# 2003 Vale of White Horse District Council election

Elections to Vale of White Horse District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes having taken place since the last election in 1999. The Liberal Democrats lost seats, but stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election Result

Vale of White Horse Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | 29 | | | -4 | 56.9 | 46.1 | 25,848 |
| Conservative | 21 | | | +6 | 41.2 | 42.2 | 23,670 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.08 | 425 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 9.5 | 5,326 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1.4 | 810 |

## Ward results

Abingdon, Abbey and Barton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Mayhew-Archer | 651 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony De Vere | 617 |
| | Conservative | Robert Burrage | 310 |
| | Conservative | Michael How | 283 |
| | Labour | Leslie Clyne | 123 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Abingdon, Caldecott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Bizzell | 347 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary De Vere | 344 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Godwin | 193 |
| | Conservative | Charles Parry | 182 |
| | Labour | David Banner | 139 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Woodham | 137 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Abingdon, Dunmore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Morgan | 705 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jones | 666 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Lovatt | 659 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Richmond | 637 |
| | Labour | Clive Crowden | 149 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Abingdon, Fitzharris :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Gibson | 576 |
| | Conservative | Monica Lovatt | 552 |
| | Conservative | David Calvert | 543 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Halliday | 531 |
| | Labour | Marjorie McLellan | 124 |
| | Labour | Barbara Wynn | 122 |
| | Green | Dorothy Giacomin | 95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Abingdon, Northcourt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Halliday | 681 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laurel Symons | 674 |
| | Conservative | David Bowsher | 353 |
| | Conservative | Shaun Salter | 337 |
| | Labour | Denise Watt | 181 |
| | Labour | Alan Downe | 171 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Abingdon, Ock Meadow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Michael Badcock | 599 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Green | 596 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samantha Bowring | 557 |
| | Conservative | Andrew McLernan | 532 |
| | Labour | Catherine Dallal | 109 |
| | Labour | Brian Jeffries | 96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Appleton and Cumnor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Rawson | 1,013 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Dickinson | 886 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Woodford | 828 |
| | Conservative | John Allen-Stevens | 585 |
| | Conservative | Stephan Pritchard | 563 |
| | Conservative | James Barraclough | 495 |
| | Green | Anne-Marie Heslop | 270 |
| | Labour | James Hutton | 219 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Blewbury and Upton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Farrell | 489 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Howard | 201 |
| | Labour | Christopher Lakeland | 75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Constance | 522 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tamplin | 138 |
| | Labour | James Douglas | 91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Drayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grahame Ash | 340 | 66.9 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Packer | 168 | 33.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172 | 33.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 508 | |
Faringdon and the Coxwells :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Matthew Barber | 891 |
| | Conservative | Alison Thomson | 852 |
| | Conservative | Roger Cox | 799 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Braithwaite | 719 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Genevieve Webb | 650 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Taylor | 592 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Yaqub | 390 |
| | Labour | Stephen Leniec | 360 |
| | Labour | Michael Ilott | 350 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Greendown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Crawford | 441 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Hayward | 273 |
| | Labour | Stuart Taylor | 106 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Grove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Phillips | 787 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Westwood | 735 |
| | Conservative | Virginia Stock | 716 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Patrick | 698 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Marchant | 596 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Hicks-Greene | 566 |
| | Labour | William Ackers | 176 |
| | Labour | Roland Bashford | 174 |
| | Labour | Pamela Thompson | 135 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Hanneys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Terence Cox | 489 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Rollings | 201 |
| | Labour | Margaret Ward | 51 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Harwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Margaret Turner | 765 |
| | Conservative | Richard Stone | 698 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Lawrence | 234 |
| | Labour | Helen Walter | 221 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Allinson | 213 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Hendreds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Fraser | 464 |
| | Independent | John Dunsdon | 425 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bogdan Nedelkoff | 406 |
| | Conservative | Michael Murray | 374 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Kennington and South Hinksey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jerry Patterson | 770 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Patterson | 765 |
| | Conservative | Gareth Jennings | 480 |
| | Conservative | Denis Standen | 426 |
| | Labour | Stephanie Brown | 118 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Melinda Tilley | 383 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Chater | 157 |
| | Labour | John Matthews | 53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Longworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Elsa Boyce | 480 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Gaberscik | 117 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Beer | 73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Marcham and Shippon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Hanna | 447 |
| | Conservative | Cyril Rudge | 320 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
North Hinksey and Wytham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Briony Newport | 753 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Quinlan | 615 |
| | Conservative | Eric Batts | 473 |
| | Conservative | Ann Dykes | 453 |
| | Green | Robert Cowley | 198 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Radley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Johnston | 487 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Standen | 240 |
| | Labour | Lisa Smyth | 49 |
| | Green | Dominique Henderson | 42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Shrivenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Peter Saunders | 632 |
| | Conservative | Clare Saunders | 621 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bjorn Watson | 470 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Howson | 357 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Stanford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Sharp | 367 |
| | Labour | Peter Gill | 225 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthea Beszant | 67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Sunningwell and Wootton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tessa Ward | 816 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Wise | 725 |
| | Conservative | Guy Rogers | 376 |
| | Conservative | Vernon Porter | 354 |
| | Labour | Cedric Edmonds-Brown | 102 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Sutton Courtenay and Appleford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Gervase Duffield | 308 |
| | Labour | Edward Crask | 192 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Wallace | 134 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Wantage, Charlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Amanda Harland | 800 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Moley | 727 |
| | Conservative | Edwin Goldsmith | 670 |
| | Conservative | Carol Tomlinson | 657 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Kent | 595 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Kent | 593 |
| | Labour | Francis Kelly | 229 |
| | Labour | Michael Langston | 226 |
| | Green | Kevin Harris | 205 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
Wantage, Segsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Hannaby | 468 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Hutchinson | 395 |
| | Conservative | John Humphries | 261 |
| | Conservative | Adam Dodwell | 247 |
| | Labour | Jean Nunn-Price | 240 |
| | Labour | Stephen Quinton | 195 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |