# 2003 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party held overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 31.7%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 27
* Labour 8
* Independent 4

## Results

Adur Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 11 | | | +4 | 73.3 | 46.8 | 7,167 | -2.5% |
| Labour | 4 | | | -3 | 26.7 | 31.5 | 4,831 | -9.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 1,713 | +10.5% |
| Independent | 0 | | | -1 | 0 | 4.0 | 607 | -0.8% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 556 | +1.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 442 | +0.8% |

## Ward results

Buckingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Debra Kennard | 901 | 69.1 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Osmond | 257 | 19.7 | −2.9 |
| | Green | Frank Tilsley | 145 | 11.1 | +11.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 644 | 49.4 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,303 | 34 | |
Churchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carol Bradburn | 433 | 40.3 | −16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Gibson | 235 | 21.9 | +21.9 |
| | Independent | Joy Hartley | 214 | 19.9 | +19.9 |
| | Labour | Jeannette White | 192 | 17.9 | −14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 18.4 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,074 | 28 | |
Cokeham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daniel Yate | 553 | 55.4 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Brian Boggis | 444 | 44.5 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | 10.9 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 997 | 28 | |
Eastbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carol Eade | 562 | 46.0 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Simon Thorpe | 488 | 40.0 | −16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Painter | 171 | 14.0 | +14.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,221 | 35 | |
Hillside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Eade | 602 | 50.4 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Brian Whipp | 419 | 35.1 | −20.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert King | 174 | 14.6 | +14.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 15.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,195 | 36 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angela Mills | 485 | 47.1 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Jean Woolgar | 239 | 23.2 | −3.1 |
| | Independent | Denise Ferris | 170 | 16.5 | +16.5 |
| | UKIP | Lionel Parsons | 136 | 13.2 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 23.9 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,030 | 31 | |
Mash Barn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicola Eves | 247 | 35.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Burt | 193 | 27.8 |
| | Labour | Ann Bridges | 153 | 22.0 |
| | Independent | Patrick Beresford | 81 | 11.7 |
| | Green | Peter Franks-Lovell | 21 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 695 | 24 |
Peverel (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brenda Collard | 419 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew McGregor | 402 | |
| | Labour | Joyce Burns | 228 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Clarke | 214 | |
| | Labour | John Wales | 180 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,443 | 26 |
St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Howitt | 286 | 74.3 |
| | Conservative | Henry Treadwell | 99 | 25.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 187 | 48.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 385 | 45 |
St. Nicolas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Howard | 642 | 48.5 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Alan Heselden | 360 | 27.2 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Moyra Martin | 203 | 15.3 | +6.8 |
| | UKIP | Kenneth Bishop | 119 | 9.0 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 21.3 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,324 | 35 | |
Southlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Berry | 503 | |
| | Labour | Sue-Ellen Murrell-Ashworth | 385 | |
| | Conservative | Felicity Deen | 364 | |
| | Conservative | Laura Graysmark | 361 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sydney Little | 170 | |
| | Green | Louis Gibbs | 109 | |
| | UKIP | Eric Faulkner-Little | 108 | |
| | UKIP | Michael Henn | 79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,079 | 36 |
Southwick Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iris Betty | 544 | 50.6 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | Steven Carden | 261 | 24.3 | −14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Stuart | 192 | 17.9 | +17.9 |
| | Green | Esther Rees | 78 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 26.3 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,075 | 29 | |
Widewater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Turner | 662 | 44.3 | −10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doris Martin | 364 | 24.3 | +24.3 |
| | Labour | Adrienne Lowe | 327 | 21.9 | −23.6 |
| | Independent | Edwina Weekes | 142 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 20.0 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,495 | 33 | |