2003 Tamworth Borough Council election

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:

• Labour 18
• Conservative 11
• Independent 1

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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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

• 2003 Tamworth election result
• Ward results