2003 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

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Adur Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 11 +4 73.3 46.8 7,167 -2.5%
  Labour 4 -3 26.7 31.5 4,831 -9.1%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 1,713 +10.5%
  Independent 0 -1 0 4.0 607 -0.8%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 556 +1.9%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 442 +0.8%

Ward results

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Buckingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debra Kennard 901 69.1 +0.2
Labour Peter Osmond 257 19.7 −2.9
Green Frank Tilsley 145 11.1 +11.1
Majority 644 49.4 +3.1
Turnout 1,303 34
Churchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Bradburn 433 40.3 −16.1
Liberal Democrats Roy Gibson 235 21.9 +21.9
Independent Joy Hartley 214 19.9 +19.9
Labour Jeannette White 192 17.9 −14.8
Majority 198 18.4 −5.3
Turnout 1,074 28
Cokeham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Yate 553 55.4 −2.5
Conservative Brian Boggis 444 44.5 +2.4
Majority 109 10.9 −4.9
Turnout 997 28
Eastbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Eade 562 46.0 +2.8
Labour Simon Thorpe 488 40.0 −16.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Painter 171 14.0 +14.0
Majority 74 6.0
Turnout 1,221 35
Hillside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Eade 602 50.4 +6.2
Labour Brian Whipp 419 35.1 −20.7
Liberal Democrats Robert King 174 14.6 +14.6
Majority 183 15.3
Turnout 1,195 36
Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Mills 485 47.1 −7.6
Labour Jean Woolgar 239 23.2 −3.1
Independent Denise Ferris 170 16.5 +16.5
UKIP Lionel Parsons 136 13.2 −5.8
Majority 246 23.9 −4.5
Turnout 1,030 31
Mash Barn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicola Eves 247 35.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Burt 193 27.8
Labour Ann Bridges 153 22.0
Independent Patrick Beresford 81 11.7
Green Peter Franks-Lovell 21 3.0
Majority 54 7.7
Turnout 695 24
Peverel (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Collard 419
Conservative Andrew McGregor 402
Labour Joyce Burns 228
Liberal Democrats Timothy Clarke 214
Labour John Wales 180
Turnout 1,443 26
St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Howitt 286 74.3
Conservative Henry Treadwell 99 25.7
Majority 187 48.6
Turnout 385 45
St. Nicolas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Howard 642 48.5 −1.3
Labour Alan Heselden 360 27.2 −4.7
Green Moyra Martin 203 15.3 +6.8
UKIP Kenneth Bishop 119 9.0 −0.7
Majority 282 21.3 +3.4
Turnout 1,324 35
Southlands (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Berry 503
Labour Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth 385
Conservative Felicity Deen 364
Conservative Laura Graysmark 361
Liberal Democrats Sydney Little 170
Green Louis Gibbs 109
UKIP Eric Faulkner-Little 108
UKIP Michael Henn 79
Turnout 2,079 36
Southwick Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iris Betty 544 50.6 −10.6
Labour Steven Carden 261 24.3 −14.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stuart 192 17.9 +17.9
Green Esther Rees 78 7.3 +7.3
Majority 283 26.3 +3.9
Turnout 1,075 29
Widewater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Turner 662 44.3 −10.2
Liberal Democrats Doris Martin 364 24.3 +24.3
Labour Adrienne Lowe 327 21.9 −23.6
Independent Edwina Weekes 142 9.5 +9.5
Majority 298 20.0 +11.0
Turnout 1,495 33

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