2003 Blackpool Borough Council election
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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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32 seats up for election | |||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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Results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 25 | 0 | 59.52 | 42.65 | 42,624 | ||||
Conservative | 13 | -2 | 30.95 | 38.56 | 38,535 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 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
editAnchorsholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonathon Bamborough | 1,360 | 23.64 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 1,196 | 20.79 | ||
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donald Clapham | 1,553 | 31.05 | ||
Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 1,502 | 30.03 | ||
Labour | John Boughton | 805 | 16.10 | ||
Labour | Christopher Ryan | 739 | 14.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Morry Hart | 399 | 7.98 | ||
Turnout | 53.6 |
Bloomfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frances Smith | 822 | 18.73 | ||
Labour | Simon Blackburn | 793 | 18.07 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Doreen Holt | 779 | 17.75 | ||
Conservative | Barrie Hall | 675 | 15.38 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Coleman | 662 | 15.09 | ||
Conservative | Michael Chappell | 657 | 14.97 | ||
Turnout | 43.5 |
Brunswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Cresswell | 1,233 | 30.77 | ||
Labour | Barry Cresswell | 1,214 | 30.30 | ||
Conservative | Philip Cartwright | 538 | 13.43 | ||
Conservative | Brian Hartley Turnbull | 502 | 12.53 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Grainger | 320 | 7.99 | ||
UKIP | Robert McDowell | 200 | 4.99 | ||
Turnout | 41 |
Claremont
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivan Taylor | 1,245 | 28.82 | ||
Labour | Sylvia Taylor | 1,177 | 27.25 | ||
Conservative | Linda Cole | 744 | 17.22 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Houghton | 703 | 16.27 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Owens | 290 | 6.71 | ||
Independent | John Porter | 161 | 3.73 | ||
Turnout | 42 |
Clifton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Greenhalgh | 1,268 | 30.05 | ||
Labour | Michael Carr | 1,120 | 26.54 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Perry | 796 | 18.86 | ||
Conservative | John McIntosh | 680 | 16.11 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Mackie | 356 | 8.44 | ||
Turnout | 45.4 |
Greenlands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathryn Benson | 1,209 | 25.08 | ||
Labour | Robert Harrison | 1,146 | 23.78 | ||
Conservative | Ian Dodd | 1,012 | 21.00 | ||
Conservative | Molly Laye | 1,008 | 20.91 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Bamborough | 445 | 9.23 | ||
Turnout | 47.9 |
Hawes Side
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Hardy | 1,352 | 28.74 | ||
Labour | Valerie Haynes | 1,274 | 27.08 | ||
Conservative | Linda Richman | 831 | 17.67 | ||
Conservative | Graham Baker | 815 | 17.33 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Smalley | 432 | 9.18 | ||
Turnout | 47.4 |
Highfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lily Henderson | 1,230 | 24.46 | ||
Conservative | Susan Fowler | 1,200 | 23.87 | ||
Labour | Pamela Jackson | 989 | 19.67 | ||
Labour | Gary Coleman | 936 | 18.62 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Watkins | 673 | 13.39 | ||
Turnout | 52 |
Ingthorpe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathleen Rowson | 1,459 | 30.68 | ||
Labour | Michael Bradley-Wilcox | 1,251 | 26.30 | ||
Conservative | Steven James | 825 | 17.35 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Dyke | 767 | 16.13 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carole Bate | 454 | 9.55 | ||
Turnout | 49.1 |
Layton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Wright | 1,423 | 29.47 | ||
Labour | Roy Fisher | 1,375 | 28.47 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Flanigan | 628 | 13.00 | ||
Conservative | Marlene McGuirk | 598 | 12.38 | ||
Independent | Terence Woodings | 482 | 9.98 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alma Rollinson | 323 | 6.69 | ||
Turnout | 47.1 |
Marton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Burgess | 1,357 | 28.18 | ||
Conservative | James Houldsworth | 1,263 | 26.23 | ||
Labour | James Elmes | 1,010 | 20.98 | ||
Labour | James Sorah | 854 | 17.74 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Williams | 331 | 6.87 | ||
Turnout | 49.5 |
Norbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Callow | 1,835 | 32.80 | ||
Conservative | Maxine Callow | 1,804 | 32.25 | ||
Labour | Roger Cooke | 851 | 15.21 | ||
Labour | Barbara Wright | 726 | 12.98 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Donna Bamborough | 378 | 6.76 | ||
Turnout | 56.1 |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Doherty | 1,071 | 27.31 | ||
Labour | Leslie Kersh | 1,055 | 26.91 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Gough | 573 | 14.61 | ||
Conservative | Roger Jones | 536 | 13.67 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tania Dundavon | 411 | 10.48 | ||
Independent | Thomas Johnston | 275 | 7.01 | ||
Turnout | 43 |
Squires Gate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wynne | 1,413 | 27.11 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Green | 1,158 | 22.21 | ||
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Evans | 1,215 | 23.61 | ||
Conservative | Granville Heap | 1,128 | 21.92 | ||
Independent | John Finlay | 821 | 15.95 | ||
Labour | Carol Gradwell | 747 | 14.52 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Wynne | 665 | 12.92 | ||
Labour | Beverley Harvey | 570 | 11.08 | ||
Turnout | 53 |
Talbot
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Dunne | 1,004 | 23.82 | ||
Labour | Raymond Hutchinson | 936 | 22.21 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Mancini | 699 | 16.58 | ||
Conservative | Peter Watson | 670 | 15.90 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Duxbury-Campbell | 482 | 11.44 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Sponder | 424 | 10.06 | ||
Turnout | 41.3 |
Tyldesley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allan Matthews | 1,387 | 29.34 | ||
Labour | Edward Collett | 1,294 | 27.37 | ||
Conservative | Aubery Horne | 872 | 18.44 | ||
Conservative | Mohamed Hameed | 740 | 15.65 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Holt | 435 | 9.20 | ||
Turnout | 48 |
Victoria
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Jackson | 1,100 | 24.16 | ||
Labour | David Owen | 998 | 21.92 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Jackson | 732 | 16.08 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Wood | 652 | 14.32 | ||
Conservative | Joan Horne | 549 | 12.06 | ||
Conservative | Jean Kenrick | 522 | 11.46 | ||
Turnout | 46.7 |
Warbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joyce Delves | 1,210 | 24.38 | ||
Conservative | David Brown | 1,166 | 23.49 | ||
Labour | Desmond Harvey | 848 | 17.08 | ||
Labour | Paul Waugh | 813 | 16.38 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Heyworth | 477 | 9.61 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevan Benfold | 450 | 9.07 | ||
Turnout | 47.9 |
Waterloo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fowler | 1,027 | 20.72 | ||
Labour | Carol Radcliffe | 1,011 | 20.40 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Bell | 895 | 18.06 | ||
Labour | Susan Rigby | 887 | 17.89 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Hodkinson | 592 | 11.94 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Justin Allitt | 545 | 10.99 | ||
Turnout | 47.9 |