2003 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 1 May 2003 on the same day as other local council elections in England.

North Tyneside Council is elected "in thirds" which means one councilor from each three-member ward is elected each year with a third year when the mayoral election takes place.

There was also a mayoral by-election held, which was won by Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party, after Chris Morgan was forced to resign due to allegations of possessing indecent images of children on his computer. He was subsequently cleared of all charges.^[1]^[2]

North Tyneside Council Election Result 2003
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	31	0	2	-2	51.6	42.7	19,825	unknown
Conservative	21	2	0	+2	35	37.8	17,556	unknown
Liberal Democrats	7	0	0	0	11.6	18.9	8,782	unknown
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	257	unknown

Mayoral by-election

Mayor of North Tyneside by-election 12 June 2003 ^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Conservative	Linda Arkley	18,478	43.1%	2,750	21,228
	Labour	Gordon Adam	13,070	30.5%	3,357	16,427
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Huscroft	8,404	19.8%
	BNP	Robert Batten	2,554	6.0%
	Socialist Alliance	Louise van der Hoeven	400	0.9%
	Conservative hold

Battle Hill

North Tyneside Council Elections: Battle Hill ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Glindon	1,505	55.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Finlay	989	36.5
	Conservative	Nigel Clothier	212	7.8
Majority			516	19.1
Turnout			2,706	33.8

Benton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Benton ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Hunter	1,189	50.7
	Conservative	Brian McArdle	864	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Finlay	292	12.5
Majority			325	4.02
Turnout			2,345	30.51

Camperdown

North Tyneside Council Elections: Camperdown ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Allan	1,263	72.2
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Smith	251	14.4
	Conservative	Amanda Newton	235	13.4
Majority			1,012	57.9
Turnout			1,749	23.07

Chirton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Chirton ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Stirling	992	75
	Conservative	Toni Morgan	330	25
Majority			662	50.1
Turnout			1,322	18.7

Collingwood

North Tyneside Council Elections: Collingwood ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steven Cox	1,207	64.1
	Conservative	Miriam Smith	370	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Hindmarsh	306	16.3
Majority			837	44.5
Turnout			1,883	23.2

Cullercoats

North Tyneside Council Elections: Cullercoats ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shirley Mortimer	2,069	58
	Labour	Keith Smiles	1,168	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Woods	328	9.2
Majority			901	25.3
Turnout			3,565	47.8

Holystone

North Tyneside Council Elections: Holystone ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David McGarr	1,449	57.1
	Conservative	David Hatfield	687	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Conoboy	427	16.8
Majority			762	30
Turnout			2,536

Howdon

North Tyneside Council Elections: Howdon ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Francis Lott	1,002	62.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Taylor	502	31.2
	Conservative	John McGee	106	6.6
Majority			500	31.1
Turnout			1,610	21

Longbenton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Longbenton ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Darke	1,003	70.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth McGarrigle	225	15.8
	Conservative	Robin Underwood	192	13.5
Majority			776	54.8
Turnout			1,420	19.5

Monkseaton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Monkseaton ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karen Johnston	1,862	61.5
	Labour	Glen Stillaway	676	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Campbell	488	16.1
Majority			1,186	39.2
Turnout			3,026

North Shields

North Tyneside Council Elections: North Shields ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Rutherford	1,656	55
	Labour	Rowland Hill	1,028	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Hindmarsh	329	10.9
Majority			628	20.8
Turnout			3,013

Northumberland

North Tyneside Council Elections: Northumberland ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Brett	1,647	66.5
	Labour	Norma Playle	689	27.8
	Conservative	Marjorie Appleton	139	5.6
Majority			958	38.7
Turnout			2,475	38.6

Riverside

North Tyneside Council Elections: Riverside ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Lowther	1,007	68.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Smith	250	16.9
	Conservative	Roderick Godwin	220	14.9
Majority			757	51.3
Turnout			1,477	22.1

Seatonville

North Tyneside Council Elections: Seatonville ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Lowther	1,375	52.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dr Joan Harvey	527	20
	Labour	Thomas Mulvenna	477	18.1
	Independent	George Partis	257	9.7
Majority			848	32.2
Turnout			2,636

St Mary's

North Tyneside Council Elections: Seatonville ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marguerite Hall	2,294	73.2
	Labour	Mark Ormston	435	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Campbell	405	12.9
Majority			1,859	59.3
Turnout			3,134	45.5

Tynemouth

North Tyneside Council Elections: Tynemouth ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Diane Page	1,752	66.8
	Labour	Arthur Lowe	869	33.2
Majority			883	33.6
Turnout			2,621	31.9

A further by-election was held on 14 August 2003. Details of this can be found here.

Valley

North Tyneside Council Elections: Valley ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Burdis	1,086	56.5
	Conservative	Frank Austin	503	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Bradley	332	17.4
Majority			583	30.3
Turnout			1,921	30

Wallsend

North Tyneside Council Elections: Wallsend ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Huscroft	1,084	57.6
	Labour	Alan Keith	686	36.5
	Conservative	Margaret Smith	111	5.9
Majority			398	21.1
Turnout			1,881	26.4

Weetslade

North Tyneside Council Elections: Weetslade ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Muriel Green	1,296	45.4
	Conservative	Alan Appleton	1,158	40.6
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Taylor	400	14
Majority			138	4.8
Turnout			2,854	38.1

Whitley Bay

North Tyneside Council Elections: Whitley Bay ward 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Austin	1,421	62
	Labour	John Webb	798	38
Majority			623	27.2
Turnout			2,291	32.9

References

^ "Arrested mayor resigns his post". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
^ "FORMER NORTH TYNESIDE MAYOR CLEARED OF CHILD PORN CHARGES". Local Government Chronicle. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002". House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

Preceded by 2002 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election	North Tyneside local elections	Succeeded by 2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

[1] "Arrested mayor resigns his post". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[2] "FORMER NORTH TYNESIDE MAYOR CLEARED OF CHILD PORN CHARGES". Local Government Chronicle. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

[3] "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002". House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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