2003 South Ribble Borough Council election

Elections to South Ribble Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 31%.

Main article: South Ribble Borough Council elections
Map of the results of the 2003 South Ribble Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Idle Toad in pinky-red.

Election result
South Ribble Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 19 +1 34.5 43.0 21,301
  Labour 17 -3 30.9 22.5 11,138
  Liberal Democrats 15 +2 27.3 27.0 13,388
  Idle Toad 4 +1 7.3 6.9 3,427
  Independent 0 0 0 0.6 280

Ward results
Bamber Bridge East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Owen 357
Labour David Watts 311
Idle Toad Barbara Nathan 282
Idle Toad Stephen Hawkins 278
Conservative William Chisholm 203
Conservative Margaret Livesey 189
Turnout 1,620 25.0
Bamber Bridge North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carol Chisholm 422
Labour Stephen Bennett 399
Labour David Banks 375
Conservative Julie Mullineaux 351
Turnout 1,547 26.0
Bamber Bridge West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Hanson 340
Idle Toad John Higgins 303
Labour Brian Pemberton 278
Conservative George Woods 212
Idle Toad Renee Blow 200
Conservative Collette Nuttall 180
Turnout 1,513 27.0
Broad Oak (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Howarth 788
Liberal Democrats Harold Hancock 776
Conservative Linda Woollard 457
Conservative Alistair Woollard 411
Turnout 2,432 35.0
Charnock (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Gardner 377
Conservative Melvyn Gardner 366
Labour Michael Thistlewaite 317
Labour Robert Taylor 295
Independent Adrian Underwood 229
Turnout 1,584 31.0
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Idle Toad Thomas Sharratt 763
Idle Toad Warren Bennett 646
Conservative Roger Messenger 405
Conservative Derek Walmsley 400
Labour Rita Harrison 96
Labour David Wooldridge 80
Turnout 2,390 42.0
Earnshaw Bridge (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Evans 394
Labour Peter McClelland 339
Conservative Dorothy Eastham 290
Conservative James Aspden 270
Turnout 1,293 26.0
Farington East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Harrison 409
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bluck 377
Conservative John Otter 188
Conservative Dylis Hayton 166
Labour Colin Cookson 134
Labour Andrew Bennison 132
Turnout 1,406 30.0
Farington West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock 453
Liberal Democrats Judith England 435
Conservative Brian Whitlock 378
Conservative Philip Smith 373
Labour Marian Derbyshire 160
Labour Thomas Derbyshire 145
Turnout 1,944 32.0
Golden Hill (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Tomlinson 455
Labour Georgina Lewis 440
Liberal Democrats John Edwin 235
Conservative Jean Fell 159
Conservative Frank Redfern 135
Turnout 1,424 28.0
Howick & Priory (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Shaw 626
Liberal Democrats Leonard Read 622
Conservative Mary Robinson 555
Conservative Marjorie Askew 544
Turnout 2,347 39.0
Kingsfold (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard Gore 433
Labour James Patten 418
Conservative Frank Almond 329
Conservative Andrew Gardner 325
Turnout 1,505 25.0
Leyland Central (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Ashworth 550
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Foster 539
Labour Clifford Dawber 379
Labour Agnes Gwilliam 309
Conservative Malcolm Barker 109
Conservative Edith Sayer 83
Turnout 1,969 36.0
Leyland St Ambrose (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neva Orrell 649
Liberal Democrats Derek Forrest 615
Labour Brian Walmsley 215
Labour Donald Smith 203
Conservative Nancy Morris 89
Conservative Dorothy Webster 85
Turnout 1,856 38.0
Leyland St Mary's (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Knowles 529
Conservative John Demack 483
Liberal Democrats Raymond Mellor 456
Conservative Michael McNulty 431
Labour Michael Titherington 195
Labour Simon Butler 176
Turnout 2,270 40.0
Little Hoole & Much Hoole (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Suthers 668
Conservative Colin Coulton 613
Liberal Democrats Marie Garratt 182
Liberal Democrats Marion Hancock 176
Turnout 1,639 29.0
Longton & Hutton West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Clark 995
Conservative Jonathan Hesketh 960
Conservative Peter Stettner 938
Liberal Democrats Jane Marchant 390
Liberal Democrats Martin Cassell 336
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Garratt 319
Turnout 3,938 30.0
Lostock Hall (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Beattie 456
Conservative Donald Parkinson 442
Liberal Democrats Robert Baines 243
Liberal Democrats Doreen Baines 233
Turnout 1,374 24.0
Lowerhouse (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Heyworth 391
Labour Joseph Kelly 383
Liberal Democrats Christine Leeming 296
Liberal Democrats Michele Edwin 285
Conservative John Barnes 104
Conservative John Clement 79
Independent Ronald Taylor 51
Turnout 1,589 29.0
Middleforth (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Bretherton 381
Labour Gaynor Bretherton 364
Conservative Rosemary Holding 280
Conservative David Ross 278
Liberal Democrats William Bryce 120
Liberal Democrats Doris Pimblett 112
Turnout 1,535 27.0
Moss Side (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Brown 375
Conservative Michael Green 340
Conservative Rita Hughes 299
Labour James Minall 298
Turnout 1,312 25.0
New Longton & Hutton East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Breakell 734
Conservative Margaret Smith 729
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Sumner 408
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Sumner 372
Turnout 2,243 34.0
Samlesbury & Walton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Mullineaux 517
Idle Toad Barrie Yates 512
Conservative Frances Walker 475
Idle Toad Michael Nathan 443
Labour Christine Watts 164
Labour David Lyon 157
Turnout 2,268 36.0
Seven Stars (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Wilson 348
Labour Donald Harrison 337
Conservative Alan Ogilvie 277
Conservative Doreen Baker 265
Turnout 1,227 20.0
Tardy Gate (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Hughes 589
Conservative Kenneth Palmer 542
Liberal Democrats Mark Livesey 192
Liberal Democrats Peter Stringfellow 143
Turnout 1,466 30.0
Walton-Le-Dale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham O'Hare 493
Conservative Harold Clarkson 482
Labour Graham Davies 291
Labour Christopher Watts 277
Turnout 1,543 27.0
Whitefield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pimblett 797
Liberal Democrats Timothy Young 725
Conservative Vernon Baker 394
Conservative Marie Fryer 387
Turnout 2,303 39.0

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