2003 Portsmouth City Council election

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1 May 2003

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14 of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Labour
Seats won	16	15	11
Popular vote	13,281	13,738	9,798

Results by Ward

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 26.6%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

2003 Portsmouth City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7	3	50.0	9	16	38.1	13,281	35.3	+5.6
	Conservative	5		35.7	10	15	35.7	13,738	36.5	-1.1
	Labour	2	3	14.3	9	11	26.2	9,798	26.0	-5.2
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	360	1.0	+0.3
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	254	0.7	+0.4
	Socialist Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	193	0.5	+0.1

Ward results

Baffins

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Goble	1,638	50.1
	Conservative	Neil Pettigrew	1,055	32.2
	Labour	Simon Bramwell	434	13.3
	Green	Sarah Coote	145	4.4
Majority			583	17.9
Turnout			3,272	32.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Southsea

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Deborah Tomes	1,271	41.2
	Labour	Mark Button	1,118	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Couldwell	575	18.6
	Socialist Alliance	Timothy Evans	121	3.9
Majority			153	5.0
Turnout			3,085	28.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Wylie	1,123	46.4
	Labour	John McIntyre	874	36.1
	Conservative	Andrew Pursglove	333	13.7
	Independent	Roland Woods	92	3.8
Majority			249	10.3
Turnout			2,422	23.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Copnor

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Langford	1,118	47.5
	Labour	Barbara Sparrow	761	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Evans	477	20.2
Majority			357	15.2
Turnout			2,356	23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosham

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Mason	1,048	40.6
	Labour	Stephen Reid	936	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	596	23.1
Majority			108	4.3
Turnout			2,580	26.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Drayton and Farlington

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robin Sparshatt	1,848	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Whittle	1,157	32.3
	Labour	Sonia Relf	582	16.2
Majority			691	19.2
Turnout			3,587	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Charlton	1,410	48.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Lacey	1,070	36.9
	Labour	June Clarkson	419	14.5
Majority			340	11.7
Turnout			2,899	28.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fratton

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Scott	1,102	52.6
	Labour	Beverley Hancock	545	26.0
	Conservative	Peter Ross	450	21.5
Majority			557	26.6
Turnout			2,097	20.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hilsea

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alistair Thompson	1,281	45.1
	Labour	John Ferrett	1,126	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Mason	435	15.3
Majority			155	5.5
Turnout			2,842	28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Vernon-Jackson	1,547	51.3
	Conservative	Gerald Shimbart	822	27.3
	Labour	Kenneth Ferrett	372	12.3
	Independent	Nigel Sizer	162	5.4
	Green	Andrea Smith	112	3.7
Majority			725	24.0
Turnout			3,015	31.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leo Madden	987	46.5
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	717	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Bowden	417	19.7
Majority			270	12.7
Turnout			2,121	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Paulsgrove

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Horne	1,012	51.0
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	659	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Price	211	10.6
	Green	Brian Bundy	103	5.2
Majority			353	17.8
Turnout			1,985	19.7
	Labour hold		Swing

St Jude

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Butler	1,106	45.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Chewter	1,033	42.3
	Labour	Matthew Gummerson	304	12.4
Majority			73	3.0
Turnout			2,443	25.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Stevens	1,487	50.9
	Conservative	Elaine Shimbart	1,033	35.4
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	328	11.2
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Thatcher	72	2.5
Majority			454	15.5
Turnout			2,920	28.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

2003 Portsmouth election result
Full results
Ward turnouts Archived 27 September 2011 at the UK Government Web Archive

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