2003 Northampton Borough Council election

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2003 Northampton Borough Council election
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  1999 1 May 2003 2007  

All 45 seats in the Northampton Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrat Labour
Last election81128
Seats won191711
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Increase2.svg6Decrease2.svg17
Popular vote33,12231,19922,764
Percentage37.235.025.6

Northampton UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2003 Northampton Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Northampton Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

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Election result

Northampton Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 19+1140.437.233,122
  Liberal Democrat 17+536.235.031,199
  Labour 11-1523.425.622,764
  Independent 0-101.0902
  Green 0001.0864
  UKIP 0000.2143
 Liberated Party0000.154

Ward results

Abington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Irene Markham 986
Liberal Democrat Brian Hoare 893
Labour Trevor Owen578
Labour Vivienne Dams573
Conservative Juliette Ashby446
Conservative Barry Stoker414
Turnout 3,89031.6
Billing (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Palethorpe 832
Conservative Christopher Malpas 786
Labour Jean Lineker601
Labour Trevor Balley558
Liberal Democrat Norma Felstead283
Liberal Democrat Richard Baldwin275
Turnout 3,33528.20
Boughton Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat John Yates 1,647
Liberal Democrat David Perkins 1,579
Liberal Democrat Maria-Trinidad Crake 1,533
Conservative Alan Beal700
Conservative Julie Rolfe663
Conservative Paul Rolfe643
Labour Graham Mason533
Labour Arthur Whitford513
Labour Frances Wire448
Turnout 8,26034.2
Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lee Barron 626
Labour Peter Evans 558
Conservative Edward Barham474
Conservative Robert Butler452
Liberal Democrat Lesley Coles422
Liberal Democrat Grant Walsh385
Turnout 2,94322.4
Delapre (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Brendan Glynane 1,145
Liberal Democrat Michelle Hoare 1,031
Labour Charman Kalyan505
Labour Ulric Gravesande494
Conservative Thomas Joyner431
Conservative Michael Lobban398
Turnout 4,00432.8
East Hunsbury (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Judith Lill 1,149
Conservative Philip Larratt 967
Liberal Democrat Jill Panebianco321
Liberal Democrat Carl Squires307
Labour Anthony Peach274
Labour David Thorn229
Turnout 3,24725.2
Eastfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Acock 684
Conservative James Robinson 625
Labour Debra Boss580
Labour Frank Gear543
Liberal Democrat Brian Dee472
Liberal Democrat Andrew Cheyne405
Independent Benjamin Jacobs258
Green Joan Lochmuller142
Turnout 3,70930.0
Ecton Brook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jamie Lane 647
Conservative Mohammed Yousuf Miah 575
Labour Idris Davies400
Labour Mary Davies395
Liberal Democrat Leslie Felstead302
Liberal Democrat Kevin Alderton274
Turnout 2,59325.1
Headlands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Charles Markham 1,425
Liberal Democrat Marlon Allen-Minney 1,389
Conservative Graham Hawker731
Conservative Philip West686
Labour Pamela Dixon442
Labour Timothy Hart414
Turnout 5,08740.8
Kingsley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Marianne Taylor 1,356
Liberal Democrat Andrew Simpson 1,340
Labour Dennis Hilliard498
Labour Anthea Mitchell446
Conservative Richard Booker441
Conservative Gary Austin441
Green Anthony Upton194
Turnout 4,71634.1
Kingsthorpe (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Sally Beardsworth 1,523
Liberal Democrat Richard Church 1,444
Conservative Laurice Percival367
Conservative Alan Tebbutt333
Labour Philippa Smith232
Labour Tadzio Dobraszcyk226
Turnout 4,12537.0
Lumbertubs (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lee Mason 524
Labour Margaret Pritchard 523
Conservative Dominick Browne398
Conservative Barbara Douglas379
Liberal Democrat David Lovesy294
Liberal Democrat Philip Oakman266
Turnout 2,37521.2
Nene Valley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Hill 1,397
Conservative Colin Lill 1,394
Labour Michael Jones495
Labour Ruqla Sansom438
Liberal Democrat Matthew Nobles396
Liberal Democrat Suzanne Battison383
Green Evelyn Lander180
Turnout 4,68333.3
New Duston (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Caswell 1,178
Conservative Stephen Stewart 1,163
Labour John Jelley695
Labour Francis Lilley583
Independent David Huffadine-Smith386
Liberal Democrat Philippa Swain267
Liberal Democrat Martin Taylor214
Turnout 4,48636.2
Old Duston (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elizabeth Tavener 1,300
Conservative Donald Edwards 1,282
Labour Patricia Ford714
Labour Alan Kingston700
Liberal Democrat Graham Lewis336
Liberal Democrat David Garfirth328
Turnout 4,66038.5
Parklands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Massey 1,187
Conservative Brandon Eldred 1,110
Labour Kenneth Dowsett622
Labour Iftikhar Choudary528
Liberal Democrat Michael Beardsworth420
Liberal Democrat Sheila Edwards393
Green Anthony Lochmuller141
Turnout 4,40138.5
Spencer (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Concannon 628
Labour Anjona Roy 567
Conservative Christopher Kelly448
Conservative Peter Jones415
Liberal Democrat Shane Crick369
Liberal Democrat Katharine Abu319
Turnout 2,74623.2
St. Crispin (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Arthur McCutcheon 506
Conservative Penelope Flavell 492
Conservative Lee Dorey485
Labour Winstone Strachan457
Liberal Democrat Harry Bowden288
Liberal Democrat Russell Ellis270
Green Carol Alexander207
Liberated PartyTina Harvey54
Turnout 2,75921.8
St. David (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jane Hollis 585
Liberal Democrat Anthony Woods 522
Labour John Gardner442
Labour Nova Keown395
Conservative John A Cartwright166
Conservative John G Cartwright163
Independent Raoul Perry146
Independent Peter Robinson112
UKIP Michael Papworth70
Turnout 2,60124.1
St. James (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leslie Marriott 686
Labour Terence Wire 670
Conservative Ian McCann668
Conservative Angela Wright590
Liberal Democrat Ian Vaughan438
Liberal Democrat Cecilie Wayman414
Turnout 3,46628.5
Thorplands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leslie Patterson 454
Labour Michael Boss 444
Conservative Maureen Hill286
Conservative Jonathan Nunn265
Liberal Democrat Eva Down257
Liberal Democrat Gerald Lamb254
Turnout 1,96020.6
West Hunsbury (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jill Hope 1,225
Liberal Democrat Richard Matthews 1,182
Conservative Rodney Sellers604
Conservative Barry Dearsley595
Labour Ghulam Chowdhury150
Labour Simon Draper124
UKIP Derek Clark73
Turnout 3,95337.9
Weston (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Timothy Hadland 1,660
Conservative Jane Duncan 1,612
Liberal Democrat David Garlick548
Liberal Democrat James Cramp494
Labour Clare Pike393
Labour Anthony Deasy360
Turnout 5,06738.5

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