Blackpool Council election, 2003

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Elections to Blackpool Council were held on 1st May, 2003. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council. Boundary changes had taken place since the last election in 2000 which reduced the number of seats by two. Overall turnout was 50.43%.

[edit] Election Result

Blackpool Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	25			0	59.5	42.7	42,624
	Conservative	13			-2	31.0	38.6	38,535
	Liberal Democrat	4			0	9.5	16.8	16,834
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1,739
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	200

[edit] Ward Results

Anchorsholme (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathon Bamborough	1,360
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Bate	1,196
	Conservative	Donald MacNaughton	886
	Conservative	Bryan Anandappa	852
	Labour	Alan Haynes	759
	Labour	Alice Lilley	700
Turnout			5,753	54.1

Bispham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Clapham	1,553
	Conservative	Henry Mitchell	1,502
	Labour	John Boughton	805
	Labour	Christopher Ryan	739
	Liberal Democrat	Morry Hart	399
Turnout			5,001	53.6

Bloomfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Smith	822
	Labour	Simon Blackburn	793
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Holt	779
	Conservative	Barrie Hall	675
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Coleman	662
	Conservative	Michael Chappell	657
Turnout			4,388	43.5

Brunswick (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Cresswell	1,233
	Labour	Barry Cresswell	1,214
	Conservative	Philip Cartwright	538
	Conservative	Brian Hartley Turnbull	502
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Grainger	320
	UK Independence	Robert McDowell	200
Turnout			4,007	41

Claremont (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Taylor	1,245
	Labour	Sylvia Taylor	1,177
	Conservative	Linda Cole	744
	Conservative	Stephen Houghton	703
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Owens	290
	Independent	John Porter	161
Turnout			4,320	42

Clifton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Greenhalgh	1,268
	Labour	Michael Carr	1,120
	Conservative	Christopher Perry	796
	Conservative	John McIntosh	680
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Mackie	356
Turnout			4,220	45.4

Greenlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Benson	1,209
	Labour	Robert Harrison	1,146
	Conservative	Ian Dodd	1,012
	Conservative	Molly Laye	1,008
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Bamborough	445
Turnout			4,820	47.9

Hawes Side (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Hardy	1,352
	Labour	Valerie Haynes	1,274
	Conservative	Linda Richman	831
	Conservative	Graham Baker	815
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Smalley	432
Turnout			4,704	47.4

Highfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lily Henderson	1,230
	Conservative	Susan Fowler	1,200
	Labour	Pamela Jackson	989
	Labour	Gary Coleman	936
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Watkins	673
Turnout			5,028	52

Ingthorpe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Rowson	1,459
	Labour	Michael Bradley-Wilcox	1,251
	Conservative	Steven James	825
	Conservative	Kenneth Dyke	767
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Bate	454
Turnout			4,756	49.1

Layton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Wright	1,423
	Labour	Roy Fisher	1,375
	Conservative	Stephen Flanigan	628
	Conservative	Marlene McGuirk	598
	Independent	Terence Woodings	482
	Liberal Democrat	Alma Rollinson	323
Turnout			4,829	47.1

Marton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Burgess	1,357
	Conservative	James Houldsworth	1,263
	Labour	James Elmes	1,010
	Labour	James Sorah	854
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Williams	331
Turnout			4,815	49.5

Norbreck (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Callow	1,835
	Conservative	Maxine Callow	1,804
	Labour	Roger Cooke	851
	Labour	Barbara Wright	726
	Liberal Democrat	Donna Bamborough	378
Turnout			5,594	56.1

Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Doherty	1,071
	Labour	Leslie Kersh	1,055
	Conservative	Margaret Gough	573
	Conservative	Roger Jones	536
	Liberal Democrat	Tania Dundavon	411
	Independent	Thomas Johnston	275
Turnout			3,921	43

Squires Gate (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Wynne	1,413
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Green	1,158
	Conservative	Geoffrey Price	793
	Conservative	Frank Harris	676
	Labour	Gillian Campbell	647
	Labour	Nicholas Gradwell	526
Turnout			5,213	52.5

Stanley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Evans	1,215
	Conservative	Granville Heap	1,128
	Independent	John Finlay	821
	Labour	Carol Gradwell	747
	Liberal Democrat	Gaynor Wynne	665
	Labour	Beverley Harvey	570
Turnout			5,146	53

Talbot (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Dunne	1,004
	Labour	Raymond Hutchinson	936
	Conservative	Patricia Mancini	699
	Conservative	Peter Watson	670
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Duxbury-Campbell	482
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Sponder	424
Turnout			4,215	41.3

Tyldesley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Matthews	1,387
	Labour	Edward Collett	1,294
	Conservative	Aubery Horne	872
	Conservative	Mohamed Hameed	740
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Holt	435
Turnout			4,728	48

Victoria (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jackson	1,100
	Labour	David Owen	998
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Jackson	732
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Wood	652
	Conservative	Joan Horne	549
	Conservative	Jean Kenrick	522
Turnout			4,553	46.7

Warbreck (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Delves	1,210
	Conservative	David Brown	1,166
	Labour	Desmond Harvey	848
	Labour	Paul Waugh	813
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Heyworth	477
	Liberal Democrat	Kevan Benfold	450
Turnout			4,964	47.9

Waterloo (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Fowler	1,027
	Labour	Carol Radcliffe	1,011
	Conservative	Ronald Bell	895
	Labour	Susan Rigby	887
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Hodkinson	592
	Liberal Democrat	Justin Allitt	545
Turnout			4,957	47.9

Preceded by Blackpool Council election 2000

Blackpool local elections

Succeeded by Blackpool Council election 2007

Categories: Council elections in North West England | United Kingdom local elections, 2003 | Government in Blackpool

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