2003 North Devon District Council election

2003 UK local government election May 2025 December 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2003 North Devon council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, independent in grey and United Kingdom Independence Party in purple. The 2003 North Devon District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Devon District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 1.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/179.stm Local elections BBC News 31 July 2011 The Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/2994593.stm Tories lose Torbay and Plymouth 2 May 2003 BBC News 31 July 2011 Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats keep their majority on the council with 22 seats, but the Conservatives gained 5 seats to move to 10 councillors. Overall turnout in the election was 45%.http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/district_election_resultsmay03.pdf Declaration of Result of Poll District of North Devon 31 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927154323/http://www.northdevon.gov.uk/district_election_resultsmay03.pdf 27 September 2011 dead North Devon local election result 2003 Liberal Democrats (UK) 22 -5 51.2 41.9 16,164 -5.8% Conservative Party (UK) 10 +5 23.3 31.1 11,996 +7.2% Independent (politician) 10 -2 23.3 24.6 9,487 +2.0% United Kingdom Independence Party 1 +1 2.3 1.4 559 +1.4% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.7 286 +0.7% British National Party 0 0 0 0.3 118 +0.3% 4 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent candidates were unopposed. Ward results Bickington & Roundswell (2) Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Cann 573 51.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol McCormack-Hole 385 34.4 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Brown 362 32.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Ellerton 343 30.7 Independent (politician) Charles Piper 315 28.2 1,118 35.0 Bishop's Nympton Independent (politician) Eric Ley 789 77.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerald Eva 226 22.3 563 55.4 1,015 69.32 Bratton Fleming Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Prowse 589 64.0 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Peek 331 36.0 258 28.0 920 65.50 Braunton East (2) Independent (politician) Douglas Lucas 580 44.8 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Daniel 554 42.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derrick Spear 444 34.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Spear 420 32.4 Conservative Party (UK) Geraldine Neale 328 25.3 1,296 44.61 Braunton West (2) Conservative Party (UK) Jasmine Chesters 507 37.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marguerite Shapland 462 34.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Letitia Sellwood 449 33.3 Independent (politician) Susan Lynch 397 29.4 Conservative Party (UK) Sallieanne Tingey 364 27.0 Independent (politician) Peter Manning 328 24.3 1,350 44.13 Central Town (Barnstaple) (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Faye Webber 568 55.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Wilsher 519 50.4 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Harvey 350 34.0 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Gifford 301 29.3 Independent (politician) Paul Dyer 164 15.9 1,029 31.26 Chittlehampton Independent (politician) Albert Cook unopposed 0 N/A Chumleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Butt 495 56.0 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Pincombe 389 44.0 106 12.0 884 54.16 Combe Martin (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Yvette Gubb 957 57.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julia Clark 839 50.2 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Sussex 810 48.5 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Yelton 513 30.7 1,671 56.45 Forches & Whiddon Valley (2) Independent (politician) Laurence Haydn-Higgins 374 40.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Francis Ovey 298 31.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Valerie Monk 279 29.9 Independent (politician) James Bartlett 261 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) Susan McCrum 167 17.9 Independent (politician) Beresford Bawden 166 17.8 933 29.90 Fremington (2) Independent (politician) Roy Morrish 603 49.7 Independent (politician) Peter Mullen 500 41.2 Independent (politician) David Harris 318 26.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Gill 312 25.7 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Day 274 22.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Taylor 109 9.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Arthur Windsor 105 8.6 1,214 36.90 Georgeham & Mortehoe (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Malcolm Wilkinson 512 46.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Evans 500 45.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Foster 489 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Turner 482 43.3 1,112 36.87 Heanton Punchardon Conservative Party (UK) Andrea Davis 244 54.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Jewell 208 46.0 36 8.0 452 33.60 Ilfracombe Central (2) Independent (politician) Ivan Frances 503 47.8 Independent (politician) Richard Campbell 394 37.4 Independent (politician) Franklin Pearson 389 36.9 Independent (politician) Tony Cooper 292 27.7 Independent (politician) David Williams 244 23.2 1,053 33.97 Ilfracombe East Independent (politician) Michael Edmunds 308 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Slinn 258 32.2 Independent (politician) Albert Furber 139 17.3 Independent (politician) Ann Rhodes 97 12.1 50 6.2 802 46.26 Ilfracombe West (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Fowler 696 55.3 Independent (politician) David Spear 573 45.5 Independent (politician) Brian Cotton 373 29.6 Independent (politician) Christine Tomlinson-Smith 316 25.1 Independent (politician) Keith Thompson 235 18.7 2,193 37.41 Instow Conservative Party (UK) Lynn Brown 220 35.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Ford 214 34.3 Independent (politician) Reginald Cane 190 30.4 6 1.0 624 48.3 Landkey, Swimbridge & Taw (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) David Butt unopposed Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Rennles unopposed 0 N/A Longbridge (2) United Kingdom Independence Party Michael Pagram 559 41.8 Conservative Party (UK) David Brailey 538 40.3 Independent (politician) Pamela Holland 475 35.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rodney Hawes 284 21.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paulene Godfrey 264 19.8 Independent (politician) Nicholas Magnum 164 12.3 1,336 43.32 Lynton & Lynmouth Liberal Democrats (UK) John Travis 733 88.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Walley 100 12.0 633 76.0 833 59.50 Marwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Frederick Tucker 413 55.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Farrer 330 44.4 83 11.2 743 55.28 Newport (2) Conservative Party (UK) Henry Harrison 431 41.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Macbeth 416 39.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Piercy 408 39.0 Conservative Party (UK) David Simpson 391 37.4 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Knight 286 27.3 1,046 36.13 North Molton Conservative Party (UK) Richard Edgell 495 50.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Nelson 375 38.0 British National Party Peter Chantler 118 11.9 120 12.1 988 61.99 Pilton (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Greenslade 753 64.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mair Manuel 717 61.7 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Keene 353 30.4 Conservative Party (UK) John Jones 333 28.66 1,162 41.05 South Molton (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ernest Moore 969 65.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Sewell 870 59.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Yabsley 469 31.8 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Dowling 332 22.5 1,474 48.00 Witheridge Conservative Party (UK) Nancy Lewis 385 52.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Palmer 356 48.0 29 4.0 741 44.30 Yeo Valley (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Haywood unopposed Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Payne unopposed 0 N/A By-elections Georgeham & Mortehoe (14 July 2005) Liberal Democrats (UK) Derrick Spear 384 43.5 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Green 378 42.8 -2.2 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Harris 121 13.7 N/A 884 28 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Forches & Whiddon Valley (15 September 2005) Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Carter 307 62.5 +30.6 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Harvey 120 24.4 +6.5 Green Party of England and Wales Earl Bramley-Howard 35 7.1 N/A Independent (politician) Charlie Piper 29 5.9 N/A 494 15 Liberal Democrats (UK) References Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Devon