2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

The 2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Tewkesbury Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries.^[2]

Election results

2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	17	4	44.7	43.0	10,000
Liberal Democrats	10	6	26.3	28.1	6,535
Labour	3	5	7.9	11.0	2,551
TTI	4	4	10.5	7.5	1,756
Independent	1	10	2.6	6.1	1,422
Brockworth Residents Group	3	3	7.9	3.6	830
Green	0		0.0	0.8	175

Ward results

Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff

Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Caitriona Clucas	305	39.9
	Tewkesbury Independents	Philip Workman	274	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Clucas	268	35.1
	Tewkesbury Independents	Ronald Hopkins	219	28.7
	Conservative	Adam Tugwell	204	26.7
	Conservative	Mary Kirby	173	22.6
Majority			6	0.8
Turnout			764	34.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)

Badgeworth

Badgeworth Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Vines*	395	66.9
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Ledeux	195	33.1
Majority			200	33.8
Turnout			590	33.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brockworth

Brockworth Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Brockworth Residents Group	Godfrey Browning	830	44.2
	Brockworth Residents Group	Sean Connors*	754	40.2
	Brockworth Residents Group	Colin Gomersall	694	37.0
	Labour	Mark Hendry*	640	34.1
	Labour	Louise Gerrard*	555	29.6
	Labour	Susan Dunn	515	27.4
	Conservative	David Hunt	359	19.1
	Conservative	Ronald Chapman	293	15.6
	Conservative	Ian Barnes	248	13.2
	Green	Robert Rendell	175	9.3
Majority			54	2.9
Turnout			1,877	37.6
	Brockworth Residents Group win (new seat)
	Brockworth Residents Group win (new seat)
	Brockworth Residents Group win (new seat)

Churchdown Brookfield

Churchdown Brookfield Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Smith*	840	54.2
	Conservative	Brian Jones*	778	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stokes	725	46.8
	Conservative	Greg Ching	610	39.4
Majority			53	3.4
Turnout			1,550	46.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Churchdown St John's

Churchdown St John's Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Finch	749	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pearl Stokes*	749	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Ricks	592	35.1
	Conservative	Neville Nutting	590	34.9
	Conservative	Belinda Hope	517	30.6
	Conservative	Angela Ockelton	474	28.1
	Labour	Kelvin Tustin*	381	22.6
	Labour	Keir Dhillon*	364	21.6
	Labour	Ann Lightfoot	278	16.5
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout			1,689	33.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cleeve Grange

Cleeve Grange Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hillier-Richardson	441	62.2
	Conservative	Mark Calway*	224	31.6
	Labour	Peter Lightfoot	44	6.2
Majority			217	30.6
Turnout			709	44.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cleeve Hill

Cleeve Hill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Leech	763	63.7
	Conservative	Florence Ogden*	630	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Tudor	571	47.7
Majority			59	4.9
Turnout			1,198	44.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cleeve St Michael's

Cleeve St Michael's Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert East*	625	65.9
	Conservative	Michael Beresford*	530	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Danes	300	31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dray	187	19.7
	Independent	Eric Foster	122	12.9
Majority			230	24.3
Turnout			948	32.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cleeve West

Cleeve West Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richmond	706	64.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony MacKinnon	683	62.3
	Conservative	Clive Lawrence	328	29.9
	Conservative	Michael Wright	239	21.8
	Labour	Robert Trafford	85	7.8
Majority			355	32.4
Turnout			1,096	33.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Williams*	690	58.1
	Conservative	Bruce Stephens*	649	54.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Olney	320	27.0
	Independent	Lennard Attard	298	25.1
Majority			329	27.7
Turnout			1,187	33.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Highnam with Haw Bridge

Highnam with Haw Bridge Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek Davies	904	56.7
	Conservative	Philip Awford	861	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Duggan	623	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hughes	608	38.1
Majority			238	14.9
Turnout			1,595	44.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hucclecote

Hucclecote Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brazil	309	60.8
	Labour	Peter Sharples	116	22.8
	Conservative	Gary Phipps	83	16.3
Majority			193	38.0
Turnout			508	42.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Innsworth with Down Hatherley

Innsworth with Down Hatherley Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Ockelton*	386	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	William Whelan	358	48.1
Majority			28	3.8
Turnout			744	43.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Isbourne

Isbourne Ward (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Evetts*	631	70.6
	Conservative	Judith Gilder	263	29.4
Majority			368	41.2
Turnout			894	54.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Northway

Northway Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Levett*	380	54.3
	Labour	Patrick McCarthy	253	36.1
	Conservative	Mary Harper*	240	34.3
	Conservative	Stuart Shepherd	191	27.3
	Independent	Henry Tychmanowicz	179	25.6
Majority			13	1.8
Turnout			700	19.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Oxenton Hill

Oxenton Hill (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Allen Keyte	497	88.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Mason	64	11.4
Majority			433	77.2
Turnout			561	44.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Shurdington

Shurdington (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Surman	379	72.5
	Labour	Donald McLellan	144	27.5
Majority			235	45.0
Turnout			523	34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tewkesbury Newtown

Tewkesbury Newtown (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tewkesbury Independents	John McCloy*	480	78.6
	Conservative	Graham Dawson	131	21.4
Majority			349	57.2
Turnout			611	39.0
	Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)

Tewkesbury Prior's Park

Tewkesbury Prior's Park Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Sklenar*	327	38.4
	Conservative	Brian Calway	298	35.0
	Conservative	Peter Aldridge	272	32.0
	Labour	Joan Collip	222	26.1
	Independent	Robert Devine	192	22.6
	Tewkesbury Independents	Christine Donald	80	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Dick	73	8.6
Majority			26	3.0
Turnout			851	25.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tewkesbury Town with Mitton

Tewkesbury Town with Mitton Ward (2 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tewkesbury Independents	Michael Sztymiak*	776	65.2
	Tewkesbury Independents	Barbara Cromwell*	679	57.1
	Conservative	Margaret White	261	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Portman	220	18.5
	Conservative	Haydn Pearl	213	17.9
Majority			418	35.2
Turnout			1,190	35.4
	Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)
	Tewkesbury Independents win (new seat)

Twyning

Twyning (1 Councillor)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Shurmer*	362	63.7
	Tewkesbury Independents	Robert Venables	146	25.7
	Labour	David Playdon	60	10.6
Majority			216	38.0
Turnout			568	41.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Winchcombe

Winchcombe Ward (3 Councillors)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Allen*	1,240	63.8
	Conservative	Janet Day*	1,172	60.3
	Conservative	James Mason*	1,117	57.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Guyll	461	23.7
	Labour	Margaret Keir	374	19.2
	Labour	Susan Sturgeon	348	17.9
	Labour	John Hurley	332	17.1
Majority			656	33.8
Turnout			1,943	39.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ "Tewkesbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
^ "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire". CLGBCE. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

[1] "Tewkesbury Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

[2] "Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire". CLGBCE. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

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