St Helens Council election 2003

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Elections to St Helens Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

St Helens Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 11 -1 57.9 48.4 32,246 +0.8%
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 31.6 33.3 22,209 -1.1%
  Conservative 2 +1 10.5 17.2 11,430 -0.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 0.9 581 +0.8%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0.3 168 +0.3%

[edit] Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alma Atherton 2,686 59.9 +0.1
Conservative Vera Stanton 1,072 23.9 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Langley 728 16.2 -1.0
Majority 1,614 36.0 -0.8
Turnout 4,486
Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Smith 2,046 62.7 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Dunn 791 24.2 -2.7
Conservative Joan Foster 426 13.1 +3.4
Majority 1,255 38.5 +2.0
Turnout 3,263
Broad Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Shields 1,885 64.2 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Gail Mills 890 30.3 -8.9
Conservative Mark Collins 163 5.5 +0.4
Majority 995 33.9 +17.4
Turnout 2,938
Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley Evans 3,197 66.2 -5.1
Labour Jean West 844 17.5 +3.2
Conservative William Highcock 788 16.3 +2.0
Majority 2,353 48.7 -8.3
Turnout 4,829
Grange Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Glover 1,639 49.8 -2.1
Liberal Democrats David Evans 1,192 36.2 +9.0
Conservative Michael Marriott 461 14.0 -0.9
Majority 447 13.6 -11.1
Turnout 3,292
Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Richardson 2,325 52.9 -10.3
Liberal Democrats Eric Sheldon 1,632 37.2 +14.1
Conservative Anthony Rigby 435 9.9 -3.7
Majority 693 15.7 -24.4
Turnout 4,392
Marshalls Cross (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Topping 1,477
Liberal Democrats Alec Mills 1,421
Labour Michael Glover 807
Labour Derek Maylor 689
Conservative Barbara Johnson 198
Turnout 4,592
Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Ferry 2,026 47.0 -9.4
Labour Barbara Jakubiak 1,859 43.1 +5.2
Conservative John Cunliffe 425 9.9 +4.2
Majority 167 3.9 -14.6
Turnout 4,310
Newton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Astbury 1,827 48.3 -11.1
Labour Mark Rahaman 1,588 42.0 +8.5
Conservative Margaret Harvey 370 9.8 +2.6
Majority 239 6.3 -19.6
Turnout 3,785
Newton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leon Maguire 2,293 60.5 -1.3
Liberal Democrats Virginia Taylor 950 25.1 -1.2
Conservative Catherine Perks 547 14.4 +2.5
Majority 1,343 35.4 -0.1
Turnout 3,790
Parr and Hardshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffery Molyneux 1,731 69.2 -2.9
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Knowles 419 16.7 -2.4
Conservative Madeline Wilcock 185 7.4 +1.2
Socialist Alliance Leslie Teeling 168 6.7 +6.7
Majority 1,312 52.5 -0.5
Turnout 2,503
Queens Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret McLachlan 1,962 61.2 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Lesley Ronan 857 26.7 -9.7
Conservative Charmain Pyke 386 12.0 +3.3
Majority 1,105 34.5 +16.1
Turnout 3,205
Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Parr 2,045 57.1 -3.3
Labour David Wood 1,233 34.4 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Gary Pulfer 302 8.4 +0.0
Majority 812 22.7 -6.5
Turnout 3,580
Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph DeAsha 2,479 57.2 -1.9
Conservative Jonathan Mackie 903 20.8 -3.7
Independent Neil Thompson 581 13.4 +13.4
Liberal Democrats Noreen Knowles 469 10.8 -5.5
Majority 1,676 36.4 +1.8
Turnout 4,332
Sutton and Bold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Topping 2,086 56.4 -2.4
Labour Philip Wiseman 1,380 37.3 +0.9
Conservative Jill Jones 231 6.2 +1.5
Majority 706 19.1 -3.3
Turnout 3,697
Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Seddon 2,090 63.8 -5.0
Liberal Democrats Carol Pearl 812 24.8 +4.2
Conservative Barbara Woodcock 375 11.4 +0.8
Majority 1,278 39.0 -9.2
Turnout 3,277
West Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wiseman 1,580 62.4 -2.1
Liberal Democrats Marise Roberts 663 26.2 +2.2
Conservative Ian Hunt 290 11.4 -0.1
Majority 917 36.2 -4.3
Turnout 2,533
Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Roughley 2,130 57.1 +7.8
Labour Susan Murphy 1,130 30.3 -12.0
Liberal Democrats Katrina Young 470 12.6 +4.1
Majority 1,000 26.8 +19.8
Turnout 3,730


Preceded by
St Helens Council election 2002		 St Helens local elections Succeeded by
St Helens Council election 2004
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