2003 Aylesbury Vale District Council election

Map of the results of the 2003 Aylesbury Vale council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independents in grey.

Elections to Aylesbury Vale District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of councillors by 1. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Results

Aylesbury Vale Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	30			+3	50.8	48.2	33,685
	Liberal Democrats	25			+1	42.4	40.0	27,968
	Independent	4			-2	6.8	5.2	3,660
	Labour	0			-1	0	5.5	3,878
	Residents Action Party	0			0	0	0.9	604
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.2	126

5 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

By ward

Aston Clinton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Chapple	1,723
	Conservative	Carole Paternoster	1,635
	Conservative	David Thompson	1,493
	Liberal Democrats	Sheelagh Nolan	809
Turnout			5,660

Aylesbury Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Turner	326	53.0
	Conservative	David Clarke	200	32.5
	Independent	Denis Gilford	89	14.5
Majority			126	20.5
Turnout			615

Bedgrove (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Thorne	1,432
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Newman	1,404
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sherwell	1,324
	Conservative	John Champion	1,239
	Conservative	June Toseland	1,188
	Conservative	Michael Arrowsmith	1,170
	Labour	Edna Ullmann	225
Turnout			7,992

Bierton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bernard Griffin	269	46.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Letts	175	30.2
	Conservative	Alistair Doe	135	23.3
Majority			94	16.3
Turnout			579

Brill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Baxter	580	53.6
	Labour	Joanna Dodsworth	256	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Croydon	246	22.7
Majority			324	29.9
Turnout			1,082

Buckingham North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Isham	630
	Conservative	Timothy Mills	521
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Stevens	484
	Labour	Christine Strain-Clark	479
Turnout			2,114

Buckingham South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Liversedge	601
	Conservative	Hedley Cadd	574
	Labour	Robin Stutchbury	399
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Saul	290
Turnout			1,864

Cheddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Corry Cashman	558	58.7
	Conservative	Lesley Pollard	392	41.3
Majority			166	17.4
Turnout			950

Coldharbour (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hughes	589
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe Willets	567
	Liberal Democrats	Zulifgar Ahmed	517
	Conservative	Philip Collinge	393
	Conservative	Andrew Huxley	376
	Conservative	Nicholas West	356
	Labour	Neal Bonham	198
	Independent	Christopher Card	80
Turnout			3,076

Edlesborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Hannelly	457	59.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Brown	307	40.2
Majority			150	19.6
Turnout			764

Elmhurst and Watermead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raj Khan	936
	Conservative	Abdul Khaliq	746
	Conservative	Jason Bray	725
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Butler	715
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Puddefoot	690
	Conservative	Ian West	647
	Labour	Michael Rowlinson	352
Turnout			4,811

Gatehouse (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Jamieson	474
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Sherwin	439
	Conservative	Jane Sale	180
	Labour	Philip McGoldrick	160
	Conservative	Catherine West	160
	Labour	Malcolm Pike	141
	Residents Action Party	Frank Merrick	83
	Residents Action Party	Martin Hill	75
Turnout			1,712

Great Brickhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Blake	480	57.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Twiss	268	31.9
	Labour	Brian Ambler	92	11.0
Majority			212	25.2
Turnout			840

Great Horwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beville Stanier	unopposed

Grendon Underwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cartwright	unopposed

Haddenham (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stuart	1,281
	Conservative	Judith Brandis	1,215
	Independent	Chloe Lambert	1,083
	Conservative	Brian Foster	1,049
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Moore	991
	Conservative	Eric Lambden	850
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Baldwin	849
Turnout			7,318

Long Crendon (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	1,083
	Conservative	Michael Edmonds	1,064
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Stuart	442
	Labour	Margaret Liggett	374
Turnout			2,953

Luffield Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Walsh	555	76.1
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Takuma	174	23.9
Majority			381	52.2
Turnout			729

Mandeville and Elm Farm (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Summers	828
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Vernon	764
	Liberal Democrats	Niknam Hussain	676
	Conservative	Myles Grandison	467
	Conservative	Thomas Wilkins	447
	Conservative	Hugh Williams	445
	Labour	Henry Gardner	198
	Labour	Shirley Raw	195
	UKIP	Gerard McCormack	126
Turnout			4,146

Marsh Gibbon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Metherell	421	53.3
	Conservative	Michael Hall	369	46.7
Majority			52	6.6
Turnout			790

Newton Longville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pamela Pearce	493	52.6
	Conservative	Sally Judd	295	31.5
	Liberal Democrats	Llewellyn Monger	149	15.9
Majority			198	21.1
Turnout			937

Oakfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Patrick	711
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Reynolds	675
	Conservative	Jason Evans	229
	Conservative	Joseph Cook	222
Turnout			1,837

Pitstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Avril Davies	537	68.8
	Conservative	Paul Garrad	244	31.2
Majority			293	37.6
Turnout			781

Quainton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Polhill	unopposed

Quarrendon (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Ghent	400
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Humm	366
	Residents Action Party	David Davies	188
	Residents Action Party	Elsie Davies	184
	Conservative	John Carter	99
	Conservative	Philip Still	82
Turnout			1,319

Southcourt (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Roberts	627
	Liberal Democrats	David Ralph	456
	Independent	Alan Price	271
	Labour	Zard Khan	222
	Conservative	Louis Altman	109
	Conservative	Marion Dorrell	95
	Residents Action Party	Joanne Merrick	74
Turnout			1,854

Steeple Claydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Griffin	unopposed

Stewkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jennings	609	70.6
	Labour	William Lyttle	253	29.4
Majority			356	41.2
Turnout			862

Tingewick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rowlands	651	73.3
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Mordue	237	26.7
Majority			414	46.6
Turnout			888

Waddesdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Morgan-Owen	unopposed

Walton Court and Hawkslade (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Kennell	515
	Liberal Democrats	Ranjula Takodra	452
	Conservative	Paul Milham	196
	Conservative	John Wiseman	189
	Labour	Gordon Richardson	126
	Independent	Albert McNicholls	117
	Labour	Tom Watt	105
Turnout			1,700

Weedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley Bond	380	62.1
	Liberal Democrats	Harold Newman	129	21.1
	Labour	Margaret Ewan	103	16.8
Majority			251	41.0
Turnout			612

Wendover (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Richards	1,062
	Conservative	Judith Myers	1,061
	Conservative	Kevin McPartland	1,032
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Peeler	944
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Knight	940
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Rutland	933
Turnout			5,972

Wing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothea Glover	521	65.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lewis	279	34.9
Majority			242	30.2
Turnout			800

Wingrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Cooper	571	64.6
	Conservative	Colin Smart	313	35.4
Majority			258	29.2
Turnout			884

Winslow (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Ashendon	812
	Conservative	Angela Rowlands	784
	Independent	Christopher James	687
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Monger	468
Turnout			2,751

External links

• 2003 Aylesbury Vale election result