Redditch Council election, 2003

Elections to Redditch Council were held on 1 May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 14
*Labour 10
*Liberal Democrat 5

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 40.0
votes % = 38.1
votes = 5,736
plus/minus = -4.5%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = -4
seats % = 30.0
votes % = 36.5
votes = 5,496
plus/minus = +3.5%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 30.0
votes % = 25.4
votes = 3,821
plus/minus = +2.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nigel Hicks
votes = 787
percentage = 71.0
change = +7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Mason
votes = 322
percentage = 29.0
change = +6.7Election box majority
votes = 465
percentage = 42.0
change = +0.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,109
percentage = 27.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Dudley
votes = 630
percentage = 46.5
change = -5.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Anderson
votes = 486
percentage = 35.9
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Cummings
votes = 238
percentage = 17.6
change = +4.0Election box majority
votes = 144
percentage = 10.6
change = -7.1Election box turnout
votes = 1,354
percentage = 23.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Farooqui
votes = 735
percentage = 43.8
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Passingham
votes = 642
percentage = 38.3
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Hanna
votes = 301
percentage = 17.9
change = +4.9Election box majority
votes = 93
percentage = 5.5
change = -1.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,678
percentage = 31.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Gee
votes = 668
percentage = 46.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Hunt
votes = 594
percentage = 41.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Lumley
votes = 177
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 74
percentage = 5.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,439
percentage = 28.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Field
votes = 814
percentage = 55.3
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Young
votes = 465
percentage = 31.6
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Pollard
votes = 193
percentage = 13.1
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 349
percentage = 23.7
change = +10.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,472
percentage = 26.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Braley
votes = 737
percentage = 43.4
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Cartwright
votes = 668
percentage = 39.3
change = -4.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Pitt
votes = 294
percentage = 17.3
change = +3.7Election box majority
votes = 69
percentage = 4.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,699
percentage = 26.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Shurmer
votes = 682
percentage = 46.6
change = +11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Smith
votes = 619
percentage = 42.3
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Webster
votes = 163
percentage = 11.1
change = -3.9Election box majority
votes = 63
percentage = 4.3
change = +2.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,464
percentage = 29.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Kenney
votes = 842
percentage = 53.6
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Vickers
votes = 451
percentage = 28.7
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Hennessey
votes = 278
percentage = 17.7
change = +1.9Election box majority
votes = 391
percentage = 24.9
change = +7.5Election box turnout
votes = 1,571
percentage = 25.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Wilson
votes = 1,208
percentage = 62.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Witherspoon
votes = 430
percentage = 22.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Ashall
votes = 307
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 778
percentage = 40.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,945
percentage = 30.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Stanley
votes = 592
percentage = 44.8
change = -6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Clive Cheetham
votes = 519
percentage = 39.3
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Juliet Brunner
votes = 211
percentage = 16.0
change = +6.1Election box majority
votes = 73
percentage = 5.5
change = -7.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,322
percentage = 27.8
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/211.stm 2003 Redditch election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc03/pages/Redditch/Results03.pdf Ward results]

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