2003 Ryedale District Council election

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Elections to Ryedale District Council were held on 1 May 2003 in the United Kingdom. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 7. The council stayed under no overall control.

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Election result

Ryedale Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 13+243.340.68,862
  Liberal Democrats 8+326.727.56,006
  Independent 7+123.321.14,601
  Liberal 2+26.73.5762
  Labour 0-107.41,605

1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Amotherby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Anderson31866.9
Liberal Democrats Florence Ford15733.1
Majority16133.8
Turnout 47533.8
Ampleforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Bailey36666.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Carter18233.2
Majority18433.6
Turnout 54842.8
Cropton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Clark36854.6
Conservative Gregory White30645.4
Majority629.2
Turnout 67455.8
Dales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nelly Trevelyan39459.4
Conservative Charles Scott26940.6
Majority12518.8
Turnout 66358.3
Derwent (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Cottam603
Conservative David Clarkson510
Liberal Democrats Ronald King419
Turnout 1,53236.2
Helmsley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Murray-Wells633
Conservative Christopher Parkin597
Independent Edward Wardle557
Turnout 1,78744.2
Hovingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Charles Wainwright56290.4
Labour David Fearnhead609.6
Majority50280.8
Turnout 62245.1
Kirkbymoorside (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Cussons677
Conservative Valerie Arnold549
Labour Garfield Hobbs545
Labour Susan Balf417
Turnout 2,18843.9
Malton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Burr589
Liberal Democrats Stephen Preston537
Liberal Democrats Paul Andrews417
Independent Ann Hopkinson400
Conservative Martin Dales385
Conservative Patricia Moore378
Conservative Anne Edwards338
Turnout 3,09830.7
Norton East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shields407
Liberal Democrats Howard Keal290
Conservative Stephen Shaw186
Labour Ann Beaumont112
Labour Stephen Langton87
Turnout 1,08222.9
Norton West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Allin Jenkins456
Liberal Democrats Dinah Keal456
Liberal Democrats Stuart Collins296
Labour James Urquhart99
Turnout 1,22727.1
Pickering East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joan Taylor486
Liberal Democrats Arthur Aslett466
Conservative Angela Huggan360
Labour Judith Dixon165
Labour Jill Murkett120
Turnout 1,59735.2
Pickering West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Cowling528
Independent Natalie Warriner475
Liberal Democrats Krystina Meinardi290
Turnout 1,29330.2
Rillington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Maud38469.6
Conservative James Robinson16830.4
Majority21639.2
Turnout 55240.5
Ryedale South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Knaggs44877.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara Kerrison13022.5
Majority31855.0
Turnout 57844.7
Sherburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Raper29854.2
Liberal Democrats Percy Spaven25245.8
Majority468.4
Turnout 55038.0
Sheriff Hutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alan Farnaby62184.4
Conservative James Cleary11515.6
Majority50668.8
Turnout 73654.3
Sinnington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phillip Huntington41968.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Bishop19431.6
Majority22536.8
Turnout 61345.4
Thornton Dale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wilfred Garbutt660
Liberal Democrats Helen Schroeder579
Conservative Ronald Haigh411
Liberal Democrats Allan Monkhouse345
Turnout 1,99543.5
Wolds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allan Howardunopposed

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