2003 South Ribble Borough Council election

Main article: South Ribble Borough Council elections

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%.

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

References

• Election results
• Ward results