2003 South Ribble Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 South Ribble Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Idle Toad in pinky-red. South Ribble UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 South Ribble Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Idle Toad in pinky-red.

Elections to South Ribble 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 council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 31%.

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Election result

South Ribble Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 19+134.543.021,301
  Labour 17-330.922.511,138
  Liberal Democrats 15+227.327.013,388
  Idle Toad 4+17.36.93,427
  Independent 0000.6280

Ward results

Bamber Bridge East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Owen 357
Labour David Watts 311
Idle Toad Barbara Nathan282
Idle Toad Stephen Hawkins278
Conservative William Chisholm203
Conservative Margaret Livesey189
Turnout 1,62025.0
Bamber Bridge North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Chisholm 422
Labour Stephen Bennett 399
Labour David Banks375
Conservative Julie Mullineaux351
Turnout 1,54726.0
Bamber Bridge West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hanson 340
Idle Toad John Higgins 303
Labour Brian Pemberton278
Conservative George Woods212
Idle Toad Renee Blow200
Conservative Collette Nuttall180
Turnout 1,51327.0
Broad Oak (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Howarth 788
Liberal Democrats Harold Hancock 776
Conservative Linda Woollard457
Conservative Alistair Woollard411
Turnout 2,43235.0
Charnock (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Gardner 377
Conservative Melvyn Gardner 366
Labour Michael Thistlewaite317
Labour Robert Taylor295
Independent Adrian Underwood229
Turnout 1,58431.0
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Idle Toad Thomas Sharratt 763
Idle Toad Warren Bennett 646
Conservative Roger Messenger405
Conservative Derek Walmsley400
Labour Rita Harrison96
Labour David Wooldridge80
Turnout 2,39042.0
Earnshaw Bridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Evans 394
Labour Peter McClelland 339
Conservative Dorothy Eastham290
Conservative James Aspden270
Turnout 1,29326.0
Farington East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Harrison 409
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bluck 377
Conservative John Otter188
Conservative Dylis Hayton166
Labour Colin Cookson134
Labour Andrew Bennison132
Turnout 1,40630.0
Farington West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock 453
Liberal Democrats Judith England 435
Conservative Brian Whitlock378
Conservative Philip Smith373
Labour Marian Derbyshire160
Labour Thomas Derbyshire145
Turnout 1,94432.0
Golden Hill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Tomlinson 455
Labour Georgina Lewis 440
Liberal Democrats John Edwin235
Conservative Jean Fell159
Conservative Frank Redfern135
Turnout 1,42428.0
Howick & Priory (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Shaw 626
Liberal Democrats Leonard Read 622
Conservative Mary Robinson555
Conservative Marjorie Askew544
Turnout 2,34739.0
Kingsfold (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Gore 433
Labour James Patten 418
Conservative Frank Almond329
Conservative Andrew Gardner325
Turnout 1,50525.0
Leyland Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Ashworth 550
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Foster 539
Labour Clifford Dawber379
Labour Agnes Gwilliam309
Conservative Malcolm Barker109
Conservative Edith Sayer83
Turnout 1,96936.0
Leyland St Ambrose (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neva Orrell 649
Liberal Democrats Derek Forrest 615
Labour Brian Walmsley215
Labour Donald Smith203
Conservative Nancy Morris89
Conservative Dorothy Webster85
Turnout 1,85638.0
Leyland St Mary's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Knowles 529
Conservative John Demack 483
Liberal Democrats Raymond Mellor456
Conservative Michael McNulty431
Labour Michael Titherington195
Labour Simon Butler176
Turnout 2,27040.0
Little Hoole & Much Hoole (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Suthers 668
Conservative Colin Coulton 613
Liberal Democrats Marie Garratt182
Liberal Democrats Marion Hancock176
Turnout 1,63929.0
Longton & Hutton West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Clark 995
Conservative Jonathan Hesketh 960
Conservative Peter Stettner 938
Liberal Democrats Jane Marchant390
Liberal Democrats Martin Cassell336
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Garratt319
Turnout 3,93830.0
Lostock Hall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kathleen Beattie 456
Conservative Donald Parkinson 442
Liberal Democrats Robert Baines243
Liberal Democrats Doreen Baines233
Turnout 1,37424.0
Lowerhouse (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Heyworth 391
Labour Joseph Kelly 383
Liberal Democrats Christine Leeming296
Liberal Democrats Michele Edwin285
Conservative John Barnes104
Conservative John Clement79
Independent Ronald Taylor51
Turnout 1,58929.0
Middleforth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Bretherton 381
Labour Gaynor Bretherton 364
Conservative Rosemary Holding280
Conservative David Ross278
Liberal Democrats William Bryce120
Liberal Democrats Doris Pimblett112
Turnout 1,53527.0
Moss Side (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Brown 375
Conservative Michael Green 340
Conservative Rita Hughes299
Labour James Minall298
Turnout 1,31225.0
New Longton & Hutton East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Breakell 734
Conservative Margaret Smith 729
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Sumner408
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Sumner372
Turnout 2,24334.0
Samlesbury & Walton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Mullineaux 517
Idle Toad Barrie Yates 512
Conservative Frances Walker475
Idle Toad Michael Nathan443
Labour Christine Watts164
Labour David Lyon157
Turnout 2,26836.0
Seven Stars (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Wilson 348
Labour Donald Harrison 337
Conservative Alan Ogilvie277
Conservative Doreen Baker265
Turnout 1,22720.0
Tardy Gate (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Hughes 589
Conservative Kenneth Palmer 542
Liberal Democrats Mark Livesey192
Liberal Democrats Peter Stringfellow143
Turnout 1,46630.0
Walton-Le-Dale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham O'Hare 493
Conservative Harold Clarkson 482
Labour Graham Davies291
Labour Christopher Watts277
Turnout 1,54327.0
Whitefield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pimblett 797
Liberal Democrats Timothy Young 725
Conservative Vernon Baker394
Conservative Marie Fryer387
Turnout 2,30339.0

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