2003 Test Valley Borough Council election

The 2003 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on the 1 May 2003. With new ward boundaries, all 48 seats were up for election. [1] 24 seats were needed for a majority, with the Conservatives winning 30; the Liberal Democrats won 16 seats, and Independents won 2. [2]

2003 Test Valley Borough Council election
1 May 2003
All 48 seats to Test Valley Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won 30 16 2
Popular vote 17,121 11,793 1,138
Percentage 52.20% 35.95% 3.46%
Council control before election

Conservatives

 Council control after election

Conservatives

Results
Test Valley Borough Council Election, 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 30 62.50 52.20 17,121
  Liberal Democrats 16 33.33 35.95 11,793
  Labour 0 0 5.4 1,648
  Independent 2 4.16 3.46 1,138
  UKIP 0 0 2.57 846
  Green 0 0 0.76 250
Total 48 32,796

Ward results

Abbey
Abbey (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Donald Kemish 773 32.89
Conservative Clive Collier 765 32.55
Liberal Democrats Sally Lamb 678 28.85
Liberal Democrats Paul Rispin 528
Labour Charles Damant 134 5.70
Majority
Turnout 2,350
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Alamein
Alamein (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Hughes 596 48.49
Liberal Democrats Leonard Gates 543
Liberal Democrats Josephine Msonthi 507
Conservative Karen Hamilton 469 38.16
Conservative Michael Platt 432
Conservative Lynsay Scratchley 430
UKIP William McCabe 164 13.34
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ampfield and Braishfield
Ampfield and Braishfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Hatley 649 78.19
Liberal Democrats Sandra Cosier 181 21.80
Majority 468 56.38
Conservative win (new seat)

Amport
Amport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Arnell 467 69.18
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Warner 129 19.11
UKIP Dominic Mills 79 11.70
Majority 338 50.07
Conservative win (new seat)

Anna
Anna (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Townsend 809 58.49
Conservative Arthur Peters 767
Liberal Democrats John Moon 398 28.77
Liberal Democrats Kevin O'Leary 346
UKIP Stanley Oram 176 12.72
Majority
Turnout 1,383
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Blackwater
Blackwater (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Gentle 1,205 77.49
Conservative John Lewis 1,024
Liberal Democrats Max Buckmaster 350 22.50
Liberal Democrats Julian Jones 338
Majority
Turnout 1,555
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bourne Valley
Bourne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Jackson 505 73.93
Liberal Democrats David Webb 178 26.06
Majority 327 47.87
Conservative win (new seat)

Broughton and Stockbridge
Broughton and Stockbridge (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Boulton 1,174 59.05
Conservative Daniel Busk 969
Liberal Democrats Maureen Treadwell 674 33.90
Liberal Democrats Alistair Anderson 634
Labour Arthur Paul 140 7.04
Majority
Turnout 1,988
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Charlton
Charlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Carr 461 77.21
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Webb 136 22.78
Majority 325 54.43
Conservative win (new seat)

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams
Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hall 1,242 59.82
Conservative Nigel Anderson 1,230
Conservative Bruce Cowan 1,084
Liberal Democrats Brian Richards 545 26.25
Labour Keith Morrel 289 13.92
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cupernham
Cupernham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Baverstock 838 58.23
Liberal Democrats Alan Marsh 827
Conservative Richard Jenkins 601 41.76
Conservative Sarah Whitaker 594
Majority
Turnout 1,439
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dun Valley
Dun Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Whiteley 478 66.94
Liberal Democrats Judith Houghton 236 33.05
Majority 242 33.89
Conservative win (new seat)

Harewood
Harewood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Neal 555 74.29
Liberal Democrats Edwin Treadwell 192 25.70
Majority 363 48.59
Conservative win (new seat)

Harroway
Harroway (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia West 875 54.07
Conservative Brian Page 777
Conservative Carl Borg-Neal 718
Liberal Democrats Michael Levitt 391 24.16
Liberal Democrats Peter Wilson 384
Liberal Democrats Rosalie Sweetman 376
Labour Michael Mumford 352 21.75
Labour Alan Cotter 279
Labour James Lowe 255
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kings Somborne and Michelmersh
Kings Somborne and Michelmersh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Bidwell 365 41.95
Conservative David Bonnor-Morris 358 41.14
Liberal Democrats Roger Harris 147 16.89
Majority 7 0.80
Turnout 870
Independent hold Swing

Millway
Millway (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zilliah Brooks 1,078 71.10
Conservative Sandra Hawke 998
Conservative David Drew 989
Liberal Democrats Margaret Henstock 438 28.89
Liberal Democrats Alan Sweetman 418
Majority 1,516
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

North Baddesley
North Baddesley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cosier 1,437 65.85
Liberal Democrats Celia Dowden 1,214
Liberal Democrats Ann Tupper 1,139
Conservative Robin Oliver 628 28.78
Conservative Roy Williams 576
Conservative Alfred-Hans Monsen 441
Labour Christopher Deverell 117 5.36
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Over Wallop
Over Wallop
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Hope 320 77.48
Liberal Democrats Jane Fisk 93 22.51
Majority 227 54.96
Conservative win (new seat)

Penton Bellinger
Penton Bellinger (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Lashbrook 770 56.20
Conservative Timothy Southern 739
Liberal Democrats Lance Mitchell 360 26.27
UKIP Derek Rumsey 240 17.51
Majority
Turnout 1,370
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Romsey Extra
Romsey Extra (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Nokes 542 53.82
Conservative Ian Hibberd 495
Liberal Democrats Karen Dunleavy 465 46.17
Liberal Democrats George Johnson 444
Majority
Turnout 1,007
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mary's
St Mary's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Bailey 704 44.75
Liberal Democrats Barbara Levitt 602
Liberal Democrats Donald MacDonald 583
Conservative Kenneth Whitehouse 546 34.71
Conservative Peter Wood 528
Conservative Barry Hodgson 516
Labour Paul Goddard 323 20.53
Labour Martyn Wilson 276
Labour Peter Scarrott 267
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tadburn
Tadburn (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Cooper 909 51.76
Liberal Democrats Sally Leach 900
Conservative Peter Daw 701 39.92
Conservative David Willox 635
Labour Carolyn Nixson 146 8.31
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Valley Park
Valley Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Dowden 1,153 58.46
Liberal Democrats Jacquie Shaw 1,023
Liberal Democrats Norman Lewis 929
Conservative John Barton 672 34.07
Conservative Richard James 631
Conservative Peggy Humphries 613
Labour David Moores 147 7.45
Labour Teri Moores 144
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winton
Winton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Kerley 1,251 55.52
Conservative Pamela Mutton 1,085
Conservative Alan Smith 1,061
Liberal Democrats David Metcalf 565 25.07
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Jones 502
Liberal Democrats John Smith 479
Green James Todd 250 11.09
UKIP Anthony McCabe 187 8.30
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References
  1. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Test Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2003 - Test Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
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