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Local Election Results 2003

Colchester

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Dedham and Langham, East Donyland, Harbour, Lexden, Marks Tey, Pyefleet or St John's.

Other results for Colchester: 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
By-elections for Colchester (may be incomplete): 22nd April 2004 (Wivenhoe Quay) — 21st October 2004 (Berechurch) — 4th December 2008 (Birch & Winstree) — 2nd May 2013 (West Mersea) — 3rd July 2014 (Wivenhoe Quay) — 22nd October 2015 (Dedham & Langham) — 7th September 2017 (Shrub End) — 28th July 2022 (Lexden & Braiswick) — 8th December 2022 (Highwoods) — 21st September 2023 (Highwoods)
Results for Essex county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Colchester 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 10844 40.3% 10
Liberal Democrat 8740 32.4% 8
Labour 5325 19.8% 2
Independent 1563 5.8% 1
Green Party 370 1.4% 0
Socialist Alliance 96 0.4% 0

Berechurch

Susan Brooks LD 746 52.4%
Julia Thomas Lab 404 28.4%
Sarah McLean C 274 19.2%

Birch and Winstree

Peter Crowe C 966 72.1%
Barry Woodward LD 190 14.2%
Audrey Spencer Lab 183 13.7%

Castle

Kenneth Jones LD 903 54.8%
Pauline Lucas C 404 24.5%
Malcolm Cannon Lab 210 12.7%
Walter Schwarz Grn 132 8.0%

Christ Church [LD gain from C]

Martin Hunt LD 662 48.2%
Roger Buston C 587 42.8%
David Canning Lab 124 9.0%

Copford and West Stanway

Elizabeth Blundell C 353 70.6%
Patrick Mead Ind 70 14.0%
Anna Trudgian Lab 40 8.0%
Anthony Scott-Boutell LD 37 7.4%

Fordham and Stour

Nigel Chapman C 797 72.3%
Wilma Sutton LD 161 14.6%
Gary Griffiths Lab 144 13.1%

Great Tey

Peter Chillingworth C 645 68.0%
Carolyn Catney LD 196 20.7%
Alan Trudgian Lab 108 11.4%

Highwoods [C gain from LD]

Maris Fuller C 417 32.5%
Alan Hayman LD 408 31.8%
Ian Ringer Ind 339 26.4%
Edmund Chinnery Lab 121 9.4%

Mile End

Anne Turrell LD 589 44.5%
Shahid Husain C 400 30.2%
Janet Smith Lab 171 12.9%
Jane Chinnery Ind 124 9.4%
Mary Bryan Grn 40 3.0%

New Town

Margaret Fisher LD 767 55.9%
Glenn Bath C 325 23.7%
Jane Green Lab 281 20.5%

Prettygate [LD gain from C]

Sandra Gray LD 1044 48.3%
Ron Levy C 935 43.3%
Luke Dopson Lab 182 8.4%

St Andrew's

Tim Young Lab 813 62.2%
Jennifer Berriman LD 270 20.6%
Anne Allan C 184 14.1%
Jim Jepps SocAll 41 3.1%

St Anne's

Barrie Cook LD 853 58.3%
Peter Brine Lab 295 20.2%
Angus Allan C 283 19.4%
David Isaacson SocAll 31 2.1%

Shrub End [Lab gain from C]

Richard Bourne Lab 596 38.3%
Alan Scattergood C 530 34.0%
Barbara Williamson LD 408 26.2%
John Coombes SocAll 24 1.5%

Stanway

Lesley Scott-Boutell LD 918 52.5%
John Reeves C 610 34.9%
John Spademan Lab 222 12.7%

Tiptree [C gain from Ind]

Margaret Crowe C 546 35.0%
Anne Burgess Ind 542 34.8%
Alan Mogridge Lab 415 26.6%
Stella Barnes Grn 56 3.6%

West Bergholt and Eight Ash Green

Jill Tod C 774 66.7%
Una Jones LD 238 20.5%
Ian Yates Lab 149 12.8%

West Mersea

Margaret Kimberley C 1107 64.5%
Bry Mogridge Lab 359 20.9%
Ronald Baker LD 249 14.5%

Wivenhoe Cross (2)

David Adams C 313 53.4%
Eugene Kraft C 264
Aulay Mackenzie Lab 172 29.4%
Paul Bishop Lab 142
Barry James LD 101 17.2%

Wivenhoe Quay

Richard Davies Ind 488 35.9%
Kenneth Rogers C 394 29.0%
Stephen Ford Lab 336 24.7%
Christopher Fox Grn 142 10.4%

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