Ryedale District Council election, 2003
Elections to Ryedale District Council were held on 1 May 2003 in the United Kingdom. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 7. The council stayed under no overall control.
Election result
Ryedale Local Election Result 2003 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
13 |
|
|
+2 |
43.3 |
40.6 |
8,862 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
8 |
|
|
+3 |
26.7 |
27.5 |
6,006 |
|
|
Independent |
7 |
|
|
+1 |
23.3 |
21.1 |
4,601 |
|
|
Liberal |
2 |
|
|
+2 |
6.7 |
3.5 |
762 |
|
|
Labour |
0 |
|
|
-1 |
0 |
7.4 |
1,605 |
|
1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.
Ward results
Amotherby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Pamela Anderson |
318 |
66.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Florence Ford |
157 |
33.1 |
|
Majority |
161 |
33.8 |
|
Turnout |
475 |
33.8 |
|
Ampleforth |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
James Bailey |
366 |
66.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anne Carter |
182 |
33.2 |
|
Majority |
184 |
33.6 |
|
Turnout |
548 |
42.8 |
|
Cropton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
John Clark |
368 |
54.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
Gregory White |
306 |
45.4 |
|
Majority |
62 |
9.2 |
|
Turnout |
674 |
55.8 |
|
Dales |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Nelly Trevelyan |
394 |
59.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Charles Scott |
269 |
40.6 |
|
Majority |
125 |
18.8 |
|
Turnout |
663 |
58.3 |
|
Helmsley (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Richard Murray-Wells |
633 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Parkin |
597 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Edward Wardle |
557 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,787 |
44.2 |
|
Hovingham |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Charles Wainwright |
562 |
90.4 |
|
|
Labour |
David Fearnhead |
60 |
9.6 |
|
Majority |
502 |
80.8 |
|
Turnout |
622 |
45.1 |
|
Malton (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Lindsay Burr |
589 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Preston |
537 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Andrews |
417 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Ann Hopkinson |
400 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Martin Dales |
385 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Patricia Moore |
378 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anne Edwards |
338 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,098 |
30.7 |
|
Norton East (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Elizabeth Shields |
407 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Howard Keal |
290 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Shaw |
186 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ann Beaumont |
112 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Langton |
87 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,082 |
22.9 |
|
Norton West (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Allin Jenkins |
456 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dinah Keal |
456 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stuart Collins |
296 |
|
|
|
Labour |
James Urquhart |
99 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,227 |
27.1 |
|
Pickering East (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Joan Taylor |
486 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Arthur Aslett |
466 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Angela Huggan |
360 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Judith Dixon |
165 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jill Murkett |
120 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,597 |
35.2 |
|
Pickering West (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Linda Cowling |
528 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Natalie Warriner |
475 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Krystina Meinardi |
290 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,293 |
30.2 |
|
Rillington |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Brian Maud |
384 |
69.6 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Robinson |
168 |
30.4 |
|
Majority |
216 |
39.2 |
|
Turnout |
552 |
40.5 |
|
Ryedale South West |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Keith Knaggs |
448 |
77.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barbara Kerrison |
130 |
22.5 |
|
Majority |
318 |
55.0 |
|
Turnout |
578 |
44.7 |
|
Sherburn |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Raper |
298 |
54.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Percy Spaven |
252 |
45.8 |
|
Majority |
46 |
8.4 |
|
Turnout |
550 |
38.0 |
|
Sheriff Hutton |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Alan Farnaby |
621 |
84.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
James Cleary |
115 |
15.6 |
|
Majority |
506 |
68.8 |
|
Turnout |
736 |
54.3 |
|
Sinnington |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Phillip Huntington |
419 |
68.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Adrian Bishop |
194 |
31.6 |
|
Majority |
225 |
36.8 |
|
Turnout |
613 |
45.4 |
|
Thornton Dale (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Wilfred Garbutt |
660 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Helen Schroeder |
579 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ronald Haigh |
411 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Allan Monkhouse |
345 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,995 |
43.5 |
|
Wolds |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Allan Howard |
unopposed |
|
|
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