Scarborough Borough Council election, 2003
Elections to Scarborough Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by one. The Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.
Election result
Scarborough Local Election Result 2003 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Conservative |
27 |
|
|
+7 |
54.0 |
41.1 |
15,675 |
|
|
Independent |
13 |
|
|
0 |
26.0 |
26.9 |
10,243 |
|
|
Labour |
8 |
|
|
−3 |
16.0 |
17.4 |
6,624 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
|
|
−3 |
4.0 |
12.7 |
4,851 |
|
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
586 |
|
|
Socialist Alliance |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
156 |
|
8 Conservative candidates were uncontested.
Ward results
Central (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Billing |
366 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Eric Broadbent |
307 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gillian Hopkinson |
248 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Malcom Fletcher |
179 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,100 |
21 |
|
Danby |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
William Tindall |
uncontested |
|
|
Derwent Valley (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Peter Bull |
uncontested |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Jeffels |
uncontested |
|
|
Eastfield (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian O'Flynn |
538 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Brian Simpson |
363 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stanley Pearson |
324 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Bland |
303 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Frederick Edwards |
159 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,687 |
21 |
|
Fylingdales |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jane Mortimer |
uncontested |
|
|
Hertford (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Godfrey Allanson |
700 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Collier-Woods |
586 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Julie Dower |
571 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,857 |
30 |
|
Lindhead |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Graham Backhouse |
584 |
61.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Pitts |
310 |
32.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Gary Hill |
54 |
5.7 |
|
Majority |
274 |
28.9 |
|
Turnout |
948 |
55 |
|
Mayfield (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Jane Kenyon |
603 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Booth |
469 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Dalton Peake |
458 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Pybus |
360 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Heather Coughlan |
341 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Ian Bryan |
88 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,319 |
33.9 |
|
Newby (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Brian Watson |
945 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Cecil Ridley |
767 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Hazel Lynskey |
668 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Martin |
615 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Grace |
455 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jennifer Kelly |
406 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,856 |
33 |
|
North Bay (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Eric Smith |
339 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Kelly |
332 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Dorothy Hurrell |
261 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Pindar |
232 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Walker |
230 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,394 |
24 |
|
Northstead (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Peter Popple |
543 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Norman Murphy |
490 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Lynne Broadbent |
287 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Janet Hill |
243 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Bonnie Purchon |
188 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Andrew Leak |
153 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,904 |
33 |
|
Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Derek Bastiman |
693 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Sheila Kettlewell |
683 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Charles White |
672 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Flinton |
457 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Pitts |
244 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,749 |
45 |
|
Streonshalh (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Broadley |
604 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Sandra Turner |
485 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Edward Noble |
148 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,237 |
22.1 |
|
Weaponness (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Eileen Bosomworth |
503 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Penny Marsden |
467 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
William Woodroffe |
432 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Duncan Grant |
238 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Colin Shrive |
186 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,826 |
34 |
|
Whitby West Cliff (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Joseph Plant |
575 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Dorothy Clegg |
522 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Barry Truman |
393 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,490 |
27.3 |
|
Woodlands (2) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
William Chatt |
472 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ernest Bairstow |
317 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mary Budda |
269 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Christopher Phillips |
238 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mark Gay |
220 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,516 |
27 |
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