2003 North Norfolk District Council election

Results of the 2003 North Norfolk District Council election

The 2003 North Norfolk District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Norfolk District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the number of seats increased by 3.

Election result

2003 North Norfolk District Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 14 Steady 29.2 38.1 13,979 +8.1
  Liberal Democrats 28 Increase 16 58.3 37.5 13,770 +8.3
  Independent 6 Decrease 4 12.5 15.4 5,640 -2.6
  Labour 0 Decrease 10 0.0 7.3 2,693 -15.5
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 1.7 638 N/A

Ward results

Astley

Astley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Broughton* 349 42.9
Conservative James Howlett 267 32.8
Liberal Democrats John Pike 144 17.7
Green Monika Wiedmann 54 6.6
Majority 82 10.1
Turnout 46.6
Independent win (new seat)

Briston

Briston Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Wyatt* 455 64.3
Conservative Susan Edwards 229 32.3
Green Sharon Harvey 24 3.4
Majority 226 32.0
Turnout 42.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chaucer

Chaucer Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Sweeney* 454 49.2
Conservative David Heathcote 423 45.9
Green Victoria Wood 45 4.9
Majority 31 3.3
Turnout 48.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Corpusty

Corpusty Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Perry-Warnes* 560 55.7
Labour Aubrey Poberefsky* 330 32.8
Liberal Democrats Raymond Swain 115 11.4
Majority 230 22.9
Turnout 53.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Cromer Town

Cromer Town Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Randall* 558 52.6
Conservative Thomas Cabbell Manners* 529 49.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Baldwin 272 25.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Corney 210 19.8
Labour Colin Vanlint 179 16.9
Independent George Foster 123 11.6
Majority 257 24.2
Turnout 1,061 33.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Laurence Randall had previously been elected as an Independent councillor.

Erpingham

Erpingham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Willcox 479 57.0
Liberal Democrats John Stibbons 239 28.5
Labour Ann Poberefsky 122 14.5
Majority 240 28.5
Turnout 46.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Gaunt

Gaunt Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Jones 437 49.4
Conservative Judith Oliver 307 34.7
Independent Clyte Venvell* 141 15.9
Majority 130 14.7
Turnout 48.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Clyte Venvell had previously been elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor.

Glaven Valley

Glaven Valley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Crowe* 623 65.6
Liberal Democrats Anthony Groom 275 28.9
Green Rupert Rosser 52 5.5
Majority 348 36.7
Turnout 50.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Happisburgh

Happisburgh Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Hammond 349 45.4
Conservative James Croft 344 44.7
Green Paul Saunders 76 9.9
Majority 5 0.7
Turnout 40.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

High Heath

High Heath Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Cordeaux* 504 50.9
Conservative Nicholas Deterding 438 44.2
Green Rosalind Redfern 49 4.9
Majority 66 6.7
Turnout 60.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Holt

Holt Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Baker* 823 54.9
Liberal Democrats Ronald Stone* 506 33.7
Conservative John Blyth 463 30.9
Liberal Democrats Robin Combe 432 28.8
Independent Philip High 414 27.6
Green Paula D'Attoma 61 4.1
Green Alicia Hull 41 2.7
Majority 43 2.9
Turnout 1,500 52.3
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Michael Baker had previously been elected as a Conservative councillor.

Hoveton

Hoveton Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rita Massingham* 613 75.9
Liberal Democrats Alexandrine Howe 195 24.1
Majority 418 51.8
Turnout 47.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Lancaster North

Lancaster North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Starling 720 62.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Wright 649 56.4
Conservative Michael Reynolds 252 21.9
Labour Janet Holdom 210 18.3
Independent Philip Kemp* 190 16.5
Green Vanessa Jarvis 52 4.5
Majority 397 34.6
Turnout 1,149 40.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Philip Kemp had previously been elected as a Labour councillor.

Lancaster South

Lancaster South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Towers 453 42.1
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Howe 452 42.0
Conservative Roy Banham* 410 38.1
Conservative James Spencer Ashworth 345 32.1
Labour Brenda Coldrick* 189 17.6
Labour Desmond Hewitt* 183 17.0
Majority 42 3.9
Turnout 1,076 34.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Mundesley

Mundesley Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wyndham Northam* 903 67.6
Independent Susan Willis* 704 52.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Farmer 269 20.1
Liberal Democrats Nicholas John 253 19.0
Majority 435 32.6
Turnout 1,335 40.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

North Walsham East

North Walsham East Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore 640 46.8
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ford 603 44.1
Conservative Rita Rose* 451 33.0
Conservative Susan Williamson 381 27.9
Labour George Nelson 174 12.7
Independent Graham Dunn 172 12.6
Independent Charles Cole 104 7.6
Majority 152 11.1
Turnout 1,367 41.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

North Walsham North

North Walsham North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joe Turner 625 56.0
Liberal Democrats Julie Thompson 615 55.1
Conservative Arthur Vincent 295 26.4
Conservative Donna McDougall 271 24.3
Independent Roy Haynes* 264 23.6
Majority 320 28.6
Turnout 1,117 34.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Roy Haynes had previously been elected as a Labour councillor.

North Walsham West

North Walsham West Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Birch* 773 60.1
Liberal Democrats Virginia Gay 652 50.7
Conservative Natasha Sherry 301 23.4
Conservative Arthur Stimpson 290 22.6
Labour Paul Buck 282 21.9
Majority 351 27.3
Turnout 1,286 41.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Poppyland

Poppyland Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Tillett 361 39.5
Independent Judith Fathers* 357 39.1
Liberal Democrats John Barker 123 13.5
Labour Michael Cox 73 8.0
Majority 4 0.4
Turnout 50.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Priory

Priory Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Trett* 715 42.4
Conservative Jonathan Savory 700 41.5
Conservative Charles Tucker 576 34.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Lynch 540 32.0
Labour Michael Gates* 404 24.0
Green Rosemary Amesbury 87 5.2
Green George Benny 65 3.9
Majority 124 7.4
Turnout 1,686 48.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roughton

Roughton Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Arnold 342 41.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Harrold* 268 32.5
Labour David Spencer* 215 26.1
Majority 74 9.0
Turnout 47.1
Conservative win (new seat)

St Benet

St Benet Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Haddow* 384 44.6
Independent Christopher How 352 40.9
Liberal Democrats Pamela Corney 125 14.5
Majority 32 3.7
Turnout 48.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Scottow

Scottow Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cyril Durrant* 212 37.3
Liberal Democrats John Pike 200 35.2
Conservative James Howlett 156 27.5
Majority 12 2.1
Turnout 33.3
Independent win (new seat)

Sheringham North

Sheringham North Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Hannah* 777 64.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Pointer 678 56.0
Conservative Gillian Gibbs 446 36.9
Conservative Alistair Mackay 387 32.0
Majority 232 19.2
Turnout 1,210 40.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sheringham South

Sheringham South Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Nelson* 720 57.6
Liberal Democrats Clive Fenn 706 56.5
Conservative Lionel McGinn* 493 39.5
Conservative Michael Lauterback 422 33.8
Majority 213 17.1
Turnout 1,249 42.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stalham & Sutton

Stalham & Sutton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Barran 525 40.2
Liberal Democrats Candy Sheridan 427 32.7
Conservative Carolyn Williams 422 32.3
Labour Michael Cullingham* 417 31.9
Liberal Democrats Shirley Partridge 366 28.0
Majority 5 0.4
Turnout 1,306 39.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Suffield Park

Suffield Park Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Platton 683 45.5
Conservative Nigel Ripley 604 40.2
Independent Vera Woodcock* 477 31.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Harbord 362 24.1
Liberal Democrats Julian Gould 347 23.1
Independent Leslie Hawkes 247 16.4
Independent Yvonne Nolan 133 8.9
Majority 127 8.5
Turnout 1,502 46.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

The Raynhams

The Raynhams Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sidney Welsh 327 47.2
Conservative Henry Thompson 268 38.7
Labour Ian Brockbank 98 14.1
Majority 59 8.5
Turnout 36.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Runtons

The Runtons Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Craske* 458 52.3
Conservative Danny Rowe* 378 43.2
Green Alan Marett 39 4.5
Majority 80 9.1
Turnout 50.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Walsingham

Walsingham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Thomas Moore* 622 81.3
Liberal Democrats Alexander Chapman 143 18.7
Majority 479 62.6
Turnout 41.4
Independent win (new seat)

Waterside

Waterside Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Partridge 781 51.5
Liberal Democrats Eric Stockton 563 37.1
Independent Keith Bacon* 545 35.9
Conservative Colin Robertshaw 459 30.3
Conservative Jean Eldred 369 24.3
Majority 18 1.2
Turnout 1,516 43.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Keith Bacon had previously been elected as a Labour councillor.

Waxham

Waxham Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Daniel Corbett* 309 46.5
Conservative Alan Duncan 206 31.0
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Harrison 106 16.0
Green Rosemary Breame 43 6.5
Majority 103 15.5
Turnout 38.7
Independent win (new seat)

Wensum

Wensum Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Green 441 53.4
Conservative Derek Baxter* 329 39.8
Green Timothy Doncaster 56 6.8
Majority 112 13.6
Turnout 46.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Worstead

Worstead Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Wilkins* 372 52.8
Conservative Nicholas Pegge 333 47.2
Majority 39 5.6
Turnout 40.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-Elections

Astley By-Election 10 July 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Combe 441 51.5 +33.8
Conservative 346 40.4 +7.6
Independent 38 4.4 N/A
Labour 32 3.7 N/A
Majority 95 11.1
Turnout 857 48.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Happisburgh By-Election 6 November 2003[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Stockton 619 61.0 +15.6
Conservative James Croft 372 36.7 −8.0
Green Rosemary Breame 24 2.4 −7.5
Majority 247 24.3
Turnout 1,015 51.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Benet By-Election 22 February 2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara McGoun 576 50.1 +35.6
Conservative Christopher How 537 46.7 +2.1
Labour David Spencer 36 3.1 N/A
Majority 39 3.4
Turnout 1,149 65.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chaucer By-Election 8 September 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthea Sweeney 490 53.4 +4.2
Conservative David Heathcote 395 43.1 −2.8
Labour David Thompson 32 3.5 N/A
Majority 95 10.3
Turnout 917 48.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holt By-Election 7 June 2006[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip High 885 56.6 +29.0
Conservative John Blyth 637 40.8 +9.9
Labour Desmond Hewitt 41 2.6 N/A
Majority 248 15.8
Turnout 1,563 54.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "North Norfolk District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Independents triumph in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2003-11-07. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  3. ^ "Lib Dems get byelection boost". guardian.co.uk. 2005-02-25. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  4. ^ "Byelection cheer for three main parties". guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-09. Retrieved 2009-10-03.


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