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Local Election Results 2003

South Somerset

Whole council up for election. One Conservative councillor and two Independent councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for South Somerset: 2007 2011 2015 2019
By-elections for South Somerset (may be incomplete): 2nd June 2005 (Crewkerne) — 27th October 2005 (Brympton) — 14th September 2006 (Chard Holyrood) — 29th May 2008 (Chard Crimchard) — 4th June 2009 (Coker; Ilminster) — 6th May 2010 (Tower) — 24th November 2016 (Turn Hill) — 4th May 2017 (Blackmoor Vale) — 12th March 2020 (Parrett) — 3rd March 2022 (Neroche) — 14th July 2022 (Brympton)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017

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Consolidated results — South Somerset 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Liberal Democrat 25732 43.0% 36
Conservative 21727 36.3% 17
Independent 5996 10.0% 7
Labour 2616 4.4% 0
Green Party 2187 3.7% 0
UK Independence Party 1603 2.7% 0

Blackdown

David Lamb C unop.

Blackmoor Vale (2)

June Wood Ind 1158 37.5%
Charles James LD 861 27.9%
William Wallace C 831 26.9%
Charles Hansard C 712
Peter Bridgwood UKIP 234 7.6%

Bruton

Anna Groskop C 748 77.1%
Penelope Ashton LD 222 22.9%

Brympton (2)

Christine Hunt LD 888 56.2%
Charles Bower LD 780
Elizabeth Glaisher C 579 36.6%
Steve Lowe C 536
Nigel Scrase UKIP 113 7.2%

Burrow Hill

Derek Yeomans C 666 66.2%
Rita Giannini-Watson LD 340 33.8%

Camelot

Michael Lewis C 822 67.7%
Christopher Perrin LD 393 32.3%

Cary (2)

Peter Davies C 1188 49.5%
Emma Bourne C 1094
Osyth Merrifield LD 1031 43.0%
Alvin Horsfall LD 980
Rosemary Strawbridge UKIP 180 7.5%

Chard Avishayes

Nigel Mermagen LD 426 60.2%
Kay Black C 282 39.8%

Chard Combe

Martin Wale C 427 51.0%
Barbara Mooney LD 411 49.0%

Chard Crimchard

Jean Smith LD 461 51.2%
Jimmy Evans C 439 48.8%

Chard Holyrood

Tony Prior Ind 705 82.5%
Garry Shortland LD 150 17.5%

Chard Jocelyn

David Bulmer Ind 493 62.6%
John Malcolm LD 295 37.4%

Coker (2)

Richard Cornelius LD 1005 39.8%
Elizabeth Jones LD 984
Murray Stoddart C 862 34.1%
Gina Seaton C 856
Peter Bysouth Grn 251 9.9%
Gerald Delbtidge Ind 247 9.8%
Neil Boxall UKIP 161 6.4%

Crewkerne (3)

Geoffrey Clarke LD 1459 47.1%
Angela Singleton LD 1338
Betty Burbage C 1102 35.6%
Tony Dowse-Brenan C 1091
John Richardson LD 1007
Tony Foot C 791
Ben Hartshorn Grn 534 17.3%

Curry Rivel

Derek Nelson C 761 66.4%
Jennie Lock LD 385 33.6%

Eggwood

Adrian Cavendish LD 538 50.3%
Barry Davies C 374 35.0%
Nicholas Wilson Grn 96 9.0%
Doreen Bentley UKIP 62 5.8%

Hamdon

Sylvia Seal LD 699 66.7%
Alan Burbage C 205 19.6%
Alexander Lawrie Grn 144 13.7%

Ilminster (2)

Kim Turner C 977 46.7%
Martin Rawstorne C 854
Paul Whaites LD 829 39.6%
David Gooding LD 764
Paul Sellers Lab 288 13.8%

Islemoor

Susan Steele C 679 53.7%
Kathleen Lock LD 585 46.3%

Ivelchester

Antonio Capozzoli Ind unop.

Langport and Huish

Roy Mills LD 726 70.6%
David Bridger C 303 29.4%

Martock (2)

Patrick Palmer Ind 1452 50.2%
Ann Campbell LD 847 29.3%
Kerry Buist C 595 20.6%

Milborne Port

John Farley LD 567 52.6%
John Parkes C 326 30.2%
Adrian Brook UKIP 185 17.2%

Neroche

Linda Vijeh C 557 53.7%
Maggie Capon LD 481 46.3%

Northstone

Alfred Chinnock LD 855 66.2%
Mima Winder C 436 33.8%

Parrett

Richard Pallister LD 633 59.5%
Jason Jarvis C 430 40.5%

St Michael's

Joanna Greene Roundell LD 556 60.4%
Beverley Soskin C 365 39.6%

South Petherton (2)

David Robathan LD 1092 44.0%
Keith Ronaldson C 1066 43.0%
Peter Tidnam C 789
Michael Canton UKIP 323 13.0%

Tatworth and Forton

Malcolm Turpin LD 644 59.7%
Howard Wardell C 434 40.3%

Tower

Alexandria Winder C 703 65.8%
David Nye LD 365 34.2%

Turn Hill

Rupert Cox Ind unop.

Wessex (2)

Anthony Canvin Ind 1305 36.1%
Jill Beale C 932 25.8%
Dreda Tonkin LD 824 22.8%
John Deering C 586
David Taylor Grn 315 8.7%
Wilbert Pash UKIP 241 6.7%

Wincanton (2)

Timothy Carroll LD 815 43.8%
Henry Trott C 792 42.6%
Colin Winder C 785
Bernard Pearson LD 655
David Carnegie Grn 149 8.0%
Pamela Bridgwood UKIP 104 5.6%
Keith Woods UKIP 58

Windwhistle

Stella Abbey LD 556 55.7%
Margaret Twidale C 443 44.3%

Yeovil Central (3)

John Chainey LD 956 40.5%
John Cruddas LD 945
Peter Gubbins LD 815
Wendy Vipond C 445 18.8%
Fred Wood Lab 440 18.6%
Sarah Lawrie Grn 378 16.0%
Michael Bestwick Ind 144 6.1%

Yeovil East (3)

Tony Lock LD 918 47.1%
Tony Fife LD 872
David Gladding LD 726
Patrick Conway Lab 476 24.4%
Lucio Forgione C 365 18.7%
Graham Pritchard C 336
Geoffrey Milne Ind 192 9.8%

Yeovil South (3)

Margaret Foot LD 1426 46.8%
Dave Greene LD 1210
Alan Smith LD 1114
Margaret Baker C 1037 34.0%
Lynette Osment Lab 452 14.8%
Stanley Watkins Lab 375
John Grana Ind 134 4.4%

Yeovil West (3)

Ian Martin LD 1145 46.7%
Ruth Kendall LD 1136
Julian Freke LD 1107
Audrey Bartlett C 672 27.4%
Morley Waddleton C 594
Richard Rendell Lab 467 19.1%
Simon Hester Ind 166 6.8%

Yeovil Without (3)

John Hann LD 1348 44.3%
Peter Roake LD 1255
Patricia Martin LD 1219
Frank Turner C 884 29.0%
Alfred Hill Lab 493 16.2%
Katherine Limmer Grn 320 10.5%

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