# 2003 Ashfield District Council election

The 2003 Ashfield District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Ashfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Election result

The results saw Labour lose their majority on the council after independents gained 12 seats and Labour lost 15 seats.
Ashfield Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 16 | -15 | 48.5 | 52.0 | 17,551 |
| Independent | 14 | +12 | 42.4 | 34.8 | 11,763 |
| Green | 2 | +2 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 1,518 |
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 2,473 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 472 |
7 Labour candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results

Hucknall Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Trevor Locke | 848 | |
| | Labour | Charles Short | 831 | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Riley | 784 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,463 | 30.5 |
Hucknall East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kenneth Creed | 708 | |
| | Independent | Geoffrey Thorpe | 624 | |
| | Labour | Yvonne White | 588 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,920 | 26.3 |
Hucknall North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Robert Gow | 841 | |
| | Labour | John Wilmott | 774 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Murphy | 739 | |
| | Labour | Patrick Wren | 620 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,974 | 32.3 |
Hucknall West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Blagden | 1,088 | |
| | Labour | Simon Harris | 1,005 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Connor | 950 | |
| | Labour | John Knight | 807 | |
| | BNP | Barry Hodgson | 472 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,322 | 28.7 |
Jacksdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Edward Holmes | 495 | 76.2 |
| | Independent | Frank Wood | 155 | 23.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | 52.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 650 | 25.8 |
Kirkby-in-Ashfield Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Antony Brown | 952 | |
| | Independent | Rachel Madden | 888 | |
| | Labour | Alan Butler | 530 | |
| | Labour | Peter Thorpe | 370 | |
| | Green | Andrew Finlayson | 188 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,928 | 32.4 |
Kirky-in-Ashfield East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Wendy Harvey | 610 | |
| | Independent | Harold Greasley | 586 | |
| | Labour | Jean Tomlinson | 357 | |
| | Labour | Warren Nuttall | 325 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,878 | 22.4 |
Kirky-in-Ashfield West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Baird | 955 | |
| | Independent | David Spalding | 774 | |
| | Labour | Glennis Thierry | 387 | |
| | Labour | Beverly Meszaros | 320 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,436 | 26.1 |
Selston (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Beverley Turner | 750 | |
| | Independent | Petro Clarke | 708 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Bonam | 596 | |
| | Labour | Elaine Bonam | 570 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,624 | 27.1 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield Central (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Lesley Matthews | unopposed |
| Labour | Alan Price | unopposed |
| Labour | Margaret Thorpe | unopposed |
Sutton-In-Ashfield East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | May Barsby | 1,091 | |
| | Independent | George Toy | 1,009 | |
| | Labour | Derek Young | 962 | |
| | Labour | David Parker | 952 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,014 | 24.0 |
Sutton-In-Ashfield North (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Beryl Anthony | unopposed |
| Labour | John Bennett | unopposed |
| Labour | Jessie Parker | unopposed |
Sutton-In-Ashfield West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ramon Buttery | 1,020 | |
| | Independent | Terence Keetley | 977 | |
| | Independent | Roy Adkins | 914 | |
| | Labour | David Shooter | 824 | |
| | Labour | Kier Barsby | 717 | |
| | Labour | Hilda Holmes | 616 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,068 | 23.5 |
Underwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Mays | unopposed | | |
Woodhouse (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Justin Smith | 687 | |
| | Green | Mark Harrison | 643 | |
| | Labour | Martin Carey | 633 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Davidson | 537 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,500 | 25.7 |