2003 local election results

Summary

The results of the local election held in May 2003, and links to other websites for the results of the last Norfolk County Council and General Elections (held in May 2005). See our A-Z of councillors for contact details of the council Members who represent you.

Key

Political party Notes

Cons: Conservative Party
G: Green Party
Ind: Independent
Lab: Labour Party
LD: Liberal Democrat Party
UKIND: UK Independence Party

In 2001 there was an electoral review of the South Norfolk district, with the number of wards reduced from 41 to 36. In the notes for each ward below, redrawn seat refers to a ward that was changed during the review, and no change indicates the ward was left untouched.


2003 local election results

Abbey ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Ellingworth, Trevor 273
  Cons Pond, Andrew - ELECTED 408
  Lab Underwood, Sandra 159

Turnout: 37.7% | Majority: 135 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Beck Vale ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Halliday, John - ELECTED 486
  Cons Wilby, Jennifer 279

Turnout: 42.6% | Majority: 207 | Notes: No change

Bressingham & Burston ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Weeks, Keith - ELECTED 533
  Lab Zeichner, Daniel 461

Turnout: 47% | Majority: 72 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Brooke ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Fuller, John - ELECTED 705
  Lab Sanders, Timothy 115
  LD Walker, Christopher 255

Turnout: 52% | Majority: 450 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Bunwell ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Rissman, Bodo 422
  Cons Spratt, Beverley - ELECTED 467

Turnout: 44% | Majority: 45 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Chedgrave & Thurton ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Blake, Derek - ELECTED 425
  Lab Wells, Mark 349

Turnout: 38% | Majority: 76 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Cringleford ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Bradshaw, Gillian 354
  G Cook, Robert 112
  Cons Kemp, Christopher - ELECTED 666
  Ind Martin, Graham 325
  G Ross-Wagenknecht, Stephanie 94
  LD Tryggvason, Judith 254
  Cons Wheatley, Garry - ELECTED 737

Turnout: 41% | Notes: Redrawn seat

Cromwells ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Simpson, John - ELECTED 336
  Cons Smith, Ronald 257
  Lab Stuart, Brian 81

Turnout: 38.3% | Majority: 79 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Dickleburgh ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Playford, Paul 424
  Cons Wilby, Martin - ELECTED 497

Turnout: 42% | Majority: 73 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Diss ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Caldwell, Jill - ELECTED 1026
  Cons Clark-Taylor, Brian - ELECTED 649
  Ind Cooper, David 337
  Ind Gregory, Vanessa 579
  Cons Palmer, Anthony 551
  LD Proudlove, John - ELECTED 736
  Cons Roberts, Eric 546
  Lab Vrynw-Pierce, Robin 305

Turnout: 33% | Notes: Redrawn seat. Anthony Charles Palmer (Cons) was elected to represent Diss ward at the June 2006 election, following the resignation of Councillor Jill Caldwell.

Ditchingham & Broome ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Carden, Richard - ELECTED 516
  Cons Morris, Vincent 239

Turnout: 39% | Majority: 277 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Earsham ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Gray, Murray - ELECTED 617
  Cons Guttridge, John 192

Turnout: 41% | Majority: 425 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Easton ward

Party Candidate Votes
  G Brockbank, Andrew 51
  LD Cowan, John 201
  Cons Dent, Nicholas - ELECTED 380
  Lab Waddington, Alan 80

Turnout: 37.5% | Majority: 179 | Notes: Redrawn seat. Margaret Deswbury (Cons) was elected to represent Easton ward in 2004 following the resignation of Councillor Nicholas Dent.

Forncett ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Chapman, Neville 369
  LD McClenning, Robert - ELECTED 515
  Lab Ziolkowska, Barbara 65

Turnout: 46.9% | Majority: 146 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Gillingham ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Lab Chapman, John 150
  Cons Savage, Jeremy 358
  LD Smith, Amanda - ELECTED 487

Turnout: 43% | Majority: 129 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Harleston ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Brownsea, Adrian - ELECTED 698
  Cons Hailes, Steven 362
  LD Hudson, Clive - ELECTED 827
  Cons Weeks, Vivienne 338

Turnout: 36% | Notes: Redrawn seat

Hempnall ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Dye, Malcolm 519
  Cons Windridge, Michael - ELECTED 532

Turnout: 51% | Majority: 13 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Hethersett ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Lab Clennell, Thomas 214
  Cons Elston, Leonard 595
  Cons Hardy, Andrew 727
  G Mitchell, Andrew 62
  LD Sutton, Jacqueline - ELECTED 876
  G Uwins, Michael 48
  LD Watkins, Frederick - ELECTED 850

Turnout: 40% | Notes: Redrawn seat

Hingham & Deopham ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Ind Catmur, William 133
  LD Dore, Patricia - ELECTED 556
  Cons Hesse, Stephanie 242

Turnout: 41% | Majority: 314 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Loddon ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Gould, Colin - ELECTED 441
  LD Mayes, Terence 93
  Lab Skilleter, Jonathan 90
  Ind Stubbs, Calvin 139

Turnout: 37% | Majority: 302 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Mulbarton ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Carver, Pauline 419
  LD Clifford-Jackson, Vivienne - ELECTED 667
  Cons Legg, Nigel 452
  Lab Nolan, Elizabeth 169
  LD Pond, David - ELECTED 709
  G Smith, Geoffrey 83
  G Taylor, Katherine 72

Turnout: 40% | Notes: Redrawn seat

New Costessey ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Denby, John - ELECTED 955
  G Hogan, Caroline 114
  Cons Sapey, Senga 233
  G Walmsley, Roy 86
  LD Watt, Gerard - ELECTED 811

Turnout: 28% | Notes: Redrawn seat

Newton Flotman ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Pearcy, Wendy 261
  LD Peterson, John - ELECTED 456

Turnout: 35% | Majority: 195 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Northfields ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Beare, Susannah 144
  Lab Chandler, Keith 129
  Cons Mooney, Joseph - ELECTED 549

Turnout: 37% | Majority: 405 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Old Costessey ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Bell, Vivienne - ELECTED 761
  LD East, Tim - ELECTED 801
  Cons Wheatley, Joan 315

Turnout: 30% | Notes: Redrawn seat

Poringland with the Framinghams ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Gudgeon, David - ELECTED 864
  Cons Keefe, David 579
  Cons Overton, John 721
  G Ross, Barbara 79
  G Wagenknecht, Ingo 65
  LD Walker, Jane - ELECTED 863

Rockland ward

Party Candidate Votes
  G Passingham, Sarah 94
  LD Pitchford, Jennifer 195
  Cons Thomson, Suzan - ELECTED 547
  Lab Wells, Harriet 150

Turnout: 43% | Majority: 352 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Roydon ward

Party Candidate Votes
  LD Caldwell, Ian 225
  Cons Hoare, Ronald - ELECTED 357

Turnout: 31% | Majority: 132 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Rustens ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Cox, Daniel - ELECTED 327
  Lab Underwood, Douglas 218

Turnout: 33.5% | Majority: 109 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Scole ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Alexander, Vera - ELECTED 429
  Lab Crouch, Nigel 74
  LD Domeyer, Evelyn 157

Turnout: 35% | Majority: 272 | Notes: No change

Stoke Holy Cross ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Cartmell, Jill 219
  Lab King, Janet 86
  LD Lewis, Trevor - ELECTED 710

Turnout: 47% | Majority: 491 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Stratton ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Lab Aitken, Grace 218
  LD Miller, Alistair - ELECTED 528
  Lab Nolan, Kenneth 136
  LD Smith, Peter - ELECTED 662
  Cons Tumbridge, James 421
  Cons Williams, Edwin 350

Turnout: 31% | Notes: Redrawn seat

Tasburgh ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Baker, Derek 415
  G Wakeman, Angie 53
  LD Zandvoort, Egbertien - ELECTED 419

Turnout: 47% | Majority: 4 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Thurlton ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Cons Chapman, Patricia 279
  LD Waltham, Philip - ELECTED 439
  G West, Derek 119

Turnout: 38% | Majority: 160 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Town ward

Party Candidate Votes
  Lab Roberts, Anne 143
  LD Slowther, Jean 173
  Cons Wynne, Martin - ELECTED 489

Turnout: 37.1% | Majority: 316 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Wicklewood ward

Party Candidate Votes
  G Logan, Quentin 62
  LD Mackie, Jane - ELECTED 328
  Lab O'Grady, Kevin 89
  Cons Spratt, Richard 326

Turnout: 47% | Majority: 2 | Notes: Redrawn seat

Related pages on this website

External links

Norfolk County Council Elections 2005
Full results of the County Council elections held in May 2005.

BBC Election 2005
In-depth coverage of the May 2005 general Election, including an interactive map to zoom in on where you live.


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address: South Norfolk Council
South Norfolk House
Swan Lane
Long Stratton
Norwich NR15 2XE

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Last updated on: 18 October 2006