Blackpool Borough Council election, 2003

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Map of the results of the 2003 Blackpool council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Blackpool local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Blackpool council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2003 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of the Unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council. Boundary changes had taken place since the last election in 2000 which reduced the number of seats by two. [1] Overall turnout was 50.43%.

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Results

Blackpool Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 25 0 59.52 42.65 42,624
  Conservative 13 -2 30.95 38.56 38,535
  Liberal Democrat 4 0 9.52 16.85 16,834
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.74 1,739
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.20 200

Ward results

Anchorsholme

Anchorsholme (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jonathon Bamborough1,36023.64
Liberal Democrat Steven Bate1,19620.79
Conservative Donald MacNaughton 886 15.40
Conservative Bryan Anandappa 852 14.81
Labour Alan Haynes 759 13.19
Labour Alice Lilley 700 12.17
Turnout 54.1

Bispham

Bispham (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Donald Clapham1,55331.05
Conservative Henry Mitchell1,50230.03
Labour John Boughton 805 16.10
Labour Christopher Ryan 739 14.78
Liberal Democrat Morry Hart 399 7.98
Turnout 53.6

Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Frances Smith82218.73
Labour Simon Blackburn79318.07
Liberal Democrat Doreen Holt 779 17.75
Conservative Barrie Hall 675 15.38
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Coleman 662 15.09
Conservative Michael Chappell 657 14.97
Turnout 43.5

Brunswick

Brunswick (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Maureen Cresswell1,23330.77
Labour Barry Cresswell1,21430.30
Conservative Philip Cartwright 538 13.43
Conservative Brian Hartley Turnbull 502 12.53
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Grainger 320 7.99
UKIP Robert McDowell 200 4.99
Turnout 41

Claremont

Claremont (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ivan Taylor1,24528.82
Labour Sylvia Taylor1,17727.25
Conservative Linda Cole 744 17.22
Conservative Stephen Houghton 703 16.27
Liberal Democrat Lesley Owens 290 6.71
Independent John Porter 161 3.73
Turnout 42

Clifton

Clifton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joan Greenhalgh1,26830.05
Labour Michael Carr1,12026.54
Conservative Christopher Perry 796 18.86
Conservative John McIntosh 680 16.11
Liberal Democrat Stuart Mackie 356 8.44
Turnout 45.4

Greenlands

Greenlands (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kathryn Benson1,20925.08
Labour Robert Harrison1,14623.78
Conservative Ian Dodd 1,012 21.00
Conservative Molly Laye 1,008 20.91
Liberal Democrat Barbara Bamborough 445 9.23
Turnout 47.9

Hawes Side

Hawes Side (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Norman Hardy1,35228.74
Labour Valerie Haynes1,27427.08
Conservative Linda Richman 831 17.67
Conservative Graham Baker 815 17.33
Liberal Democrat Wendy Smalley 432 9.18
Turnout 47.4

Highfield

Highfield (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lily Henderson1,23024.46
Conservative Susan Fowler1,20023.87
Labour Pamela Jackson 989 19.67
Labour Gary Coleman 936 18.62
Liberal Democrat Alan Watkins 673 13.39
Turnout 52

Ingthorpe

Ingthorpe (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kathleen Rowson1,45930.68
Labour Michael Bradley-Wilcox1,25126.30
Conservative Steven James 825 17.35
Conservative Kenneth Dyke 767 16.13
Liberal Democrat Carole Bate 454 9.55
Turnout 49.1

Layton

Layton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Susan Wright1,42329.47
Labour Roy Fisher1,37528.47
Conservative Stephen Flanigan 628 13.00
Conservative Marlene McGuirk 598 12.38
Independent Terence Woodings 482 9.98
Liberal Democrat Alma Rollinson 323 6.69
Turnout 47.1

Marton

Marton (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Burgess1,35728.18
Conservative James Houldsworth1,26326.23
Labour James Elmes 1,010 20.98
Labour James Sorah 854 17.74
Liberal Democrat Hazel Williams 331 6.87
Turnout 49.5

Norbreck

Norbreck (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Callow1,83532.80
Conservative Maxine Callow1,80432.25
Labour Roger Cooke 851 15.21
Labour Barbara Wright 726 12.98
Liberal Democrat Donna Bamborough 378 6.76
Turnout 56.1

Park

Park (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Brian Doherty1,07127.31
Labour Leslie Kersh1,05526.91
Conservative Margaret Gough 573 14.61
Conservative Roger Jones 536 13.67
Liberal Democrat Tania Dundavon 411 10.48
Independent Thomas Johnston 275 7.01
Turnout 43

Squires Gate

Squires Gate (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Robert Wynne1,41327.11
Liberal Democrat Douglas Green1,15822.21
Conservative Geoffrey Price 793 15.21
Conservative Frank Harris 676 12.97
Labour Gillian Campbell 647 12.41
Labour Nicholas Gradwell 526 10.09
Turnout 52.5

Stanley

Stanley (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Evans1,21523.61
Conservative Granville Heap1,12821.92
Independent John Finlay 821 15.95
Labour Carol Gradwell 747 14.52
Liberal Democrat Gaynor Wynne 665 12.92
Labour Beverley Harvey 570 11.08
Turnout 53

Talbot

Talbot (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Philip Dunne1,00423.82
Labour Raymond Hutchinson93622.21
Conservative Patricia Mancini 699 16.58
Conservative Peter Watson 670 15.90
Liberal Democrat Alan Duxbury-Campbell 482 11.44
Liberal Democrat Mark Sponder 424 10.06
Turnout 41.3

Tyldesley

Tyldesley (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Allan Matthews1,38729.34
Labour Edward Collett1,29427.37
Conservative Aubery Horne 872 18.44
Conservative Mohamed Hameed 740 15.65
Liberal Democrat Rodney Holt 435 9.20
Turnout 48

Victoria

Victoria (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Frederick Jackson1,10024.16
Labour David Owen99821.92
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Jackson 732 16.08
Liberal Democrat Peter Wood 652 14.32
Conservative Joan Horne 549 12.06
Conservative Jean Kenrick 522 11.46
Turnout 46.7

Warbreck

Warbreck (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Joyce Delves1,21024.38
Conservative David Brown1,16623.49
Labour Desmond Harvey 848 17.08
Labour Paul Waugh 813 16.38
Liberal Democrat Anne Heyworth 477 9.61
Liberal Democrat Kevan Benfold 450 9.07
Turnout 47.9

Waterloo

Waterloo (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Fowler1,02720.72
Labour Carol Radcliffe1,01120.40
Conservative Ronald Bell 895 18.06
Labour Susan Rigby 887 17.89
Liberal Democrat Michael Hodkinson 592 11.94
Liberal Democrat Justin Allitt 545 10.99
Turnout 47.9

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References

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