2003 Scarborough Borough Council election

Elections to Scarborough Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by one. The Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.

Election result

Scarborough local election result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	27			+7	54.0	41.1	15,675
	Independent	13			0	26.0	26.9	10,243
	Labour	8			−3	16.0	17.4	6,624
	Liberal Democrats	2			−3	4.0	12.7	4,851
	Green	0			0	0	1.5	586
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.4	156

8 Conservative candidates were uncontested.

Ward results

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Jefferson	627
	Conservative	Thomas Fox	315
	Labour	Michelle Andrew	277
	Conservative	Timothy Bates	113
	Green	Ann Willerton	100
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Doig	95
	Socialist Alliance	Susan Ram	34
Turnout			1,561	28

Cayton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Blackburn	882
	Conservative	Mary Preston	765
	Labour	Eileen Vickers	508
Turnout			2,155	38

Central (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Billing	366
	Labour	Eric Broadbent	307
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Hopkinson	248
	Conservative	Malcom Fletcher	179
Turnout			1,100	21

Danby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Tindall	uncontested

Derwent Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bull	uncontested
	Conservative	David Jeffels	uncontested

Eastfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian O'Flynn	538
	Labour	Brian Simpson	363
	Labour	Stanley Pearson	324
	Liberal Democrats	John Bland	303
	Independent	Frederick Edwards	159
Turnout			1,687	21

Esk Valley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Miller	uncontested
	Conservative	James Preston	uncontested

Falsgrave Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Timothy Drake	375
	Labour	Alan Oxley	292
	Labour	Ian Stubbs	284
	Conservative	David Barker	214
	Conservative	Doreen Madden	195
	Green	John Marsden	130
	Socialist Alliance	David Gordon	90
	Socialist Alliance	Dave Welsh	32
Turnout			1,612	28

Filey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Haddington	1,020
	Conservative	Freda Coultas	793
	Conservative	Rodney Cartwright	712
	Conservative	James Barron	685
	Independent	John Spencer	453
	Labour	Patricia Marsburg	428
Turnout			4,091	34

Fylingdales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Mortimer	uncontested

Hertford (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Allanson	700
	Conservative	Christopher Collier-Woods	586
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Dower	571
Turnout			1,857	30

Lindhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Backhouse	584	61.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pitts	310	32.7
	Independent	Gary Hill	54	5.7
Majority			274	28.9
Turnout			948	55

Mayfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Kenyon	603
	Conservative	Peter Booth	469
	Labour	Dalton Peake	458
	Labour	David Pybus	360
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Coughlan	341
	Independent	Ian Bryan	88
Turnout			2,319	33.9

Mulgrave (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Christon	uncontested
	Conservative	Marie Harland	uncontested

Newby (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Watson	945
	Independent	Cecil Ridley	767
	Independent	Hazel Lynskey	668
	Liberal Democrats	James Martin	615
	Conservative	John Grace	455
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	406
Turnout			3,856	33

North Bay (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Smith	339
	Conservative	Michael Kelly	332
	Labour	Dorothy Hurrell	261
	Independent	John Pindar	232
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Walker	230
Turnout			1,394	24

Northstead (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Popple	543
	Independent	Norman Murphy	490
	Labour	Lynne Broadbent	287
	Labour	Janet Hill	243
	Conservative	Bonnie Purchon	188
	Conservative	Andrew Leak	153
Turnout			1,904	33

Ramshill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Warburton	408
	Conservative	Kathleen Johnson	378
	Conservative	Heather Phillips	320
Turnout			1,106	24

Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Bastiman	693
	Independent	Sheila Kettlewell	683
	Independent	Charles White	672
	Conservative	John Flinton	457
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Pitts	244
Turnout			2,749	45

Seamer (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Mallory	596
	Conservative	Lucy Haycock	590
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Creasey	514
Turnout			1,700	31

Stepney (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christina Davenport	366
	Labour	John Ritchie	344
	Labour	Andrew Sharp	342
	Conservative	Edward Sulman	336
	Independent	Frank Wright	283
	Green	Dilys Cluer	181
	Green	Jonathan Dixon	175
Turnout			2,027	31

Streonshalh (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Broadley	604
	Independent	Sandra Turner	485
	Conservative	Edward Noble	148
Turnout			1,237	22.1

Weaponness (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Bosomworth	503
	Independent	Penny Marsden	467
	Conservative	William Woodroffe	432
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Grant	238
	Labour	Colin Shrive	186
Turnout			1,826	34

Whitby West Cliff (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Plant	575
	Independent	Dorothy Clegg	522
	Conservative	Barry Truman	393
Turnout			1,490	27.3

Woodlands (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Chatt	472
	Labour	Ernest Bairstow	317
	Labour	Mary Budda	269
	Independent	Christopher Phillips	238
	Conservative	Mark Gay	220
Turnout			1,516	27

External links

• 2003 Scarborough election result