Northampton Borough Council election, 2003
Elections to Northampton 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.
Election result
Northampton Local Election Result 2003 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
19 |
|
|
+11 |
40.4 |
37.2 |
33,122 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
17 |
|
|
+5 |
36.2 |
35.0 |
31,199 |
|
|
Labour |
11 |
|
|
-15 |
23.4 |
25.6 |
22,764 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
-1 |
0 |
1.0 |
902 |
|
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
864 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.2 |
143 |
|
|
Liberated Party |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
54 |
|
Ward results
Abington (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Irene Markham |
986 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Hoare |
893 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Trevor Owen |
578 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Vivienne Dams |
573 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Juliette Ashby |
446 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Barry Stoker |
414 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,890 |
31.6 |
|
Billing (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Palethorpe |
832 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Malpas |
786 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jean Lineker |
601 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Trevor Balley |
558 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Norma Felstead |
283 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard Baldwin |
275 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,335 |
28.20 |
|
Boughton Green (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Yates |
1,647 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Perkins |
1,579 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Maria-Trinidad Crake |
1,533 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Beal |
700 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Julie Rolfe |
663 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Rolfe |
643 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Graham Mason |
533 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Arthur Whitford |
513 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Frances Wire |
448 |
|
|
Turnout |
8,260 |
34.2 |
|
Castle (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Lee Barron |
626 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Peter Evans |
558 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Edward Barham |
474 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Butler |
452 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lesley Coles |
422 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Grant Walsh |
385 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,943 |
22.4 |
|
Delapre (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brendan Glynane |
1,145 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michelle Hoare |
1,031 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Charman Kalyan |
505 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ulric Gravesande |
494 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Thomas Joyner |
431 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Lobban |
398 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,004 |
32.8 |
|
East Hunsbury (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Judith Lill |
1,149 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Philip Larratt |
967 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jill Panebianco |
321 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Carl Squires |
307 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Peach |
274 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Thorn |
229 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,247 |
25.2 |
|
Eastfield (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Acock |
684 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
James Robinson |
625 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Debra Boss |
580 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Frank Gear |
543 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Dee |
472 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Cheyne |
405 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Benjamin Jacobs |
258 |
|
|
|
Green |
Joan Lochmuller |
142 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,709 |
30.0 |
|
Ecton Brook (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jamie Lane |
647 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammed Yousuf Miah |
575 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Idris Davies |
400 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mary Davies |
395 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Leslie Felstead |
302 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kevin Alderton |
274 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,593 |
25.1 |
|
Headlands (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Charles Markham |
1,425 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Marlon Allen-Minney |
1,389 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Graham Hawker |
731 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Philip West |
686 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Pamela Dixon |
442 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Timothy Hart |
414 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,087 |
40.8 |
|
Kingsley (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Marianne Taylor |
1,356 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew Simpson |
1,340 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Dennis Hilliard |
498 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anthea Mitchell |
446 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Booker |
441 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Gary Austin |
441 |
|
|
|
Green |
Anthony Upton |
194 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,716 |
34.1 |
|
Kingsthorpe (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sally Beardsworth |
1,523 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard Church |
1,444 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Laurice Percival |
367 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Tebbutt |
333 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Philippa Smith |
232 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Tadzio Dobraszcyk |
226 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,125 |
37.0 |
|
Lumbertubs (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Lee Mason |
524 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Margaret Pritchard |
523 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Dominick Browne |
398 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Barbara Douglas |
379 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Lovesy |
294 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Philip Oakman |
266 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,375 |
21.2 |
|
Nene Valley (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Michael Hill |
1,397 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Colin Lill |
1,394 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Jones |
495 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ruqla Sansom |
438 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Matthew Nobles |
396 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Suzanne Battison |
383 |
|
|
|
Green |
Evelyn Lander |
180 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,683 |
33.3 |
|
New Duston (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Caswell |
1,178 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Stewart |
1,163 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Jelley |
695 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Francis Lilley |
583 |
|
|
|
Independent |
David Huffadine-Smith |
386 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Philippa Swain |
267 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Taylor |
214 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,486 |
36.2 |
|
Old Duston (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Tavener |
1,300 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Donald Edwards |
1,282 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Patricia Ford |
714 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alan Kingston |
700 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Graham Lewis |
336 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Garfirth |
328 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,660 |
38.5 |
|
Parklands (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
William Massey |
1,187 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brandon Eldred |
1,110 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Kenneth Dowsett |
622 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Iftikhar Choudary |
528 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Beardsworth |
420 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sheila Edwards |
393 |
|
|
|
Green |
Anthony Lochmuller |
141 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,401 |
38.5 |
|
Spencer (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Paul Concannon |
628 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anjona Roy |
567 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Kelly |
448 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Jones |
415 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Shane Crick |
369 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Katharine Abu |
319 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,746 |
23.2 |
|
St. Crispin (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Arthur McCutcheon |
506 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Penelope Flavell |
492 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Lee Dorey |
485 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Winstone Strachan |
457 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Harry Bowden |
288 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Russell Ellis |
270 |
|
|
|
Green |
Carol Alexander |
207 |
|
|
|
Liberated Party |
Tina Harvey |
54 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,759 |
21.8 |
|
St. David (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jane Hollis |
585 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anthony Woods |
522 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Gardner |
442 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Nova Keown |
395 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John A Cartwright |
166 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John G Cartwright |
163 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Raoul Perry |
146 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Peter Robinson |
112 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Michael Papworth |
70 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,601 |
24.1 |
|
St. James (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Leslie Marriott |
686 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Terence Wire |
670 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ian McCann |
668 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Angela Wright |
590 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Vaughan |
438 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Cecilie Wayman |
414 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,466 |
28.5 |
|
Thorplands (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Leslie Patterson |
454 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Boss |
444 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Maureen Hill |
286 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Nunn |
265 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Eva Down |
257 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gerald Lamb |
254 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,960 |
20.6 |
|
West Hunsbury (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jill Hope |
1,225 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard Matthews |
1,182 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Rodney Sellers |
604 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Barry Dearsley |
595 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ghulam Chowdhury |
150 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Simon Draper |
124 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Derek Clark |
73 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,953 |
37.9 |
|
Weston (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Timothy Hadland |
1,660 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jane Duncan |
1,612 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Garlick |
548 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Cramp |
494 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Clare Pike |
393 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Deasy |
360 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,067 |
38.5 |
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