2003 Lancaster City Council election

Elections to Lancaster City Council took place on 3 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and it remained in No Overall Control.

Main article: Lancaster City Council elections

Following the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour20
Morecambe Bay Independents11
Conservative10
Liberal Democrat8
Green7
Independent4

Election result
Lancaster Council Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 20 33.33 24.35 8,821
  MB Independent 11 18.33 11.88 4,303
  Conservative 10 16.67 25.68 9,301
  Liberal Democrats 8 13.33 12.24 4,434
  Green 7 11.67 16.15 5,848
  Independent 4 6.67 12.63 4,573
  UKIP 0 0 0 ±0 0.00 0.52 187
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 ±0 0.00 0.51 183
Turnout 36 36,220

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Ward results

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Bare
Bare (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Fretwell 606 28.56
Conservative Susan Bray 468 22.05
MB Independent June Ashworth 464 21.87
MB Independent David Bottoms 301 14.19
Labour Steven Ormerod 198 9.33
Green Ralph Martyn 85 4.01
Turnout

Bolton-Le-Sands
Bolton-Le-Sands (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Keith Budden 377 35.20
Conservative Anthony Johnson 287 26.80
Independent Arthur Briggs 253 23.62
Green Avril Moncaster 154 14.38
Turnout

Bulk
Bulk (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Barker 785 17.53
Labour Abbott Bryning 705 15.74
Green John Whitelegg 667 14.90
Green Susan Paylor 638 14.25
Labour Ronald Kershaw 630 14.07
Green Susanna Holden 580 12.95
Liberal Democrats Thomas Barney 212 4.73
Independent Colin Lennon 110 2.46
Independent Andrew McNae 83 1.85
Independent Mark Nixon 68 1.52
Turnout

Carnforth
Carnforth (2 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edna Jones 364 26.40
Labour Paul Gardner 297 21.54
Independent Robert Roe 285 20.67
UKIP Gregory Beaman 187 13.56
Conservative Kim Battersby-Hill 184 13.34
Green Stephen Hoyland 62 4.50
Turnout

Castle
Castle (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jon Barry 1,255 23.42
Green Anne Chapman 1,124 20.97
Green Chris Coates 1,039 19.39
Labour Michael Gibson 458 8.55
Labour Linda Piggott 432 8.06
Labour James Groves 425 7.93
Conservative Richard Royal 251 4.68
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wilton 209 3.90
Independent Mark Eldon 166 3.10
Turnout

Duke's
Duke's (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gina Dowding 328 58.99
Independent John Jacobs 79 14.21
Labour Paeder Broe 71 12.77
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Livesley 51 9.17
Conservative Michael Jackson 27 4.86
Majority 249 44.78
Turnout 556

Ellel
Ellel (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Helme 746 33.39
Conservative Susan Charles 647 28.96
Labour Claire Davison 268 12.00
Liberal Democrats James Talbot 267 11.95
Green Tony Pinkney 168 7.52
Green Pamela Whire 138 6.18
Turnout

Halton-with-Aughton
Halton-with-Aughton (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Woodruff 606 79.63
Conservative Clive Richardson 95 12.48
Green Cherith Adams 60 7.88
Majority 511 67.15
Turnout 761

Harbour
Harbour (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Hanson 585 17.99
Labour Peter Robinson 558 17.16
Labour David Whitaker 526 16.17
MB Independent John Barnes 445 13.68
MB Independent Christine Stebbing 404 12.42
MB Independent Christopher Greenall 373 11.47
Conservative Kenneth Brown 267 8.21
Green Michael Holland 94 2.89
Turnout

Heysham Central
Heysham Central (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joyce Taylor 610 37.24
MB Independent Geoffrey Knight 394 24.05
Labour Jean Yates 288 17.58
Conservative John Battersby-Hill 276 16.85
Green Lucy Birbeck 70 4.27
Turnout

Heysham North
Heysham North (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tina Clifford 369 23.53
Labour Ronald Sands 346 22.07
MB Independent Mavis Newton 281 17.92
MB Independent Brenda Emmerson 272 17.35
Conservative Brian Pearson 242 15.43
Green Ian McCulloch 58 3.70
Turnout

Heysham South
Heysham South (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Michael Greenall 633 19.92
MB Independent Philip Lee 553 17.40
MB Independent Shirley Reid 542 17.05
Labour Darren Clifford 454 14.29
Labour Alan Biddulph 448 14.10
Labour Terrie Mercalfe 365 11.49
Green Elaine Lewis 183 5.76
Turnout

John O'Gaunt
John O'Gaunt (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Blamire 824 19.89
Labour Joseph Ravetz 672 16.22
Labour Gareth Millar 671 16.20
Conservative Jane Parkinson 346 8.35
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Arnott 333 8.04
Green Chris Hart 279 6.73
Green Jonathan Mills 259 6.25
Green Gisela Renolds 244 5.89
Conservative Matthew Sephton 229 5.53
Independent Kerry Mason 135 3.26
Independent Stephen Johnson 78 1.88
Independent James Gill 73 1.76
Turnout

Kellet
Kellet (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Mace 503 60.82
Independent Geoffrey Ford 268 32.41
Green Adrian Mackenzie 56 6.77
Majority 235 28.42
Turnout 827

Lower Lune Valley
Lower Lune Valley (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Quinton 725 23.96
Liberal Democrats Joyce Pritchard 683 22.57
Conservative George Platts 651 21.51
Conservative Frederick McGlade 576 19.04
Labour Raymond Hill 107 3.54
Green Lucy Hampson 98 3.24
Labour Richard Newman-Thompson 93 3.07
Green Bronwyn Newton 93 3.07
Turnout

Overton
Overton (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Mort Allan 243 41.26
Independent Susan Ayrey 161 27.33
Conservative Keith Sowden 160 27.16
Green Harriet Orr 25 4.24
Majority 82 13.92
Turnout 589

Poulton
Poulton (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent Evelyn Archer 568 16.99
MB Independent Shirley Burns 538 16.09
Labour Rebekah Gerrard 521 15.58
Labour Beryl Spelling 458 13.70
MB Independent Patricia Heath 447 13.37
Labour Richard Martin 438 13.10
Conservative Jane Brown 231 6.91
Green Simone Novello 113 3.38
Turnout

Scotforth East
Scotforth East (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Gilbert 757 29.81
Liberal Democrats Janie Kirkman 754 29.70
Labour Richard Mankoff 312 12.29
Conservative Derek Sykes 289 11.38
Conservative Joan Jackson 277 10.91
Green Abigail Mills 84 3.31
Independent Andrew Byrne 33 1.30
Independent Michael Entwistle 33 1.30
Turnout

Scotforth West
Scotforth West (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shiela Denwood 820 14.87
Green Emily Heath 749 13.58
Green Catriona Stamp 612 11.10
Green Mark Rotherham 491 8.90
Conservative Val Outram 431 7.82
Labour Gwynneth Robertson 420 7.62
Labour Robin Pettitt 418 7.58
Conservative Robert Chard 403 7.31
Conservative Graham Warnock 360 6.52
Independent Jan Pacula 224 4.06
Independent Peter Corke 211 3.83
Liberal Democrats Charles Morrow 195 3.54
Independent Susinne Mason 180 3.26
Turnout

Silverdale
Silverdale (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sarah Fishwick 499 56.64
Independent Peter Roberts 281 31.90
Green Amanda Bingley 101 11.64
Majority 218 21.74
Turnout 881

Skerton East
Skerton East (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Harrison 600 22.68
Labour Charles Grattan 588 22.22
Labour Robert Redfern 489 18.48
Independent Roger Dennison 318 12.02
Green Ashley Toms 234 8.84
Conservative Jean Holland 233 8.81
Green Robert Poole 184 6.95
Turnout

Skerton West
Skerton West (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Horner 657 21.06
Labour Jean Jones 645 20.68
Labour Roger Sherlock 594 19.04
Conservative John Airey 297 9.52
Independent William Harrison 265 8.50
Independent Stephen Pughsley 242 7.76
Socialist Alliance Thomas Penney 183 5.87
Green Dominic Harrison 127 4.07
Green Stephen Dickinson 109 3.49
Turnout

Slyne-with-Hest
Slyne-with-Hest (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sylvia Rogerson 801 32.92
Conservative James Thomas 770 31.65
Independent Frank Briggs-Allen 358 14.71
Independent Mark Stuart-Burgess 324 13.32
Green Mark Westcombe 180 7.40
Turnout

Torrisholme
Torrisholme (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Day 1,098 22.04
MB Independent Evelyn Ashworth 656 13.17
Liberal Democrats Ian Clift 630 12.65
Conservative Gordon Hagel 624 12.53
Conservative Caroline Airey 592 11.88
Labour Richard Grave 460 9.23
MB Independent David Barker 429 8.61
Labour Michael Varey 316 6.34
Green Cathryn Morton 177 3.55
Turnout

University
University (2 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Langhorn 308 24.29
Liberal Democrats Alexander Stone 251 19.79
Green Patricia McGrath 227 17.90
Labour Claire Johnson 209 16.48
Green Graham Hunt 160 12.62
Conservative Dewi Williams 113 8.91
Turnout

Upper Lune Valley
Upper Lune Valley (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Airey 653 70.06
Liberal Democrats David Mason 279 29.94
Majority 374 40.13
Turnout 932

Warton
Warton (1 councillor)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jean Dent 297 51.38
Conservative Graham Agnew 192 33.22
Green Paul Harvey 89 15.40
Majority 105 18.17
Turnout 578

Westgate
Westgate (3 councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MB Independent David Kerr 619 23.02
MB Independent Anthony Wade 601 22.35
MB Independent Geoffrey Wilson 576 21.42
Labour Albert Thornton 471 17.52
Conservative Dorothy Mingins 297 11.04
Green Richard Twine 125 4.65
Turnout

References
  1. "Local Elections 2003". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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