2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

Results of the 2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

The 2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Tewkesbury Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries.[2]

Election results

2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 17 Increase 4 44.7 43.0 10,000
  Liberal Democrats 10 Increase 6 26.3 28.1 6,535
  Labour 3 Decrease 5 7.9 11.0 2,551
  TTI 4 Increase 4 10.5 7.5 1,756
  Independent 1 Decrease 10 2.6 6.1 1,422
  Brockworth Residents Group 3 Increase 3 7.9 3.6 830
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 175

Ward results

Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff

Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Caitriona Clucas 305 39.9
Tewkesbury Independents Philip Workman 274 35.9
Liberal Democrats John Clucas 268 35.1
Tewkesbury Independents Ronald Hopkins 219 28.7
Conservative Adam Tugwell 204 26.7
Conservative Mary Kirby 173 22.6
Majority 6 0.8
Turnout 764 34.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)

Badgeworth

Badgeworth Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Vines* 395 66.9
Liberal Democrats Janice Ledeux 195 33.1
Majority 200 33.8
Turnout 590 33.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Brockworth

Brockworth Ward (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Brockworth Residents Group Godfrey Browning 830 44.2
Brockworth Residents Group Sean Connors* 754 40.2
Brockworth Residents Group Colin Gomersall 694 37.0
Labour Mark Hendry* 640 34.1
Labour Louise Gerrard* 555 29.6
Labour Susan Dunn 515 27.4
Conservative David Hunt 359 19.1
Conservative Ronald Chapman 293 15.6
Conservative Ian Barnes 248 13.2
Green Robert Rendell 175 9.3
Majority 54 2.9
Turnout 1,877 37.6
Brockworth Residents Group win (new seat)
Brockworth Residents Group win (new seat)
Brockworth Residents Group win (new seat)

Churchdown Brookfield

Churchdown Brookfield Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Smith* 840 54.2
Conservative Brian Jones* 778 50.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stokes 725 46.8
Conservative Greg Ching 610 39.4
Majority 53 3.4
Turnout 1,550 46.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Churchdown St John's

Churchdown St John's Ward (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Finch 749 44.3
Liberal Democrats Pearl Stokes* 749 44.3
Liberal Democrats Audrey Ricks 592 35.1
Conservative Neville Nutting 590 34.9
Conservative Belinda Hope 517 30.6
Conservative Angela Ockelton 474 28.1
Labour Kelvin Tustin* 381 22.6
Labour Keir Dhillon* 364 21.6
Labour Ann Lightfoot 278 16.5
Majority 2 0.2
Turnout 1,689 33.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cleeve Grange

Cleeve Grange Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Hillier-Richardson 441 62.2
Conservative Mark Calway* 224 31.6
Labour Peter Lightfoot 44 6.2
Majority 217 30.6
Turnout 709 44.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cleeve Hill

Cleeve Hill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Leech 763 63.7
Conservative Florence Ogden* 630 52.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Tudor 571 47.7
Majority 59 4.9
Turnout 1,198 44.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cleeve St Michael's

Cleeve St Michael's Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert East* 625 65.9
Conservative Michael Beresford* 530 55.9
Liberal Democrats John Danes 300 31.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Dray 187 19.7
Independent Eric Foster 122 12.9
Majority 230 24.3
Turnout 948 32.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cleeve West

Cleeve West Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Richmond 706 64.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony MacKinnon 683 62.3
Conservative Clive Lawrence 328 29.9
Conservative Michael Wright 239 21.8
Labour Robert Trafford 85 7.8
Majority 355 32.4
Turnout 1,096 33.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Williams* 690 58.1
Conservative Bruce Stephens* 649 54.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Olney 320 27.0
Independent Lennard Attard 298 25.1
Majority 329 27.7
Turnout 1,187 33.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Highnam with Haw Bridge

Highnam with Haw Bridge Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Davies 904 56.7
Conservative Philip Awford 861 54.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Duggan 623 39.1
Liberal Democrats Helen Hughes 608 38.1
Majority 238 14.9
Turnout 1,595 44.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hucclecote

Hucclecote Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Brazil 309 60.8
Labour Peter Sharples 116 22.8
Conservative Gary Phipps 83 16.3
Majority 193 38.0
Turnout 508 42.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Innsworth with Down Hatherley

Innsworth with Down Hatherley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Ockelton* 386 51.9
Liberal Democrats William Whelan 358 48.1
Majority 28 3.8
Turnout 744 43.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Isbourne

Isbourne Ward (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Evetts* 631 70.6
Conservative Judith Gilder 263 29.4
Majority 368 41.2
Turnout 894 54.1
Independent win (new seat)

Northway

Northway Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Levett* 380 54.3
Labour Patrick McCarthy 253 36.1
Conservative Mary Harper* 240 34.3
Conservative Stuart Shepherd 191 27.3
Independent Henry Tychmanowicz 179 25.6
Majority 13 1.8
Turnout 700 19.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Oxenton Hill

Oxenton Hill (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allen Keyte 497 88.6
Liberal Democrats Alastair Mason 64 11.4
Majority 433 77.2
Turnout 561 44.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Shurdington

Shurdington (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Surman 379 72.5
Labour Donald McLellan 144 27.5
Majority 235 45.0
Turnout 523 34.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Tewkesbury Newtown

Tewkesbury Newtown (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tewkesbury Independents John McCloy* 480 78.6
Conservative Graham Dawson 131 21.4
Majority 349 57.2
Turnout 611 39.0
Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)

Tewkesbury Prior's Park

Tewkesbury Prior's Park Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Sklenar* 327 38.4
Conservative Brian Calway 298 35.0
Conservative Peter Aldridge 272 32.0
Labour Joan Collip 222 26.1
Independent Robert Devine 192 22.6
Tewkesbury Independents Christine Donald 80 9.4
Liberal Democrats Brenda Dick 73 8.6
Majority 26 3.0
Turnout 851 25.0
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Tewkesbury Town with Mitton

Tewkesbury Town with Mitton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tewkesbury Independents Michael Sztymiak* 776 65.2
Tewkesbury Independents Barbara Cromwell* 679 57.1
Conservative Margaret White 261 21.9
Liberal Democrats Gerald Portman 220 18.5
Conservative Haydn Pearl 213 17.9
Majority 418 35.2
Turnout 1,190 35.4
Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)
Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)

Twyning

Twyning (1 Councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Shurmer* 362 63.7
Tewkesbury Independents Robert Venables 146 25.7
Labour David Playdon 60 10.6
Majority 216 38.0
Turnout 568 41.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Winchcombe

Winchcombe Ward (3 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Allen* 1,240 63.8
Conservative Janet Day* 1,172 60.3
Conservative James Mason* 1,117 57.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Guyll 461 23.7
Labour Margaret Keir 374 19.2
Labour Susan Sturgeon 348 17.9
Labour John Hurley 332 17.1
Majority 656 33.8
Turnout 1,943 39.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Tewkesbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire". CLGBCE. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
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