2003 Carlisle City Council election

The 2003 Carlisle City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2003 Carlisle City Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2003.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 24
• Labour 22
• Liberal Democrats 5
• Independent 1^[2]

Election result

Overall turnout at the election was 31.4%, slightly down from the 31.7% in 2002.^[3]

Carlisle local election result 2003^[2][3]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	3	-3	47.4	41.1	9,317	-1.8%
	Labour	8	4	0	+4	42.1	44.1	10,016	+0.2%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	10.5	14.6	3,304	+3.6%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.3	59	-1.8%

Ward results

Belah^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Toole	948	59.3	−1.0
	Labour	Mohammed Harid	650	40.7	+1.0
Majority			298	18.6	−1.9
Turnout			1,598	34.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Belle Vue^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Styth	570	47.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Neville Lishman	425	35.2	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Tootle	153	12.7	+1.2
	Independent	Steven Cochrane	59	4.9	+4.9
Majority			145	12.0	+1.6
Turnout			1,207	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Botcherby^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Scarborough	698	60.7	−2.4
	Conservative	Gareth Ellis	452	39.3	+2.4
Majority			246	21.4	−4.8
Turnout			1,150	26.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Burgh^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Collier	391	72.5
	Labour	Robin Pearson	148	27.5
Majority			243	45.1
Turnout			539	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hodgson	603	57.6	+8.5
	Labour	Raymond Warwick	443	42.4	+9.0
Majority			160	15.3	−0.5
Turnout			1,046	24.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Currock^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Im Thurn	719	72.6	−5.1
	Conservative	David Blackadder	272	27.4	+5.1
Majority			447	45.1	−10.2
Turnout			991	23.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Dalston^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Dodd	780	45.5	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Allison	654	38.1	+4.2
	Labour	Ann Warwick	281	16.4	−1.3
Majority			126	7.3	−7.2
Turnout			1,715	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denton Holme^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh McDevitt	834	70.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Stephen Metcalfe	232	19.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Olwyn Luckley	111	9.4	−5.5
Majority			602	51.1	+1.2
Turnout			1,177	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Weber	851	67.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Michele Gwillim	311	24.6	−13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Aldersey	102	8.1	+8.1
Majority			540	42.7	+18.4
Turnout			1,264	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Irthing^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Knapton	419	76.5
	Labour	Alex Faulds	129	23.5
Majority			290	52.9
Turnout			548	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longtown and Rockliffe^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jefferson	568	62.2	+3.0
	Labour	Robert Dodds	345	37.8	−3.0
Majority			223	24.4	+6.0
Turnout			913	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyne^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Bowman	421	82.7
	Labour	Roger Horne	88	17.3
Majority			333	65.4
Turnout			509	32.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morton^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Aldersey	947	50.3	−0.7
	Labour	John Bell	935	49.7	+10.9
Majority			12	0.6	−11.5
Turnout			1,882	39.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Aidans^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Watson	691	49.0	−10.8
	Conservative	Lawrence Fisher	551	39.1	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Tweedie	167	11.9	+11.9
Majority			140	9.9	−9.6
Turnout			1,409	30.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanwix Rural^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Firth	737	74.3	−3.3
	Labour	John Hale	255	25.7	+3.3
Majority			482	48.6	−6.6
Turnout			992	30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanwix Urban^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacquelyne Geddes	930	56.6	−9.2
	Labour	Keith Aitken	479	29.2	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger O'Brienn	234	14.2	+14.2
Majority			451	27.4	−4.2
Turnout			1,643	35.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperby^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Martlew	774	63.8	−5.4
	Conservative	Richard Hyslop	273	22.5	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Osler	167	13.8	+13.8
Majority			501	41.3	+2.9
Turnout			1,214	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Wetheral^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Earp	983	76.9	+15.3
	Labour	Helen Horne	295	23.1	+23.1
Majority			688	53.8	+30.6
Turnout			1,278	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yewdale^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Hendry	831	51.3	+5.6
	Conservative	Bryan Hodgson	624	38.5	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Farmer	166	10.2	+0.4
Majority			207	12.8	+11.5
Turnout			1,621	34.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
2. "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. London. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
3. "2003 facts and figures" (PDF). Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2011.