 481 25.9 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) Neil Heavens 461 24.9 -1.8 431 23.2 -3.3 1,854 26.8 -0.4 St Margaret Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Van Roon 1,273 54.4 +7.2 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Spry 678 29.0 -10.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Payne 390 16.7 +3.5 595 25.4 +17.8 2,341 31.0 +0.5 St Philip Conservative Party (UK) Deborah Baylies 1,107 45.6 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) Eriqua Ballman 926 38.2 -7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Wiltshire 393 16.2 +6.5 181 7.5 2,426 34.0 +2.8 Toothill and Westlea Conservative Party (UK) Steve Wakefield 879 50.4 Labour Party (UK) Philip Rashid 503 28.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leigh Bint 361 20.7 376 21.6 1,743 29.4 Walcot Conservative Party (UK) Laura Holiday 654 40.9 Labour Party (UK) Christian Eley 566 35.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen McCarthy 378 23.7 88 5.5 1,598 31.1 Western Labour Party (UK) Keith Small 863 43.3 -6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Halina Roberts 519 26.0 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Russell Scott-Browne 444 22.3 +8.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Michael Morton 167 8.4 +2.4 344 17.3 -7.8 1,993 26.3 -2.2 Wroughton and Chiseldon Conservative Party (UK) William Morton 1,258 46.2 +2.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Victor Goodman 930 34.2 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) Sarah Bush 534 19.6 +4.9 328 12.0 +6.0 2,722 36.1 -3.9 References Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Wiltshire