Aylesbury Vale Council election, 2003

Elections to Aylesbury Vale Council were held on 1 May, 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of councillors by 1. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 30
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 50.8
votes % = 48.2
votes = 33,685
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 25
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 42.4
votes % = 40.0
votes = 27,968
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 6.8
votes % = 5.2
votes = 3,660
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.5
votes = 3,878
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Residents Action Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 604
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 126
plus/minus =

5 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Chapple
votes = 1,723
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Carole Paternoster
votes = 1,635
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Thompson
votes = 1,493
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sheelagh Nolan
votes = 809
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,660
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Turner
votes = 326
percentage = 53.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Clarke
votes = 200
percentage = 32.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Denis Gilford
votes = 89
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 126
percentage = 20.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 615
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Penelope Thorne
votes = 1,432
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Julian Newman
votes = 1,404
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Sherwell
votes = 1,324
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Champion
votes = 1,239
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = June Toseland
votes = 1,188
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Arrowsmith
votes = 1,170
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edna Ullmann
votes = 225
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 7,992
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bernard Griffin
votes = 269
percentage = 46.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ronald Letts
votes = 175
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alistair Doe
votes = 135
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 94
percentage = 16.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 579
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Baxter
votes = 580
percentage = 53.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joanna Dodsworth
votes = 256
percentage = 23.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Luke Croydon
votes = 246
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 324
percentage = 29.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,082
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derrick Isham
votes = 630
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Mills
votes = 521
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Stevens
votes = 484
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Strain-Clark
votes = 479
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,114
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Liversedge
votes = 601
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hedley Cadd
votes = 574
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Stutchbury
votes = 399
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hannah Saul
votes = 290
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,864
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Corry Cashman
votes = 558
percentage = 58.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lesley Pollard
votes = 392
percentage = 41.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 166
percentage = 17.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 950
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Hughes
votes = 589
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Chloe Willets
votes = 567
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Zulifgar Ahmed
votes = 517
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Collinge
votes = 393
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Huxley
votes = 376
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas West
votes = 356
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neal Bonham
votes = 198
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Card
votes = 80
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,076
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Hannelly
votes = 457
percentage = 59.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Brown
votes = 307
percentage = 40.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 150
percentage = 19.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 764
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raj Khan
votes = 936
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Abdul Khaliq
votes = 746
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Bray
votes = 725
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Maria Butler
votes = 715
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Puddefoot
votes = 690
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian West
votes = 647
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Rowlinson
votes = 352
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,811
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Jamieson
votes = 474
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Terence Sherwin
votes = 439
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Sale
votes = 180
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip McGoldrick
votes = 160
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine West
votes = 160
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Pike
votes = 141
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Residents Action Party
candidate = Frank Merrick
votes = 83
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Residents Action Party
candidate = Martin Hill
votes = 75
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,712
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Blake
votes = 480
percentage = 57.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Twiss
votes = 268
percentage = 31.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Ambler
votes = 92
percentage = 11.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 212
percentage = 25.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 840
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Beville Stanier
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Cartwright
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Stuart
votes = 1,281
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Brandis
votes = 1,215
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Chloe Lambert
votes = 1,083
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Foster
votes = 1,049
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Moore
votes = 991
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Lambden
votes = 850
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Baldwin
votes = 849
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 7,318
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Smith
votes = 1,083
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Edmonds
votes = 1,064
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elaine Stuart
votes = 442
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Liggett
votes = 374
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,953
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alison Walsh
votes = 555
percentage = 76.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Laura Takuma
votes = 174
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 381
percentage = 52.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 729
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Denise Summers
votes = 828
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Vernon
votes = 764
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Niknam Hussain
votes = 676
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Myles Grandison
votes = 467
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Wilkins
votes = 447
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Williams
votes = 445
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Gardner
votes = 198
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shirley Raw
votes = 195
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Gerard McCormack
votes = 126
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,146
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Metherell
votes = 421
percentage = 53.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Hall
votes = 369
percentage = 46.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 52
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 790
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Pamela Pearce
votes = 493
percentage = 52.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Judd
votes = 295
percentage = 31.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Llewellyn Monger
votes = 149
percentage = 15.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 198
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 937
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Patrick
votes = 711
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Glenda Reynolds
votes = 675
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jason Evans
votes = 229
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Cook
votes = 222
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,837
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Avril Davies
votes = 537
percentage = 68.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Garrad
votes = 244
percentage = 31.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 293
percentage = 37.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 781
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sue Polhill
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raymond Ghent
votes = 400
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raymond Humm
votes = 366
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Residents Action Party
candidate = David Davies
votes = 188
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Residents Action Party
candidate = Elsie Davies
votes = 184
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Carter
votes = 99
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Still
votes = 82
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,319
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Freda Roberts
votes = 627
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Ralph
votes = 456
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Alan Price
votes = 271
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Zard Khan
votes = 222
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Louis Altman
votes = 109
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Dorrell
votes = 95
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Residents Action Party
candidate = Joanne Merrick
votes = 74
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,854
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Griffin
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Jennings
votes = 609
percentage = 70.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Lyttle
votes = 253
percentage = 29.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 356
percentage = 41.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 862
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Rowlands
votes = 651
percentage = 73.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Howard Mordue
votes = 237
percentage = 26.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 414
percentage = 46.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 888
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Morgan-Owen
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Steven Kennell
votes = 515
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ranjula Takodra
votes = 452
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Milham
votes = 196
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Wiseman
votes = 189
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Richardson
votes = 126
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Albert McNicholls
votes = 117
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Watt
votes = 105
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,700
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ashley Bond
votes = 380
percentage = 62.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Harold Newman
votes = 129
percentage = 21.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Ewan
votes = 103
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 251
percentage = 41.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 612
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Richards
votes = 1,062
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Myers
votes = 1,061
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin McPartland
votes = 1,032
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Peeler
votes = 944
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gordon Knight
votes = 940
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jane Rutland
votes = 933
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,972
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothea Glover
votes = 521
percentage = 65.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Lewis
votes = 279
percentage = 34.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 242
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 800
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Cooper
votes = 571
percentage = 64.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Smart
votes = 313
percentage = 35.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 258
percentage = 29.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 884
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Ashendon
votes = 812
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Rowlands
votes = 784
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher James
votes = 687
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sandra Monger
votes = 468
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,751
percentage =
change =

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/12.stm 2003 Aylesbury Vale election result]

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