The 2003 Bristol City Council election took place on 1 May 2003, on the same day as other local elections in the UK. The Labour Party made a number of losses, mainly to the Liberal Democrats, and lost overall control of the council.[1] Loses included Council leader Diane Bunyan, who lost her Windmill Hill seat to the Liberal Democrats.[2] This year also saw elections contested by the new Bristolian Party, founded by the local 'scandal sheet' The Bristolian, though they failed to win any seats.[3]
Ward results
Ashley
Bristol City Council elections: Ashley Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Shirley Marshall | 1,313 | 41.62 |
| Labour | Helga Christine Benson | 746 | 23.65 |
| Bristolian | Darryl Malcolm Wandless | 343 | 10.87 |
| Green | David Mark Simpson | 335 | 10.62 |
| Socialist Alliance | Anne Martha Lemon | 202 | 6.40 |
| Conservative | Richard James Manns | 151 | 4.79 |
| Socialist Labour | Bernard Joseph Kennedy | 65 | 2.06 |
Majority | 567 | 17.97 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Bedminster
Bristol City Council elections: Bedminster Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Peter John Crispin | 1,001 | 31.70 |
| Independent | Stewart Robert Parkman | 508 | 16.09 |
| Conservative | Christian Virginia Jessie Simpson | 436 | 13.81 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Elvin | 386 | 12.22 |
| Bristolian | Julie Anne Palmer | 319 | 10.10 |
| BNP | Clive Courtney | 310 | 9.82 |
| Green | Peter Murray Andrews | 198 | 6.27 |
Majority | 493 | 15.61 |
| Labour hold |
Bishopsworth
Bristol City Council elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Richard Stephen Eddy | 2,119 | 63.63 |
| Labour | Julie Watts | 735 | 22.07 |
| BNP | David John Millard | 195 | 5.86 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Althea Lemin | 190 | 5.71 |
| Green | Barrie Robert Lewis | 91 | 2.73 |
Majority | 1,384 | 41.56 |
| Conservative hold |
Brislington East
Bristol City Council elections: Brislington East Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Peter Thomas James Begley | 1,165 | 40.28 |
| Conservative | Vincent James Mora | 839 | 29.01 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jeffery Exon | 448 | 15.49 |
| BNP | John Alan Jarvis | 293 | 10.13 |
| Green | David Simon Coombes | 103 | 3.56 |
| Socialist Labour | Brian Andrew Corbett | 44 | 1.52 |
Majority | 326 | 11.27 |
| Labour hold |
Brislington West
Bristol City Council elections: Brislington West Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Jackie Norman | 1,573 | 56.16 |
| Labour | Terry Cook | 611 | 21.81 |
| Conservative | Colin Robert Bretherton | 442 | 15.78 |
| Green | Mary Beryl Wood | 175 | 6.25 |
Majority | 962 | 34.35 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Cabot
Bristol City Council elections: Cabot Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Pauline White | 981 | 52.83 |
| Labour | Brian Peter Mead | 290 | 15.62 |
| Conservative | Ian Jenkins Dennis | 233 | 12.55 |
| Bristolian | Richard Miles Higgs | 178 | 9.59 |
| Green | Lela Helen McTernan | 175 | 9.42 |
Majority | 691 | 37.21 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Clifton
Bristol City Council elections: Clifton Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Janke | 1,499 | 57.19 |
| Conservative | Ian Darsie Millard | 538 | 20.53 |
| Labour | Andrew Mandeville Butterly | 304 | 11.60 |
| Green | Arjuna Krishna-Das | 171 | 6.52 |
| Bristolian | Bear Hackenbush | 109 | 4.16 |
Majority | 961 | 36.66 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Clifton East
Bristol City Council elections: Clifton East Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Robert Jones | 996 | 45.07 |
| Conservative | Stephen Christopher O'Keefe | 714 | 32.31 |
| Labour | Dave Sutton | 257 | 11.63 |
| Green | John Mark Hills | 152 | 6.88 |
| Bristolian | Kevin Richard Bainbridge | 91 | 4.12 |
Majority | 282 | 12.76 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Cotham
Bristol City Council elections: Cotham Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Mary Elworthy | 1,257 | 52.35 |
| Conservative | Alistair Peter Lindsay Watson | 395 | 16.45 |
| Labour | Judith Sluglett | 386 | 16.08 |
| Green | Geoff Collard | 363 | 15.12 |
Majority | 862 | 35.90 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Easton
Bristol City Council elections: Easton Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | John Francis Kelly | 1,298 | 46.21 |
| Labour | Raja Khalid | 603 | 21.47 |
| Bristolian | Jane Marie Nicholl | 427 | 15.20 |
| Green | Samantha Elizabeth Pullinger | 264 | 9.40 |
| Conservative | Seva Singh | 118 | 4.20 |
| Socialist Alliance | Houri Ghamian | 99 | 3.52 |
Majority | 695 | 24.74 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Eastville
Bristol City Council elections: Eastville Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Muriel Cole | 1,145 | 40.35 |
| Labour | Malcolm Patterson | 781 | 27.52 |
| Conservative | Jonathan Arthur Thorne | 498 | 17.55 |
| Green | Martin Cottingham | 299 | 10.54 |
| Independent | Robert Hansjurg Paterson | 155 | 4.05 |
Majority | 364 | 12.83 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Filwood
Bristol City Council elections: Filwood Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Cooper | 1,293 | 57.16 |
| Labour | Mary Catherine Smith | 614 | 27.14 |
| Bristolian | Andrew Francis Lovell Cocks | 167 | 7.38 |
| Conservative | Jonathan Robert Hucker | 127 | 5.61 |
| Green | Mary Elizabeth Thompson | 61 | 2.70 |
Majority | 679 | 30.02 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Frome Vale
Bristol City Council elections: Frome Vale Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Lesley Ann Alexander | 1,602 | 47.03 |
| Labour | Edmund John Bramall | 1,175 | 34.50 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roland Ivor Potts | 481 | 14.12 |
| Green | Tony John Gosling | 148 | 4.35 |
Majority | 427 | 12.53 |
| Conservative gain from Labour |
Hartcliffe
Bristol City Council elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Mark Royston Brain | 996 | 42.49 |
| Conservative | Shirley Diane Hodges | 894 | 38.14 |
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Rosaline Mary Cooper | 366 | 15.61 |
| Green | Stephen Petter | 88 | 3.75 |
Majority | 102 | 4.35 |
| Labour hold |
Hengrove
Bristol City Council elections: Hengrove Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Jos Clark | 1,600 | 51.83 |
| Conservative | Roy Devid Pepworth | 696 | 22.55 |
| Labour | Richard Anthony Hughes | 695 | 22.51 |
| Green | Nicholas Owain Thomas | 96 | 3.11 |
Majority | 904 | 29.28 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Hillfields
Bristol City Council elections: Hillfields Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Graham Roy Robertson | 1,057 | 43.36 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Patrick Hassell | 726 | 29.78 |
| Conservative | Lindsay Clare Elliott | 655 | 26.87 |
Majority | 331 | 13.58 |
| Labour hold |
Knowle
Bristol City Council elections: Knowle Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Davies | 1,952 | 59.58 |
| Labour | Philip John Stephen Gibby | 717 | 21.89 |
| Conservative | Jennifer Rogers | 315 | 9.62 |
| Green | Graham Hugh Davey | 179 | 5.46 |
| Socialist Alliance | Clare Hall | 113 | 3.45 |
Majority | 1,235 | 37.69 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Lawrence Hill
Bristol City Council elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | John Richard Astley | 1,150 | 46.30 |
| Labour | Carrie Martin | 873 | 35.14 |
| Bristolian | Julien George Weston | 215 | 8.66 |
| Conservative | Guy Neale Dawe | 149 | 6.00 |
| Green | Michael Crawford | 97 | 3.90 |
Majority | 277 | 11.16 |
| Liberal Democrats hold |
Southville
Bristol City Council elections: Southville Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Linda Ruth Slater | 1,294 | 40.94 |
| Green | Charles Nicholas Bolton | 923 | 29.20 |
| Conservative | Anthony James Smith | 419 | 13.26 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kybert | 306 | 9.68 |
| Bristolian | Merv Woolford | 159 | 5.03 |
| Socialist Alternative | Mark Ian Baker | 60 | 1.90 |
Majority | 371 | 11.74 |
| Labour hold |
St George East
Bristol City Council elections: St George East Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Margaret Ann Shovelton | 1,030 | 38.66 |
| Conservative | Matthew James Denyer | 914 | 34.31 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Henry Draper | 469 | 17.61 |
| Bristolian | Andrew James Way | 144 | 5.41 |
| Green | Donald Brown | 107 | 4.02 |
Majority | 116 | 4.35 |
| Labour hold |
St George West
Bristol City Council elections: St George West Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | John Edward Deasy | 1,044 | 44.92 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Lennox Williams | 525 | 22.59 |
| Conservative | Charles William Alexander | 438 | 18.85 |
| Bristolian | John Edward Francom | 182 | 7.83 |
| Green | David Mowat | 135 | 5.81 |
Majority | 519 | 22.33 |
| Labour hold |
Stockwood
Bristol City Council elections: Stockwood Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 1,753 | 51.30 |
| Labour | Susan Milestone | 741 | 21.69 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Ian Johnston | 511 | 14.95 |
| BNP | Dianne Mary Carr | 330 | 9.66 |
| Green | Royston Clifford Gallop | 82 | 2.40 |
Majority | 1,012 | 29.61 |
| Conservative hold |
Whitchurch Park
Bristol City Council elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Helen Holland | 910 | 35.15 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Lance Doddrell | 878 | 33.90 |
| Conservative | Kathryn Elizabeth Morris | 740 | 28.57 |
| Green | Daniella Elsa Radice | 62 | 2.39 |
Majority | 32 | 1.24 |
| Labour hold |
Windmill Hill
Bristol City Council elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Bailey | 1,558 | 46.42 |
| Labour | Diane Elizabeth Bunyan | 917 | 27.32 |
| Green | Patrick Dorian Hulme | 327 | 9.74 |
| Conservative | Graham David Morris | 229 | 6.82 |
| Bristolian | Roy Norris | 226 | 6.73 |
| Socialist Alliance | Sharon Mary Foley | 99 | 2.95 |
Majority | 641 | 19.10 |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
References
- ^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 1 May 2003". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Council leader loses seat". BBC. 1 May 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Smaller parties bang drum for fishing, hospitals and more people power". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2016.