The 2003 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of

Castle Point Castle Point is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in south Essex, east of central London. The borough comprises the towns and villages of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, Ess ...

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Council in

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. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2. The

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gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.

Election result

The Conservatives took control of the council after gaining 22 seats to have 39 of the 41

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s. Meanwhile, Labour was reduced to only 2

s after losing 19 seats. Overall turnout at the election was 26.8%, down from 32% at the 1999 election. Among the Labour councillors to be defeated were the leader of the council Dave Wells and the

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Charles Smith.

Ward results

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 2003 Castle Point Borough Council elections 2003 English local elections 2000s in Essex