# 2003 North Somerset Council election

The 2003 North Somerset Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Election result

North Somerset Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 24 | -8 | 39.3 | 37.6 | 38,862 |
| Liberal Democrats | 23 | +11 | 37.7 | 38.0 | 39,307 |
| Labour | 10 | -1 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 20,620 |
| Independent | 3 | -1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3,781 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 627 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 124 |
| Others | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Ward results

Backwell (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Felicity Baker | 1,023 | 61.5% |
| | Conservative | Peter Burden | 903 | 54.3% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Madge | 648 | 39.0% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Armstrong | 517 | 31.1% |
| | Labour | David Punter | 234 | 14.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,325 | |
Banwell and Winscombe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ann Harley | 1,311 | 55.5% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Lake | 1,297 | 54.9% |
| | Conservative | Hugh Parsons | 1,261 | 53.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Bibb | 846 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Brading | 801 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Luke | 649 | |
| | Labour | Stanley Banks | 336 | |
| | Labour | Simon Arlidge | 324 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Hughes | 263 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,088 | |
Blagdon and Churchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Wells | 644 | 57.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hughes | 372 | 33.4 |
| | Labour | Ernest Barnhurst | 98 | 8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,114 | |
Clevedon Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Nobes | 375 | 51.1 |
| | Conservative | Carl Francis-Pester | 219 | 29.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Carpenter | 140 | 19.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 734 | |
Clevedon East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | David Shopland | 445 | 47.7 |
| | Conservative | William Lavelle | 227 | 24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Mclean | 144 | 15.4 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Callaghan | 117 | 12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 23.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 933 | |
Clevedon North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lionel Bates | 495 | 58.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Watkins | 229 | 27.0 |
| | Labour | John Farley | 123 | 14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | 31.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 847 | |
Clevedon South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Cotton | 316 | 39.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Watkins | 271 | 33.7 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Blades | 216 | 26.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 803 | |
Clevedon Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Morris | 592 | 52.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Dagnall | 537 | 47.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,129 | |
Clevedon West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Chanel Stevens | 409 | 45.9 |
| | Conservative | Ericka Blades | 251 | 28.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Mcneill | 231 | 25.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 158 | 17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 891 | |
Clevedon Yeo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Norton-Sealey | 351 | 45.7 |
| | Labour | Bryan Moore | 240 | 31.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Carpenter | 177 | 23.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 111 | 14.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 768 | |
Congresbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Thomas Leimdorfer | 627 | 58.7 |
| | Conservative | Gillian Bute | 442 | 41.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,069 | |
Easton-in-Gordano :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Fisher | 636 | 61.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Griggs | 237 | 22.9 |
| | Labour | Derek Waters | 163 | 15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 399 | 38.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,036 | |
Gordano :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nigel Ashton | 639 | 67.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Pritchard | 198 | 20.8 |
| | Labour | Barry Cooper | 115 | 12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 441 | 46.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 952 | |
Hutton and Locking (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Peddlesden | 1,039 | 54.7% |
| | Conservative | Elfan Rees | 946 | 49.8% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Mcgrath | 687 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Bartlett | 637 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Taylor | 270 | |
| | Labour | David Roxburgh | 220 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,799 | |
Kewstoke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Porter | 424 | 52.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 255 | 31.7 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Scholes | 125 | 15.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 21.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 804 | |
Nailsea East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cole | 1,119 | 62.1% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Coleman | 986 | 54.7% |
| | Conservative | Angela Barber | 836 | |
| | Conservative | Anita Heappey | 663 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,604 | |
Nailsea North and West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Steadman | 1,062 | 39.0% |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Blatchford | 1,031 | 37.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Tonkin | 960 | 35.3% |
| | Conservative | Mary Blatchford | 958 | |
| | Conservative | Suzanne Williams | 955 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Clarke | 954 | |
| | Labour | Julian Parry | 756 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Obrien | 745 | |
| | Labour | Catherine Elliott | 738 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,159 | |
Pill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Glyndwr Duck | 587 | 61.2 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Phillips | 222 | 23.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Maw | 150 | 15.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 365 | 38.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 959 | |
Portishead Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Clark | 204 | 41.3 |
| | Conservative | James Mcmurray | 174 | 35.2 |
| | Labour | Andrew Hamblin | 116 | 23.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 494 | |
Portishead Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Walters | 608 | 59.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Palmer | 414 | 40.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,022 | |
Portishead East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Terry | 386 | 39.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daisy Bickley | 309 | 31.6 |
| | Labour | Roger Whitfield | 284 | 29.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 979 | |
Portishead Redcliffe Bay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Daws | 606 | 60.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Clark | 401 | 39.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,007 | |
Portishead South and North Weston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Gething | 389 | 41.4 |
| | Conservative | Alan Mcmurray | 299 | 31.8 |
| | Labour | Patricia Gardener | 252 | 26.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 940 | |
Portishead West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Nicholas Brown | 898 | 81.9 |
| | Conservative | Rosalind Cruse | 198 | 18.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 700 | 63.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,096 | |
Weston Super Mare Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Crockford-Hawley | 693 | 52.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Baker | 655 | 49.5% |
| | Conservative | Mark Terry-Short | 375 | |
| | Conservative | David Hunt | 360 | |
| | Labour | Josephine Bateman | 222 | |
| | Labour | Frederick Roberts | 199 | |
| | Independent | Adam Nash | 92 | |
| | UKIP | Alan James | 51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,647 | |
Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Roe | 1,385 | 59.6% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Bryant | 1,368 | 58.9% |
| | Conservative | Clive Webb | 1,345 | 57.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Tucker | 647 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Solomon | 620 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Hobb-Titchard | 599 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Varney | 339 | |
| | Labour | Jamie Dormer-Durling | 337 | |
| | Labour | Karoline Bateman | 328 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,968 | |
Weston Super Mare East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Derek Kraft | 1,034 | 58.1% |
| | Labour | Richard Tucker | 990 | 55.6% |
| | Labour | Muriel Kraft | 944 | 53.0% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grace Atkinson | 629 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Osborne | 610 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Hicks | 591 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Hampson | 543 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,341 | |
Weston Super Mare Milton and Old Worle (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Gosden | 1,169 | 42.7% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Astra Brand | 1,118 | 40.8% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosslyn Willis | 1,112 | 40.6% |
| | Conservative | Peter Crew | 1,025 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick Taylor | 1,018 | |
| | Conservative | Frederick Hogg | 1,009 | |
| | Labour | Simon Stokes | 481 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Swan | 450 | |
| | Labour | William Swan | 424 | |
| | Independent | Jeffrey Bullingham | 407 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,213 | |
Weston Super Mare North Worle (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Hockridge | 1,356 | 71.0% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Moon | 1,236 | 64.7% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Skinner | 1,143 | 60.0% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Parsons | 627 | |
| | Conservative | Frederick Gamble | 610 | |
| | Labour | Paul Francis | 268 | |
| | Labour | Lynda Pearcey | 248 | |
| | Labour | Simon Morse | 243 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,731 | |
Weston Super Mare South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ian Parker | 1,122 | 71.6% |
| | Labour | Mari Owens | 1,057 | 67.4% |
| | Labour | Robert Bateman | 1,056 | 67.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Armstrong | 388 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Celia Davies | 386 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | June How | 357 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Marriott | 338 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,704 | |
Weston Super Mare South Worle (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Tabrett | 989 | 46.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Golland | 953 | 45.2% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wright | 921 | 43.7% |
| | Labour | Christopher Flint | 621 | |
| | Labour | Michael Lyall | 608 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Belton-Reed | 584 | |
| | Conservative | Ena King | 533 | |
| | Conservative | Sidney Carter | 526 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Lane | 479 | |
| | Independent | John Heenan | 109 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,323 | |
Weston Super Mare West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Canniford | 1,337 | 54.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Bell | 1,336 | 54.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Payne | 1,179 | 48.1% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Horler | 895 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Cleland | 864 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Fazackerley | 853 | |
| | Independent | Paul Spencer | 223 | |
| | Labour | Robert Craig | 210 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Hollebon | 197 | |
| | Labour | Vanessa Hollebon | 188 | |
| | UKIP | Mervyn Gibbs | 73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,355 | |
Winford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Audrey Telling | 456 | 57.6 |
| | Labour | Jessica Monks | 335 | 42.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 121 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 791 | |
Wraxall and Long Ashton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Cook | 1,097 | 56.6% |
| | Conservative | Howard Roberts | 1,000 | 51.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Neale | 807 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Barritt | 653 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Smart | 317 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,874 | |
Wrington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Yamanaka | 708 | 67.8 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Kemp | 336 | 32.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 372 | 35.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,044 | |
Yatton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Greta Lewis | 1,607 | 71.1% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel Cummings | 1,388 | 61.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Kehoe | 1,251 | 55.4% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Kehoe | 1,048 | |
| | Conservative | Alison Tull | 872 | |
| | Labour | Douglas May | 612 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,778 | |