# 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.

## Election result

The Conservatives took control of the council after gaining 22 seats to have 39 of the 41 councillors. Meanwhile, Labour was reduced to only 2 councillors after losing 19 seats. Overall turnout at the election was 26.8%, down from 32% at the 1999 election.
Among the Labour councillors to be defeated were the leader of the council Dave Wells and the mayor Charles Smith.
Castle Point local election result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 39 | +22 | 95.1 | 60.8 | 31,753 |
| Labour | 2 | -19 | 4.9 | 37.6 | 19,641 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 621 |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.3 | 178 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 47 |

## Ward results

Appleton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eugene Egan | 864 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Freeman | 840 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Skipp | 830 | |
| | Labour | Michael Gamble | 615 | |
| | Labour | John Trollope | 587 | |
| | Labour | Lorna Trollope | 566 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,302 | 30.1 |
Boyce (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Wendy Goodwin | 1,069 | |
| | Conservative | Gail Boland | 1,039 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Freeman | 1,014 | |
| | Labour | John Hart | 390 | |
| | Labour | Frank Callow | 380 | |
| | Labour | Gilian Wilson | 372 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,264 | 28.4 |
Canvey Island Central (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Blackwell | 621 | |
| | Conservative | Jane King | 586 | |
| | Labour | Terry Blackwell | 584 | |
| | Conservative | Laurence Martin | 578 | |
| | Conservative | Terry Sessions | 556 | |
| | Labour | Barry Dixie | 551 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,476 | 22.7 |
Canvey Island East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Coates | 655 | |
| | Conservative | Shirley Coates | 633 | |
| | Conservative | Lionel Hart | 629 | |
| | Labour | Jackie Reilly | 593 | |
| | Labour | Mark Reilly | 561 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Beales | 542 | |
| | Green | Christopher Keene | 135 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,748 | 25.5 |
Canvey Island North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matthew Howard | 560 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Haunts | 511 | |
| | Conservative | Heather Searle | 510 | |
| | Labour | John Payne | 449 | |
| | Labour | William Deal | 448 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Finch | 433 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,911 | 20.0 |
Canvey Island South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mark Howard | 855 | |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Waymark | 818 | |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Stanley | 791 | |
| | Labour | Mike Curham | 477 | |
| | Labour | Adrian Fletcher | 457 | |
| | Labour | Lynne Fletcher | 447 | |
| | Green | Clifford Hughes | 152 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,997 | 27.2 |
Canvey Island West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Raymond Howard | 902 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Belford | 769 | |
| | Labour | Christine Andrews | 190 | |
| | Labour | Heidi Cox | 182 | |
| | Green | Irene Willis | 75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,118 | 29.5 |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Norman Bambridge | 575 | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Best | 563 | |
| | Conservative | Lance Munt | 517 | |
| | Labour | Katie Curtis | 373 | |
| | Labour | Jane David | 366 | |
| | Labour | William Green | 355 | |
| | Independent | Norman Garnett | 178 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Robert Chapman | 47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,974 | 20.5 |
Cedar Hall (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Burch | 967 | |
| | Conservative | Norman Smith | 931 | |
| | Conservative | Norman Ladzrie | 914 | |
| | Labour | Jennifer Howlett | 434 | |
| | Labour | George Wilson | 418 | |
| | Labour | Charles Smith | 416 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,080 | 30.3 |
St Georges (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Govier | 720 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cole | 689 | |
| | Conservative | Terence Turpin | 653 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Cooke | 642 | |
| | Labour | David Wells | 626 | |
| | Labour | Roy English | 606 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,936 | 28.5 |
St James (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Thomas | 964 | |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Isaacs | 884 | |
| | Conservative | W Sharp | 799 | |
| | Labour | John West | 361 | |
| | Labour | Godfrey Harris | 352 | |
| | Labour | Harry Brett | 345 | |
| | Green | Douglas Copping | 259 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,964 | 28.2 |
St Marys (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Meager | 764 | |
| | Conservative | Lisa Preston | 734 | |
| | Conservative | David Cross | 719 | |
| | Labour | Brian Wilson | 715 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Wright | 686 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Regan | 685 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,303 | 29.0 |
St Peters (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Dick | 948 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Challis | 924 | |
| | Conservative | Beverley Egan | 912 | |
| | Labour | John Hawkins | 564 | |
| | Labour | Matthew Thomas | 508 | |
| | Labour | Adrian Hobden | 481 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,337 | 29.6 |
Victoria (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Riley | 868 | |
| | Conservative | Clifford Brunt | 861 | |
| | Conservative | Enid Isaacs | 838 | |
| | Labour | Frederick Jones | 433 | |
| | Labour | Robert Peters | 427 | |
| | Labour | Philip Brunt | 403 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,830 | 29.1 |