2003 Allerdale Borough Council election

Elections to Allerdale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	27	0	9	-9	48.2	44.0	14,159	-8.1%
Conservative	15	7	0	+7	26.8	19.6	6,313	-0.5%
Independent	9	5	1	+4	16.1	23.1	7,411	+11.4%
Liberal Democrats	5	0	2	-2	8.9	12.4	4,000	-3.1%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	261	+0.8%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Smith	717
	Conservative	Samuel Standage	630
	Labour	Dianne Moyes	624
	Labour	Christine Smith	601
	Conservative	William Newton	599
	Conservative	Alan Tyson	524
Turnout			3,695	36
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerald Sewell	488
	Independent	David Wilson	469
	Independent	Dorothy Tinnion	430
	Labour	Jacqueline Stagg	365
Turnout			1,752	40
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Mumberson	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	James Askew	uncontested
Labour	Keith Sproat	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

2003 Allerdale Borough Council election

Results

By ward

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Jackson	543
	Conservative	Leslie Lytollis	497
	Labour	Isabel Burns	330
	Labour	John Moore	253
Turnout			1,623	32
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Rourke	371	67.0	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Hudson	183	33.0	−16.0
Majority			188	34.0	+32.0
Turnout			554	46	+5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Milburn	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Greenwood	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Heslop	256	54.8	−24.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Robinson	211	45.2	+45.2
Majority			45	9.6	−48.6
Turnout			467	35	+0
	Conservative hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	John Colhoun	uncontested
Labour	David Thomas	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Martin Wood	uncontested
Labour	Janice Wood	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Carneen McCarron-Holmes	uncontested
Labour	Patricia McCracken	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Caine	601
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Francis	515
	Labour	James Osborn	280
	Labour	Michael Smith	222
Turnout			1,618	34
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Markley	141	37.3
	Independent	William Douglas	95	25.1
	Labour	Mark Kidd	95	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Margrit Scott	47	12.4
Majority			46	12.2
Turnout			378	30
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Waver
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Cowell	238	59.9	−17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Short	159	40.1	+40.1
Majority			79	19.8	−44.8
Turnout			397	28	−2
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Barraclough	1,076
	Conservative	Ronald Munby	696
	Labour	Denstone Kemp	581
	Independent	John Walker	567
Turnout			2,920	36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Gallagher	uncontested
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Minto	567
	Labour	Peter Bales	542
	Labour	Philip Tibble	418
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Walker	285
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Johanssen	279
	Liberal Democrats	John Morley	266
Turnout			2,357	24
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lillian Baldry	613
	Labour	Derek Thompson	531
	Labour	Nicholas Hardy	485
	Independent	John Bracken	228
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Heywood	173
Turnout			2,030	25
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Jeffrey Gardner	uncontested
Labour	Angela Kendall	uncontested
Labour hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Joseph Sandwith	1,050
	Independent	Trevor Fee	785
	Labour	James Musgrave	644
	Labour	Denis Tytek	492
	Labour	Mark Fryer	431
Turnout			3,402	37
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	William Jefferson	uncontested
Labour	Margaret Snaith	uncontested
Independent hold		Swing
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Buchanan	274	57.3
	Independent	Dorothy Tinnion	87	18.2
	Independent	Janice Nott	69	14.4
	Labour	Mark Kidd	48	10.0
Majority			187	39.1
Turnout			478	36
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Heathcote	635
	Conservative	Robert Hardon	589
	Conservative	Michael Davidson	572
	Labour	John Robertson	472
	Labour	Daniel Dempsey	443
	Labour	Kenneth Hayton	388
Turnout			3,099	28
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ivor Humes	705
	Labour	Alan Barry	673
	Independent	Jean Macleod	599
	Labour	Jack Fryer	570
	Independent	James Perkins	432
Turnout			2,979	33
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Jones	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Holmes	uncontested
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Fairbairn	357	63.5	+63.5
	Liberal Democrats	Agnes Martin	205	36.5	−34.3
Majority			152	27.0
Turnout			562	36	+3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hobbs	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Armstrong	917
	Independent	George Scott	898
	Labour	John Crouch	690
	Independent	Charles Miles	547
	Labour	William Goldsmith	274
	BNP	Paul Stafford	261
	Labour	William Walton	246
Turnout			3,833	35
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing