# 2003 Bolsover District Council election

The 2003 Bolsover District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Bolsover District Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Labour won 31 of the 37 seats on the council to keep a 25-seat majority on the council. Of the other 6 seats, 4 were won by independents, while the remaining 2 seats were taken by the Whitwell Residents Association, which won both seats in Whitwell ward. Overall turnout at the election was about 30%, reaching a high of 42.4% in Elmton-with-Creswell.
Bolsover local election result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 31 | -1 | 83.8 | 53.9 | 11,568 |
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 10.8 | 31.6 | 6,791 |
| Whitwell Residents Association | 2 | +1 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 1,373 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 1,544 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 101 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 97 |

## Ward results

Barlborough (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Shaw | unopposed | | |
| | Labour | Eion Watts | unopposes | | |
Blackwell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Clive Moesby | 710 |
| | Labour | Alan Tomlinson | 631 |
| | Independent | Sally Gray | 517 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,858 |
Bolsover North West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Bowman | unopposed | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Rodda | unopposed | | |
Bolsover South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jennie Bennett | unopposed | | |
| | Labour | Alan Hodkin | unopposed | | |
Bolsover West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rosemary Bowler | unopposed | | |
| | Labour | Bran Huddless | unopposed | | |
Clowne North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Brian Hendry | 415 |
| | Labour | Sidney Patrick | 373 |
| | Labour | Duncan Haywood | 306 |
| | Independent | Andrew Patterson | 272 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,366 |
Clowne South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Paul Hendry | 435 |
| | Labour | James Smith | 375 |
| | Labour | Peter Linley | 372 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,182 |
Elmton-with-Creswell (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Duncan McGregor | 1,002 | |
| | Independent | James Clifton | 883 | |
| | Labour | Rita Turner | 777 | |
| | Independent | Shaun Wass | 766 | |
| | Labour | Enid Glassey | 656 | |
| | Independent | Shirley Staniforth | 575 | |
| | Independent | Robert Davis | 261 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,920 | 42.4 |
Pinxton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mary Dooley | 534 |
| | Labour | Dennis Kelly | 476 |
| | Independent | Leonard Worrall | 386 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,396 |
Pleasley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pauline Bowmer | unopposed | | |
| | Labour | Ann Syrett | unopposed | | |
Scarcliffe (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Sandra Peake | 688 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Crane | 591 |
| | Independent | Celso Sabido | 530 |
| | BNP | Mark Stringfellow | 101 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Raymond Holmes | 97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,007 |
Shirebrook East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian Murray-Carr | unopposed | | |
Shirebrook Langwith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Walker | unopposed | | |
Shirebrook North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Dawkins | unopposed | | |
Shirebrook South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hazel Ward | unopposed | | |
Shirebrook South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Fritchley | unopposed | | |
South Normanton East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Terry Cook | 448 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Hodges | 396 |
| | Conservative | Anne Smith | 218 |
| | Conservative | Keith Smith | 190 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,252 |
South Normanton West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Trevor Lane | 496 |
| | Labour | Joan Morley | 484 |
| | Labour | John Phelan | 470 |
| | Conservative | Susan Curry | 425 |
| | Independent | John Hudson | 404 |
| | Conservative | David Blythe | 378 |
| | Conservative | Paul Smith | 333 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,990 |
Tibshelf (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Michael Coupe | 734 |
| | Labour | Alison Beckett | 622 |
| | Independent | Raymond Heffer | 613 |
| | Labour | Graham Parkin | 360 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,329 |
Whitwell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Whitwell Residents Association | George Webster | 755 |
| | Whitwell Residents Association | Vivienne Mills | 618 |
| | Labour | Dennis Reynolds | 428 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Stevenson | 373 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,174 |