The 2003 Forest Heath District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Forest Heath District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries. The number of seats increased from 25 to 27.
Summary
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 21 | 
|
77.8 | 51.7 | 9,462 | -10.9 | |||
| West Suffolk Independent | 3 |  3
|
11.1 | 15.3 | 2,808 | N/A | |||
| Independent | 3 | 2
|
11.1 | 11.3 | 2,064 | +3.0 | |||
| Labour | 0 |  1
|
0.0 | 16.0 | 2,926 | -9.4 | |||
| UKIP | 0 |
|
0.0 | 4.3 | 794 | N/A | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 2
|
0.0 | 1.4 | 251 | -2.3 | |||
By-elections
editManor
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 269 | 66.9 | |||
| Independent | 133 | 33.1 | |||
| Majority | 136 | 33.8 | |||
| Turnout | 402 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Red Lodge
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 173 | 55.3 | |||
| Conservative | 111 | 35.5 | |||
| UKIP | 29 | 9.3 | |||
| Majority | 62 | 19.8 | |||
| Turnout | 313 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Forest Heath District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 1 November 2022.