2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election
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All 54 council seats
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ken Bodfish
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 1999
Last election 34 17
Seats won 24 20
Seat change Decrease10 Increase3
Popular vote 70,412 76,578
Percentage 31.71% 34.49%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 3 5
Seats won 6 3
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2
Popular vote 36,810 33,586
Percentage 16.58% 15.13%
Map of results of 2003 election
Leader,
Majority Party before election

Ken Bodfish
Labour

Leader,
Council Control after election

Ken Bodfish
No overall control

Elections to Brighton and Hove City Council on the south coast of England were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election and all 54 councillors were elected from 21 wards.[1] Labour lost their majority on the council but continued to govern in a minority administration.

Summary

Election result

2003 Brighton and Hove City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour Co-op 54 24 2 2 Decrease 21 44.4 31.6 70,412 –14.2
  Conservative 54 20 1 3 Decrease 7 37.0 34.4 76,578 –3.0
  Green 53 6 0 0 Increase 3 11.1 16.5 36,810 +5.5
  Liberal Democrats 54 3 1 0 Steady 5.6 15.4 34,374 +10.2
  Independent 7 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.9 1.5 3,286 +1.4
  Socialist Alliance 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 476 N/A
  Socialist Labour 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 357 +0.1
  BNP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 314 N/A
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 197 N/A

Ward Results

Brunswick and Adelaide

Brunswick & Adelaide (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Elgood 1,222 29.40
Liberal Democrats David Watkins 1,103 26.54
Labour Co-op Daniel Fox 622 14.97
Labour Co-op John Warmington 542 13.04
Green Felicity Tanous 291 7.00
Conservative Harry Haynes 269 6.47
Conservative Debra Wade 266 6.40
Independent Nigel Furness 63 1.16
Independent Valentine Hogan 47 1.13
Turnout 2,549 33.0
Registered electors 7,725
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Central Hove

Central Hove (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Averil Older 1,092 19.64
Conservative Jan Young 1,062 19.10
Liberal Democrats Jenny Barnard-Langston 884 15.90
Liberal Democrats Mark Barnard 847 15.23
Labour Co-op Christopher Wainwright 544 9.78
Labour Co-op Alun Jones 513 9.23
Green Michael Butler 327 5.88
Green Jacqueline DaCosta 291 5.23
Turnout 41.58
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Brighton

East Brighton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Gilliam Mitchell 1,545 14.12
Labour Co-op Warren Morgan 1,451 13.26
Labour Co-op Craig Turton 1,223 11.18
Conservative Edward Faulkner 1,062 9.71
Conservative Sally Wells 1,017 9.30
Conservative Ian Middleton 976 8.92
Liberal Democrats Richard Bowden 770 7.04
Liberal Democrats John Barrow 682 6.23
Green Diana Hicks 623 5.69
Liberal Democrats Thomas William Stokes 553 5.05
Green Julia Knowles 475 4.34
Green Stephen McLaren Watson 396 3.62
Socialist Labour John McLeod 167 1.53
Turnout 38.6
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Goldsmid

Goldsmid (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Giebeler 1,521 10.92
Labour Co-op Simon Battle 1,495 10.73
Labour Co-op Vincent Meegan 1,490 10.70
Labour Co-op Frieda Warman-Brown 1,463 10.50
Conservative Steven Harmer-Strange 1,456 10.45
Conservative Brian Rowe 1,451 10.42
Liberal Democrats Bob Bailey 1,100 7.90
Liberal Democrats Josephine Lake 1,019 7.32
Green Susan Board 881 6.33
Liberal Democrats Ronald Bakere 877 6.30
Green Jenny Deadman 633 4.55
Green Gordon Hudson 541 3.88
Turnout 43.73
Conservative hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Hangleton and Knoll

Hangleton & Knoll (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Brian Fitch 2,550 15.25
Labour Co-op Gerry Kielty 2,394 14.32
Conservative Peter Willows 2,449 14.65
Conservative Dawn Barnett 2,315 13.85
Labour Co-op James Edward 2,175 13.01
Conservative Stephen Wade 2,123 12.70
Liberal Democrats David Sears 517 3.09
Liberal Democrats Emily Pearson 477 2.85
Green Lucette Forrest 448 2.68
Liberal Democrats Lee Shingles 434 2.60
Green Jean Jones 270 1.62
Socialist Alliance Maggie Clifford 210 1.26
Green Matthew Dunton 207 1.24
Independent Gregory McAusland 149 0.89
Turnout 56.31
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hanover and Elm Grove

Hanover & Elm Grove (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Joseph Randall 2,198 16.05
Green Georgia Wrighton 1,895 13.84
Labour Co-op Joyce Edmond-Smith 1,886 13.77
Labour Co-op John Ballance 1,722 12.57
Labour Co-op John Newington 1,510 11.03
Green Robert Jarrett 1,382 10.09
Liberal Democrats Diana Owen 517 3.77
Conservative James Roochove 489 3.57
Conservative Luke McCabe 466 3.40
Liberal Democrats Martin Lindsay-Hills 460 3.36
Conservative Peter Neish 455 3.32
Liberal Democrats Graham Hunnable 450 3.29
Socialist Alliance David Fellows 266 1.94
Turnout 44.76
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Hollingbury and Stanmer

Hollingbury and Stanmer (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jeane Lepper 1,882 16.36
Labour Co-op Pat Hawkes 1,711 14.88
Labour Co-op Tehmtan Framroze 1,680 14.61
Conservative Carol Ramsden 1,006 8.75
Conservative Roger McCabe 977 8.49
Conservative Michael Weatherley 914 7.95
Green Anthony Ackroyd 669 5.82
Liberal Democrats Matthew Barker 494 4.30
Green Amelia Mills 478 4.16
Liberal Democrats Ellen Woolley 457 3.97
Liberal Democrats Hector Gow 375 3.26
Green Steven Sorrell 339 2.95
Independent Anthony Greenstein 329 2.86
Socialist Labour Ian Fyvie 190 1.65
Turnout 37.91
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Moulsecoomb and Bevendean

Moulcoomb and Bevendean (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Francis Tonks 1,659 15.48
Labour Co-op Anne Meadows 1,635 15.25
Labour Jack Hazelgrove 1,632 15.23
Conservative Joan Champion 933 8.70
Conservative Brian Dando 903 8.43
Conservative Martin Smith 891 8.31
Liberal Democrats Andrea Bain 614 5.73
Green Kate Chapman 539 5.03
Liberal Democrats Paul Durden 500 4.66
Liberal Democrats Bernard Huggins 495 4.62
Green Barry Mills 399 3.72
Green Ian Needham 322 3.00
UKIP Ian Hills 197 1.84
Turnout 36.91
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

North Portslade

North Portslade (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Robert Carden 1,897 29.37
Labour Co-op Donald Turner 1,755 27.17
Conservative Timothy Catt 863 13.36
Conservative Harinder Gill 728 11.27
Liberal Democrats Ann Barnard 408 6.32
Liberal Democrats Anthony Barnard 350 5.42
Green Deborah McElroy 307 4.75
Green Guy Richardson 152 2.35
Turnout 48.12
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Patcham

Patcham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Pidgeon 3,120 19.66
Conservative Carol Theobald 3,003 18.93
Conservative Geoffrey Theobald 2,970 18.72
Labour Co-op Derek Betts 1,421 8.96
Labour Co-op William Chalmers 1,083 6.83
Labour Co-op Phillip Jones 1,057 6.66
Liberal Democrats Daphne Latimer 736 4.64
Liberal Democrats David Latimer 702 4.42
Liberal Democrats John Lovatt 580 3.66
Green Elizabeth Fakhr 436 2.75
Green Geraldine Keenan 392 2.47
Green Alison Varey 367 2.31
Turnout 53.22
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Preston Park

Preston Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green George Mallender 1,951 13.43
Labour Co-op Juliet McCaffery 1,623 11.18
Labour Co-op Kevin Allen 1,551 10.68
Green Alison Plaumer 1,462 10.07
Labour Co-op Michael Middleton 1,448 9.97
Green Laurence Littman 1,342 9.24
Conservative Andrew Garrood 919 6.33
Liberal Democrats Christopher Anderson 885 6.09
Liberal Democrats Birgit Gutheridge 871 6.00
Conservative Marie-Anne Bezencon 856 5.89
Conservative Pamela Stiles 827 5.69
Liberal Democrats Trefor Hunter 788 5.43
Turnout 49.91
Green win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Queen's Park

Queens Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kenneth Bodfish 1,713 13.51
Labour Co-op Simon Burgess 1,647 12.99
Labour Co-op Delia Forester 1,614 12.73
Green Nigel Tart 1,147 9.05
Conservative Robin Cecil 947 7.47
Conservative Patricia Smith 922 7.27
Conservative Michael Williams 911 7.19
Green Mjka Scott 895 7.06
Green Rebecca Whale 810 6.39
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Robinson 775 6.11
Liberal Democrats Joseph Blease 695 5.48
Liberal Democrats Douglas Janke 602 4.75
Turnout 41.48
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Regency

Regency (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Davidson 770 15.51
Labour Co-op Roy Pennington 736 14.82
Liberal Democrats Kevin Donnelly 731 14.72
Labour Co-op Michael Fisher 720 14.50
Green Ian Poyser 696 14.02
Conservative John Hutchinson 464 9.35
Conservative Joyce Pidgeon 435 8.76
Green Hugh Miller 413 8.32
Turnout 35.10
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op
Labour Co-op hold

Rottingdean Coastal

Rottingdean Coastal (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynda Hyde 3,270 20.61
Conservative David Smith 2,910 18.34
Conservative Mary Mears 2,880 18.15
Labour Co-op Norman William 940 5.92
Labour Co-op Roger Page 839 5.29
Liberal Democrats Harold DeSouza 805 5.07
Liberal Democrats Joy DeSouza 805 5.07
Green Geoffrey Bowden 749 4.72
Labour Co-op Hitesh Tailor 744 4.69
Liberal Democrats Lisa Winter 591 3.72
Green Susan Gilson 545 3.44
Green Gregory Taylor 474 2.99
BNP Renzo Ferrari 314 1.98
Turnout 53.76
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Portslade

South Portslande (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Leslie Hamilton 1,347 23.23
Labour Co-op Sue John 1,085 18.71
Conservative Richard Biggs 835 14.40
Independent Steve Collier 804 13.86
Conservative Michael Long 718 12.38
Liberal Democrats Nicola Searle 303 5.23
Liberal Democrats Neville Searle 287 4.95
Green Christopher Fry 214 3.69
Green Janette Ackroyd 206 3.55
Turnout 46.61
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Stanford

Stanford (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanesse Brown 2,497 31.39
Independent Jayne Bennett 1,771 22.27
Conservative Michael Switzer 1,700 21.37
Labour Co-op Patrick Gill 467 5.87
Labour Co-op Nicole Murphy 436 5.48
Liberal Democrats Roy Alldred 417 5.24
Liberal Democrats Peter Denyer 275 3.46
Green Alan Pegg 241 3.03
Green Molly Taylor 150 1.89
Turnout 55.94
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

St Peter's and North Laine

St Peter's and North Laine (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Keith Taylor 2,347 17.27
Green Susan Paskins 2,266 16.68
Green Simon Williams 2,254 16.59
Labour Co-op Christine Simpson 1,200 8.83
Labour Co-op Harry Spillman 1,103 8.12
Labour Co-op Robert Stephenson 1,094 8.05
Liberal Democrats Madelaine Hunter 637 4.69
Liberal Democrats Ruth Berry 627 4.61
Liberal Democrats William Parker 517 3.81
Conservative Paul Bowes 474 3.49
Conservative Carole Franklin 474 3.49
Conservative James Gowans 471 3.47
Independent Gerald O’Brien 123 0.91
Turnout 40.59
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Westbourne

Westbourne (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Oxley 1,482 23.06
Conservative Denise Cobb 1,431 22.27
Labour Co-op Don Brown 904 14.07
Labour Co-op David Jones 813 12.65
Liberal Democrats Valerie Paynter 661 10.28
Liberal Democrats Brian Ralfe 553 8.60
Green Philip Dymond 358 5.57
Green Anita Phillips 225 3.50
Turnout 46.93
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wish

Wish (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Garry Dunn 1,616 22.96
Conservative Edward Kemble 1,522 21.63
Labour Co-op Heather James 1,368 19.44
Labour Co-op Patrick Murphy 1,242 17.65
Liberal Democrats Stephen Potts 454 6.45
Green Susan Baumgardt 324 4.60
Liberal Democrats Robert Stockman 296 4.21
Green Elizabeth Wakefield 215 3.06
Turnout 55.05
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op
Conservative hold

Withdean

Withdean (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Drake 2,800 17.07
Conservative Ann Norman 2,758 16.81
Conservative Kenneth Norman 2,726 16.62
Labour Co-op Iain Findlay 1,192 7.27
Labour Co-op Jane Peckham 1,135 6.92
Labour Co-op Gareth Jones 1,073 6.54
Liberal Democrats Peter Garratt 1,000 6.10
Liberal Democrats Donald McBeth 930 5.67
Liberal Democrats Derek Hall 895 5.46
Green James Lea 745 4.54
Green Lynn MacKenzie 680 4.14
Green Fiona Williams 472 2.88
Turnout 53.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodingdean

Woodingdean (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wells 2,500 32.26
Conservative Deirdre Simson 2,456 31.69
Labour Co-op Raymond Blackwood 956 12.34
Labour Co-op Malcolm Prescott 885 11.42
Liberal Democrats Season Prater 289 3.73
Liberal Democrats Tim Prater 292 3.77
Green Stella Pentecost 218 2.81
Green Paul Ward 153 1.97
Turnout 55.33
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ "Brighton & Hove City Council [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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