2003 Scarborough Borough Council election

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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.

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Election result

Scarborough Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 27+754.041.115,675
  Independent 13026.026.910,243
  Labour 8−316.017.46,624
  Liberal Democrats 2−34.012.74,851
  Green 0001.5586
  Socialist Alliance 0000.4156

8 Conservative candidates were uncontested.

Ward results

Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Janet Jefferson627
Conservative Thomas Fox315
Labour Michelle Andrew277
Conservative Timothy Bates113
Green Ann Willerton100
Liberal Democrats Andrew Doig95
Socialist Alliance Susan Ram34
Turnout 1,56128
Cayton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Blackburn882
Conservative Mary Preston765
Labour Eileen Vickers508
Turnout 2,15538
Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Billing366
Labour Eric Broadbent307
Liberal Democrats Gillian Hopkinson248
Conservative Malcom Fletcher179
Turnout 1,10021
Danby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Tindalluncontested
Derwent Valley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Bulluncontested
Conservative David Jeffelsuncontested
Eastfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian O'Flynn538
Labour Brian Simpson363
Labour Stanley Pearson324
Liberal Democrats John Bland303
Independent Frederick Edwards159
Turnout 1,68721
Esk Valley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Milleruncontested
Conservative James Prestonuncontested
Falsgrave Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Timothy Drake375
Labour Alan Oxley292
Labour Ian Stubbs284
Conservative David Barker214
Conservative Doreen Madden195
Green John Marsden130
Socialist Alliance David Gordon90
Socialist Alliance Dave Welsh32
Turnout 1,61228
Filey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Haddington1,020
Conservative Freda Coultas793
Conservative Rodney Cartwright712
Conservative James Barron685
Independent John Spencer453
Labour Patricia Marsburg428
Turnout 4,09134
Fylingdales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Mortimeruncontested
Hertford (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Godfrey Allanson700
Conservative Christopher Collier-Woods586
Liberal Democrats Julie Dower571
Turnout 1,85730
Lindhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Backhouse58461.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Pitts31032.7
Independent Gary Hill545.7
Majority27428.9
Turnout 94855
Mayfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Kenyon603
Conservative Peter Booth469
Labour Dalton Peake458
Labour David Pybus360
Liberal Democrats Heather Coughlan341
Independent Ian Bryan88
Turnout 2,31933.9
Mulgrave (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beryl Christonuncontested
Conservative Marie Harlanduncontested
Newby (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Watson945
Independent Cecil Ridley767
Independent Hazel Lynskey668
Liberal Democrats James Martin615
Conservative John Grace455
Conservative Jennifer Kelly406
Turnout 3,85633
North Bay (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Smith339
Conservative Michael Kelly332
Labour Dorothy Hurrell261
Independent John Pindar232
Liberal Democrats Christopher Walker230
Turnout 1,39424
Northstead (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Popple543
Independent Norman Murphy490
Labour Lynne Broadbent287
Labour Janet Hill243
Conservative Bonnie Purchon188
Conservative Andrew Leak153
Turnout 1,90433
Ramshill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Warburton408
Conservative Kathleen Johnson378
Conservative Heather Phillips320
Turnout 1,10624
Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Bastiman693
Independent Sheila Kettlewell683
Independent Charles White672
Conservative John Flinton457
Liberal Democrats Margaret Pitts244
Turnout 2,74945
Seamer (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Mallory596
Conservative Lucy Haycock590
Liberal Democrats Richard Creasey514
Turnout 1,70031
Stepney (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christina Davenport366
Labour John Ritchie344
Labour Andrew Sharp342
Conservative Edward Sulman336
Independent Frank Wright283
Green Dilys Cluer181
Green Jonathan Dixon175
Turnout 2,02731
Streonshalh (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Broadley604
Independent Sandra Turner485
Conservative Edward Noble148
Turnout 1,23722.1
Weaponness (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eileen Bosomworth503
Independent Penny Marsden467
Conservative William Woodroffe432
Liberal Democrats Duncan Grant238
Labour Colin Shrive186
Turnout 1,82634
Whitby West Cliff (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Plant575
Independent Dorothy Clegg522
Conservative Barry Truman393
Turnout 1,49027.3
Woodlands (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Chatt472
Labour Ernest Bairstow317
Labour Mary Budda269
Independent Christopher Phillips238
Conservative Mark Gay220
Turnout 1,51627

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