2003 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2003 Ashfield council election. Labour in red, Independent in grey, Greens in green and Conservatives in blue. The 2003 Ashfield District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.[1] The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]
Election result The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council after independents gained 12 seats and Labour lost 15 seats.[3]
Ashfield Local Election Result 2003[4] [5] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 16 -15 48.5 52.0 17,551 Independent 14 +12 42.4 34.8 11,763 Green 2 +2 6.1 4.5 1,518 Conservative 1 +1 3.0 7.3 2,473 BNP 0 0 0 1.4 472
7 Labour candidates were unopposed.[5]
Ward results Hucknall Central (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Trevor Locke 848 Labour Charles Short 831 Conservative Gordon Riley 784 Turnout 2,463 30.5
Hucknall East (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kenneth Creed 708 Independent Geoffrey Thorpe 624 Labour Yvonne White 588 Turnout 1,920 26.3
Hucknall North (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Robert Gow 841 Labour John Wilmott 774 Conservative Michael Murphy 739 Labour Patrick Wren 620 Turnout 2,974 32.3
Hucknall West (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Blagden 1,088 Labour Simon Harris 1,005 Conservative Brian Connor 950 Labour John Knight 807 BNP Barry Hodgson 472 Turnout 4,322 28.7
Jacksdale[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Edward Holmes 495 76.2 Independent Frank Wood 155 23.8 Majority 340 52.3 Turnout 650 25.8
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Antony Brown 952 Independent Rachel Madden 888 Labour Alan Butler 530 Labour Peter Thorpe 370 Green Andrew Finlayson 188 Turnout 2,928 32.4
Kirky-in-Ashfield East (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Wendy Harvey 610 Independent Harold Greasley 586 Labour Jean Tomlinson 357 Labour Warren Nuttall 325 Turnout 1,878 22.4
Kirky-in-Ashfield West (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent John Baird 955 Independent David Spalding 774 Labour Glennis Thierry 387 Labour Beverly Meszaros 320 Turnout 2,436 26.1
Selston (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Beverley Turner 750 Independent Petro Clarke 708 Labour Christopher Bonam 596 Labour Elaine Bonam 570 Turnout 2,624 27.1
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Lesley Matthews unopposed Labour Alan Price unopposed Labour Margaret Thorpe unopposed
Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour May Barsby 1,091 Independent George Toy 1,009 Labour Derek Young 962 Labour David Parker 952 Turnout 4,014 24.0
Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Beryl Anthony unopposed Labour John Bennett unopposed Labour Jessie Parker unopposed
Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Ramon Buttery 1,020 Independent Terence Keetley 977 Independent Roy Adkins 914 Labour David Shooter 824 Labour Kier Barsby 717 Labour Hilda Holmes 616 Turnout 5,068 23.5
Underwood[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stephen Mays unopposed
Woodhouse (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Green Justin Smith 687 Green Mark Harrison 643 Labour Martin Carey 633 Labour Christopher Davidson 537 Turnout 2,500 25.7
References ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 May 2011 . ^ "Election results". Financial Times . 3 May 2003. p. 8. ^ "Labour loses historic vote". BBC News Online . 2 May 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2011 . ^ "English councils". The Times . 3 May 2003. p. 47. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Local Elections - May 2003 Results". Ashfield District Council. Archived from the original on 22 June 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2011 .