2003 Torridge District Council election
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The 2003 Torridge District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Torridge District Council in Devon, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the council stayed under no overall control.[1][2]
Election result
[edit]A newly formed group called the Community Alliance gained 9 seats on the council and they were among 17 new councillors on the council.[3][4] Among the gains for the Community Alliance were 3 seats in Northam ward, a seat in Bideford South from Labour and a gain from an independent in Westward Ho!.[2] None of the candidates for the Community Alliance were sitting councillors and the group said it aimed to "keep party politics out of local government".[2]
Meanwhile, Labour lost both their 2 seats on the council, while the Conservatives and Greens regained 1 seat each.[2] 8 councillors were elected without facing any opposition, but this was down from 9 at the 1999 election and 13 in 1995.[5] Overall turnout at the election was 38.4%, up from 36.1% in 1999.[6]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 17 | 47.2 | 27.3 | 6,849 | -7.7% | ||||
Community Alliance Independent | 9 | +9 | 25.0 | 32.4 | 8,109 | +32.4% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 19.4 | 25.6 | 6,409 | -11.5% | ||||
Conservative | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1,165 | +3.5% | |||
Green | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 845 | -3.1% | |||
UKIP | 1 | +1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 427 | +1.7% | |||
Labour | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5.0 | 1,257 | -15.2% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Leonard Ford | 506 | |||
UKIP | Andrew Eastman | 427 | |||
Independent | Philip Waters | 421 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Jeremy Bell | 402 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Langbridge | 141 | |||
Turnout | 1,897 | 47.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Alliance Independent | Stephen Clarke | 653 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | William Isaac | 516 | |||
Independent | Pamela Paddon | 482 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Andrew Powell | 461 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Noel Deakes | 293 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Birchmore | 284 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Nicholson | 161 | |||
Labour | Anne Brenton | 158 | |||
Labour | Lynda Dark | 144 | |||
Labour | Sarah Lovera | 87 | |||
Turnout | 3,239 | 32.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Peter Christie | 633 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Barton | 632 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Alasdair Gould | 488 | |||
Independent | Christopher Leather | 486 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Hadfield | 426 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Osborne | 338 | |||
Conservative | Graham Jones | 336 | |||
Turnout | 3,339 | 34.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Lane | 494 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Sonia Bushby | 424 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Daniel | 354 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Inch | 344 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | David Ratcliff | 310 | |||
Labour | David Brenton | 309 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Elliot Gould | 309 | |||
Labour | Ian Hopkins | 131 | |||
Labour | Walter Hill-Paul | 106 | |||
Turnout | 2,781 | 28.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank Howard | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Philip Collins | 228 | 34.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Copp | 179 | 26.8 | ||
Conservative | Roy Watts | 179 | 26.8 | ||
Independent | Brian Stacey | 81 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 49 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 667 | 55.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Royston Johns | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Broyd | 294 | 56.1 | ||
Community Alliance Independent | Richard Deane | 230 | 43.9 | ||
Majority | 64 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 524 | 42.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christine March | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Pillman | unopposed | |||
Independent | Trevor Sillifant | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Desmond Shadrick | 784 | |||
Independent | John Allen | 581 | |||
Conservative | Coral Broyd | 356 | |||
Turnout | 1,721 | 40.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Alliance Independent | Hugh Bone | 263 | 52.6 | ||
Independent | Anthony Collins | 237 | 47.4 | ||
Majority | 26 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 500 | 39.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Geoffrey Boundy | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Alliance Independent | Alan Eastwood | 941 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Edward Davies | 926 | |||
Community Alliance Independent | Paul Sturges | 850 | |||
Independent | Richard Bradford | 640 | |||
Independent | Anthony Barnes | 525 | |||
Labour | Sheila Bloomfield | 322 | |||
Turnout | 4,204 | 40.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Susan Mounce | 285 | 52.9 | ||
Community Alliance Independent | Matthew Richards | 254 | 47.1 | ||
Majority | 31 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 539 | 40.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Allin Bewes | 389 | 63.3 | ||
Community Alliance Independent | Richard Clark | 226 | 36.7 | ||
Majority | 163 | 26.5 | |||
Turnout | 615 | 47.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Broad | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Patricia Ferguson | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Brown | 645 | |||
Independent | Richard Bond | 424 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Rawlinson | 376 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William Brook | 364 | |||
Independent | Richard Rumbold | 254 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Freeland | 243 | |||
Green | Cathrine Simmons | 212 | |||
Turnout | 2,518 | 27.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Morrish | 253 | 43.5 | ||
Independent | William Tanton | 154 | 26.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maurice Ridd | 101 | 17.4 | ||
Community Alliance Independent | Patrick Adams | 74 | 12.7 | ||
Majority | 99 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 582 | 46.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Hicks | 332 | 69.3 | ||
Community Alliance Independent | Roger Vanstone | 147 | 30.7 | ||
Majority | 185 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 479 | 39.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Alliance Independent | Timothy Williams | 428 | 57.6 | ||
Independent | Thomas Barclay | 315 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 113 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 743 | 45.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Cowle | 506 | 71.0 | ||
Community Alliance Independent | Paul Camilleri | 207 | 29.0 | ||
Majority | 299 | 41.9 | |||
Turnout | 713 | 47.9 |
By-elections between 2003 and 2007
[edit]Bideford South
[edit]A by-election was held in Bideford South on 4 December 2003 after the former leader of the council, Liberal Democrat Mervyn Lane, resigned from the council due to ill health.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Inch | 244 | 44.4 | +4.1 | |
Independent | Chris Leather | 177 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
Community Alliance | Shirley Hagley | 128 | 23.3 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 67 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 549 | 15.2 | −13.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Westward Ho!
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roger Tisdale | 257 | 37.1 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hadfield | 226 | 32.6 | +32.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony Collins | 149 | 21.5 | +21.5 | |
Independent | Hugh Brading | 61 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 31 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 693 | 41.2 | −4.4 | ||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Tamarside
[edit]Independent Kenneth James won a by-election in Tamarside on 14 July 2005 after the death of councillor Richard Broad.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kenneth James | 167 | 45.2 | ||
Conservative | Coral Broyd | 143 | 38.7 | ||
Independent | Arthur Stewart | 59 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 24 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 369 | 29.6 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Northam
[edit]Conservative Sam Robinson won a by-election in Northam on 23 November 2006 after the resignation of councillor Alan Eastwood.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Robinson | 556 | 57.3 | +57.3 | |
Green | Miranda Cox | 414 | 42.7 | +42.7 | |
Majority | 142 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 970 | 21.6 | −18.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Community party in nine-seat haul". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 3 May 2003.
- ^ "It's all change in". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 2 May 2003.
- ^ "Bullying 'endemic' in council". BBC News Online. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "For 34 Candidates, It'S No Contest". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 2 May 2003.
- ^ Churchill, Laura (21 April 2011). "What lies ahead for 'improved' council?". North Devon Journal. NewsBank.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Full District Council Election Results - 1 May 2003". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ a b "South Devon". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 19 November 2003.
- ^ a b c d "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Westward Ho! District By-Election Result - 4th Nov 2004". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Air ambulance staff bailed". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 20 July 2005.
- ^ "Tamarside District By-Election Results - 14 July 2005". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 26 June 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Northam". Western Morning News. NewsBank. 28 November 2006.
- ^ "District By-Election Results 23 November 2006". Torridge District Council. Retrieved 26 June 2014.[permanent dead link]