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2003 Chichester District Council election
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2003 UK local government election
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2003 Chichester District Council election Parliamentary no yes 1999 Chichester District Council election 1999 2007 Chichester District Council election 2007 File:Flag of Chichester.png All 48 seats to Chichester District Council 25 1 May 2003 Conservative Party (UK) 26 23,680 44.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) 21 20,153 37.9% File:Chichester UK ward map 2003.svg Map of the election Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative
Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control.
Election result
Chichester District Council Election Result 2003
Conservative Party (UK)
26
0
0
0
54.2
23,680
44.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
21
0
0
0
43.7
20,153
37.9
Independent (politician)
1
0
0
0
2.1
1,220
2.3
Labour Party (UK)
0
0
0
0
0
4,913
9.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
0
0
0
0
0
2,559
4.8
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0
0
0
0
715
1.3
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1 Independent candidate was unopposed.
+ ↓ 26 21 1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrat I. Independent
Ward results
Bosham (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
David John Myers
649
26.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Myles Antony Cullen
623
25.1
Independent (politician)
Clifford Michael Archer
588
23.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Gerald Patrick Lynch
441
17.8
United Kingdom Independence Party
Douglas Ernest Denny
178
7.2
2479
42.5
Boxgrove (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Norman Hall
431
51.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Jane Louise Chevis
358
42.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Antony Edward Bird
54
6.4
843
47.2
Bury (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Susan Mary Hallock
481
70.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Paul Ernest Wellstead
205
29.9
686
38.7
Chichester East (3 seats)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Quentin Robson Cox
653
19.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony John French
639
18.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Eva Marliese French
635
18.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Rebecca Elizabeth Harris
304
8.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Gina Margaret Simpson
283
8.2
United Kingdom Independence Party
Nigel Degge Wilmot Sitwell
247
7.2
Green Party of England and Wales
Josephine Eckhard
191
5.6
Labour Party (UK)
Peter John Nutt
191
5.6
Labour Party (UK)
John Smith
156
4.5
Labour Party (UK)
Doris Bryson Walton
141
4.1
3440
24.5
Chichester North (3 seats)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Gloria Patricia Hooley
1002
17.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Edith Pingree
961
17.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Edward Plowman
903
15.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Stuart Ian King
731
12.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Nicholas Hart Roberts
715
12.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Timothy John Roberts
640
11.3
United Kingdom Independence Party
Michael Alan Mason
205
3.6
Green Party of England and Wales
Valerie Anne Briginshaw
173
3.1
Labour Party (UK)
David Morrison
122
2.2
Labour Party (UK)
John Wallace Barr
117
2.1
Labour Party (UK)
Frances Turner
98
1.7
5667
43.1
Chichester South (3 seats)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anne Mary Dorothy Scicluna
876
20.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Alan David Chaplin
741
17.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David John Siggs
753
17.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Hilary Anne Flynn
377
8.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Dorothy June Spirit
365
8.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Robin William Bell
336
7.9
Labour Party (UK)
John Bennett
214
5.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Anne Patricia Craven
159
3.7
Labour Party (UK)
Benjamin Earnshaw-Mansell
154
3.6
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Mary Barnardo Bramwell-Smith
151
3.5
Green Party of England and Wales
Prudence Dwyer
149
3.5
4275
31.1
Chichester West (2 seats)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Clare Margaret Apel
655
30.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Raymond Shone
628
28.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Julie Ann Rooker
414
19.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
James McCulloch
205
9.4
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew Emerson
165
7.6
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Denis
116
5.3
2183
33.2
Donnington (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
John Ridd
356
49.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Alan George Wells
312
43.7
Labour Party (UK)
Micheline Lawson
46
6.4
714
41.2
Easebourne (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Alan Fay
344
51.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Norma Dorothy Graves
331
49.0
675
35.7
East Wittering (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Karen Marion Graham Clay
524
25.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Dr Mary Ellen Green
485
23.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Thea Pauline Hucklesby
412
19.7
Labour Party (UK)
Celia Anne Barlow
221
10.6
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan
188
9.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Gordon Alexander Simpson
148
7.2
Green Party of England and Wales
Jacqueline Susan Taylor
109
5.2
2087
35.1
Fernhurst (2 seats)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Cheason Mitchell
718
25.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Heather Penelope Caird
606
21.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
William Edwin Quinn
593
21.4
Independent (politician)
Dr Mamdouh George Salameh
450
16.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Nola Jane Hendon
405
14.6
2772
39.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Fishbourne (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Adrian Geoffrey Frank Moss
607
73.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Clifford William Spawton
223
26.9
830
52.5
Funtington (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank Ernest Garrett
542
69.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Cooper Rankin
243
31.0
785
38.4
Harting (1 seat)
Independent (politician)
Andrew Michael Shaxson (Re-elected Unopposed)
n/a
n/a
Lavant (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Andrew Robert Homan Smith
442
72.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Mary Louise Goldsmith
164
27.1
606
36.8
Midhurst (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Joseph Robert Cartwright
678
30.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian John Weekes
587
26.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Judith Russell Fowler
532
23.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Humphrey Bourchier Devereux
453
20.1
2250
30.7
North Mundham (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stephen Quigley
368
55.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Peter Dignum
292
44.2
660
39.7
Petworth (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Janet Elizabeth Duncton
952
35.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Valerie Field
808
30.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sarah Margaret Barstow
477
17.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Catherine Gillian Alderson Perschke
442
16.5
2679
38.3
Plaistow (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian James Hooton
677
31.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Malcolm Walker
667
31.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Raymond Ernest John Cooper
397
18.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Paul Colville
383
18.0
2124
30.9
Rogate (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Ann Janes
531
60.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Kevin George Campbell
254
29.0
United Kingdom Independence Party
Ashley Mote
89
10.2
874
41.2
Selsey North (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Melva Kathleen Bateman
694
19.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Stewart Marr Adamson
657
18.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan John Dyer
615
17.2
Labour Party (UK)
Ian Bell
457
12.8
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Dyer
451
12.6
Labour Party (UK)
Wendy Virginia Pengelly
414
11.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Andrew Edward Wilkinson
291
8.1
3579
28.3
Selsey South (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Albert Edward Vines
567
27.3
Conservative Party (UK)
John Thomas Curtis
551
26.6
Labour Party (UK)
Janet Cynthia Miller
324
15.6
United Kingdom Independence Party
Bernard Arthur Smith
321
15.5
Labour Party (UK)
Sidney William Hoy
312
15.0
2075
33.3
Sidlesham (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Diana Joy Pound
295
47.4
Independent (politician)
Patricia Mary Tull
182
29.3
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Harvey Jaffa
79
12.7
United Kingdom Independence Party
Derek Hunnikin
66
10.6
622
34.6
Southbourne (3 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Mary Marrs
743
16.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Graham Hamilton Hicks
739
16.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Barbara Gowlett
684
14.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Nigel Charles Brown
679
14.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
James Richard Jennings
623
13.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Penelope Anne Blackmore
530
11.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Alicia Ruth Denny
170
3.7
Labour Party (UK)
June Mary Leonard
159
3.4
Labour Party (UK)
Duncan Hollowood
149
3.2
Labour Party (UK)
Marguerite Lawrence
145
3.1
4621
30.7
Stedham (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
John Lorraine Cherry
547
67.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Daniel John Warner
260
32.2
807
43.1
Tangmere (1 seat)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Joyce Meyer
258
52.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Newton-Lewis
204
41.2
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew Young
33
6.7
495
28.7
Westbourne (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Maureen Eleanor Elliott
391
63.7
Labour Party (UK)
John Baker
122
19.9
United Kingdom Independence Party
Reginald Rodger Willoughby Musgrave
101
16.4
614
36.5
West Wittering (2 seats)
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony John Davies
938
31.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Edward Jones
843
27.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Roger Walter Tilbury
346
11.5
United Kingdom Independence Party
Roger Lewis Wilson
325
10.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Simon Green
285
9.4
Labour Party (UK)
Gordon Trevor Churchill
107
3.5
Green Party of England and Wales
Joan Marjorie Welch
93
3.1
Labour Party (UK)
Kenneth Alex Newman
81
2.7
3018
40.8
Wisborough Green (1 seat)
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Harry Field
481
61.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Edward Barstow
299
38.3
780
40.8
By-Election results
See Chichester local elections for by-election results after this election.
External links
2003 Chichester District Council election result
2003
Category:2003 English local elections
Category:2000s in West Sussex