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.
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | 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 |
Two Independent councillors were uncontested.
Ward results edit
Ansdell edit
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 |
Ashton edit
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 |
Central edit
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 |
Clifton edit
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 |
Elswick & Little Eccleston edit
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 |
Fairhaven edit
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 |
Freckleton East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Mulholland | uncontested | |||
Independent | Thomas Threlfall | uncontested |
Freckleton West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Trevor Fiddler | 593 | |||
Independent | Louis Rigby | 519 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Williams | 139 | |||
Labour | Vernon Allen | 102 | |||
Turnout | 1,353 | 33.2 |
Heyhouses edit
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 |
Kilnhouse edit
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 |
Kirkham North edit
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 |
Kirkham South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Elizabeth Oades | 587 | |||
Ratepayer | Peter Hardy | 344 | |||
Conservative | Marjorie Sowden | 281 | |||
Turnout | 1,202 | 33.2 |
Medlar with Wesham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Linda Nulty | 593 | |||
Conservative | Simon Renwick | 411 | |||
Independent | Geoffrey Dixon | 362 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Page | 292 | |||
Turnout | 1,532 | 34.7 |
Newton & Treales edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Heather Speak | 729 | |||
Independent | Peter Collins | 576 | |||
Conservative | Joyce McCormick | 342 | |||
Conservative | Michael Tomlinson | 284 | |||
Turnout | 1,931 | 48.7 |
Park edit
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 |
Ribby with Wrea edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Maxine Chew | 456 | 84.0 | ||
Conservative | Angela Jacques | 87 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 369 | 68.0 | |||
Turnout | 543 | 39.8 |
St John's edit
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 |
St Leonard's edit
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 |
Staining & Weeton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Founder | 527 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Whittaker | 441 | |||
Labour | Alfred Goldberg | 418 | |||
Turnout | 1,386 | 39.6 |
Warton & Westby edit
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 |
References edit
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 December 2009.