2003 Wyre Borough Council election

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Results of the 2003 Wyre Borough Council election

Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 5 May 2003. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council. [1] For this election boundary changes had taken place which resulted in reducing the number of seats by one.

Contents

After the election composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative 33-2
Labour 21+2
Liberal Democrat 1-1

Election result

Wyre Borough Council Election, 2003 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 33-1260.0050.0915,648
  Labour 21+238.1838.5112,031
  Liberal Democrats 1-11.829.002,813
  Independent 00000.002.40750

Ward Results

Bourne

Bourne (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Lees69226.43
Labour Anne Hall66725.48
Labour John Condron65925.17
Conservative Corinne Roberts60022.92
Turnout

Breck

Breck (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Taylor66936.34
Conservative Francis Carroll64635.09
Labour Alan Dawkins27614.99
Labour Peter Elliott25013.58
Turnout

Brock

Brock (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pete Murphy42569.44
Liberal Democrats David Thompson18730.56
Majority 23838.89
Turnout 612

Cabus

Cabus (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Brooks36454.74
Labour Marilyn Levey30145.26
Majority 639.47
Turnout 665

Calder

Calder (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Williams29252.24
Liberal Democrats Jack Rogers26747.76
Majority 254.47
Turnout 559

Carleton

Carleton (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Hargeaves67728.99
Conservative Frances Gandhi66928.65
Labour Jane Jackson51121.88
Labour Andrew Walker47820.47
Turnout

Catterall

Catterall (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Sharples53268.91
Conservative Valerie Wilson24031.09
Majority 29237.82
Turnout 772

Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Penelope Martin86217.06
Labour Wayne Martin85416.90
Labour John Traynor85216.86
Conservative Arthur Brooks75014.84
Conservative William Rogerson73014.45
Conservative Ernest Smith69313.71
Liberal Democrats Jean Taylor3126.17
Turnout

Garstang

Garstang (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dulcie Atkins1,06623.03
Conservative Elizabeth Collinson92319.94
Conservative Thomas Balmain91219.70
Liberal Democrats Paul Harrison69314.97
Liberal Democrats Francis Purkins59012.75
Labour Stanley Harvey4459.61
Turnout

Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Coop81546.95
Conservative Thomas Pimbley68839.63
Labour David Swift23313.42
Turnout

Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall

Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Dickinson87831.11
Conservative Lynn Bowen79728.24
Labour Roger Cameron59921.23
Labour Margaret Jackson54819.42
Turnout

Hardhorn

Hardhorn (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graeme Cocker78736.28
Conservative Frank Turner73033.66
Labour Richard Barnes33615.49
Labour Eileen Pacey-Patrick31614.57
Turnout

Highcross

Highcross (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maurice Richardson78730.16
Conservative Daniel Penswick75228.82
Labour Alphonse Robert55321.20
Labour Eric Stafford51719.82
Turnout

Jubilee

Jubilee (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Heppenstall53026.33
Conservative John Hodgkinson50124.89
Labour Kathleen Condron49924.79
Labour Graham Robinson48323.99
Turnout

Mount

Mount (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Duffy59629.93
Labour Ruth Duffy57228.73
Conservative Mark Hamer45622.90
Conservative Carole Bonham36718.43
Turnout

Norcross

Norcross (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Twizell50326.46
Labour Peter Smith47725.09
Conservative John Shedwick47024.72
Conservative Leonard Jolley45123.72
Turnout

Park

Park (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Leadbetter67338.04
Labour Geoffrey Horrocks60334.09
Conservative Kathleen Vincent26114.75
Conservative Catherine Rogerson23213.11
Turnout

Pharos

Pharos (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lorraine Beavers 94626.20
Labour Clive Grunshaw92725.67
Labour Ronald Shewan90525.06
Conservative Margaret Grant2496.90
Conservative Graham Cooke2065.70
Conservative Michael Vincent1955.40
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Palmerton1835.07
Turnout

Pilling

Pilling (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Lawrenson34252.13
Liberal Democrats Neil Thompson31447.87
Majority 284.27
Turnout 656

Preesall

Preesall (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian McCann1,01222.28
Conservative Paul Moon93620.60
Conservative Vivien Taylor93520.58
Independent Thomas Hudson75016.51
Labour Nicholas Fogg49810.96
Labour Brian Stephenson4129.07
Turnout

Rossall

Rossall (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marlene Colby95322.71
Labour Vincent Riley95022.64
Labour Edwn Taylor88621.11
Conservative Harry King48611.58
Conservative Frances Thewlis46311.03
Conservative Kathleen Walker45910.94
Turnout

Staina

Staina (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Forsyth94118.97
Conservative Ralph Lawrenson93418.83
Conservative Ramesh Gandhi93118.77
Labour Thomas Rawlings73614.84
Labour David Oxley71214.35
Labour Richard Anyon70714.25
Turnout

Tithebarn

Tithebarn (2 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Bannister78135.40
Conservative Peter Hawley75234.09
Labour Alan Morgan34115.46
Labour Christopher Frost33215.05
Turnout

Victoria

Victoria (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Tebbs83920.30
Conservative Rita Amos82820.03
Conservative Alan Vincent77918.85
Labour Fred Greenhalgh61514.88
Labour Christopher Brooks54513.19
Labour Paul Meehan52712.75
Turnout

Warren

Warren (3 Councillors)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Anderton86321.26
Labour Irene Robinson82120.22
Labour George Irish77719.14
Conservative Andrea Whitehouse56213.84
Conservative Roger Berry54613.45
Conservative William Proctor49112.09
Turnout

Wyresdale

Wyresdale (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Collinson36953.17
Liberal Democrats Hazel Ronson32546.83
Majority 446.34
Turnout 694

References

  1. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. "Wyre Borough Council Elections, 2003". Wyre Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. "Local Elections 2003". www.andrewteale.me.uk.