Purbeck District Council election, 2003

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 13
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Independent 3

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	5			+3	62.5	36.4	3,780	+0.5%
	Conservative	3			-3	37.5	44.3	4,603	+13.8%
	Labour	0			0	0	12.8	1,334	+0.3%
	Independent	0			0	0	6.4	667	-14.8%

Ward results

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Duffy	554	59.5
	Conservative	Stephen Drury	352	37.8
	Labour	Ruth Cade	25	2.7
Majority			202	21.7
Turnout			931

Lytchett Minster and Upton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Drane	610	61.5
	Conservative	Pam Hindley	382	38.5
Majority			228	23.0
Turnout			992

Lytchett Minster and Upton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Starr	498	45.6
	Conservative	Bill Pipe	480	44.0
	Labour	David Collis	114	10.4
Majority			18	1.6
Turnout			1,092

St Martin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Green	497	54.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Russell	287	31.3
	Labour	James Bennett	132	14.4
Majority			210	23.0
Turnout			916

Swanage North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Trite	908	60.7
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Carter	409	27.4
	Labour	Leigh van de Zande	178	11.9
Majority			499	33.3
Turnout			1,495

Swanage South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Wheeldon	920	50.3	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Wootton	497	27.2	+3.2
	Labour	Christine Rabson	413	22.6	-10.9
Majority			423	23.1	+14.1
Turnout			1,830

Wareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Osmond	715	33.6	-8.9
	Independent	Leslie Burns	667	31.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Roy Anderson	572	26.9	+3.9
	Labour	Bob Huskinson	171	8.0	+3.0
Majority			48	2.2	-10.8
Turnout			2,125

Wool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Hodder	702	70.0
	Labour	Jon Davey	301	30.0
Majority			401	40.0
Turnout			1,003

References

• 2003 Purbeck election result
• Ward results