2003 Tendring District Council election

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2003 Tendring District Council election
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All 60 seats to Tendring District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 17 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 14.2% 23 seats, 37.6%
Seats before 17 11 21
Seats won 25 13 11
Seat change Increase9 Increase4 Decrease14
Popular vote 12,898 7,503 7,503
Percentage 36.0% 21.7% 21.0%
Swing Increase2.7% Increase7.5% Decrease12.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party Community Rep. Independent Residents
Last election did not exist 6 seats, 12.8%
Seats before 0 6
Seats won 4 4 3
Seat change Increase4 Decrease2 Increase3
Popular vote 3,116 2,217 1,098
Percentage 8.7% 6.2% 3.1%
Swing Increase8.7% Decrease6.6% Increase3.1%
Results of the 2003 Tendring District Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

Elections to Tendring District Council took place on 1 May 2003. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Results summary

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Tendring District Council election, 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 25 0 0 Increase 9 36.0 12,898 +2.7
  Liberal Democrats 13 4 0 Increase 4 21.7 7,766 +7.5
  Labour 11 0 14 Decrease 14 21.0 7,503 -12.3
  Community Rep. 4 4 0 Increase 4 8.7 3,116 N/A
  Independent 4 0 0 Decrease 3 6.2 2,217 -6.6
  Residents 3 0 0 Steady 3.1 1,098 N/A
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 1.8 652 N/A
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.9 326 N/A
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.6 204 N/A

Ward results

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Alresford

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Alresford
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Gary Scott* 413 75.2
Labour Terry Ripo 136 24.8
Majority 277 50.4
Turnout 549 32.0
Registered electors 1,743
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Alton Park

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Alton Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Delia Aldis 330 44.3
Labour Mark Morley-Souter* 299 40.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Saltmarsh 207 27.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell 198 26.6
Conservative Susan Powell 180 24.2
Conservative Sheila Wilde 157 21.1
Turnout ~745 21.1
Registered electors 3,547
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

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Ardleigh & Little Bromley
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Neil Stock 370 78.1
Labour Colin Olivier 104 21.9
Turnout 27.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Beaumont & Thorpe

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Beaumont & Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jose Powell Unopposed
Turnout
Independent hold Swing

Bockings Elm

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Bockings Elm (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Harold Shearing* 757 71.1 +20.9
Liberal Democrats Patricia Beadles 731 68.6 +21.3
Conservative Grant Penny 274 25.7 +3.5
Conservative David Cottage 236 22.2 +0.1
Turnout ~1,065 30.4 +6.1
Registered electors 3,503
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

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Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark de Roy 353 56.7
Green Michael Mealing 205 32.9
Labour Richard Exell 65 10.4
Turnout 36.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brightlingsea

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Brightlingsea (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Dixon* 1,034 47.6
Labour Josephine Ruffell 1,023 47.1
Independent Peter Patrick* 989 45.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Dale* 770 35.5
Conservative Vivien Chapman 551 25.4
Conservative Jane Girdlestone 542 25.0
Green Valerie Bentinck 350 16.1
Turnout ~2,171 34.6
Registered electors 6,276
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Burrsville

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Burrsville
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Sambridge 336 51.5
Liberal Democrats Walter Bensilum 317 48.5
Turnout 34.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Frinton

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Frinton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Allen* 974 67.9 –12.9
Conservative Nicholas Turner* 887 61.9 –18.1
UKIP Anthony Finnegan-Butler 326 22.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Brian Whitson 164 11.4 N/A
Labour Ann Evander 142 9.9 –9.2
Labour Graham Ford 130 9.1 –9.0
Turnout ~1,434 41.3 +0.9
Registered electors 3,471
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Golf Green

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Golf Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Rep. Roy Smith* 1,135 76.9 N/A
Community Rep. Kenneth Sargeant 651 44.1 N/A
Labour Maurice Alexander* 491 33.3 –37.1
Conservative Kenneth Spooner 231 15.6 –2.5
Turnout ~1,476 36.4 –3.7
Registered electors 4,056
Community Rep. gain from Labour
Community Rep. gain from Labour

Great & Little Oakley

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Great & Little Oakley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lines 228 41.3
Labour Graham Turner 215 38.9
Community Rep. Anthony Colbourne 109 19.7
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing

Great Bentley

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Great Bentley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Taylor 478 90.2
Labour Lily Jakubowski 52 9.8
Turnout 30.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hamford

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Hamford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Roy Caddick* 921 72.9
Conservative Iris Johnson* 893 70.7
Labour Valerie Bird 234 18.5
Liberal Democrats Sheila Harrison 215 17.0
Turnout ~1,263 37.7
Registered electors 3,350
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harwich East

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Harwich East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lawrence Payne* 295 46.7 –12.0
Community Rep. Michael Gardner 198 31.3 N/A
Conservative Janet Little 100 15.8 –3.1
Socialist Alliance Richard Allday 39 6.2 N/A
Majority 97 15.4 N/A
Turnout 535 32.8 +7.8
Registered electors 1,943
Labour hold

Harwich East Central

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Harwich East Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Brand* 499 44.6 –1.8
Conservative William Bleakley* 492 44.0 –2.2
Labour David McLeod 481 43.0 –1.9
Community Rep. Fraser Leeks 315 28.2 N/A
Socialist Alliance Sylvia Noble 85 7.6 N/A
Turnout ~1,119 30.8 +0.5
Registered electors 3,632
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Harwich West

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Harwich West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leslie Double* 613 52.0 –16.0
Labour Hugh Markham-Lee 456 38.7 –24.5
Conservative Eric Yallop 359 30.5 +12.8
Community Rep. Ricardo Callender 329 27.9 N/A
Community Rep. Hugh Thompson 256 21.7 N/A
Socialist Alliance John Tipple 80 6.8 N/A
Turnout ~1,178 29.6 +4.9
Registered electors 3,980
Labour hold
Labour hold

Harwich West Central

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Harwich West Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Rep. Steven Henderson 704 58.6 N/A
Community Rep. David Rutson 607 50.5 N/A
Labour Louise Armstrong* 386 32.1 –16.4
Labour Colin Knight 386 32.1 –13.1
Conservative Karoline Hlubek 233 19.4 –15.0
Turnout ~1,202 32.2 ±0.0
Registered electors 3,734
Community Rep. gain from Labour
Community Rep. gain from Labour

Haven

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Haven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Brian Thomasson 361 46.8
Conservative Joyce Broderick 296 38.4
Independent George Craft 114 14.8
Turnout 42.2
Residents gain from Independent Swing

Holland & Kirby

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Holland & Kirby (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bucke* 907 74.1 +14.5
Conservative Mark Cossens 875 71.5 +17.1
Labour Joan Bond 289 23.6 –10.2
Turnout ~1,223 33.2 +0.8
Registered electors 3,685
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Homelands

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Homelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Page Unopposed
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Lawford

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Lawford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sarah Candy 452 49.6
Liberal Democrats John Kelly 353 38.8
Conservative Russell Ginn 287 31.5
Labour Michael Barker 203 22.3
Labour Gregory Morgan* 198 21.7
Community Rep. David Smy 154 16.9
Turnout ~911 27.2
Registered electors 3,349
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Little Clacton & Weeley

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Little Clacton & Weeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Peter de Vaux-Balbirnie* 617 61.3
Conservative Bernard Leatherdale 578 57.4
Liberal Democrats John Candler 309 30.7
Labour Ronald Fluin 213 21.2
Turnout ~1,007 26.6
Registered electors 3,784
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring

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Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Michael Dew 547 49.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Potter 511 46.7
Conservative Alison Johnson 438 40.0
Conservative Alistair Ford 403 36.8
Labour Christine Morgan 154 14.1
Turnout ~1,095 32.6
Registered electors 3,360
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Peter Bruff

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Peter Bruff (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Susan Shearing 485 65.8
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bevan* 481 65.3
Conservative John Stephenson 204 27.7
Conservative Madeline Pound 184 25.0
Turnout ~737 21.4
Registered electors 3,443
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Pier

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Pier (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Audrey Overton 357 47.2
Conservative Ann Oxley 333 44.1
Labour Anne Alexander 291 38.5
Labour Raymond Rogers 291 38.5
Green Marie Herbert 97 12.8
Turnout ~756 21.2
Registered electors 3,564
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ramsey & Parkeston

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Ramsey & Parkeston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Elmer 205 39.8
Community Rep. Michael Lowe 181 35.1
Conservative Andrew Purdy 129 25.0
Turnout 27.8
Labour hold Swing

Rush Green

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Rush Green (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive Baker* 300 42.6 –15.6
Labour Anthony Sargent 283 40.2 –15.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Harper 224 31.8 +19.7
Liberal Democrats Tracy King 217 30.8 N/A
Conservative Helen Doddridge 198 28.1 –7.4
Turnout ~704 20.5 –3.5
Registered electors 3,435
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Bartholomews

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St Bartholomews (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Mary Bragg* 737 50.0 –25.9
Residents Michael Holden 673 45.6 –24.7
Conservative Claire Moor 640 43.4 N/A
Conservative Brian Pennell 624 42.3 N/A
Turnout ~1,474 38.0 +3.8
Registered electors 3,880
Residents hold
Residents hold

St. James

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St. James (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Griffiths 403 36.4 +6.9
Conservative Gill Downing 384 34.7 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Gloria Bargent 376 34.0 +21.7
Liberal Democrats Charles Harrison* 253 22.8 N/A
Labour David Bolton 249 22.5 –11.9
Independent Martyn Hughes* 215 19.4 N/A
Labour Roy Raby* 214 19.3 –14.6
Turnout ~1,107 32.6 +6.2
Registered electors 3,397
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative
Conservative gain from Labour

St Johns

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St Johns (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Bevan* 577 53.6 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Cripps 504 46.8 –0.9
Conservative Anthony Cooper 326 30.3 +7.5
Conservative Colin Madge 313 29.1 +6.4
Labour Norman Jacobs 231 21.5 –8.3
Turnout ~1,076 29.3 +5.1
Registered electors 3,674
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

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St. Mary's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Aldis 264 33.2 –15.5
Conservative Amanda-Jane Pound 261 32.8 +3.4
Labour Susan Morley-Souter* 251 31.6 –15.6
Conservative Francis Woods 248 31.2 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Miller 246 30.9 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Redding 209 26.3 +1.7
Turnout ~795 21.3 –1.4
Registered electors 3,733
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

St. Osyth & Point Clear

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St. Osyth & Point Clear (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John White* 680 61.0 +6.1
Independent Michael Talbot* 655 58.8 +9.9
Conservative Ronald Walker 366 32.9 N/A
Turnout ~1,114 30.1 –2.3
Registered electors 3,701
Independent hold
Independent hold

St Pauls

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St Pauls (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Pierre Oxley* 793 62.3
Conservative Catherine Jessop* 701 55.1
Labour David Gamman 239 18.8
Independent Brian White 219 17.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Jarvis 177 13.9
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Smith 154 12.1
Turnout ~1,272 34.0
Registered electors 3,742
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

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Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ian Dimmock* 586 50.5
Conservative Harry Jessop* 563 48.5
Liberal Democrats Roger Bell 534 46.0
Liberal Democrats Marc Mannings 502 43.3
Turnout ~1,160 31.4
Registered electors 3,695
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Walton

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Walton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeanette King* 676 69.8 +3.7
Conservative Christine Turner* 637 65.8 +0.8
Labour Sacha Aldis 280 28.9 –3.5
Turnout ~968 28.4 –5.7
Registered electors 3,408
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

By-elections

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Pier

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Pier by-election: 22 July 2004[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 205 30.5 –17.4
Labour 154 22.9 –16.2
UKIP 109 16.2 N/A
Community Rep. 102 15.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats 102 15.2 N/A
Majority 51 7.6 N/A
Turnout 672 19.4 –1.8
Registered electors 3,464
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.6

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley

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Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley by-election: 20 January 2005[2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 577 55.1 +2.8
Liberal Democrats 345 33.0 –14.7
Labour 125 11.9 N/A
Majority 232 22.1 N/A
Turnout 1,047 28.5 –2.9
Registered electors 3,674
Conservative hold Swing Increase8.8

References

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  1. ^ "Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Pier Ward - Tendring elections". Andrew Teale. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead and Great Bromley Ward - Tendring elections". Andrew Teale. Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 2 September 2025.