2003 Chester City Council election

Election result

2003 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	38.1	13	21	35.0	6,765	30.3	+5.0
	Labour	7		33.3	13	20	33.3	6,334	28.4	–6.0
	Conservative	5	1	23.8	13	18	30.0	7,423	33.2	–6.1
	Independent	1	2	4.8	0	1	1.7	1,211	5.4	+4.3
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	328	1.5	N/A
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	204	0.9	N/A
	CPA	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.3	N/A

Barrow

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor Johnson*	465	78.0	+6.0
	Labour	Benjamin Page	68	11.4	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Lockwood	63	10.6	±0.0
Majority			397	66.6	+12.0
Turnout			596	41.3	–2.0
Registered electors			1,442
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.0

Blacon Hall

Blacon Lodge

Boughton

Boughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Rudd*	449	52.8	–6.9
	Conservative	Michael Drinkwater	243	28.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	James McCabe	94	11.0	–1.7
	Green	Helen Counsell	65	7.6	N/A
Majority			206	24.2	–7.8
Turnout			851	30.9	–4.5
Registered electors			2,757
	Labour hold		Swing	4.0

Boughton Heath

Boughton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Farrell*	713	53.2	+6.7
	Conservative	Paul Stewart	500	37.3	–1.4
	Labour	Ethel Price	126	9.4	–5.4
Majority			213	15.9	+8.1
Turnout			1,339	43.6	+7.7
Registered electors			3,071
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

Christleton

Christleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Boughton*	691	56.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Katrina Hughes	378	30.6	±0.0
	Labour	Christine Davies	165	13.4	–1.9
Majority			313	25.4	+1.9
Turnout			1,234	36.7	–4.1
Registered electors			3,071
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

College

College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Black*	385	43.0	–9.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Mead	223	24.9	±0.0
	Conservative	Trudy Ryall-Harvey	200	22.3	–0.8
	Green	Stephen Dorrans	87	9.7	N/A
Majority			162	18.1	–9.0
Turnout			895	19.2	–0.8
Registered electors			4,659
	Labour hold		Swing	4.5

Curzon & Westminster

Curzon & Westminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Short*	927	64.9	+0.9
	Labour	Zoe Langmead	260	18.2	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones	241	16.9	+5.3
Majority			667	46.7	+7.0
Turnout			1,428	42.1	–1.4
Registered electors			3,390
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Elton

Hoole All Saints

Hoole All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Nuttall*	459	59.8	+6.7
	Labour	Hilary Harrison	171	22.3	+0.6
	Conservative	John Burke	66	8.6	N/A
	CPA	Peter Fabian	47	6.1	N/A
	UKIP	Jill Pears	25	3.3	N/A
Majority			288	37.5	+9.6
Turnout			768	30.4	–11.5
Registered electors			2,525
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

Hoole Groves

Hoole Groves

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverly Eaton	658	43.7	–14.4
	Labour	Alexander Black	606	40.3	+10.8
	Conservative	Christina Alexander	161	10.7	–0.8
	Green	Helen Trask	52	3.5	N/A
	CPA	Stephen Allen	28	1.9	N/A
Majority			52	3.5	–25.1
Turnout			1,505	48.9	+4.9
Registered electors			3,080
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.6

Huntington

Kelsall

Kelsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Fairhurst	767	52.0	+4.7
	Conservative	Pauline Tilley*	624	42.3	–3.6
	Labour	Paul Cornwell	85	5.8	–1.0
Majority			143	9.7	+8.4
Turnout			1,476	51.8	–0.2
Registered electors			2,850
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	4.2

Lache Park

Lache Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Challen*	712	56.9	–3.7
	Conservative	Max Drury	291	23.3	–16.1
	Independent	Arthur Harada	143	11.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline McCabe	105	8.4	N/A
Majority			421	33.7	+12.5
Turnout			1,251	28.6	+0.1
Registered electors			4,366
	Labour hold		Swing	6.3

Malpas

Malpas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Ebben	628	58.9	–14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Flannery	348	32.6	+18.3
	Labour	Margaret Violet	90	8.4	–3.6
Majority			280	26.3	–33.2
Turnout			1,066	33.3	+3.2
Registered electors			3,198
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	16.6

Mickle Trafford

Mickle Trafford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Parker*	512	79.1	+4.7
	Labour	Brian Roberts	80	12.4	–13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Roberts	55	8.5	N/A
Majority			432	66.8	+17.9
Turnout			647	37.3	+3.0
Registered electors			1,736
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.0

Newton Brook

Newton Brook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jordan*	526	47.7	+3.8
	Conservative	Karen Bardsley	381	34.5	–9.7
	Labour	Peter Griffiths	196	17.8	+5.9
Majority			145	13.1	N/A
Turnout			1,103	36.4	–2.7
Registered electors			3,031
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.8

Tattenhall

Upton Grange

Upton Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Bain*	864	51.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Gerald Roose	547	32.7	+1.6
	Labour	Brenda Southward	264	15.8	–3.2
Majority			317	18.9	±0.0
Turnout			1,675	33.6	–5.5
Registered electors			4,984
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.0

Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Proctor*	859	54.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Peter Moore-Dutton	526	33.6	–7.0
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	180	11.5	+4.2
Majority			333	21.3	N/A
Turnout			1,726	34.9	–3.6
Registered electors			4,483
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9