2003 Stafford Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election December 2023 December 2013 Elections to Stafford Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. All 59 seats on the council were up for election, with boundary changes meaning the number was reduced from 60. There were elections held in 24 wards, with a further 2 wards (Church Eaton and Milwich) uncontested. The Conservative Party gained majority control of the council after the council was under no overall control prior to the election. Overall turnout was 37.51%, with the lowest turnout (24.08%) in Coton ward and the highest (55.77%) in Seighford. As a result of the election, the new council leader was Cllr. Judith Dalgarno. Election result Stafford local election result 2003 Conservative Party (UK) 40 +17 67.8% Labour Party (UK) 14 -13 23.7% Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 -3 8.4% Independent (politician) 0 -2 0 |} The total number of seats on the Council after the election was: Conservative Party - 40 Labour - 14 Liberal Democrats - 5 Sources: BBC Stafford Borough Council Results by ward All results from Stafford Borough Council. Barlaston and Oulton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Fairbanks 817 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Russell 763 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Jones 674 1,443 44.29% Baswich (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Ann Edgeller 868 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Francis 728 Labour Party (UK) Michael Evans 349 Labour Party (UK) Mellony Millichap 300 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Brett 250 United Kingdom Independence Party Adrian Wood 195 1,463 42.47% Chartley (1 seat) Liberal Democrats (UK) Brendan McKeown 346 50.2% Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Walster 343 49.8% 694 47.86% 5 Church Eaton (1 seat) Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry Stamp Election Uncontested Common (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) John Kennedy 438 Labour Party (UK) William Simpson 422 Conservative Party (UK) James Eld 246 Conservative Party (UK) Carol Lee 234 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Hine 178 United Kingdom Independence Party Leslie Gittins 142 920 29.00% Coton (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) William Kemp 378 Labour Party (UK) Michael Shone 345 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rosemary Vance-Cotsford 155 United Kingdom Independence Party Paul Gilbert 150 Conservative Party (UK) Dominic Brisby 128 Conservative Party (UK) Edith Foster 121 696 24.08% Eccleshall (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Henry Butter 1134 Conservative Party (UK) John Sillito 1039 Conservative Party (UK) Ivan Jennings 925 Independent (politician) Gordon Dale 775 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Kirby 674 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bryan Delanchy 465 1,954 38.26 Forebridge (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Baron 648 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Seary 559 Labour Party (UK) Ian Ronald 313 Labour Party (UK) Lisa Pearce 261 Conservative Party (UK) Violet Allan 198 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Roe 187 1,138 35.09% Fulford (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) John Bedson 1019 Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Oldfield 913 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Harp 828 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Brayford 636 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Mycock 618 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Brayford 599 Labour Party (UK) Michael Shaw 366 1,902 40.62% Gnosall and Woodseaves (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Smith 1057 Conservative Party (UK) James Kelly 1039 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Williamson 1019 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Philpott 623 Liberal Democrats (UK) George Sunley 612 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Philpott 593 1,806 35.66% Haywood and Hixon (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Jean Tabernor 999 Conservative Party (UK) Amyas Northcote 968 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Perkins 951 Labour Party (UK) John Coates 487 United Kingdom Independence Party John Mosley 367 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Hackett 364 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jacqueline Hemingway 349 United Kingdom Independence Party Ronald Chell 342 Labour Party (UK) John Boyle 336 2,003 39.69% Highfields and Western Downs (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Aidan Godfrey 668 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Bowen 630 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Pearce 561 Independent (politician) Neil Thomas 428 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Downs 365 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynda Turner 333 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Tabernor 332 Independent (politician) Scott Wilson 296 1,462 30.64% Holmcroft (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) James Cantrill 845 Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Cross MBE 827 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Compton MBE 693 Conservative Party (UK) Isabella Davies 684 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Compton 679 Labour Party (UK) James Paton 628 Independent (politician) Andrew James 281 United Kingdom Independence Party David Hilton 160 1,802 35.47% Littleworth (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Michael Heenan 850 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bentley 776 Conservative Party (UK) Denis Skelland 749 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Voss 642 Labour Party (UK) Anothony Welch 557 Labour Party (UK) Rosalind Kennedy 557 Labour Party (UK) Julian Thorley 503 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Hopkinson 464 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Milln 435 1,920 40.73 Manor (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) Angela Loughran 757 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Rowlands 686 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Rowlands 670 Conservative Party (UK) Gary Simmonds 416 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Knapped 385 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Robinson 352 United Kingdom Independence Party Carl Gilbert 243 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Page 224 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephanie Spiers 223 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Phillips 218 1,540 31.74% Milford (2 seat) Conservative Party (UK) Francis Finlay 904 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Reeves 808 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Fisher 278 1,159 33.98% Milwich (1 seat) Conservative Party (UK) Wilfred Davis Election Uncontested Penkside (2 seats) Labour Party (UK) Ralph Cooke 404 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Millichap 354 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Houlton 235 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Williams 200 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julia Towers 131 United Kingdom Independence Party Jillian Crutchley 110 783 28.28% Rowley (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) David Allan 662 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Farrington 648 Labour Party (UK) Elaine Kidney 639 Labour Party (UK) John Hartshorne 552 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Hinton 231 United Kingdom Independence Party Richard Hilton 145 1,527 43.04% Seighford (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Mark Winnington 725 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Sutherland 725 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frank James 631 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Cox 605 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Allsop 177 Labour Party (UK) Beryl Kemp 176 1,585 55.77% St Michael's (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Goodall 571 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Davies 550 Labour Party (UK) Harry Brunt 478 Labour Party (UK) Peter Sinnott 367 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Hatton 349 1,272 36.07% Stonefield and Christchurch (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Farnham 718 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Leese 522 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Stevens 484 Labour Party (UK) David Smithwick 477 Labour Party (UK) Desmond Byrne 342 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Warren 248 1,474 39.99% Swynnerton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) James Highfield 857 Conservative Party (UK) David Price 721 Independent (politician) Robert Simcock 469 Labour Party (UK) Diana Osbourne 332 1,408 39.98% Tillington (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Goodland 524 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Tedstone 518 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Moore 448 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Nixon 402 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Hughes 205 1,161 35.21% Walton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Phillip Leason 821 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Carey 796 Labour Party (UK) Deborah Wakefield 765 Labour Party (UK) John Beecham 672 Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Doney 666 Labour Party (UK) Roy Osborne 625 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Stevens 279 1,671 36.66% Weeping Cross (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Judith Dalgarno 1,369 Conservative Party (UK) John Francis 1,153 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Wilkinson 1,113 Labour Party (UK) Michael Barber 698 Liberal Democrats (UK) Henry Towers 523 United Kingdom Independence Party Malcolm Hurst 356 2,191 41.40% Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Staffordshire