# 2003 Cambridge City Council election

The 2003 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

## Results summary

2003 Cambridge City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 11 | 2 | 64.7 | 14 | 25 | 59.5 | 12,896 | 41.2 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | 6 | 2 | 35.3 | 9 | 15 | 35.7 | 8,183 | 26.1 | -3.0 |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.8 | 7,366 | 23.5 | +2.2 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,491 | 8.0 | +0.7 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 243 | 0.8 | ±0.0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 137 | 0.4 | -0.1 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Durrant | 502 | 55.2 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | Vivian Ellis | 195 | 21.4 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Yates | 142 | 15.6 | +4.0 |
| | Green | John Collins | 71 | 7.8 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 307 | 33.7 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 910 | 19.2 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.2 | |

### Arbury

Arbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rhodri James | 739 | 36.4 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Ian Kidman | 689 | 33.9 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Robert Boorman | 535 | 26.3 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Peter Pope | 70 | 3.4 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 2.5 | — |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,033 | 39.8 | ±0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.4 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Howarth | 1,226 | 58.2 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Rhona Boorman | 445 | 21.1 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | Gillian Richardson | 271 | 12.9 | −6.0 |
| | Green | Stephen Lawrence | 163 | 7.7 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 781 | 37.1 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 | 30.1 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.4 | |

### Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Dryden | 1,072 | 43.3 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Justin Hinchcliffe | 1,021 | 41.2 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Heathcock | 311 | 12.6 | +4.4 |
| | Green | Shayne Mitchell | 73 | 2.9 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 2.1 | — |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,477 | 45.8 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.8 | |

### Coleridge

Coleridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Berni Callaghan | 742 | 41.1 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative | Martin Hall | 571 | 31.6 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Doherty | 254 | 14.1 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Richard Rippin | 95 | 5.3 | +0.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Simon Sedgwick-Jell | 74 | 4.1 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Albert Watts | 70 | 3.9 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 9.5 | −16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,806 | 31.1 | −0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.3 | |

### East Chesterton

East Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Adey | 912 | 40.8 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Patricia Johnston | 756 | 33.8 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Mamunur Rashid | 332 | 14.8 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Neil Hewett | 157 | 7.0 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Marjorie Barr | 79 | 3.5 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 7.0 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,236 | 31.6 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 1.1 | |

### King's Hedges

King's Hedges (2 seats due to by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Hughes | 473 | 50.1 |
| | Labour | Louise Downham | 438 | 46.3 |
| | Conservative | Hugh Mennie | 214 | 22.6 |
| | Conservative | Cyril Weinman | 202 | 21.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Bradford | 182 | 19.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Monroe | 129 | 13.7 |
| | Green | Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood | 95 | 10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 945 | 19.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Market

Market :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Dixon | 817 | 56.7 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | James Orpin | 240 | 16.7 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Martin Lucas-Smith | 213 | 14.8 | +2.7 |
| | Labour | Paul Sales | 171 | 11.9 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 40.0 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,441 | 21.6 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 | |

### Newnham

Newnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Smith | 987 | 54.3 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Tailby | 334 | 18.4 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Miriam Lynn | 257 | 14.1 | −4.1 |
| | Green | Anna Gomori-Woodcock | 239 | 13.2 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 653 | 35.9 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,817 | 23.6 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### Petersfield

Petersfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Wright | 738 | 35.9 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Wilkins | 604 | 29.3 | +5.0 |
| | Green | Margaret Wright | 481 | 23.4 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Whant | 235 | 11.4 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 6.5 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,058 | 26.5 | −4.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 | |

### Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Baker | 1,497 | 63.8 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Keith Henry | 395 | 16.8 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | Susan Rosser | 242 | 10.3 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Robert Milsom | 119 | 5.1 | −1.0 |
| | UKIP | Helene Davies | 94 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,102 | 47.0 | — |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,347 | 38.7 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.6 | |

### Romsey

Romsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Coleman | 892 | 43.8 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Paul Gilchrist | 789 | 38.8 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Vicky Russell | 146 | 7.2 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Normington | 145 | 7.1 | +1.0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Diana Minns | 63 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 5.0 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,035 | 34.0 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 0.2 | |

### Trumpington

Trumpington (2 seats due to by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philippa Slatter | 1,225 | 50.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edrich Adigun-Harris | 1,126 | 46.3 |
| | Conservative | Hannah Towns | 949 | 39.0 |
| | Conservative | Steven George | 914 | 37.6 |
| | Green | Neil Ford | 181 | 7.4 |
| | Labour | David Coulson | 150 | 6.2 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Goodacre | 135 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,432 | 40.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### West Chesterton

West Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Boyce | 941 | 50.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nichola Harrison | 912 | 48.6 |
| | Labour | Mick Brown | 390 | 20.8 |
| | Labour | Michael Sargeant | 368 | 19.6 |
| | Conservative | James Strachan | 341 | 18.2 |
| | Conservative | Graham Palmer | 298 | 15.9 |
| | Green | Sarah Peake | 233 | 12.4 |
| | Green | Stephen Peake | 155 | 8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,875 | 30.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |