Local Election Results 2003
West Somerset
Whole council up for election. One Liberal Democrat councillor, two Independent councillors and five Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for West Somerset:
2007
2011
2015
By-elections for West Somerset (may be incomplete): 7th July 2005 (Old Cleeve)
— 1st May 2008 (Alcombe E.)
— 16th April 2009 (Minehead S.)
— 23rd March 2017 (Dunster & Timberscombe)
— 4th May 2017 (Minehead N.)
— 22nd February 2018 (Minehead S.)
— 21st June 2018 (Alcombe)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
3881 |
39.0% |
18 |
| Independent |
2850 |
28.6% |
9 |
| Labour |
1830 |
18.4% |
2 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1176 |
11.8% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
217 |
2.2% |
0 |
| Jamie Anderson |
C |
265 |
65.8% |
| Nicolas Messarra |
C |
262 |
|
| Valerie Welch |
Lab |
138 |
34.2% |
| Marcus Kravis |
Lab |
108 |
|
| Simon Stokes |
Lab |
379 |
57.1% |
| Ivor Gibbon |
Lab |
368 |
|
| John Hickman |
C |
285 |
42.9% |
| Pamela Hawkins |
C |
248 |
|
| Roger Webber |
C |
361 |
78.6% |
| Andrew Kelsey |
Ind |
98 |
21.4% |
| David Gliddon |
Ind |
203 |
60.2% |
| Geoffrey Day |
C |
134 |
39.8% |
| Keith Ross |
Ind |
718 |
80.7% |
| Michael Gammon |
Ind |
650 |
|
| Susan Gibb |
Lab |
172 |
19.3% |
| Bryan Leaker |
C |
207 |
60.2% |
| John Walker |
Ind |
72 |
20.9% |
| John Dore |
Lab |
65 |
18.9% |
| Christine Lawrence |
C |
551 |
43.6% |
| Anne Foxhuntley |
C |
428 |
|
| Keith Parkes |
C |
428 |
|
| David Ross |
Lab |
356 |
28.2% |
| John McGee |
Lab |
324 |
|
| Susan Jenkins |
LD |
207 |
16.4% |
| Thomas Welch |
Lab |
207 |
|
| Marilyn Berrey |
UKIP |
150 |
11.9% |
| Martyn Snell |
LD |
621 |
40.5% |
| Terry Venner |
C |
608 |
39.6% |
| Colin Hill |
C |
590 |
|
| Ernest Taylor |
C |
514 |
|
| Ian Galloway |
LD |
480 |
|
| Ian Grady |
Lab |
306 |
19.9% |
| Pamela Driver |
C |
unop. |
|
| John Nethercott |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Michael Padgett |
C |
unop. |
|
| Angela Palmer |
C |
unop. |
|
| Terence Ayre |
C |
449 |
56.0% |
| Mary Crowley |
C |
364 |
|
| Keith Turpin |
Ind |
353 |
44.0% |
| Frederick Rawle |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Anthony Knight |
C |
555 |
31.2% |
| Jennifer Hill |
Ind |
464 |
26.1% |
| David Banks |
Ind |
438 |
|
| Adrian Rowe |
Lab |
414 |
23.2% |
| Sally de Renzy-Martin |
Ind |
389 |
|
| Anthony Bowden |
LD |
348 |
19.5% |
| Loretta Whetlor |
C |
288 |
|
| Emily Booker |
LD |
167 |
|
| Barbara Child |
C |
302 |
56.2% |
| Jim Laflin |
Ind |
235 |
43.8% |
| Hugh Davies |
Ind |
707 |
75.4% |
| Edwin May |
Ind |
361 |
|
| John Holden |
Ind |
271 |
|
| David Wilson |
C |
164 |
17.5% |
| Rosemary Woods |
C |
154 |
|
| Kenneth Matthews |
UKIP |
67 |
7.1% |
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