2003 Rugby Borough Council election

Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council seats were up for election. The council stayed under no overall control. The number of councillors for each party after the election were Conservative 18, Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 10 and Independent 4.

Election result

Rugby Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	0	0	41.2	31.4	6,793	+4.2%
	Conservative	6	0	0	0	35.3	38.7	8,389	+2.9%
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0	17.6	26.5	5,737	-3.7%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.9	3.4	745	-3.4%

Ward results

Admirals

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Hayter	582	45.8
	Conservative	Peter Butlin	535	42.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hilda Fletcher	155	12.2
Majority			47	3.7
Turnout			1,272
	Labour hold		Swing

Benn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Whistance	573	54.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Hotten	261	24.8
	Conservative	Christopher Pacey-Day	220	20.9
Majority			312	29.6
Turnout			1,054
	Labour hold		Swing

Bilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wright	911	60.3
	Labour	Patrick Joyce	322	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice O'Dwyer	279	18.5
Majority			589	39.0
Turnout			1,512
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brownsover North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Robbins	418	56.9
	Labour	Steven Birkett	175	23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Heidi Thomas	141	19.2
Majority			243	33.1
Turnout			734
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brownsover South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Edwards	352	57.9
	Conservative	Kevin Taylor	185	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mervyn Leah	71	11.7
Majority			167	27.5
Turnout			608
	Labour hold		Swing

Caldecott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Roodhouse	788	48.2
	Conservative	Ian Smith	576	35.2
	Labour	Douglas Hall	271	16.6
Majority			212	13.0
Turnout			1,635
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dunchurch and Knightlow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Pawsey	1,076	49.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Morris	739	34.2
	Independent	Vaughan Owen	178	8.2
	Labour	Brenda Clarke	170	7.9
Majority			337	15.5
Turnout			2,163
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earl Craven and Wolston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Poole	1,051	62.8
	Labour	Anthony Harris	623	37.2
Majority			428	25.6
Turnout			1,674
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Sandison	1,155	73.3
	Conservative	Paul Newsome	244	15.5
	Labour	Vasanji Chhana	176	11.2
Majority			911	57.8
Turnout			1,635
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hillmorton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Deery	647	34.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Allanach	645	34.4
	Conservative	David Elson	581	31.0
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			1,873
	Labour hold		Swing

Leam Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Collett	628	78.5	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Bocus	93	11.6	+11.6
	Labour	John Morgan	79	9.9	−4.6
Majority			535	66.9	−4.1
Turnout			800
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Bilton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donald Williams	658
	Labour	Christina Avis	613
	Conservative	Caroline Wright	327
	Conservative	Sabir Yusuf	257
	Liberal Democrats	John Upstone	237
	Independent	Lilian Pallikaropoulos	208
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Neville	206
Turnout			2,506
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ramesh Srivastava	701	55.2
	Conservative	Felipe Tejero	291	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Thoday	278	21.9
Majority			410	32.3
Turnout			1,270
	Labour hold		Swing

Overslade

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kamaljit Kaur	746	53.1
	Labour	Michael Hirons	660	46.9
Majority			86	6.2
Turnout			1,406
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paddox

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Allanach	689	65.4
	Conservative	Pauline Elson	230	21.8
	Labour	Benjamin Ferrett	135	12.8
Majority			459	43.6
Turnout			1,054
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ryton-on-Dunsmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Backholler	359	68.0	+7.5
	Conservative	Philip Cropper	113	21.4	+4.2
	Labour	Mary Webb	56	10.6	+10.6
Majority			246	46.6	+8.4
Turnout			528
	Independent hold		Swing