2003 Northampton Borough Council election

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2003 Northampton Borough Council election
  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 Democrats 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 Democrats 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 Democrats Irene Markham 986
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Norma Felstead283
Liberal Democrats Richard Baldwin275
Turnout 3,33528.20
Boughton Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Yates 1,647
Liberal Democrats David Perkins 1,579
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Lesley Coles422
Liberal Democrats Grant Walsh385
Turnout 2,94322.4
Delapre (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brendan Glynane 1,145
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Jill Panebianco321
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Brian Dee472
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Leslie Felstead302
Liberal Democrats Kevin Alderton274
Turnout 2,59325.1
Headlands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Markham 1,425
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Marianne Taylor 1,356
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Sally Beardsworth 1,523
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats David Lovesy294
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Matthew Nobles396
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Philippa Swain267
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Graham Lewis336
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Michael Beardsworth420
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Shane Crick369
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Harry Bowden288
Liberal Democrats Russell Ellis270
Green Carol Alexander207
Liberated PartyTina Harvey54
Turnout 2,75921.8
St. David (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Hollis 585
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats Ian Vaughan438
Liberal Democrats Cecilie Wayman414
Turnout 3,46628.5
Thorplands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Patterson 454
Labour Michael Boss 444
Conservative Maureen Hill286
Conservative Jonathan Nunn265
Liberal Democrats Eva Down257
Liberal Democrats Gerald Lamb254
Turnout 1,96020.6
West Hunsbury (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jill Hope 1,225
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats David Garlick548
Liberal Democrats James Cramp494
Labour Clare Pike393
Labour Anthony Deasy360
Turnout 5,06738.5