# 2003 South Gloucestershire Council election

The 2003 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Gloucestershire unitary authority in England. All 70 seats in the council were up for election. The Liberal Democrats once again gained a plurality of seats but lost overall control of the council as the Conservatives won the most votes and therefore made large gains at the expense of the Lib Dems and Labour.

## Election result

South Gloucestershire Council election, 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 33 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 47.1 | 34.0 | 52,840 | +0.4 |
| Conservative | 21 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 30.0 | 37.0 | 57,609 | +8.2 |
| Labour | 16 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 22.9 | 27.6 | 42,848 | −8.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1,720 | ±0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 0.2 | 261 | +0.1 |
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 0.1 | 137 | +0.1 |

## Ward results

In wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.
Almondsbury (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sheila Cook | 858 | 59.5 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Pendrill | 503 | 34.8 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Judith Martindale | 82 | 5.7 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,443 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Alveston (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Fox | 498 | 53.2 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | Leona Roberts | 380 | 40.6 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | Patricia Putterill | 58 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 936 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bitton (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Thomas | 472 | 39.5 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Virginia McNab | 467 | 39.1 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | John Graham | 255 | 21.4 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,194 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Boyd Valley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sandra Grant | 1,417 | 28.2 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | Philip Trotman | 1,108 | 22.0 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Palmer | 933 | 18.5 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mollie Ward | 827 | 16.4 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Andrew Witts | 466 | 9.8 | −7.7 |
| | Labour | Alan Maggs | 279 | 5.5 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,515 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bradley Stoke Baileys Court (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Collins | 446 | 53.3 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bidder | 242 | 28.9 | +4.1 |
| | Labour | Anthony Blake | 149 | 17.8 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 837 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bradley Stoke Bowsland (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Barge | 875 | 31.4 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathon Williams | 866 | 31.1 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Kion Northam | 367 | 13.2 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Mary Newport | 295 | 10.6 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | John Samways | 210 | 7.6 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Robin King | 170 | 6.1 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,391 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bradley Stoke Sherbourne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Lees | 529 | 25.2 | −8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Byron | 508 | 24.2 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | Mary Prescott | 364 | 17.3 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | David Pickwell | 356 | 16.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Andrew Hewlett | 174 | 8.3 | −6.8 |
| | Labour | Stuart MacCallum | 171 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,051 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Charfield (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra O'Neill | 592 | 66.1 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | John Buxton | 221 | 24.7 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | John Noseley | 82 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 895 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Chipping Sobury (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Boon | 1,312 | 26.4 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Mead | 1,256 | 25.3 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | James Febry | 971 | 19.5 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Martyn Radnedge | 927 | 18.7 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | Roland Clements | 355 | 7.1 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Charles Pfeil | 151 | 3.0 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,486 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Cotswold Edge (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Hope | 799 | 59.3 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | Helen Heeley | 501 | 37.2 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Rowden | 47 | 3.5 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,347 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Dodington (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Crowe | 938 | 35.5 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Davis | 860 | 32.5 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Chatfield | 276 | 10.4 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Claire Seward | 269 | 10.2 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Diane Hutchinson | 155 | 5.9 | −4.4 |
| | Labour | Donald Brownlie | 145 | 5.5 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,322 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Downend (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Cullimore | 1,591 | 16.0 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Smith | 1,503 | 15.1 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | David Upjohn | 1,482 | 14.9 | −0.6 |
| | Independent | John Laurie | 883 | 8.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Julie Snelling | 846 | 8.5 | −4.3 |
| | Labour | Desley Radmall | 833 | 8.4 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Robert Lomas | 726 | 7.3 | −4.8 |
| | Independent | Shaine Lewis | 698 | 7.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graeme Riley | 557 | 5.6 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Corrigan | 448 | 4.5 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson | 352 | 3.5 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,960 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Filton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Roger Hutchinson | 1,124 | 15.9 | −4.4 |
| | Labour | Stanley Sims | 1,087 | 15.3 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | Terance Pomroy | 1,068 | 15.1 | −4.0 |
| | Conservative | Brian Freeguard | 868 | 12.2 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | David Bell | 832 | 11.7 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Anne Kenyon | 832 | 11.7 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Williams | 482 | 6.8 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Adams | 343 | 4.8 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Cottrell | 317 | 4.5 | +0.3 |
| | Independent | Philip Winter | 139 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,364 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Frampton Cotterell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Winston Hockey | 1,109 | 27.1 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Hockey | 1,099 | 26.8 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Bashford | 598 | 14.6 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Betty Bird | 561 | 13.7 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | George Keel | 393 | 9.6 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Terance Trollope | 339 | 8.3 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,049 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hanham (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald Goddard | 1,470 | 15.5 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Heather Goddard | 1,469 | 15.5 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | June Bamford | 1,454 | 15.4 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | April Begley | 1,123 | 11.9 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Colin Cradock | 1,106 | 11.7 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | Norma Cradock | 1,095 | 11.6 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Williams | 642 | 6.8 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Brady | 556 | 5.9 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Rush | 536 | 5.7 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,150 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Kings Chase (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Deanna Macrae | 1,425 | 20.7 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Terence Walker | 1,297 | 18.8 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Bridge | 1,296 | 18.8 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Lake | 745 | 10.8 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | John Gibbs | 731 | 10.6 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Lavis | 627 | 9.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Reeves | 300 | 4.3 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Harrison | 241 | 3.5 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Thomas | 236 | 3.4 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,299 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ladden Brook (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Gawler | 672 | 59.0 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Wade | 379 | 33.3 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Richard Tapsell | 88 | 5.7 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,139 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Longwell Green (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Calway | 1,403 | 32.1 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Armstrong | 1,362 | 31.2 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Carl Lander | 498 | 11.4 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Michael Bell | 492 | 11.3 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Allinson | 308 | 7.1 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Greenfield | 303 | 6.9 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,183 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Oldland Common (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Allinson | 937 | 27.6 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marc Scawen | 908 | 26.7 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Ann Coales | 511 | 15.1 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Kim Scudamore | 405 | 11.9 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Brian Morgan | 324 | 9.5 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | June Sweetland | 312 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,698 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Parkwall (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arnold Lovell | 917 | 23.8 | −5.7 |
| | Labour | June Lovell | 906 | 23.6 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | William Douglas | 560 | 14.6 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Cyril Haddy | 521 | 13.5 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Nethercote | 475 | 12.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Nicks | 469 | 12.2 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,924 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |