Map of the results of the 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election. Conservative in blue and Labour in red. The 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2.[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.[2]
Election result The Conservatives took control of the council after gaining 22 seats to have 39 of the 41 councillors.[3] Meanwhile, Labour was reduced to only 2 councillors after losing 19 seats.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 26.8%, down from 32% at the 1999 election .[4]
Among the Labour councillors to be defeated were the leader of the council Dave Wells and the mayor Charles Smith.[5]
Castle Point local election result 2003[4] [6] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 39 +22 95.1 60.8 31,753 Labour 2 -19 4.9 37.6 19,641 Green 0 0 0 1.2 621 Independent 0 -1 0 0.3 178 Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0.1 47
Ward results Appleton (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Eugene Egan 864 Conservative Pamela Freeman 840 Conservative Thomas Skipp 830 Labour Michael Gamble 615 Labour John Trollope 587 Labour Lorna Trollope 566 Turnout 4,302 30.1
Boyce (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Wendy Goodwin 1,069 Conservative Gail Boland 1,039 Conservative Christopher Freeman 1,014 Labour John Hart 390 Labour Frank Callow 380 Labour Gilian Wilson 372 Turnout 4,264 28.4
Canvey Island Central (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Blackwell 621 Conservative Jane King 586 Labour Terry Blackwell 584 Conservative Laurence Martin 578 Conservative Terry Sessions 556 Labour Barry Dixie 551 Turnout 3,476 22.7
Canvey Island East (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Geoffrey Coates 655 Conservative Shirley Coates 633 Conservative Lionel Hart 629 Labour Jackie Reilly 593 Labour Mark Reilly 561 Labour Sarah Beales 542 Green Christopher Keene 135 Turnout 3,748 25.5
Canvey Island North (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Matthew Howard 560 Conservative Patricia Haunts 511 Conservative Heather Searle 510 Labour John Payne 449 Labour William Deal 448 Labour Kenneth Finch 433 Turnout 2,911 20.0
Canvey Island South (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark Howard 855 Conservative Sylvia Waymark 818 Conservative Jeffrey Stanley 791 Labour Mike Curham 477 Labour Adrian Fletcher 457 Labour Lynne Fletcher 447 Green Clifford Hughes 152 Turnout 3,997 27.2
Canvey Island West (2 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Raymond Howard 902 Conservative Anthony Belford 769 Labour Christine Andrews 190 Labour Heidi Cox 182 Green Irene Willis 75 Turnout 2,118 29.5
Canvey Island Winter Gardens (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Norman Bambridge 575 Conservative Dorothy Best 563 Conservative Lance Munt 517 Labour Katie Curtis 373 Labour Jane David 366 Labour William Green 355 Independent Norman Garnett 178 Socialist Alliance Robert Chapman 47 Turnout 2,974 20.5
Cedar Hall (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Burch 967 Conservative Norman Smith 931 Conservative Norman Ladzrie 914 Labour Jennifer Howlett 434 Labour George Wilson 418 Labour Charles Smith 416 Turnout 4,080 30.3
St Georges (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jacqueline Govier 720 Conservative Andrew Cole 689 Conservative Terence Turpin 653 Labour Joseph Cooke 642 Labour David Wells 626 Labour Roy English 606 Turnout 3,936 28.5
St James (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Tony Thomas 964 Conservative Godfrey Isaacs 884 Conservative W Sharp 799 Labour John West 361 Labour Godfrey Harris 352 Labour Harry Brett 345 Green Douglas Copping 259 Turnout 3,964 28.2
St Marys (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Kathleen Meager 764 Conservative Lisa Preston 734 Conservative David Cross 719 Labour Brian Wilson 715 Labour Anthony Wright 686 Labour Daniel Regan 685 Turnout 4,303 29.0
St Peters (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative William Dick 948 Conservative Pamela Challis 924 Conservative Beverley Egan 912 Labour John Hawkins 564 Labour Matthew Thomas 508 Labour Adrian Hobden 481 Turnout 4,337 29.6
Victoria (3 seats)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Riley 868 Conservative Clifford Brunt 861 Conservative Enid Isaacs 838 Labour Frederick Jones 433 Labour Robert Peters 427 Labour Philip Brunt 403 Turnout 3,830 29.1
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