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Local Election Results 2003

Shepway

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

FAC = Firefighters Against Cuts

Other results for Shepway: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Shepway (may be incomplete): 2nd October 2003 (New Romney Coast; Romney Marsh) — 22nd April 2004 (Folkestone E.) — 29th September 2005 (New Romney Town) — 13th October 2005 (Folkestone Harvey C.) — 4th June 2009 (Hythe W.; Romney Marsh) — 12th November 2009 (New Romney Coast) — 10th February 2011 (Lydd) — 29th November 2012 (Folkestone Park) — 4th September 2014 (Folkestone Harvey C.) — 23rd October 2014 (Folkestone Harvey W.) — 20th July 2017 (New Romney) — 22nd February 2024 (Romney Marsh)
Results for Kent county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Shepway 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Liberal Democrat 13533 49.1% 29
Conservative 11035 40.1% 16
Labour 2296 8.3% 1
Independent 640 2.3% 0
Firefighters Against Cuts 36 0.1% 0

Dymchurch and St Mary's Bay (3)

Terry Preston LD 1135 47.8%
Julie White LD 913
Shirley Maile LD 880
Graham Allison C 596 25.1%
John Levitt C 532
Lewana Castle C 466
Thomas Gibbs Ind 337 14.2%
Adrian Cirket Lab 308 13.0%
Andrew Lindsey Lab 252
Lily Palmer-Tutt Lab 222
Ian Meyers Ind 203

Elham and Stelling Minnis

Carolyn Crees LD 522 53.4%
Yvonne Parry C 455 46.6%

Folkestone Cheriton (3)

Linda Cufley LD 1178 84.5%
Trevor Buss LD 1053
Peter Gane LD 1000
Geoffrey Boot C 216 15.5%
Richard Tearle C 207
Susan Boot C 196

Folkestone East (2)

Janet Andrews LD 591 63.1%
Gillian Jenkins LD 548
Glyn Hibbert C 174 18.6%
Stephen Makins Lab 172 18.4%
Margaret Hibbert C 157
David Snowman Lab 152

Folkestone Foord (2)

Brian Copping LD 689 87.1%
Paul Marsh LD 608
Ian James C 102 12.9%
Jean James C 87

Folkestone Harbour (2)

Tessa Caruana LD 702 61.5%
Kim Culshaw LD 647
John Stockham Lab 255 22.3%
Paul Bingham Lab 210
Matthew Cussens C 184 16.1%
Gillian Monk C 130

Folkestone Harvey Central (2)

Richard Green LD 394 37.5%
Hugh Barker C 386 36.7%
Brian Muston LD 356
Joseph Sullivan C 326
Wendy Mitchell Lab 235 22.4%
Douglas Simpson Lab 161
Peter McLaren FAC 36 3.4%

Folkestone Harvey West (2)

George Bunting C 609 62.2%
Rory Love C 595
Margaret Barrett LD 370 37.8%
Hugh Robertson-Ritchie LD 365

Folkestone Morehall (2)

Gary George LD 700 58.6%
Anthony Baker LD 698
Daniel Hassett C 387 32.4%
Rodica Wheeler C 347
Christine Walters Lab 108 9.0%

Folkestone Park (3)

David Dickinson LD 1015 56.0%
John Hughes LD 1015
Lynne Beaumont LD 984
Edwina Boyt C 798 44.0%
Alan North C 652
David Bernard C 649

Folkestone Sandgate (2)

Robert Bliss C 486 55.8%
Joy Macmillan C 480
Elma Crocker LD 385 44.2%
Penelope Wright LD 341

Hythe Central (3)

Wendy Harris LD 1219 55.4%
Neil Matthews LD 1162
June Nolan LD 1046
Christopher Capon C 983 44.6%
Martin Ross C 780
Michael Lyons C 779

Hythe East (2)

Derek Bushell LD 825 57.7%
Denise Maskell LD 765
Jennifer Bailey C 604 42.3%
Keren Belcourt C 586

Hythe West (2)

Stanley Hayward LD 734 51.1%
Alan Farmer LD 728
Stephen Cardale C 553 38.5%
John Hall C 503
David Murphy Lab 149 10.4%

Lydd (3)

Frederick Woodbrignall C 677 37.9%
Vicki Dawson C 583
William Richardson C 565
Kenneth Oiller LD 450 25.2%
Sylvia Oiller LD 431
Anthony Hills LD 376
Michael Walsh Lab 356 19.9%
Graham Snell Ind 303 17.0%
Ronald Carpenter Lab 251
Paul Lythgoe Lab 225

Lympne and Stanford

Shirley Newlands C 437 69.9%
Julia Burford LD 188 30.1%

New Romney Coast (2)

Patricia Waddell C 476 53.4%
Barbara Zsinko C 436
Janet Hiscock LD 291 32.7%
Sharon Daykin LD 249
Albert Stribbling Lab 124 13.9%

New Romney Town (2)

Carole Waters C 438 47.2%
Tudwal Ellis Lab 360 38.8%
David Waters C 358
Albert Ryder Lab 234
Angela Wickens LD 129 13.9%
Ann Birchmore LD 121

North Downs East (3)

Peter Smith LD 1101 55.1%
Christena Smith LD 1087
David Callahan LD 1057
Roger Curd C 795 39.8%
Dawn Hudd C 788
Colin Tearle C 765
William Regan Lab 103 5.2%
Jane Anderson Lab 99
Teresa Regan Lab 95

North Downs West (2)

Jennifer Hollingsbee C 777 59.0%
David Monk C 710
William Chitty LD 539 41.0%
Frederick Turton LD 514

Romney Marsh

John Paine C 363 56.2%
Timothy Stokes LD 157 24.3%
Lloyd Cummings Lab 126 19.5%

Tolsford

Susan Carey C 539 71.1%
Anne Bryan LD 219 28.9%

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