2003 Blackpool Borough Council election

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%.

2003 Blackpool Borough Council election
1 May 2003
32 seats up for election
Party Leader % Seats ±
Labour 42.65 25 0
Conservative 38.56 13 -2
Liberal Democrats 16.85 4 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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

Results
Blackpool Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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

Anchorsholme
Anchorsholme (2)[2]
Party 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
Bispham (2)[2]
Party 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
Bloomfield (2)[2]
Party 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
Brunswick (2)[2]
Party 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
Claremont (2)[2]
Party 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
Clifton (2)[2]
Party 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
Greenlands (2)[2]
Party 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
Hawes Side (2)[2]
Party 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
Highfield (2)[2]
Party 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
Ingthorpe (2)[2]
Party 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
Layton (2)[2]
Party 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
Marton (2)[2]
Party 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
Norbreck (2)[2]
Party 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
Park (2)[2]
Party 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
Squires Gate (2)[2]
Party 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
Stanley (2)[2]
Party 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
Talbot (2)[2]
Party 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
Tyldesley (2)[2]
Party 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
Victoria (2)[2]
Party 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
Warbreck (2)[2]
Party 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
Waterloo (2)[2]
Party 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

References
  1. "Blackpool". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  2. "Blackpool Borough Council elections: Thursday, 1st May 2003" (PDF). Political Science Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
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