Local Election Results 2003
Taunton Deane
Whole council up for election. One Independent councillor was elected unopposed.
Other results for Taunton Deane:
2007
2011
2015
By-elections for Taunton Deane (may be incomplete): 5th May 2005 (Monument; Taunton Eastgate; Wellington Rockwell Green & W.)
— 4th May 2006 (Taunton Blackbrook & Holway)
— 1st May 2008 (Comeytrowe)
— 2nd October 2008 (Ruishton & Creech)
— 15th October 2009 (Taunton Lyngford)
— 28th January 2010 (Taunton Lyngford)
— 2nd May 2013 (Taunton Halcon)
— 3rd October 2013 (Taunton Halcon)
— 14th April 2016 (Taunton Halcon)
— 15th December 2016 (Blackdown)
— 5th April 2018 (Wiveliscombe & West Deane)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
15733 |
45.9% |
31 |
| Liberal Democrat |
11043 |
32.2% |
15 |
| Labour |
4372 |
12.7% |
5 |
| Independent |
1999 |
5.8% |
3 |
| Green Party |
688 |
2.0% |
0 |
| British National Party |
294 |
0.9% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
175 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Ian Morrell |
C |
563 |
34.9% |
| Nigel Stuart-Thorn |
C |
454 |
|
| Norah Floyd |
LD |
438 |
27.2% |
| Alan Debenham |
Grn |
345 |
21.4% |
| Matthew Ravenhill |
Lab |
265 |
16.4% |
| Joanna Lewin-Harris |
C |
880 |
78.4% |
| Anthony Beaven |
C |
754 |
|
| Peter Watkin |
LD |
243 |
21.6% |
| Paul Zeal |
LD |
215 |
|
| Anne Priscott |
C |
493 |
59.0% |
| Sarah Wakefield |
LD |
259 |
31.0% |
| Diana Morris |
Ind |
83 |
9.9% |
| Clifford Bishop |
C |
690 |
79.9% |
| Terry Blackmore |
LD |
174 |
20.1% |
| Alan Paul |
LD |
1108 |
49.2% |
| Anthony Floyd |
LD |
1097 |
|
| Frederick Wedderkopp |
LD |
923 |
|
| Hilary Jefferson |
C |
879 |
39.0% |
| Roger Ryan |
C |
836 |
|
| Julie Viggers |
C |
819 |
|
| Douglas Eckhart |
Lab |
265 |
11.8% |
| Anthony Vail |
C |
811 |
53.6% |
| Murray Watson |
C |
757 |
|
| John Wakefield |
LD |
358 |
23.7% |
| Dawn Stephenson |
Grn |
343 |
22.7% |
| Debbie Nixon |
C |
419 |
72.1% |
| Geoffrey Henley |
LD |
162 |
27.9% |
| John Williams |
C |
574 |
72.2% |
| Mary Applegate |
LD |
163 |
20.5% |
| William Lukins |
UKIP |
58 |
7.3% |
| Phillip Stone |
LD |
457 |
49.4% |
| Gillian Slocombe |
C |
420 |
45.4% |
| Audrey Wrench |
Ind |
48 |
5.2% |
| Kenneth Hayward |
C |
357 |
53.1% |
| Paul Partington |
LD |
315 |
46.9% |
| Gwyneth Bryant |
C |
761 |
40.8% |
| David Durdan |
C |
694 |
|
| Roy Bulgin |
LD |
613 |
32.9% |
| Kim Cooper |
LD |
566 |
|
| Michael Marshall |
Ind |
489 |
26.2% |
| Dorothea Bradley |
C |
799 |
65.4% |
| Conrad Guerrier |
C |
730 |
|
| Sandra Pinfold |
LD |
244 |
20.0% |
| Frederick Eaton |
LD |
239 |
|
| Kenneth Boobyer |
Lab |
178 |
14.6% |
| Hazel Prior-Sankey |
LD |
740 |
48.5% |
| Denise Jones |
LD |
720 |
|
| Francesca Smith |
LD |
605 |
|
| Richard Atterbury |
C |
527 |
34.6% |
| Catherine Herbert |
C |
465 |
|
| Charles Kirton |
C |
409 |
|
| John Wilson |
Lab |
258 |
16.9% |
| Richard Lees |
LD |
444 |
42.5% |
| Paul Trollope |
LD |
333 |
|
| Peter Rowsell-Dobson |
C |
319 |
30.5% |
| Peter Day |
C |
302 |
|
| Beverley Jones |
Lab |
165 |
15.8% |
| Dorothy Baker |
UKIP |
117 |
11.2% |
| Marie Peppard |
C |
823 |
45.2% |
| Christopher Phillips |
C |
810 |
|
| Gregory Garner |
C |
771 |
|
| Jefferson Horsley |
LD |
728 |
40.0% |
| Kathleen Phippen |
LD |
700 |
|
| David Atkinson |
LD |
688 |
|
| Ian Turner |
Lab |
268 |
14.7% |
| Terence Murphy |
LD |
534 |
39.5% |
| Melvyn Mullins |
LD |
514 |
|
| Timothy Slattery |
LD |
487 |
|
| Geoffrey Elliott |
C |
350 |
25.9% |
| Jennifer Morley |
C |
341 |
|
| Linda Elliott |
C |
336 |
|
| Gary Walker |
Lab |
310 |
22.9% |
| Stephen Ross |
Lab |
293 |
|
| Emma Shelton-Vahdati |
Lab |
291 |
|
| Stephen Cook |
BNP |
157 |
11.6% |
| Bryan Denington |
C |
658 |
63.2% |
| Judith Cluff |
C |
633 |
|
| Adrian Prior-Sankey |
LD |
290 |
27.9% |
| Jane Parrish |
LD |
263 |
|
| Lorna Micklem |
Lab |
93 |
8.9% |
| Elizabeth Lisgo |
Lab |
540 |
37.2% |
| Brenda Weston |
Lab |
486 |
|
| Colin Croad |
Lab |
480 |
|
| Paul Escott |
LD |
434 |
29.9% |
| Beryl Lippiatt |
LD |
420 |
|
| Louise James |
LD |
385 |
|
| Joan Denington |
C |
342 |
23.5% |
| John Angus |
C |
329 |
|
| Shirley Angus |
C |
318 |
|
| Dwaine Haworth |
BNP |
137 |
9.4% |
| John Meikle |
C |
1183 |
55.6% |
| Terrence Hall |
C |
1176 |
|
| Jean Allgrove |
C |
1167 |
|
| Deborah Kearney |
LD |
582 |
27.4% |
| Alexis Gale |
LD |
511 |
|
| David Rees |
Lab |
362 |
17.0% |
| Thomas Davies |
C |
595 |
38.1% |
| Christopher Cluff |
C |
590 |
|
| Marcia Hill |
LD |
528 |
33.8% |
| Christopher Tolchard |
C |
515 |
|
| Raymond Tully |
LD |
485 |
|
| Dennis Brewer |
LD |
477 |
|
| Peter Kennedy-Chapman |
Lab |
438 |
28.1% |
| Mark Edward |
C |
539 |
76.9% |
| Alan Foyle |
LD |
162 |
23.1% |
| Ross Henley |
LD |
626 |
49.4% |
| Kenneth Hindley |
C |
493 |
38.9% |
| Gary James |
C |
491 |
|
| Peter Critchard |
LD |
462 |
|
| Glenn Parker |
Lab |
148 |
11.7% |
| Andrew Govier |
Lab |
700 |
51.3% |
| Catherine Biscoe |
Lab |
468 |
|
| Terry Milton |
C |
340 |
24.9% |
| Valerie Byrne |
LD |
324 |
23.8% |
| Zelda Hindley |
C |
284 |
|
| Angela Milne |
LD |
202 |
|
| Nicola Wilson |
LD |
728 |
30.1% |
| Robert Bowrah |
C |
678 |
28.0% |
| David Gill |
C |
653 |
|
| Vivienne Stock-Williams |
LD |
647 |
|
| Ernest Warren |
Ind |
631 |
26.1% |
| Toby Holland |
C |
574 |
|
| David Mitton |
Lab |
382 |
15.8% |
| Norman Cavill |
C |
874 |
77.1% |
| Stephanie Cavill |
C |
822 |
|
| Robert Bryant |
LD |
259 |
22.9% |
| Hugh Humphreys |
LD |
238 |
|
| Mary Whitmarsh |
Ind |
748 |
60.1% |
| John Bone |
Ind |
728 |
|
| Christopher Chanter |
C |
366 |
29.4% |
| Andrew Baird |
C |
277 |
|
| Andrew Horsman |
LD |
130 |
10.5% |
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