Tynedale Council election, 2003
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Elections to Tynedale Council were held on 1st May, 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control over the council.
[edit] Election Result
| Tynedale Local Election Result 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative | 27 | +5 | 51.9 | 48.4 | 13,005 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 11 | +1 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 5,978 | ||||
| Labour | 9 | -5 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 5,044 | ||||
| Independent | 5 | -1 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 2,824 | ||||
10 Conservative, 2 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors were elected unopposed.
[edit] Ward Results
| Acomb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jane Wrigley | 289 | 67.5 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Laidlow | 139 | 32.5 | ||
| Majority | 150 | 35.0 | |||
| Turnout | 428 | ||||
| Allendale (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Horncastle | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Margaret Stonehouse | unopposed | |||
| Bellingham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Frank Mattinson | 349 | 68.4 | ||
| Independent | James Brownbridge | 161 | 31.6 | ||
| Majority | 188 | 36.8 | |||
| Turnout | 510 | ||||
| Broomhaugh and Riding | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Latham | 265 | 59.8 | ||
| Conservative | Andreas Christofides | 178 | 40.2 | ||
| Majority | 87 | 19.6 | |||
| Turnout | 443 | ||||
| Chollerton with Whittington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Heslop | unopposed | |||
| Corbridge (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | William Grigg | 638 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Fearon | 597 | |||
| Conservative | Kenneth Warwick | 503 | |||
| Conservative | Jeffrey Wilkinson | 487 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Austin Winstanley | 463 | |||
| Turnout | 2,688 | ||||
| East Tynedale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Fiona Hunter | 267 | 56.6 | ||
| Labour | Paul Kelly | 205 | 43.4 | ||
| Majority | 62 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 472 | ||||
| Hadrian (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Alan Sharp | 545 | |||
| Conservative | Valerie Gibson | 475 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Birley | 206 | |||
| Turnout | 1,226 | ||||
| Haltwhistle (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Hardy | 623 | |||
| Independent | John Watson | 495 | |||
| Independent | Susan Sim | 484 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Wilson | 480 | |||
| Labour | Ian McMinn | 471 | |||
| Turnout | 2,553 | ||||
| Haydon (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Smith | 336 | |||
| Independent | Stanley Mitchell | 306 | |||
| Labour | Michael Thorpe | 173 | |||
| Turnout | 815 | ||||
| Hexham Gilesgate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Barry Pickering | unopposed | |||
| Hexham Hencotes (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Lynch | 482 | |||
| Conservative | Jill Soulsby | 436 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Flaws | 398 | |||
| Labour | Wendy Dale | 395 | |||
| Independent | George Ferguson | 378 | |||
| Conservative | Norman Wicks | 361 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Victor Ball | 301 | |||
| Turnout | 2,751 | ||||
| Hexham Leazes (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Derek Kennedy | 633 | |||
| Conservative | Henry Herron | 581 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Colin Moss | 561 | |||
| Conservative | Maureen Milne | 543 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Way | 499 | |||
| Turnout | 2,817 | ||||
| Hexham Priestpopple (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ingrid Whale | 697 | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Donnelly | 646 | |||
| Conservative | John Lambert | 523 | |||
| Labour | Philip Clark | 418 | |||
| Turnout | 2,284 | ||||
| Humshaugh and Wall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alexander Kerr | unopposed | |||
| Ovingham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Paul MacDonald | 239 | 75.9 | ||
| Conservative | Clare Martell | 76 | 24.1 | ||
| Majority | 163 | 51.8 | |||
| Turnout | 315 | ||||
| Prudhoe Castle (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Reid | 223 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Gerald Caldwell | 187 | |||
| Conservative | Allan Ford | 103 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Milburn | 90 | |||
| Turnout | 603 | ||||
| Prudhoe North (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | William Garrett | unopposed | |||
| Labour | David Shaw | unopposed | |||
| Prudhoe South (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lorna Garrett | 425 | |||
| Labour | Glenn Simpson | 399 | |||
| Labour | Eileen Burt | 381 | |||
| Conservative | Catherine Speight | 271 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Cresswell | 194 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Heather | 184 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Donald Smith | 114 | |||
| Turnout | 1,968 | ||||
| Prudhoe West (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Neil Bradbury | 289 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Donna Bradbury | 285 | |||
| Labour | Jennifer McGee | 232 | |||
| Labour | John Grigor | 201 | |||
| Conservative | Astrid Mitchell | 70 | |||
| Conservative | Tracy Warhurst-Walker | 57 | |||
| Turnout | 1,134 | ||||
| Redesdale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Brian Corbett | unopposed | |||
| Sandhoe with Dilston | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Albert Fearon | 190 | 60.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Robert MacFarlane | 122 | 39.1 | ||
| Majority | 68 | 21.8 | |||
| Turnout | 312 | ||||
| Slaley and Hexhamshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brian Massey | 343 | 78.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | John Williams | 92 | 21.1 | ||
| Majority | 251 | 57.8 | |||
| Turnout | 435 | ||||
| South Tynedale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Adamson | unopposed | |||
| Stocksfield with Mickley (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Patricia Dale | 1,064 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Collins | 793 | |||
| Conservative | Eileen Drew | 761 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Stuart Rowlands | 367 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Darren Levitt | 349 | |||
| Turnout | 3,334 | ||||
| Upper North Tyne | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Walton | unopposed | |||
| Wanney | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Janet Somerville | unopposed | |||
| Warden and Newbrough | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Harold Forster | unopposed | |||
| Wark | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Flora Hewitson | 288 | 79.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Christine Billany | 74 | 20.4 | ||
| Majority | 114 | 59.2 | |||
| Turnout | 362 | ||||
| West Tynedale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Hutchinson | unopposed | |||
| Wylam (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Philip Brooks | 712 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Appleby | 454 | |||
| Labour | Jeffrey Leetham | 178 | |||
| Conservative | Valerie Armstrong | 135 | |||
| Conservative | Christine Hanley | 95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,574 | ||||
