# 2003 Gedling Borough Council election

An election was held on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gedling Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by 7. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Background

At the last election in 1999 the Conservatives gained control of the council from the Labour Party with 29 seats, compared to 18 for Labour, 7 Liberal Democrats and 3 independents.
Boundary changes between 1999 and 2003 reduced the number of seats from 57 to 50. The changes included removing the wards of Cavendish, Conway and Priory, while creating new wards of Daybrook and Valley.

## Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 32.4%, down from 35.0% in 1999.
Following the election a power sharing agreement was reached with the Conservative and Labour parties agreeing to share the post of leader of the council.
Gedling Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 21 | -8 | 42.0 | 42.9 | 29,511 |
| Labour | 21 | +2 | 42.0 | 41.1 | 28,321 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 0 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 7,777 |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 3,160 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 73 |

## Ward results

Bestwood Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Denis Beeston | 306 | 70.3 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Roach | 129 | 29.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 | 40.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 435 | 33.5 |
Bonington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stella Lane | 748 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Rigby | 735 | |
| | Labour | Vivienne McCrossen | 703 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Pepper | 567 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Tait | 560 | |
| | Conservative | Balraj Johal | 499 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,812 | 25.9 |
Burton Joyce & Stoke Bardolph (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patricia Blandamer | 551 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Bexon | 515 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Berry | 449 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Ellwood | 362 | |
| | Labour | Jeanette Johnson | 331 | |
| | Labour | Brigitte Maguire | 301 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,509 | 43.9 |
Calverton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Calverton First Independents | William Peet | 808 | |
| | Labour | James Woodward | 786 | |
| | Labour | Gareth Griffiths | 785 | |
| | Calverton First Independents | William Mellors | 761 | |
| | Labour | Alan Woodward | 730 | |
| | Calverton First Independents | Grant Withers | 716 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Winter | 383 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Massey | 314 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,283 | 35.0 |
Carlton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Day | 712 | |
| | Conservative | Wendy Golland | 691 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Goodwin | 681 | |
| | Labour | Cheryl Hewlett | 653 | |
| | Labour | Damian Belshaw | 623 | |
| | Labour | Barbara Miller | 611 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sowter | 299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,270 | 28.6 |
Carlton Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Darrell Pulk | 942 | |
| | Labour | Paul Feeney | 939 | |
| | Labour | Seamus Creamer | 938 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Jakeman | 601 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Foulkes | 594 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Butcher | 592 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,606 | 29.7 |
Daybrook (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Barnes | 731 | |
| | Labour | Sandra Barnes | 713 | |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Beaumont | 308 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Smedley | 298 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,050 | 28.4 |
Gedling (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Tunniclife | 1,067 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marguerite Wright | 1,060 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Dunkin | 970 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Godfrey | 508 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Bell | 489 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Alcock | 461 | |
| | Labour | Jennifer Hollingsworth | 317 | |
| | Labour | Allan Leadbeater | 303 | |
| | Labour | James O'Riordan | 269 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,444 | 36.2 |
Killisick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Harvey Maddock | 280 | 52.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Turner | 92 | 17.3 |
| | Conservative | Derek Smith | 86 | 16.2 |
| | Green | Henry Wheeler | 73 | 13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 35.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 531 | 28.6 |
Kingswell (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rodney Kempster | 845 | |
| | Conservative | Vernon Bradley | 749 | |
| | Labour | Martin Hall | 374 | |
| | Labour | Julia Buckby | 335 | |
| | Independent | Edna Hindle | 214 | |
| | Independent | Clifford Hindle | 179 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,696 | 37.1 |
Lambley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roland Spencer | 417 | 74.3 |
| | Labour | Marjorie Paling | 144 | 25.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 273 | 48.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 561 | 34.5 |
Mapperley Plains (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Veronica Pepper | 1,013 | |
| | Conservative | John Parr | 989 | |
| | Conservative | Gerald Clarke | 979 | |
| | Labour | Peter Crossley | 607 | |
| | Labour | Nicola Brooks | 606 | |
| | Labour | Alan Hardy | 592 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,786 | 28.0 |
Netherfield & Colwick (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Albert Clarke | 768 | |
| | Labour | William Clarke | 760 | |
| | Labour | Christina Lockett | 728 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Morris | 397 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Nicholson | 368 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Smedley | 362 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,383 | 23.3 |
Newstead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John McCauley | 265 | 50.1 |
| | Conservative | Bruce Andrews | 264 | 49.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 529 | 32.9 |
Phoenix (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ivan Gollop | 539 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Poynter | 519 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Turney | 501 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hughes | 471 | |
| | Conservative | Ann Collin | 187 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Blandamer | 186 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,403 | 33.6 |
Porchester (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Tanner | 907 | |
| | Conservative | Donald Pycroft | 892 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Spencer | 854 | |
| | Labour | John Truscott | 832 | |
| | Labour | Paul Barton | 811 | |
| | Labour | Leslie Nourse | 779 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,075 | 34.0 |
Ravenshead (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Grainger | 1,226 | |
| | Conservative | Thambithurai Chandran | 1,098 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Spencer (British politician) | 1,085 | |
| | Labour | Gwilym Griffith | 582 | |
| | Labour | John Kendrick | 564 | |
| | Labour | Barrie Bowker | 404 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,959 | 37.7 |
St. James (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Gillam | 654 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Pratt | 598 | |
| | Conservative | Eric Collin | 351 | |
| | Conservative | Elaine Goodwin | 325 | |
| | Labour | Gary Gregory | 257 | |
| | Labour | Paul Wilkinson | 234 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,419 | 25.1 |
St. Marys (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jennifer Cole | 794 | |
| | Labour | Grace Millar | 779 | |
| | Labour | Stewart Ragsdale | 762 | |
| | Conservative | Magdalen Roach | 689 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Beaumont | 647 | |
| | Conservative | Mavis Gunson | 639 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,310 | 29.0 |
Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Dunkin | 404 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Preston | 379 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Taylor | 368 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Swift | 353 | |
| | Conservative | Wesley Bleakley | 208 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Leaper | 205 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 30.6 |
Woodborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Glass | 485 | 79.6 |
| | Labour | Liz Delaney | 124 | 20.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 59.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 609 | 40.0 |
Woodthorpe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Suzanne Prew-Smith | 1,216 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Nicholson | 1,206 | |
| | Conservative | Francis Boot | 1,183 | |
| | Labour | Ronald McCrossen | 613 | |
| | Labour | Christine Russell | 576 | |
| | Labour | Philip Miller | 500 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Swift | 479 | |
| | Independent | Christine Hindle | 266 | |
| | Independent | David Hindle | 216 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,255 | 39.7 |