2003 Luton Borough Council election

2003 Luton Borough Council election
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 23 20
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 11
Popular vote 32,583 34,345
Percentage 35.0% 37.9%
Swing Decrease 13.4% Increase 15.0%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Conservative Independent
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 20,880 3,879
Percentage 22.4% 4.2%
Swing Decrease 2.6% N/A
Control before election


Labour

Control after election


No overall control

The 2003 Luton Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Luton Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

2003 Luton Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 48 23 0 11 Decrease 13 47.9 35.0 32,583 –13.4
  Liberal Democrats 48 20 8 0 Increase 11 41.7 37.9 35,345 +15.0
  Conservative 47 4 2 0 Increase 1 8.3 22.4 20,880 –2.6
  Independent 11 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.1 4.2 3,879 N/A
  UKIP 4 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 301 +0.2
  Green 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 175 –0.5

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Barnfield

Barnfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Chapman 1,001 55.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Pantling 887 48.8
Conservative Arthur Flint 698 38.4
Conservative John Heredia 614 33.8
Labour Ronald Bramwell 285 15.7
Labour Raymond Sills 261 14.4
Turnout ~1,819 33.8
Registered electors 5,381
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Biscot

Biscot (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Qurban Hussain 1,648 48.3 +22.8
Liberal Democrats Abid Hussain 1,625 47.6 +37.9
Liberal Democrats Asif Iqbal 1,522 44.6 N/A
Labour Akhtar Masood* 1,103 32.3 –17.3
Labour Ali Mohammed* 1,022 29.9 –18.7
Labour Neville White* 998 29.2 –15.5
Conservative Frederick Grant 410 12.0 –6.2
Conservative Reuben Fevrier 354 10.4 –2.8
Conservative Mohammed Ijaz 317 9.3 –3.6
Turnout ~3,415 36.3 –3.6
Registered electors 9,407
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Bramingham

Bramingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gilbert Campbell 814 52.9 +15.3
Conservative David Johnston* 811 52.7 +15.9
Labour Peter Blanking 429 27.9 –16.5
Labour Kerry McCarthy* 397 25.8 –16.9
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Edmunds 262 17.0 +4.9
Liberal Democrats John Doyle 247 16.0 +4.6
Turnout ~1,540 26.4 +1.7
Registered electors 5,833
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Challney

Challney (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Strange 1,268 44.2 +29.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Mead 1,229 42.8 +32.2
Liberal Democrats Sidney Rutstein 1,197 41.7 +31.8
Labour Brian Devenish* 795 27.7 –27.2
Labour Waheed Akbar* 748 26.0 –24.9
Labour Mahmood Hussain* 677 23.6 –26.8
Conservative Said Khan 564 19.6 –8.6
Conservative David Read 546 19.0 –6.8
Conservative Abdul Bhatti 537 18.7 –5.9
Independent Abdul Rashid 172 6.0 N/A
Turnout ~2,871 32.3
Registered electors 8,890
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Crawley

Crawley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Franks* 1,081 68.6 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Patterson* 1,012 64.3 +5.8
Labour Diane McKenzie 298 18.9 –9.1
Labour Travor Utting 239 15.2 –8.5
Conservative Mark Bradley 214 13.6 +3.3
Conservative Mary Thomas 191 12.1 +2.0
Turnout ~1,575 28.9 +0.5
Registered electors 5,450
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dallow

Dallow (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ashraf* 1,097 35.2 –33.7
Independent Mohammed Bashir 956 30.6 N/A
Labour Mohammed Farooq 901 28.9 –38.2
Labour David Taylor* 811 26.0 –27.7
Liberal Democrats Mohd Arif 783 25.1 –0.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Knape 693 22.2 +7.6
Independent Nasreen Imtiaz 654 21.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Knape 572 18.3 +5.0
Conservative Dolly Awosusi 307 9.8 –10.7
Conservative Lucia Melillo 290 9.3 –5.4
Conservative Adrian Noller 261 8.4 +0.2
Turnout ~3,121 31.7 –2.3
Registered electors 9,844
Labour hold
Independent gain from Labour
Labour hold

Farley

Farley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William McKenzie* 1,133 56.8 –15.2
Labour Johnny Boyle* 1,126 56.4 –14.6
Labour Maureen McGarvie* 1,087 54.5 –16.2
Conservative Kevin Drew 386 19.3 +4.4
Conservative John Tyler 351 17.6 +3.0
Conservative John Sentinella 347 17.4 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Cason 320 16.0 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Joyce Felmingham 289 14.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Sharon Virgo 252 12.6 +6.3
UKIP Judy King 86 4.3 N/A
UKIP Robert Field 76 3.8 N/A
UKIP Charles Lawman 73 3.7 N/A
Turnout ~1,995 24.8 –1.9
Registered electors 8,044
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

High Town

High Town (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Magill* 647 43.4 –13.9
Labour Lakhbir Singh* 497 33.3 –22.4
Conservative Meherban Khan 462 31.0 +4.9
Conservative John Young 461 30.9 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Tera Mia 205 13.8 +0.9
Green Lyn Bliss 175 11.7 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Naeem Khan 149 10.0 –1.2
Independent Jurgen Prendergast 114 7.6 N/A
Turnout ~1,491 26.4 +1.3
Registered electors 5,646
Labour hold
Labour hold

Icknield

Icknield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Garrett 977 56.6 +1.1
Conservative John Titmuss 948 54.9 +1.6
Labour Gwyneth Griffiths 461 26.7 –7.3
Labour Nazia Cheesman 449 26.0 –6.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Lincoln 240 13.9 +2.6
Liberal Democrats John Robinson 226 13.1 +2.2
Turnout ~1,727 29.5 +1.8
Registered electors 5,854
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Leagrave

Leagrave (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derrick Patten* 769 44.1 –10.8
Labour Sheila Roden* 682 39.1 –14.7
Labour Desline Stewart 670 38.4 –15.0
Conservative Dean Fryer-Saxby 577 33.1 +1.7
Conservative Jonathan Titmuss 570 32.7 +2.4
Conservative Kajal Debnath 526 30.2 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Richardson 342 19.6 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Sally Fazekas 327 18.7 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Hasmita Soni 282 16.2 +7.2
Turnout ~1,744 21.7 –1.9
Registered electors 8,037
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lewsey

Lewsey (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Hand* 1,029 52.2 –21.5
Labour Thomas Shaw* 999 50.7 –21.4
Labour Hazel Simmons* 936 47.5 –18.6
Conservative Raymond Quinn 470 23.9 +1.1
Conservative Richard Stanghan 436 22.1 –0.1
Conservative Robert Theobald 424 21.5 –0.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Elmes 382 19.4 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Jean Wates* 333 16.9 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Brenda Siederer 327 16.6 +9.1
Turnout ~1,970 21.9 +3.8
Registered electors 8,997
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Limbury

Limbury (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norris Bullock* 732 41.4 –12.8
Labour Robin Harris* 676 38.2 –15.5
Conservative Trevor Bell 644 36.4 +10.4
Conservative Susan Lister 585 33.1 +8.2
Independent Colin Brown 274 15.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Lucy Fensome 203 11.5 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Hargreaves 203 11.5 +4.5
Turnout ~1,770 30.4 +0.4
Registered electors 5,822
Labour hold
Labour hold

Northwell

Northwell (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roy Davis* 554 51.3
Labour Don Worlding* 490 45.4
Conservative Joseph O'Neill 226 20.9
Conservative Pauline O'Neill 213 19.7
Liberal Democrats John Roberts 181 16.8
Liberal Democrats Ruth Roberts 164 15.2
Independent Robert Jones 70 6.5
Independent Rajinder Mahrra 67 6.2
Turnout ~1,079 18.0
Registered electors 5,995
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Round Green

Round Green (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Alan Skepelhorn 1,334 53.7
Liberal Democrats Julian Wates* 1,298 52.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Howes 1,284 51.7
Labour Roger Berry 696 28.0
Labour Klazina Coleman* 655 26.4
Labour Laurence McCowen* 614 24.7
Conservative Natalie Feerick 399 16.1
Conservative Samson Victor 378 15.2
Conservative Irum Khan 353 14.2
Turnout ~2,483 30.0
Registered electors 8,276
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Saints

Saints (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Riaz 1,090 38.5 –7.1
Labour Raja Saleem* 998 35.3 –9.1
Labour Mohamad Yasin* 895 31.6 –8.5
Independent Yasin Rehman 866 30.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ruth Fisher 610 21.6 +13.5
Conservative Mushtaq Khan 593 21.0 –19.1
Liberal Democrats Julia Mead 521 18.4 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Aubrey Gaughan 513 18.1 +11.0
Conservative Soukat Mohammed 395 14.0 –13.2
Independent Arshad Mahmood 344 12.2 N/A
Turnout ~2,830 32.4 –4.1
Registered electors 8,736
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

South

South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynda Ireland 681 45.3 –8.6
Labour Sian Timoney 681 45.3 –7.1
Labour Timothy Hoyle* 678 45.1 –5.3
Conservative Cecil Kilic 354 23.6 –4.9
Conservative Miriam Tantardini 289 19.2 –9.1
Liberal Democrats William Cole 261 17.4 +9.3
Conservative Ashvin Ladwa 250 16.6 –9.3
Independent Peter Hunt 242 16.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Turner 234 15.6 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Edwin Hird 221 14.7 +8.2
Independent Janet Duncan 120 8.0 N/A
Turnout ~1,503 17.1 –2.2
Registered electors 8,787
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stopsley

Stopsley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jenny Davies 1,459 66.5 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Dolling* 1,355 61.7 +7.7
Conservative Colin Willison 496 22.6 +7.7
Conservative Anthony Skeath 447 20.4 +5.5
Labour Jennifer Davis 297 13.5 –14.8
Labour Kaman Raja 190 8.7 –16.5
Turnout ~2,195 40.0 +6.4
Registered electors 5,487
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Sundon Park

Sundon Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Doris Hinkley 1,189 59.1 +26.9
Liberal Democrats Anna Pedersen 1,083 53.8 +22.6
Labour Sydney Knight* 593 29.5 –16.5
Labour Anthony Banerji* 567 28.2 –14.9
Conservative Anthony Duckworth 178 8.8 –3.3
Conservative Sheila Harrison 172 8.5 –3.3
Turnout ~2,013 35.2 +2.9
Registered electors 5,718
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Wigmore

Wigmore (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Roy Davies* 1,577 68.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Chapman 1,518 65.7
Liberal Democrats Henry Siederer* 1,436 62.2
Conservative Jean Ashby 358 15.5
Conservative Geoffery Dillingham 351 15.2
Labour Linda Hambleton* 347 15.0
Conservative Margaret Willmott 336 14.5
Labour John Hutcheson 307 13.3
Labour Anne Thompson 296 12.8
UKIP Lance Richardson 66 2.9
Turnout ~2,309 27.0
Registered electors 8,553
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Luton Borough Council Election Results 1973-1995" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
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