2003 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2003 Bolsover District Council election. Labour in red, independents in light grey and Whitwell Residents Association in grey. The 2003 Bolsover District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Election result Labour won 31 of the 37 seats on the council to keep a 25-seat majority on the council.[2] Of the other 6 seats, 4 were won by independents, while the remaining 2 seats were taken by the Whitwell Residents Association, which won both seats in Whitwell ward .[2] Overall turnout at the election was about 30%, reaching a high of 42.4% in Elmton-with-Creswell.[2]
Bolsover local election result 2003[3] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 31 -1 83.8 53.9 11,568 Independent 4 0 10.8 31.6 6,791 Whitwell Residents Association 2 +1 5.4 6.4 1,373 Conservative 0 0 0.0 7.2 1,544 BNP 0 0 0.0 0.5 101 Socialist Alliance 0 0 0.0 0.5 97
Ward results Barlborough (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Shaw unopposed Labour Eion Watts unopposes
Blackwell (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Clive Moesby 710 Labour Alan Tomlinson 631 Independent Sally Gray 517 Turnout 1,858
Bolsover North West (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith Bowman unopposed Labour Thomas Rodda unopposed
Bolsover South (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jennie Bennett unopposed Labour Alan Hodkin unopposed
Bolsover West (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Rosemary Bowler unopposed Labour Bran Huddless unopposed
Clowne North (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Brian Hendry 415 Labour Sidney Patrick 373 Labour Duncan Haywood 306 Independent Andrew Patterson 272 Turnout 1,366
Clowne South (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Paul Hendry 435 Labour James Smith 375 Labour Peter Linley 372 Turnout 1,182
Elmton-with-Creswell (3 seats)[2] [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Duncan McGregor 1,002 Independent James Clifton 883 Labour Rita Turner 777 Independent Shaun Wass 766 Labour Enid Glassey 656 Independent Shirley Staniforth 575 Independent Robert Davis 261 Turnout 4,920 42.4
Pinxton (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mary Dooley 534 Labour Dennis Kelly 476 Independent Leonard Worrall 386 Turnout 1,396
Pleasley (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Pauline Bowmer unopposed Labour Ann Syrett unopposed
Scarcliffe (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sandra Peake 688 Labour Malcolm Crane 591 Independent Celso Sabido 530 BNP Mark Stringfellow 101 Socialist Alliance Raymond Holmes 97 Turnout 2,007
Shirebrook East[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Brian Murray-Carr unopposed
Shirebrook Langwith[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kenneth Walker unopposed
Shirebrook North West[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Martin Dawkins unopposed
Shirebrook South East[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Hazel Ward unopposed
Shirebrook South West[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stephen Fritchley unopposed
South Normanton East (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Terry Cook 448 Labour Malcolm Hodges 396 Conservative Anne Smith 218 Conservative Keith Smith 190 Turnout 1,252
South Normanton West (3 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Trevor Lane 496 Labour Joan Morley 484 Labour John Phelan 470 Conservative Susan Curry 425 Independent John Hudson 404 Conservative David Blythe 378 Conservative Paul Smith 333 Turnout 2,990
Tibshelf (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Michael Coupe 734 Labour Alison Beckett 622 Independent Raymond Heffer 613 Labour Graham Parkin 360 Turnout 2,329
Whitwell (2 seats)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Whitwell Residents Association George Webster 755 Whitwell Residents Association Vivienne Mills 618 Labour Dennis Reynolds 428 Labour Kenneth Stevenson 373 Turnout 2,174
References ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 July 2014 . ^ a b c d "Cruising back into power". Derbyshire Times . 8 May 2003. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "District Council Election Results 2003". Bolsover District Council . Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2014 .