2003 King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council election

2003 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council election

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 62 seats to King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	108,707
Turnout	~46.8% (14.7%)
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats won 35 14 Seat change 9 13 Popular vote 40,443 19,963 Percentage 50.4% 24.9% Swing 4.2% 15.0%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 7 6 Seat change 2 4 Popular vote 10,875 9,025 Percentage 13.5% 11.2% Swing 2.6% 8.2%
Control before election No overall control Control after election Conservative

The 2003 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council in Norfolk, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries. This increased the number of seats by 2 from 60 to 62.

Summary

Election result

2003 King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	60	35	N/A	N/A	9	56.5	50.4	40,443	+4.2
	Labour	36	14	N/A	N/A	13	22.6	24.9	19,963	–15.0
	Liberal Democrats	20	7	N/A	N/A	2	11.3	13.5	10,875	+2.6
	Independent	13	6	N/A	N/A	4	9.7	11.2	9,025	+8.2

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Airfield

Airfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hipperson*	958	63.5
	Conservative	Hugh Symington	847	56.2
	Labour	Phillip Wing	442	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Farthing	334	22.1
Turnout			~1,508	45.3
Registered electors			3,328
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Brancaster

Brancaster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Dobson*	684	69.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Borthwick	298	30.3
Majority			386	39.4
Turnout			982	55.2
Registered electors			1,785
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burnham

Burnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry Sandell*	700	72.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mills	270	27.8
Majority			430	44.3
Turnout			970	57.5
Registered electors			1,694
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clenchwarton

Clenchwarton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Brandon*	627	60.9
	Conservative	David Whitby	403	39.1
Majority			224	21.8
Turnout			1,030	59.2
Registered electors			1,766
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denton

Denton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Storey*	1,336	68.8
	Conservative	Carol Sharp*	1,300	67.0
	Conservative	Michael Peake*	1,221	62.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Farthing	524	27.0
Turnout			~1,941	37.7
Registered electors			5,149
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Dersingham

Dersingham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burall*	1,564	69.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Smith	1,231	54.8
	Conservative	George Pratt*	866	38.5
	Conservative	Sheila Tweedy-Smith	533	23.7
Turnout			~2,248	57.1
Registered electors			3,937
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Docking

Docking

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Ullswater	536	54.8
	Labour	Keith Ives*	322	32.9
	Independent	Matthew Falkner	120	12.3
Majority			214	21.9
Turnout			978	58.1
Registered electors			1,687
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Downham Old Town

Downham Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathleen Mellish	355	56.6
	Independent	Jenny Groom	272	43.4
Majority			83	13.2
Turnout			627	41.2
Registered electors			1,529
	Conservative win (new seat)

East Downham

East Downham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Lovett*	451	67.4
	Labour	Linda Keer	218	32.6
Majority			233	34.8
Turnout			669	48.1
Registered electors			1,416
	Conservative win (new seat)

Emneth with Outwell

Emneth with Outwell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barry Archer	966	66.0
	Conservative	Harry Humphrey*	934	63.8
	Labour	Roger Parnell	435	29.7
Turnout			~1,464	41.9
Registered electors			3,494
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fairstead

Fairstead (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Wilkinson*	680	55.3
	Labour	Ian Gourlay	595	48.4
	Conservative	Joanna Moncrieff	455	37.0
Turnout			~1,229	33.8
Registered electors			3,636
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gayton

Gayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Gidney	534	56.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Parish	421	44.1
Majority			113	11.9
Turnout			955	54.7
Registered electors			1,750
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gaywood Chase

Gaywood Chase (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Burch*	786	55.6
	Labour	Alan Burch*	755	53.4
	Conservative	Jacqueline Candy	587	41.6
	Conservative	Mark Lapping	503	35.6
Turnout			~1,413	38.8
Registered electors			3,641
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gaywood North Bank

Gaywood North Bank (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Shorting	1,175	51.4
	Conservative	Michael Langwade	1,141	49.8
	Labour	Christopher Bunting	1,009	44.1
	Labour	David Collis*	985	43.0
	Conservative	Alastair Moncrieff	954	41.7
	Labour	Clifford Walters*	926	40.5
Turnout			~2,289	40.0
Registered electors			5,723
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Grimston

Grimston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Fredericks*	726	69.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Roberts	318	30.5
Majority			408	39.0
Turnout			1,044	54.3
Registered electors			1,940
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heacham

Heacham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Julian Witton	1,379	61.0
	Independent	Paul Cobb*	1,365	60.3
	Conservative	Edward Martin	474	21.0
	Labour	Barry Diggle	421	18.6
	Labour	Joan Diggle	387	17.1
	Conservative	Frank Lewis	379	16.8
Turnout			~2,262	54.8
Registered electors			4,128
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent gain from Labour

Hilgay with Denver

Hilgay with Denver

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony White*	516	66.7
	Labour	Thomas Thompson	258	33.3
Majority			258	33.4
Turnout			774	43.5
Registered electors			1,789
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hunstanton

Hunstanton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Bullivant	1,371	51.6
	Conservative	Alan Booth	1,110	41.8
	Conservative	Myrtle Wood*	1,069	40.2
	Labour	Stuart Bagnall	1,020	38.4
	Independent	Chistopher Nicholls	933	35.1
	Labour	Brian Devlin	841	31.6
	Labour	Richard Bird	725	27.3
Turnout			~2,658	54.4
Registered electors			4,886
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mershe Lande

Mershe Lande

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Bantoft*	540	57.3
	Conservative	Gordon Dawes	402	42.7
Majority			138	14.6
Turnout			942	49.5
Registered electors			1,911
	Labour hold		Swing

North Downham

North Downham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wareham	500	68.1
	Labour	Nigel Canham	234	31.9
Majority			266	36.2
Turnout			734	54.8
Registered electors			1,354
	Conservative win (new seat)

North Lynn

North Lynn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Poll*	894	63.3
	Labour	Andrew Tyler*	876	62.0
	Conservative	Benjamin Perry	380	26.9
	Conservative	Chloe Dinwi1y	344	24.4
Turnout			~1,412	36.7
Registered electors			3,847
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

North Wootton

North Wootton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Greville Howard	533	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Sayer	413	43.7
Majority			120	12.6
Turnout			946	51.7
Registered electors			1,854
	Conservative win (new seat)

Old Gaywood

Old Gaywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Collop*	381	54.7
	Conservative	Daryle Taylor	315	45.3
Majority			66	9.4
Turnout			696	45.9
Registered electors			1,521
	Labour win (new seat)

Priory

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Thorneywork	488	54.9
	Conservative	John Turtle	401	45.1
Majority			87	9.8
Turnout			889	47.5
Registered electors			1,891
	Labour hold		Swing

Rudham

Rudham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Ayres	592	62.6
	Labour	Vernon Moyse	353	37.4
Majority			239	25.2
Turnout			945	50.0
Registered electors			1,899
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Snettisham

Snettisham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Johnson	1,217	64.4
	Independent	Carol Tilbury*	887	46.9
	Conservative	Anthony Powell	605	32.0
	Conservative	Emma Rye	549	29.1
	Labour	Clive Jones	296	15.7
Turnout			~1,889	56.7
Registered electors			3,331
	Independent gain from Labour
	Independent win (new seat)

South & West Lynn

South & West Lynn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Joyce*	629	50.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Daniell	578	46.6
	Labour	Irene MacDonald*	557	45.0
	Conservative	Peter Lagoda	546	44.1
Turnout			~1,239	42.6
Registered electors			2,909
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Downham

South Downham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Legg*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,639
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Wootton

South Wootton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Nockolds*	1,303	68.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Daubney*	1,210	63.1
	Labour	Vernon Moyse	517	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Loades	412	21.5
Turnout			~1,917	56.4
Registered electors			3,399
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Spellowfields

Spellowfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Harwood*	1,017	63.2
	Conservative	Brian Long	834	51.9
	Labour	Veronica Cook	674	41.9
	Labour	Dawn Everitt	461	28.7
Turnout			~1,608	45.0
Registered electors			3,574
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Springwood

Springwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Loveless*	422	51.2
	Conservative	Michael Buckley	284	34.5
	Independent	Ann Bolton	112	13.6
Majority			138	16.7
Turnout			818	50.3
Registered electors			1,638
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St. Lawrence

St. Lawrence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Ayres	526	55.4
	Labour	Pauline Bantoft*	423	44.6
Majority			103	10.8
Turnout			949	50.7
Registered electors			1,880
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Margarets with St Nicholas

St. Margarets with St Nicholas (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Benefer*	535	38.6
	Labour	David Berry*	523	37.7
	Conservative	Lesley Bambridge	446	32.2
	Conservative	Timothy Boldero	378	27.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Seaman	374	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Teresa Brandon	358	25.8
Turnout			~1,387	43.0
Registered electors			3,225
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Upwell & Delph

Upwell & Delph (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vivienne Spikings*	1,003	65.3
	Conservative	David Pope	871	56.7
	Independent	David Barnard*	624	40.7
	Independent	William Haylock	343	22.3
Turnout			~1,535	44.5
Registered electors			3,452
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Valley Hill

Valley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Tilbury*	701	61.4
	Conservative	Zipha Cristopher	344	30.1
	Labour	Jennifer Koch	97	8.5
Majority			357	31.3
Turnout			1,142	63.0
Registered electors			1,820
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Walpole

Walpole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Clery-Fox	492	66.0
	Conservative	Christine Rye	254	34.0
Majority			238	32.0
Turnout			746	44.8
Registered electors			1,679
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Walton

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Roy Groom*	778	87.8
	Liberal Democrats	Florence James	108	12.2
Majority			670	75.6
Turnout			886	44.9
Registered electors			1,974
	Independent win (new seat)

Watlington

Watlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julyan Ansell*	501	72.2
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Neve	193	27.8
Majority			308	44.4
Turnout			694	42.7
Registered electors			1,641
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Winch

West Winch (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Brown*	1,007	52.4
	Conservative	David Rye	1,003	52.2
	Conservative	Jean Mickleburgh*	881	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sayer	655	34.1
Turnout			~1,922	50.8
Registered electors			3,783
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wiggenhall

Wiggenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Wilkinson*	428	54.2
	Conservative	Paul Foster	361	45.8
Majority			67	8.4
Turnout			789	51.1
Registered electors			1,560
	Labour hold		Swing

Wimbotsham with Fincham

Wimbotsham with Fincham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Moir	350	39.1
	Independent	John Bostock	294	32.8
	Labour	Paula Killingray	252	28.1
Majority			56	6.3
Turnout			896	47.0
Registered electors			1,909
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wissey

Wissey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Manley*	456	50.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Coulten	446	49.4
Majority			10	1.2
Turnout			902	52.4
Registered electors			1,739
	Conservative hold		Swing