Tamworth Borough Council election, 2003

Elections to Tamworth Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 23.2%

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	3	0	+3	50.0	42.8	5,604	-0.6%
	Labour	4	0	4	-4	40.0	42.0	5,497	-9.4%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	10.0	5.9	776	+4.3%
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	9.3	1,214	+5.7%

Ward results

Amington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Wells	642	44.7
	Labour	Julie Holland	581	40.5
	Liberal Democrat	Zoe Blake	213	14.8
Majority			61	4.2
Turnout			1,436	23.8	+0.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Belgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Lewis	468	44.9
	Conservative	Mary Oates	374	35.9
	Independent	Robert Taylor	200	19.2
Majority			94	9.0
Turnout			1,042	18.9	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Bolehall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Seekings	714	56.0
	Conservative	Geoffrey Parsons	562	44.0
Majority			152	12.0
Turnout			1,276	23.7	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ian Trenfield	639	45.5
	Conservative	Francis Worrall	538	38.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Pinkett	226	16.1
Majority			101	7.2
Turnout			1,403	25.5	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Glascote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Christopher Cooke	576	50.9
	Labour	Stephen Savage	370	32.7
	Conservative	James McKay	186	16.4
Majority			206	18.2
Turnout			1,132	19.7	-0.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Mercian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gerald Latham	636	41.2
	Conservative	James Ward	611	39.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Blake	297	19.2
Majority			25	1.6
Turnout			1,544	28.9	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Spital
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Maureen Gant	900	52.7
	Labour	Derek Thompson	558	32.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Blake	251	14.7
Majority			342	20.0
Turnout			1,709	32.5	-5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonydelph
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Kevin Taylor	432	52.1
	Labour	Brian Granger	397	47.9
Majority			35	4.2
Turnout			829	14.5	-2.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeremy Oates	749	49.0
	Labour	Patricia Dix	553	36.2
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Jones	227	14.8
Majority			196	12.8
Turnout			1,529	26.6	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wilnecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Beale	610	51.2
	Labour	Alan Smith	581	48.8
Majority			29	2.4
Turnout			1,191	20.2	-4.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

Council elections in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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