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.
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749. The district borders the unitary authority of Blackpool as well as the districts of Lancaster, Ribble Valley, Fylde and Preston. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde.
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.
After the election composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 33 | -2 | |
Labour | 21 | +2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 1 | -1 | |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 33 | -12 | 60.00 | 50.09 | 15,648 | ||||
Labour | 21 | +2 | 38.18 | 38.51 | 12,031 | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 1 | -1 | 1.82 | 9.00 | 2,813 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.40 | 750 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence Lees | 692 | 26.43 | ||
Labour | Anne Hall | 667 | 25.48 | ||
Labour | John Condron | 659 | 25.17 | ||
Conservative | Corinne Roberts | 600 | 22.92 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Taylor | 669 | 36.34 | ||
Conservative | Francis Carroll | 646 | 35.09 | ||
Labour | Alan Dawkins | 276 | 14.99 | ||
Labour | Peter Elliott | 250 | 13.58 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pete Murphy | 425 | 69.44 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Thompson | 187 | 30.56 | ||
Majority | 238 | 38.89 | |||
Turnout | 612 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Brooks | 364 | 54.74 | ||
Labour | Marilyn Levey | 301 | 45.26 | ||
Majority | 63 | 9.47 | |||
Turnout | 665 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Williams | 292 | 52.24 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jack Rogers | 267 | 47.76 | ||
Majority | 25 | 4.47 | |||
Turnout | 559 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Hargeaves | 677 | 28.99 | ||
Conservative | Frances Gandhi | 669 | 28.65 | ||
Labour | Jane Jackson | 511 | 21.88 | ||
Labour | Andrew Walker | 478 | 20.47 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | David Sharples | 532 | 68.91 | ||
Conservative | Valerie Wilson | 240 | 31.09 | ||
Majority | 292 | 37.82 | |||
Turnout | 772 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Penelope Martin | 862 | 17.06 | ||
Labour | Wayne Martin | 854 | 16.90 | ||
Labour | John Traynor | 852 | 16.86 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Brooks | 750 | 14.84 | ||
Conservative | William Rogerson | 730 | 14.45 | ||
Conservative | Ernest Smith | 693 | 13.71 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jean Taylor | 312 | 6.17 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dulcie Atkins | 1,066 | 23.03 | ||
Conservative | Elizabeth Collinson | 923 | 19.94 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Balmain | 912 | 19.70 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Harrison | 693 | 14.97 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Francis Purkins | 590 | 12.75 | ||
Labour | Stanley Harvey | 445 | 9.61 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Coop | 815 | 46.95 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Pimbley | 688 | 39.63 | ||
Labour | David Swift | 233 | 13.42 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dickinson | 878 | 31.11 | ||
Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 797 | 28.24 | ||
Labour | Roger Cameron | 599 | 21.23 | ||
Labour | Margaret Jackson | 548 | 19.42 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 787 | 36.28 | ||
Conservative | Frank Turner | 730 | 33.66 | ||
Labour | Richard Barnes | 336 | 15.49 | ||
Labour | Eileen Pacey-Patrick | 316 | 14.57 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Richardson | 787 | 30.16 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Penswick | 752 | 28.82 | ||
Labour | Alphonse Robert | 553 | 21.20 | ||
Labour | Eric Stafford | 517 | 19.82 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Heppenstall | 530 | 26.33 | ||
Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 501 | 24.89 | ||
Labour | Kathleen Condron | 499 | 24.79 | ||
Labour | Graham Robinson | 483 | 23.99 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Duffy | 596 | 29.93 | ||
Labour | Ruth Duffy | 572 | 28.73 | ||
Conservative | Mark Hamer | 456 | 22.90 | ||
Conservative | Carole Bonham | 367 | 18.43 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Twizell | 503 | 26.46 | ||
Labour | Peter Smith | 477 | 25.09 | ||
Conservative | John Shedwick | 470 | 24.72 | ||
Conservative | Leonard Jolley | 451 | 23.72 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Leadbetter | 673 | 38.04 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Horrocks | 603 | 34.09 | ||
Conservative | Kathleen Vincent | 261 | 14.75 | ||
Conservative | Catherine Rogerson | 232 | 13.11 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 946 | 26.20 | ||
Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 927 | 25.67 | ||
Labour | Ronald Shewan | 905 | 25.06 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Grant | 249 | 6.90 | ||
Conservative | Graham Cooke | 206 | 5.70 | ||
Conservative | Michael Vincent | 195 | 5.40 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kenneth Palmerton | 183 | 5.07 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Lawrenson | 342 | 52.13 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Neil Thompson | 314 | 47.87 | ||
Majority | 28 | 4.27 | |||
Turnout | 656 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian McCann | 1,012 | 22.28 | ||
Conservative | Paul Moon | 936 | 20.60 | ||
Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 935 | 20.58 | ||
Independent | Thomas Hudson | 750 | 16.51 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Fogg | 498 | 10.96 | ||
Labour | Brian Stephenson | 412 | 9.07 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marlene Colby | 953 | 22.71 | ||
Labour | Vincent Riley | 950 | 22.64 | ||
Labour | Edwn Taylor | 886 | 21.11 | ||
Conservative | Harry King | 486 | 11.58 | ||
Conservative | Frances Thewlis | 463 | 11.03 | ||
Conservative | Kathleen Walker | 459 | 10.94 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Forsyth | 941 | 18.97 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Lawrenson | 934 | 18.83 | ||
Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 931 | 18.77 | ||
Labour | Thomas Rawlings | 736 | 14.84 | ||
Labour | David Oxley | 712 | 14.35 | ||
Labour | Richard Anyon | 707 | 14.25 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Bannister | 781 | 35.40 | ||
Conservative | Peter Hawley | 752 | 34.09 | ||
Labour | Alan Morgan | 341 | 15.46 | ||
Labour | Christopher Frost | 332 | 15.05 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Tebbs | 839 | 20.30 | ||
Conservative | Rita Amos | 828 | 20.03 | ||
Conservative | Alan Vincent | 779 | 18.85 | ||
Labour | Fred Greenhalgh | 615 | 14.88 | ||
Labour | Christopher Brooks | 545 | 13.19 | ||
Labour | Paul Meehan | 527 | 12.75 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Anderton | 863 | 21.26 | ||
Labour | Irene Robinson | 821 | 20.22 | ||
Labour | George Irish | 777 | 19.14 | ||
Conservative | Andrea Whitehouse | 562 | 13.84 | ||
Conservative | Roger Berry | 546 | 13.45 | ||
Conservative | William Proctor | 491 | 12.09 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Collinson | 369 | 53.17 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Hazel Ronson | 325 | 46.83 | ||
Majority | 44 | 6.34 | |||
Turnout | 694 |
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