# 2003 Bristol City Council election

The 2003 Bristol City Council election took place on 1 May 2003, on the same day as other local elections in the UK. The Labour Party made a number of losses, mainly to the Liberal Democrats, and lost overall control of the council. Loses included Council leader Diane Bunyan, who lost her Windmill Hill seat to the Liberal Democrats. This year also saw elections contested by the new Bristolian Party, founded by the local 'scandal sheet' The Bristolian, though they failed to win any seats.

## Ward results
### Ashley

Bristol City Council elections: Ashley Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Marshall | 1,313 | 41.62 |
| | Labour | Helga Christine Benson | 746 | 23.65 |
| | Bristolian | Darryl Malcolm Wandless | 343 | 10.87 |
| | Green | David Mark Simpson | 335 | 10.62 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Anne Martha Lemon | 202 | 6.40 |
| | Conservative | Richard James Manns | 151 | 4.79 |
| | Socialist Labour | Bernard Joseph Kennedy | 65 | 2.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 567 | 17.97 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Bedminster

Bristol City Council elections: Bedminster Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter John Crispin | 1,001 | 31.70 |
| | Independent | Stewart Robert Parkman | 508 | 16.09 |
| | Conservative | Christian Virginia Jessie Simpson | 436 | 13.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Elvin | 386 | 12.22 |
| | Bristolian | Julie Anne Palmer | 319 | 10.10 |
| | BNP | Clive Courtney | 310 | 9.82 |
| | Green | Peter Murray Andrews | 198 | 6.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | 15.61 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Stephen Eddy | 2,119 | 63.63 |
| | Labour | Julie Watts | 735 | 22.07 |
| | BNP | David John Millard | 195 | 5.86 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Althea Lemin | 190 | 5.71 |
| | Green | Barrie Robert Lewis | 91 | 2.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,384 | 41.56 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Brislington East

Bristol City Council elections: Brislington East Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Thomas James Begley | 1,165 | 40.28 |
| | Conservative | Vincent James Mora | 839 | 29.01 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffery Exon | 448 | 15.49 |
| | BNP | John Alan Jarvis | 293 | 10.13 |
| | Green | David Simon Coombes | 103 | 3.56 |
| | Socialist Labour | Brian Andrew Corbett | 44 | 1.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 11.27 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Brislington West

Bristol City Council elections: Brislington West Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jackie Norman | 1,573 | 56.16 |
| | Labour | Terry Cook | 611 | 21.81 |
| | Conservative | Colin Robert Bretherton | 442 | 15.78 |
| | Green | Mary Beryl Wood | 175 | 6.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 962 | 34.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Cabot

Bristol City Council elections: Cabot Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Pauline White | 981 | 52.83 |
| | Labour | Brian Peter Mead | 290 | 15.62 |
| | Conservative | Ian Jenkins Dennis | 233 | 12.55 |
| | Bristolian | Richard Miles Higgs | 178 | 9.59 |
| | Green | Lela Helen McTernan | 175 | 9.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 691 | 37.21 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Clifton

Bristol City Council elections: Clifton Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Janke | 1,499 | 57.19 |
| | Conservative | Ian Darsie Millard | 538 | 20.53 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mandeville Butterly | 304 | 11.60 |
| | Green | Arjuna Krishna-Das | 171 | 6.52 |
| | Bristolian | Bear Hackenbush | 109 | 4.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 961 | 36.66 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Clifton East

Bristol City Council elections: Clifton East Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Robert Jones | 996 | 45.07 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Christopher O'Keefe | 714 | 32.31 |
| | Labour | Dave Sutton | 257 | 11.63 |
| | Green | John Mark Hills | 152 | 6.88 |
| | Bristolian | Kevin Richard Bainbridge | 91 | 4.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 12.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Cotham

Bristol City Council elections: Cotham Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Mary Elworthy | 1,257 | 52.35 |
| | Conservative | Alistair Peter Lindsay Watson | 395 | 16.45 |
| | Labour | Judith Sluglett | 386 | 16.08 |
| | Green | Geoff Collard | 363 | 15.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 862 | 35.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Easton

Bristol City Council elections: Easton Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Francis Kelly | 1,298 | 46.21 |
| | Labour | Raja Khalid | 603 | 21.47 |
| | Bristolian | Jane Marie Nicholl | 427 | 15.20 |
| | Green | Samantha Elizabeth Pullinger | 264 | 9.40 |
| | Conservative | Seva Singh | 118 | 4.20 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Houri Ghamian | 99 | 3.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 695 | 24.74 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Eastville

Bristol City Council elections: Eastville Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muriel Cole | 1,145 | 40.35 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Patterson | 781 | 27.52 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Arthur Thorne | 498 | 17.55 |
| | Green | Martin Cottingham | 299 | 10.54 |
| | Independent | Robert Hansjurg Paterson | 155 | 4.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | 12.83 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Filwood

Bristol City Council elections: Filwood Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Cooper | 1,293 | 57.16 |
| | Labour | Mary Catherine Smith | 614 | 27.14 |
| | Bristolian | Andrew Francis Lovell Cocks | 167 | 7.38 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Robert Hucker | 127 | 5.61 |
| | Green | Mary Elizabeth Thompson | 61 | 2.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 679 | 30.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Frome Vale

Bristol City Council elections: Frome Vale Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lesley Ann Alexander | 1,602 | 47.03 |
| | Labour | Edmund John Bramall | 1,175 | 34.50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roland Ivor Potts | 481 | 14.12 |
| | Green | Tony John Gosling | 148 | 4.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 427 | 12.53 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mark Royston Brain | 996 | 42.49 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Diane Hodges | 894 | 38.14 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Rosaline Mary Cooper | 366 | 15.61 |
| | Green | Stephen Petter | 88 | 3.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 4.35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hengrove

Bristol City Council elections: Hengrove Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jos Clark | 1,600 | 51.83 |
| | Conservative | Roy Devid Pepworth | 696 | 22.55 |
| | Labour | Richard Anthony Hughes | 695 | 22.51 |
| | Green | Nicholas Owain Thomas | 96 | 3.11 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 904 | 29.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Hillfields

Bristol City Council elections: Hillfields Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Graham Roy Robertson | 1,057 | 43.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Patrick Hassell | 726 | 29.78 |
| | Conservative | Lindsay Clare Elliott | 655 | 26.87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 13.58 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Knowle

Bristol City Council elections: Knowle Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Davies | 1,952 | 59.58 |
| | Labour | Philip John Stephen Gibby | 717 | 21.89 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Rogers | 315 | 9.62 |
| | Green | Graham Hugh Davey | 179 | 5.46 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Clare Hall | 113 | 3.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,235 | 37.69 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richard Astley | 1,150 | 46.30 |
| | Labour | Carrie Martin | 873 | 35.14 |
| | Bristolian | Julien George Weston | 215 | 8.66 |
| | Conservative | Guy Neale Dawe | 149 | 6.00 |
| | Green | Michael Crawford | 97 | 3.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 11.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Southville

Bristol City Council elections: Southville Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Ruth Slater | 1,294 | 40.94 |
| | Green | Charles Nicholas Bolton | 923 | 29.20 |
| | Conservative | Anthony James Smith | 419 | 13.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kybert | 306 | 9.68 |
| | Bristolian | Merv Woolford | 159 | 5.03 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Mark Ian Baker | 60 | 1.90 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 11.74 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St George East

Bristol City Council elections: St George East Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Ann Shovelton | 1,030 | 38.66 |
| | Conservative | Matthew James Denyer | 914 | 34.31 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Henry Draper | 469 | 17.61 |
| | Bristolian | Andrew James Way | 144 | 5.41 |
| | Green | Donald Brown | 107 | 4.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 4.35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St George West

Bristol City Council elections: St George West Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Edward Deasy | 1,044 | 44.92 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Lennox Williams | 525 | 22.59 |
| | Conservative | Charles William Alexander | 438 | 18.85 |
| | Bristolian | John Edward Francom | 182 | 7.83 |
| | Green | David Mowat | 135 | 5.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | 22.33 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Stockwood

Bristol City Council elections: Stockwood Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 1,753 | 51.30 |
| | Labour | Susan Milestone | 741 | 21.69 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Ian Johnston | 511 | 14.95 |
| | BNP | Dianne Mary Carr | 330 | 9.66 |
| | Green | Royston Clifford Gallop | 82 | 2.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,012 | 29.61 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Helen Holland | 910 | 35.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Lance Doddrell | 878 | 33.90 |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Elizabeth Morris | 740 | 28.57 |
| | Green | Daniella Elsa Radice | 62 | 2.39 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 1.24 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Bailey | 1,558 | 46.42 |
| | Labour | Diane Elizabeth Bunyan | 917 | 27.32 |
| | Green | Patrick Dorian Hulme | 327 | 9.74 |
| | Conservative | Graham David Morris | 229 | 6.82 |
| | Bristolian | Roy Norris | 226 | 6.73 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Sharon Mary Foley | 99 | 2.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 641 | 19.10 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |