2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election

2003 UK local government election April 2022 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election Suffolk parliamentary 1999 Suffolk Coastal District Council election 1999 2003 5 1 y 2007 Suffolk Coastal District Council election 2007 All 55 seats to Suffolk Coastal District Council 28 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 43 7 24,149 49.8% 3.2% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Democrats (UK) 10 15,540 32.0% 11.1% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 2 6 6,715 13.8% 14.8% 95x50px|Blank Independent politician 0 1 285 0.6% 3.3% Suffolk Coastal UK ward map with seats 2003.svg Winner of each seat at the 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election. Control Control after election Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) The 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Suffolk Coastal District Council in Suffolk, England.Colin Rallings Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Suffolk-Coastal-1973-2011.pdf electionscentre.co.uk Suffolk Coastal District Council Election Results 1973-2011 12-13 23 January 2026 The Elections Centre Plymouth University https://web.archive.org/web/20240216160816/https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Suffolk-Coastal-1973-2011.pdf 16 February 2024 This was on the same day as other local elections. Summary Election result 2003 Suffolk Coastal District Council electionColin Rallings Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html electionscentre.co.uk Compositions calculator 23 January 2026 The Elections Centre Plymouth University Conservative Party (UK) 55 43 N/A N/A 7 78.2 24,149 49.8 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 40 10 N/A N/A 18.2 15,540 32.0 +11.1 Labour Party (UK) 21 2 N/A N/A 6 3.6 6,715 13.8 –14.8 Green Party of England and Wales 9 0 N/A N/A 0.0 1,501 3.1 N/A Firefighters Against Cuts 2 0 N/A N/A 0.0 307 0.6 N/A Independent politician 2 0 N/A N/A 1 0.0 285 0.6 –3.3 Ward results Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections. Aldeburgh Aldeburgh (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Warren 826 53.0 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Wilson 818 52.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lisabeth Hoad 609 39.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Dickerson 557 35.8 Green Party of England and Wales William Berry 131 8.4 ~1,558 46.8 3,328 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Earl Soham Earl Soham Conservative Party (UK) Neil Jackson 442 54.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Else 289 35.9 Green Party of England and Wales Edward Thompson 75 9.3 153 18.9 806 47.6 1,696 Conservative Party (UK) Farlingaye Renamed from Woodbridge Farlingaye. Farlingaye Liberal Democrats (UK) Annabel Healey 289 49.5 Conservative Party (UK) Benjamin Redsell 193 33.0 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Guest 102 17.5 96 16.5 584 37.1 1,586 Liberal Democrats (UK) Felixstowe East Felixstowe East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Doreen Savage 936 61.8 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Slemmings 852 56.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Houseley 395 26.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mervyn Sheppard 317 20.9 Labour Party (UK) Harriet Bennett 222 14.7 Labour Party (UK) John Mullen 201 13.3 ~1,514 44.0 3,442 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Felixstowe North Felixstowe North (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ann Rodwell 464 38.9 Labour Party (UK) Michael Deacon 459 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Coleman 403 33.8 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Carpenter 380 31.8 Firefighters Against Cuts Steven Brinkley 156 13.1 Firefighters Against Cuts Paul Woolstenholmes 151 12.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bernard Price 132 11.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Sherratt 116 9.7 ~1,194 35.6 3,355 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Felixstowe South Felixstowe South (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) David Smith 535 43.3 Conservative Party (UK) David Bentinck 529 42.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doreen Rayner 483 39.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cherrie MacGregor 473 38.3 Labour Party (UK) Mark Campbell 187 15.1 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Tuthill 159 12.9 ~1,235 34.9 3,538 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Felixstowe South East Felixstowe South East (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Minns 878 58.6 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Smith 840 56.0 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Campbell 325 21.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lee Reeves 289 19.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Yates 289 19.3 Labour Party (UK) Mark Knight 284 18.9 ~1,499 39.7 3,776 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Felixstowe West Felixstowe West (3 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Henry Dangerfield* 709 49.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doris Paddick* 685 47.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Ninnmey 594 41.2 Labour Party (UK) Marian Pettit 395 27.4 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Morris 382 26.5 Labour Party (UK) Peter Waller 356 24.7 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Newman 332 23.0 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Bishop 314 21.8 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Sennington 301 20.9 ~1,443 28.1 5,137 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Framlingham Framlingham (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Musgrave 710 56.9 Conservative Party (UK) Winter Rose* 678 54.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Griffiths 459 36.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Baker 383 30.7 Green Party of England and Wales Marion Gaze 118 9.5 ~1,247 36.2 3,444 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Grundisburgh Grundisburgh Conservative Party (UK) Ian Jowers* 430 68.7 Green Party of England and Wales Elise Joiner 196 31.3 234 37.4 626 34.0 1,842 Conservative Party (UK) Hacheston Hacheston Conservative Party (UK) Colin Hart 525 73.0 Green Party of England and Wales Rachel Fulcher 194 27.0 331 46.0 719 42.8 1,699 Conservative Party (UK) Hollesley With Eyke Hollesley With Eyke Conservative Party (UK) Rhona Sturrock* 402 57.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivien Mason 300 42.7 102 14.5 702 42.1 1,699 Conservative Party (UK) Kesgrave East Kesgrave East (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Klaschka Conservative Party (UK) John Hammond* Conservative Party (UK) Norman Bugg* 4,624 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kesgrave West Kesgrave West (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Veronica Read* 418 49.5 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Grimwood 406 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Zoller 397 47.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Briggs 365 43.2 ~844 28.1 3,002 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kyson Kyson Conservative Party (UK) Edward Binns 243 42.9 Labour Party (UK) Roy Burgon* 141 24.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Craig-Bennett 105 18.5 Independent politician John Brownsord 78 13.8 102 18.0 567 35.2 1,619 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Leiston Leiston (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Geater* 758 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Hawkins 683 34.5 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Nunn 593 29.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jaqueline Morrissey 532 26.8 Labour Party (UK) Terence Hodgson 486 24.5 Labour Party (UK) John Troughton 417 21.0 Independent politician Robert Stroud 207 10.4 ~1,466 30.0 4,885 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Martlesham Martlesham (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) John Kelso* 868 50.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rebecca Foster 674 39.0 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Blundell 571 33.1 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Ramsey 491 28.5 Green Party of England and Wales John Forbes 287 16.6 ~1,555 39.6 3,929 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Melton & Ufford Melton & Ufford (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Perry 748 58.2 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Callaghan 663 51.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Butterwick 537 41.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Coates 533 41.5 ~1,327 34.7 3,823 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Nacton Nacton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Patricia O'Brien* Conservative Party (UK) Veronica Falconer 3,446 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Orford & Tunstall Orford & Tunstall Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Herring* 514 69.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Perren 227 30.6 287 38.8 741 45.3 1,648 Conservative Party (UK) Otley Otley Conservative Party (UK) Peter Bellfield* 500 69.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheila Else 218 30.4 282 39.2 718 40.2 1,790 Conservative Party (UK) Peasenhall Peasenhall Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Burroughes* 373 51.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Raymond Andrews 197 27.2 Green Party of England and Wales Jennifer Berry 155 21.4 176 24.2 725 44.3 1,697 Conservative Party (UK) Rendlesham Rendlesham Conservative Party (UK) Philip Dunnett 246 61.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Wroe 154 38.5 92 23.0 400 26.1 1,533 Conservative Party (UK) Riverside Riverside Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Cocker 393 54.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sally Bull 247 33.9 Green Party of England and Wales Rachel Smith-Lyte 87 12.0 146 20.1 727 45.9 1,648 Conservative Party (UK) Rushmere St. Andrew Rushmere St. Andrew (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Whiting Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Gooch Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Laing 4,803 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Saxmundham Saxmundham (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Batho 568 47.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marian Andrews 457 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) William Wild 435 36.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Donald Tricker 347 29.1 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Welton* 252 21.2 Labour Party (UK) Edna Salmon 172 14.4 ~1,191 34.6 3,442 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Seckford Seckford Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Barratt* 370 54.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Montgomery 315 46.0 55 8.0 685 44.7 1,533 Conservative Party (UK) Snape Snape Conservative Party (UK) Cyril Fidler* 393 64.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Winifred Moss 219 35.8 174 28.4 612 37.9 1,642 Conservative Party (UK) Sutton Sutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Block* 306 52.5 Conservative Party (UK) Dudley Deas 277 47.5 29 5.0 583 43.8 1,329 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trimleys With Kirton Trimleys With Kirton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Sherrie Green 742 42.0 Labour Party (UK) Mary Dixon* 735 41.6 Conservative Party (UK) James Bidwell 688 38.9 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Eastman 648 36.7 Labour Party (UK) Michael Pulford 550 31.1 Labour Party (UK) Catherine Knight 458 25.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Paddick 420 23.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Imogen Dangerfield 413 23.4 ~1,768 32.0 5,526 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Walberswick & Wenhaston Walberswick & Wenhaston Conservative Party (UK) Raeburn Leighton* 463 62.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Block 277 37.3 186 25.0 743 43.2 1,721 Conservative Party (UK) Wickham Market Wickham Market Liberal Democrats (UK) Bruan Hall* 343 60.4 Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy East 166 29.2 Labour Party (UK) Valerie Pizzey 52 9.2 177 31.2 568 32.6 1,741 Liberal Democrats (UK) Witnesham Witnesham Conservative Party (UK) John Leggett* 1,606 Conservative Party (UK) Yoxford Yoxford Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wragg* 412 61.3 Green Party of England and Wales John Barrett 258 38.4 154 22.9 672 38.9 1,728 Conservative Party (UK) By-elections Yoxford By-Election 5 February 2004 Gabriel Rozenberg BNP rural ambitions buoyed by Suffolk poll The Times 13 7 February 2004 David Millward BNP man beaten after celebrities' campaign The Daily Telegraph 9 7 February 2004 Colin Rallings Colin Rallings Michael Thrasher Michael Thrasher https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3933 electionscentre.co.uk By-elections 18 January 2026 The Elections Centre Plymouth University https://web.archive.org/web/20260118204355/https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3933 18 January 2026 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry Slater 455 45.2 +45.2 Conservative Party (UK) 319 31.7 -29.8 British National Party Paul Goodchild 153 15.2 +15.2 Labour Party (UK) 80 7.9 +7.9 136 13.5 1,007 58.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Felixstowe South By-Election 22 April 2004 http://www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CFBF50FA-ED50-40F1-AC7C-28D527B2B2B5/0/FelixstoweSouthByElection.pdf Conservatives hold Felixstowe South seat 15 October 2009 Suffolk Coastal District Council Conservative Party (UK) Joan Sennington 488 39.5 -5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cherrie MacGregor 456 36.6 -3.5 Independent (politician) Thomas Savage 168 13.4 +13.4 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Morris 134 10.8 -4.7 32 2.9 1,246 36.2 Conservative Party (UK) Woodbridge Farlingaye By-Election 10 March 2005 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/mar/11/byelections.uk No change after Salford battle 15 October 2009 11 March 2005 The Guardian Liberal Democrats (UK) 308 58.0 +8.5 Conservative Party (UK) 185 34.8 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) 38 7.2 -10.3 123 23.2 531 34.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) References Category:Suffolk Coastal District Council elections Suffolk Coastal Category:May 2003 in the United Kingdom Category:2000s in Suffolk