2003 Sedgemoor District Council election

The 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Map of the results of the 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election.

Election result

Sedgemoor Local Election Result 2003^[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35			+4	70.0	54.6	28,195
	Labour	14			-2	28.0	21.6	11,142
	Liberal Democrats	1			-2	2.0	19.7	10,186
	Independent	0			0	0	1.9	983
	Green	0			0	0	1.3	694
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.8	408

Two Labour and one Conservative candidates were unopposed.^[3]

Ward results

Axbridge^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Scott	340	48.6
	Labour	Antony Wilson	155	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Laband	135	19.3
	Green	Gillian Davies	69	9.9
Majority			185	26.4
Turnout			699	46.1

Axe Vale^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Denbee	459	63.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Mansfield	164	22.8
	UKIP	David Willis	96	13.4
Majority			295	41.0
Turnout			719	43.0

Berrow^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lamb	374	57.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Gore	274	42.3
Majority			100	15.4
Turnout			648	34.6

Brent North^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gilling	406	75.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Mansfield	132	24.5
Majority			274	51.0
Turnout			538	32.9

Bridgwater Bower (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cresswell	435
	Labour	Bryan Gillard	427
	Conservative	David Preece	427
	Labour	Jillian Rees	356
	Labour	Nigel Parker	351
Turnout			1,996	18.8

Bridgwater Eastover (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Moore	485
	Labour	Julian Taylor	417
	Conservative	William Cudlipp	179
Turnout			1,081	21.5

Bridgwater Hamp (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Turner	633
	Labour	Kathryn Pearce	586
	Labour	Brian Smedley	519
	Conservative	John Fulwell	288
Turnout			2,026	18.1

Bridgwater Quantock (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Slocombe	810
	Conservative	Cyril Avent	729
	Conservative	Barrie Crow	667
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Johnstone	531
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Hall	435
	Labour	Elaine Di Campo	389
	Labour	Elizabeth Leavy	358
Turnout			3,919	31.3

Bridgwater Sydenham (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Granter	514
	Labour	James Munn	472
	Labour	William Monteith	453
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Webster	295
Turnout			1,734	17.2

Bridgwater Victoria (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Lavers	uncontested
	Labour	Kenneth Richards	uncontested

Burnham North (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Clayton	1,491
	Conservative	Dennis Davey	1,412
	Conservative	Neville Jones	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Petoud	756
	Labour	Stephen Lester	450
Turnout			5,251	40.3

Burnham South (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Thorogood	807
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mansfield	759
	Conservative	Lousie Parkin	759
	Conservative	Jacqueline Richards	697
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Rose	670
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Smith	633
	Labour	June Thomas	293
Turnout			4,618	35.0

Cannington and Quantocks (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lily Cartwright	1,668
	Conservative	Kenneth Dyer	1,655
	Conservative	David Joslin	1,487
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Beasley	658
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lloyd-Williams	605
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Schwieso	554
Turnout			6,627	44.5

Cheddar and Shipham (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dawn Hill	1,027
	Conservative	Herbert Elliott	987
	Conservative	Peter Downing	897
	Liberal Democrats	John Outhwaite	484
	Labour	Norma Scanlon	330
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Baron	319
	Green	Harry Mottram	309
	Labour	Thomas Scott	225
	Labour	Brian Corney	211
Turnout			4,789	33.2

East Poidens^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan McGinty	434	75.6
	Labour	Martin Rees	140	24.4
Majority			294	51.2
Turnout			574	36.2

Highbridge (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derick Cooper	583
	Labour	Jane Whitehouse	504
	Conservative	Michael Brown	441
	Labour	David Poole	437
	Conservative	Beryk Rundall	389
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Burge	379
	Conservative	Roger Keen	365
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Williams	357
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bolton	251
	UKIP	Montague Lucas	113
	UKIP	Julia Lucas	110
	UKIP	Sydney Cox	89
Turnout			4,018	30.8

Huntspill and Pawlett (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Moreton	681
	Conservative	Michael Herbert	482
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Forsey	326
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Wallace	322
Turnout			1,811	35.6

King's Isle (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Alder	668
	Conservative	Norman Turner	555
	Independent	Derrick Pedley	427
	Green	Robert Graham	316
	Labour	Peter Denning	200
	Labour	Anthony Mumby	105
Turnout			2,271	37.5

Knoll^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Filmer	665	79.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Groves	174	20.7
Majority			491	58.6
Turnout			839	45.2

North Petherton (3)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Lang	958
	Conservative	Anne Fraser	922
	Conservative	John Swayne	737
	Independent	Anthony Nicholson	556
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wakefield	554
	Labour	Wendy Darch	405
Turnout			4,132	38.4

Puriton^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Healey	uncontested

Sandford^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Bown	570	76.3
	Labour	William Munn	177	23.7
Majority			393	52.6
Turnout			747	43.9

Wedmore and Mark (2)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Bayliss	959
	Conservative	Jessica Healey	948
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Hasler	419
	Labour	Andrew Merryfield	378
Turnout			2,704	42.4

West Poldens^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Kingham	516	72.3
	Labour	Elizabeth Stretch	198	27.7
Majority			318	44.6
Turnout			714	36.6

Woolavington^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Lavers	391	53.4
	Conservative	Bridget Hobhouse	341	46.6
Majority			50	6.8
Turnout			732	43.2