2003_Fylde_Council_election

2003 Fylde Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election

The 2003 Fylde Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Fylde Borough Council in Lancashire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by two.^[1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Map of the results of the 2003 Fylde council election. Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey, Ratepayers in white and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Ward results

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	27	+5	52.9	49.1	22,753
Independent	15	+2	29.4	20.5	9,486
Ratepayers	7	-2	13.7	14.6	6,786
Liberal Democrats	2	-1	3.9	9.0	4,173
Labour	0	-2	0	6.8	3,129

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ratepayer	Hilda Wilson	708
	Conservative	Eric Bamber	704
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarkson	605
	Conservative	John Tavernor	547
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Niland	407
	Labour	Marjorie Sherwood	253
Turnout			3,224	38.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Walton	725
	Ratepayer	Ronald Wilson	687
	Conservative	Barbara Pagett	672
	Conservative	Jon Harrison	639
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Fielding	392
	Labour	Marion Stott	270
Turnout			3,385	36.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Fazackerley	521
	Conservative	Dawn Prestwich	488
	Conservative	Fabian Wilson	414
	Ratepayer	Cheryl Little	359
	Liberal Democrats	Rosaleen Highton	277
	Labour	Ian Curley	229
Turnout			2,288	25.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Thompson	874
	Conservative	Martin Taylor	722
	Conservative	Richard Fulford-Brown	651
	Ratepayer	Stephen Mason	609
	Ratepayer	David Mitchell	559
	Labour	Gareth Nash	232
Turnout			3,647	41.3

2003_Fylde_Council_election

2003 Fylde Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ansdell

Ashton

Central

Clifton

Elswick & Little Eccleston

Fairhaven

Freckleton East

Freckleton West

Heyhouses

Kilnhouse

Kirkham North

Kirkham South

Medlar with Wesham

Newton & Treales

Park

Ribby with Wrea

Singleton & Greenhalgh

St John's

St Leonard's

Staining & Weeton

Warton & Westby

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Hayhurst	529	74.4
	Conservative	Barrie Reed	160	22.5
	Labour	Eric Wood	22	3.1
Majority			469	51.9
Turnout			711	58.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ratepayer	Richard Eastham	666
	Conservative	George Caldwell	632
	Conservative	Alfred Jealous	561
	Conservative	Martin Chatfield	446
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Turner	367
	Labour	Valerie Hughes	238
Turnout			2,910	33.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Mulholland	uncontested
	Independent	Thomas Threlfall	uncontested

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Trevor Fiddler	593
	Independent	Louis Rigby	519
	Conservative	Andrea Williams	139
	Labour	Vernon Allen	102
Turnout			1,353	33.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Coombes	763
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarke	752
	Conservative	Keith Hyde	699
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Smith	515
	Liberal Democrats	William Greene	447
	Labour	Estelle Drummond	290
Turnout			3,466	36.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Small	597
	Conservative	Christine Akeroyd	593
	Conservative	William Prestwich	560
	Ratepayer	Kenneth Harries	468
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Harrison	319
	Labour	Peter Stephenson	276
Turnout			2,813	33.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Keith Wright	1,161
	Independent	John Bennett	837
	Ratepayer	Stephen Wall	632
	Conservative	Peter Sowden	516
Turnout			3,146	42.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Oades	587
	Ratepayer	Peter Hardy	344
	Conservative	Marjorie Sowden	281
Turnout			1,202	33.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Linda Nulty	593
	Conservative	Simon Renwick	411
	Independent	Geoffrey Dixon	362
	Conservative	Patricia Page	292
Turnout			1,532	34.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Heather Speak	729
	Independent	Peter Collins	576
	Conservative	Joyce McCormick	342
	Conservative	Michael Tomlinson	284
Turnout			1,931	48.7

Ribby with Wrea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Derek Lancaster	378	55.2
	Conservative	Jack Dobson	307	44.8
Majority			71	10.4
Turnout			685	57.8

Singleton & Greenhalgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maxine Chew	456	84.0
	Conservative	Angela Jacques	87	16.0
Majority			369	68.0
Turnout			543	39.8

St Leonard's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ratepayer	John Longstaff	640
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Henshaw	558
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Henshaw	524
	Conservative	Audrey Preston	373
	Conservative	Sharon Foley	346
	Conservative	Maurice Landsman	319
	Labour	Pauline Mortensen	199
Turnout			2,959	35.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Fieldhouse	750
	Ratepayer	Stephen Carpenter	726
	Conservative	Arnold Horrocks	670
	Conservative	John McLaren	633
	Liberal Democrats	John Graddon	367
	Labour	Peter Willis	263
Turnout			3,409	36.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Ashton	709
	Conservative	John Dolan	485
	Conservative	Raymond Norsworthy	474
	Ratepayer	John Joyner	388
	Labour	William Taylor	337
Turnout			2,393	32.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Albert Founder	527
	Conservative	Andrea Whittaker	441
	Labour	Alfred Goldberg	418
Turnout			1,386	39.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Janine Owen	657
	Independent	Paul Rigby	572
	Conservative	Harold Butler	551
	Conservative	Christopher Bates	491
	Independent	Barbara Douglas	371
	Independent	Michael Gilbert	286
	Independent	Thomas Smith	280
Turnout			3,208	35.1