2003 Erewash Borough Council election

The 2003 Erewash Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Erewash Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election.^[1]

Overall election results

Erewash Borough Council (Summary of Overall Results)

Erewash Borough 2003 Election Results
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	26	51	41.2	11,124
Labour	19	37	31.7	8552
Liberal Democrats	4	8	16.8	4525
Independent	2	4	8.2	2211
BNP	0		1.0	282
Monster Raving Loony	0		1.0	154
UKIP	0		0.5	123

Erewash Borough Council - Results by Ward

Abbotsford

Abbotsford (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michelle Booth (E)	457	27.5
	Labour	Brian Lucas (E)	451	27.2
	Conservative	Terence Holbrook	405	24.4
	Conservative	Joyce Stokes	347	20.9
Turnout				23.6

Breaston

Breaston (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Orchard (E)	1032	37.0
	Conservative	Robert Alan Parkinson (E)	973	34.9
	Labour	Susan Bradley	419	15.0
	Labour	Graeme Simpson	362	13.0
Turnout				40.8

Cotmanhay

Cotmanhay (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marion Birch (E)	352	30.3
	Labour	David Morgan (E)	326	28.0
	Conservative	Eileen Richards	264	22.7
	Conservative	Kenneth Tapping	221	19.0
Turnout				19.6

Derby Road East

Derby Road East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Howard Griffiths (E)	413	25.1
	Labour	Margaret Wright (E)	377	22.9
	Conservative	Linda Corbett	229	13.9
	Conservative	Jeffrey Clare	216	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Davis	209	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Read	199	12.1
Turnout				25.0

Derby Road West

Derby Road West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Marshall (E)	625	15.1
	Conservative	Ronald Chadbourne (E)	582	14.1
	Conservative	Kevin Miller (E)	565	13.7
	Labour	David Andrews	433	10.5
	Labour	Alison Cartwright	422	10.2
	Labour	Marjorie Avill-Coates	404	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Neill	396	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Stevenson	352	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Oldham	347	8.4
Turnout				31.2

Draycott and Stanton-by-Dale

Draycott and Stanton-by-Dale (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Orchard (E)	744	37.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Aindow (E)	567	28.3
	Independent	Peter Cresswell	391	19.5
	Independent	Mark O'Neill	304	15.2
Turnout				37.4

Hallam Fields

Hallam Fields (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Bishop (E)	521	33.2
	Labour	John Dunkley (E)	460	29.3
	Conservative	Marie Aindow	304	19.4
	Conservative	Roger Williams	285	18.2
Turnout				24.3

Ilkeston Central

Ilkeston Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Glennice Birkin (E)	406	28.0
	Labour	Frank Charles Phillips (E)	384	26.5
	Conservative	Jennifer Bartlett	345	23.8
	Conservative	Victor Gillan	314	21.7
Turnout				23.5

Ilkeston North

Ilkeston North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Beardsley (E)	339	33.3
	Labour	Ernest Bevan (E)	335	32.9
	Conservative	Margaret Lomas	183	18.0
	Conservative	Mary Smith	162	15.9
Turnout				19.8

Kirk Hallam

Kirk Hallam (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brendan Killeavy (E)	568	18.2
	Labour	Stephen Green (E)	491	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Spencer (E)	421	13.5
	Labour	Louis Booth	415	13.3
	Labour	Richard Stevens	361	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Prior	288	9.2
	Conservative	Andrew Blount	228	7.3
	Conservative	Nicola Stephenson	210	6.7
	Conservative	John Hay-Heddle	144	4.6
Turnout				26.8

Little Eaton and Breadsall

Little Eaton and Breadsall (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Smith (E)	519	27.0
	Conservative	Alan Summerfield (E)	483	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Salmon	408	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Beardmore	307	15.9
	Labour	William Newman	204	10.6
Turnout				38.5

Little Hallam

Little Hallam (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bridget Harrison (E)	602	33.4
	Conservative	David Stephenson (E)	591	32.8
	Labour	Simon Haydon	312	17.3
	Labour	Jean Shooter	298	16.5
Turnout				33.0

Long Eaton Central

Long Eaton Central (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dockerill (E)	560	14.0
	Conservative	Gary Hickton (E)	534	13.3
	Conservative	Gerald Hartopp (E)	531	13.2
	Labour	Paula Hosker	514	12.8
	Labour	Charles Stevenson	461	11.4
	Labour	Greta Stevenson	433	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Allen	252	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Grant	202	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Daxter	202	5.0
	UKIP	David Bartrop	123	3.1
Turnout				30.5

Nottingham Road

Nottingham Road (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roland Hosker (E)	629	17.6
	Labour	Brenda White (E)	609	17.0
	Labour	Michael Grant (E)	576	16.0
	Conservative	Mary Gough	560	15.6
	Conservative	David Watson	474	13.2
	Conservative	Frank Jones	451	12.6
	BNP	John Pennington	282	7.9
Turnout				29.4

Ockbrook and Borrowash

Ockbrook and Borrowash (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Douglas Hodges (E)	1177	18.9
	Conservative	Vera Tumanow (E)	1149	18.4
	Conservative	Patrick Smith (E)	1055	17.0
	Labour	Kevin Bates	830	13.3
	Labour	Eric Highton	810	13.0
	Labour	Jeffrey Martin	764	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe France	220	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Long	214	3.4
Turnout				38.4

Old Park

Old Park (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pamela Phillips (E)	369	30.5
	Labour	Patrick Thomas Moloney (E)	347	28.7
	Conservative	Benjamin Miller	265	21.9
	Conservative	Val Clare	229	18.9
Turnout				22.2

Sandiacre North

Sandiacre North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Wallis (E)	453	23.8
	Conservative	Alan Hardy (E)	451	23.7
	Labour	Marie Blacker	431	22.7
	Labour	Martin Waring	374	19.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Hallam	192	10.0
Turnout				30.0

Sandiacre South

Sandiacre South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Bilbie (E)	572	24.9
	Conservative	Barbara Uren (E)	551	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Tilford	508	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Garnett	430	18.7
	Labour	Denis Barker	236	10.3
Turnout				36.7

Sawley

Sawley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Camm (E)	1252	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Craig France (E)	685	19.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Allen (E)	494	14.3
	Labour	Jonathon Hemsley	258	7.8
	Conservative	Brenda Gillan	224	6.5
	Conservative	Haley Clare	221	6.4
	Conservative	Brian Stokes	162	4.7
	Monster Raving Loony	R U Seerius	154	4.5
Turnout				37.7

Stanley

Stanley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gail Newman (E)	381	64.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Harling	208	35.3
Turnout				34.5

West Hallam and Dale Abbey

West Hallam and Dale Abbey (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carol Hart (E)	851	22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hamson (E)	802	21.0
	Conservative	John Fildes (E)	753	19.7
	Conservative	Michael Sherwood	720	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Mallett	702	18.3
Turnout				36.2

Wilsthorpe

Wilsthorpe (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Corbett (E)	774	21.5
	Conservative	Donna Briggs (E)	709	19.7
	Conservative	John Brown (E)	709	19.7
	Labour	Owen Llewellyn	557	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Ann Wathen	432	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Barnes	423	10.2
Turnout				28.8

By-Elections between May 2003 - May 2007

Little Eaton and Breadsall

Little Eaton and Breadsall By-Election 29 April 2004^[2]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	627	63.0	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	368	37.0	+0.9
Majority		259	26.0
Turnout		995	35.2
	Conservative hold	Swing

Kirk Hallam

Kirk Hallam By-Election 28 October 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louis Booth	523	52.1	+23.4
	Liberal Democrats		232	23.1	−1.5
	Conservative		120	11.9	−1.4
	UKIP		129	12.8	+12.8
Majority			291	29.0
Turnout			1,004	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirk Hallam By-Election 27 October 2005^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Frudd	707	77.0	+24.9
	Conservative	Max Alexander	132	14.4	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Mallett	79	8.6	−14.5
Majority			575	62.6	N/A
Turnout			918	19.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Sawley

Sawley By-Election 13 January 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay-Heddle	423	38.1	+29.4
	Labour		348	31.4	+21.4
	Liberal Democrats		338	30.5	0.0
Majority			75	6.7	N/A
Turnout			1,109	21.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2003 - Erewash".
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - April 2004". Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^ "Labour edges ahead in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
^ "Labour romp it at Kirk Hallam". Ilkeston Advertiser. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
^ "Tories make first council gain of new year". The Guardian. 18 January 2005.

[1] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2003 - Erewash".

[2] "Local Authority Byelection Results - April 2004". Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

[edges-3] "Labour edges ahead in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

[romp-4] "Labour romp it at Kirk Hallam". Ilkeston Advertiser. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

[5] "Tories make first council gain of new year". The Guardian. 18 January 2005.

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