Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35 | -7 | 70.0 | 56.7 | 29,615 | ||||
| Independent | 7 | +3 | 14.0 | 21.2 | 11,096 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | +4 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 8,046 | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 2,493 | ||||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 705 | ||||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 313 | ||||
12 Labour candidates were unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Hodgson | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Marie Predki | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Morgan | 874 | |||
| Labour | David Newell | 872 | |||
| Labour | Brian Meek | 848 | |||
| Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson | 705 | |||
| Turnout | 3,299 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | James Huntington | 1,033 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Howe | 865 | |||
| Labour | Vernon Chapman | 387 | |||
| Labour | John Bowman | 316 | |||
| Turnout | 2,601 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Avery | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Thomas Forrest | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Christine Potts | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kathleen Conroy | unopposed | |||
| Labour | James Higgin | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Ronald Patchett | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Burton | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Kester Noble | unopposed | |||
| Labour | Terence Ward | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vincent Crosby | 848 | |||
| Labour | Brian Hall | 799 | |||
| Independent | June Croft | 551 | |||
| Labour | Gloria Wills | 545 | |||
| Independent | Kevin Cox | 518 | |||
| Independent | Terence Paylor | 510 | |||
| Turnout | 3,771 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Gray | 1,193 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Smith | 1,130 | |||
| Labour | John Khan | 1,033 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Roxby | 884 | |||
| Turnout | 4,240 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson | 1,022 | |||
| Labour | William Waters | 919 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Sproat | 888 | |||
| Labour | Christine Kennedy | 840 | |||
| Labour | Alexander Hawkes | 741 | |||
| Turnout | 4,410 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Moran | 1,021 | |||
| Labour | William Blenkinsopp | 993 | |||
| Labour | John Piggott | 975 | |||
| BNP | Justin Thornton | 229 | |||
| Turnout | 3,218 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lucy Howels | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Wayman | 1,209 | |||
| Labour | John Robinson | 1,024 | |||
| Conservative | David Brown | 987 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia Waller | 936 | |||
| Labour | Linda Byrne | 879 | |||
| Labour | Maxine Robinson | 861 | |||
| Turnout | 5,896 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Angela Fleming | 866 | |||
| Labour | Robert Fleming | 849 | |||
| Labour | Malcolm Iveson | 822 | |||
| Independent | Alison Palmer | 604 | |||
| Independent | Lileen Cuthbertson | 541 | |||
| Independent | David Dobson | 521 | |||
| Turnout | 4,203 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ord | 1,207 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Jones | 927 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | George Scott | 869 | |||
| Labour | Anne Mumford | 768 | |||
| Labour | John Plews | 633 | |||
| Labour | John Parkin | 519 | |||
| Turnout | 4,923 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ina Smith | 930 | |||
| Independent | Lorraine Smith | 863 | |||
| Labour | Allan Walker | 538 | |||
| Labour | James Younghusband | 456 | |||
| Turnout | 2,787 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Hancock | 968 | |||
| Independent | John Smith | 737 | |||
| Labour | Brian Stephens | 516 | |||
| Labour | Frank Timmiss | 381 | |||
| BNP | Janine Thornton-Browne | 84 | |||
| Turnout | 2,686 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Graham | 804 | |||
| Labour | Agnes Armstrong | 790 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Gordon | 351 | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Miller | 243 | |||
| Turnout | 2,188 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Gray | 723 | |||
| Independent | Enid Paylor | 707 | |||
| Labour | Michael Dalton | 683 | |||
| Independent | Margaret Crabtree | 666 | |||
| Labour | Maud Gray | 638 | |||
| Independent | Lynn Atkinson | 615 | |||
| Turnout | 4,032 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Gray | 995 | |||
| Labour | Keith Henderson | 796 | |||
| Labour | Barbara Clare | 740 | |||
| Independent | Sandra Haigh | 470 | |||
| Independent | Malcolm Cannings | 362 | |||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Crass | 327 | |||
| Independent | Alison Jewkes | 324 | |||
| Turnout | 4,014 | ||||
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