2003 Blackpool Borough Council election

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2003 Blackpool Borough Council election
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32 seats up for election
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Labour 42.65250
Conservative 38.5613−2
Liberal Democrats 16.8540
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Map of the results of the 2003 Blackpool council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Blackpool local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Blackpool council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2003 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of the Unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. 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. [1] Overall turnout was 50.43%.

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Results

Blackpool Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 25059.5242.6542,624
  Conservative 13-230.9538.5638,535
  Liberal Democrats 409.5216.8516,834
  Independent 000001.741,739
  UKIP 000000.20200

Ward results

Anchorsholme

Anchorsholme (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Bamborough1,36023.64
Liberal Democrats Steven Bate1,19620.79
Conservative Donald MacNaughton88615.40
Conservative Bryan Anandappa85214.81
Labour Alan Haynes75913.19
Labour Alice Lilley70012.17
Turnout 54.1

Bispham

Bispham (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Clapham1,55331.05
Conservative Henry Mitchell1,50230.03
Labour John Boughton80516.10
Labour Christopher Ryan73914.78
Liberal Democrats Morry Hart3997.98
Turnout 53.6

Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frances Smith82218.73
Labour Simon Blackburn79318.07
Liberal Democrats Doreen Holt77917.75
Conservative Barrie Hall67515.38
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Coleman66215.09
Conservative Michael Chappell65714.97
Turnout 43.5

Brunswick

Brunswick (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Cresswell1,23330.77
Labour Barry Cresswell1,21430.30
Conservative Philip Cartwright53813.43
Conservative Brian Hartley Turnbull50212.53
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Grainger3207.99
UKIP Robert McDowell2004.99
Turnout 41

Claremont

Claremont (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ivan Taylor1,24528.82
Labour Sylvia Taylor1,17727.25
Conservative Linda Cole74417.22
Conservative Stephen Houghton70316.27
Liberal Democrats Lesley Owens2906.71
Independent John Porter1613.73
Turnout 42

Clifton

Clifton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Greenhalgh1,26830.05
Labour Michael Carr1,12026.54
Conservative Christopher Perry79618.86
Conservative John McIntosh68016.11
Liberal Democrats Stuart Mackie3568.44
Turnout 45.4

Greenlands

Greenlands (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathryn Benson1,20925.08
Labour Robert Harrison1,14623.78
Conservative Ian Dodd1,01221.00
Conservative Molly Laye1,00820.91
Liberal Democrats Barbara Bamborough4459.23
Turnout 47.9

Hawes Side

Hawes Side (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Hardy1,35228.74
Labour Valerie Haynes1,27427.08
Conservative Linda Richman83117.67
Conservative Graham Baker81517.33
Liberal Democrats Wendy Smalley4329.18
Turnout 47.4

Highfield

Highfield (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lily Henderson1,23024.46
Conservative Susan Fowler1,20023.87
Labour Pamela Jackson98919.67
Labour Gary Coleman93618.62
Liberal Democrats Alan Watkins67313.39
Turnout 52

Ingthorpe

Ingthorpe (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Rowson1,45930.68
Labour Michael Bradley-Wilcox1,25126.30
Conservative Steven James82517.35
Conservative Kenneth Dyke76716.13
Liberal Democrats Carole Bate4549.55
Turnout 49.1

Layton

Layton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Wright1,42329.47
Labour Roy Fisher1,37528.47
Conservative Stephen Flanigan62813.00
Conservative Marlene McGuirk59812.38
Independent Terence Woodings4829.98
Liberal Democrats Alma Rollinson3236.69
Turnout 47.1

Marton

Marton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Burgess1,35728.18
Conservative James Houldsworth1,26326.23
Labour James Elmes1,01020.98
Labour James Sorah85417.74
Liberal Democrats Hazel Williams3316.87
Turnout 49.5

Norbreck

Norbreck (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Callow1,83532.80
Conservative Maxine Callow1,80432.25
Labour Roger Cooke85115.21
Labour Barbara Wright72612.98
Liberal Democrats Donna Bamborough3786.76
Turnout 56.1

Park

Park (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Doherty1,07127.31
Labour Leslie Kersh1,05526.91
Conservative Margaret Gough57314.61
Conservative Roger Jones53613.67
Liberal Democrats Tania Dundavon41110.48
Independent Thomas Johnston2757.01
Turnout 43

Squires Gate

Squires Gate (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Wynne1,41327.11
Liberal Democrats Douglas Green1,15822.21
Conservative Geoffrey Price79315.21
Conservative Frank Harris67612.97
Labour Gillian Campbell64712.41
Labour Nicholas Gradwell52610.09
Turnout 52.5

Stanley

Stanley (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Evans1,21523.61
Conservative Granville Heap1,12821.92
Independent John Finlay82115.95
Labour Carol Gradwell74714.52
Liberal Democrats Gaynor Wynne66512.92
Labour Beverley Harvey57011.08
Turnout 53

Talbot

Talbot (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Dunne1,00423.82
Labour Raymond Hutchinson93622.21
Conservative Patricia Mancini69916.58
Conservative Peter Watson67015.90
Liberal Democrats Alan Duxbury-Campbell48211.44
Liberal Democrats Mark Sponder42410.06
Turnout 41.3

Tyldesley

Tyldesley (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Matthews1,38729.34
Labour Edward Collett1,29427.37
Conservative Aubery Horne87218.44
Conservative Mohamed Hameed74015.65
Liberal Democrats Rodney Holt4359.20
Turnout 48

Victoria

Victoria (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Jackson1,10024.16
Labour David Owen99821.92
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Jackson73216.08
Liberal Democrats Peter Wood65214.32
Conservative Joan Horne54912.06
Conservative Jean Kenrick52211.46
Turnout 46.7

Warbreck

Warbreck (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Delves1,21024.38
Conservative David Brown1,16623.49
Labour Desmond Harvey84817.08
Labour Paul Waugh81316.38
Liberal Democrats Anne Heyworth4779.61
Liberal Democrats Kevan Benfold4509.07
Turnout 47.9

Waterloo

Waterloo (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fowler1,02720.72
Labour Carol Radcliffe1,01120.40
Conservative Ronald Bell89518.06
Labour Susan Rigby88717.89
Liberal Democrats Michael Hodkinson59211.94
Liberal Democrats Justin Allitt54510.99
Turnout 47.9

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