# 2003 Gravesham Borough Council election

The 2003 Gravesham Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gravesham Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 31%.
Gravesham Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 23 | -6 | 52.3 | 43.0 | 8,754 |
| Conservative | 21 | +6 | 47.7 | 55.3 | 11,241 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 155 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 190 |

## Ward results

Central (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Caerys Ayling | 862 | |
| | Conservative | Bronwen McGarrity | 838 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Pritchard | 806 | |
| | Labour | Lana Aitchison | 704 | |
| | Labour | Tarsem Mahil | 663 | |
| | Labour | Wayne Bushbridge | 640 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,513 | 37.3 |
Chalk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lynne Ennis-Goatham | 427 | 66.0 |
| | Labour | Paul McNulty | 220 | 34.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 32.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 647 | 37.7 |
Coldharbour (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Valerie Ashenden | 463 | |
| | Labour | Ernest Brook | 442 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Beer | 225 | |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Knight | 216 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,346 | 22.3 |
Higham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patricia Oakeshott | 858 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Jupp | 791 | |
| | Labour | Eileen Rice | 275 | |
| | Labour | Douglas Christie | 254 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | 36.5 |
Istead Rise (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Jones | 901 | |
| | Conservative | David Turner | 882 | |
| | Labour | Richard Cook | 192 | |
| | Labour | Derek Sales | 175 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,150 | 39.1 |
Meopham North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Snelling | 892 | |
| | Conservative | Donald Menzies | 887 | |
| | Labour | Eileen Abbott | 243 | |
| | Labour | Pamela Sales | 216 | |
| | Green | Richard Crawford | 190 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,428 | 37.8 |
Meopham South & Vigo (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Raymonde Collins | 706 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick McSweeney | 697 | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Riley | 209 | |
| | Labour | Mary Williams | 196 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 | 29.7 |
Northfleet North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raymond Parker | 530 | |
| | Labour | Colin Meredith | 527 | |
| | Labour | Richard Target | 503 | |
| | Conservative | Constance Dyke | 279 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Somerset | 270 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Parrin | 266 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,375 | 20.6 |
Northfleet South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Loughlin | 735 | |
| | Labour | John Burden | 726 | |
| | Labour | Narinder Thandi | 713 | |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Black | 392 | |
| | Conservative | Julia Burgoyne | 360 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Burgoyne | 342 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,268 | 25.8 |
Painters Ash (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jean Christie | 827 | |
| | Labour | Ronald Bowman | 804 | |
| | Labour | Henry Smith | 758 | |
| | Conservative | James Hall | 639 | |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Stanford | 630 | |
| | Conservative | Eileen Tuff | 602 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Stevenson | 155 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian McGill | 152 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mervyn McGill | 137 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,704 | 35.7 |
Pelham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Makhan Singh | 844 | |
| | Labour | Catherine Cribbon | 826 | |
| | Labour | David Thomas | 805 | |
| | Conservative | Clarice Masterson | 562 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Barrow | 512 | |
| | Conservative | John Subbings | 506 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,055 | 32.6 |
Riverside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lee Croxton | 684 | |
| | Labour | Richard Smith | 675 | |
| | Labour | Lyn Milner | 668 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Barnes | 304 | |
| | Conservative | Helen Skellorn | 270 | |
| | Conservative | Clifford Hayes | 265 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,866 | 24.8 |
Riverview (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Lambert | 714 | |
| | Conservative | David Hurley | 666 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Green | 466 | |
| | Labour | John Thompson | 419 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,265 | 34.8 |
Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdown (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robin Theobald | 1,039 | |
| | Conservative | Frank Marven | 1,020 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Newell | 218 | |
| | Labour | Rupinder Thandi | 176 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,453 | 40.4 |
Singlewell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Rayner | 615 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Mersh | 595 | |
| | Labour | Andrea Webb | 559 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Lambert | 495 | |
| | Conservative | Frederick Mapham | 464 | |
| | Conservative | Cyril Wheeler | 436 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,164 | 22.8 |
Westcourt (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Eileen Leadley | 675 | |
| | Labour | Colin Caller | 670 | |
| | Labour | Brian Newell | 637 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Brereton | 417 | |
| | Conservative | Juliet Baker | 408 | |
| | Conservative | Graeme Biggs | 395 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,202 | 25.1 |
Whitehill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Lambton | 651 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Robinson | 641 | |
| | Labour | John Caller | 495 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Webb | 452 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,239 | 36.8 |
Woodlands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronald Stanford | 878 | |
| | Conservative | William Dyke | 874 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Wenban | 867 | |
| | Labour | Carole Bowman | 359 | |
| | Labour | Peter Leadley | 353 | |
| | Labour | Surinder Singh | 327 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,658 | 29.0 |