2003 Sedgefield Borough Council election

Local election in England

Results of the 2003 Sedgefield Borough Council elections

Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

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Sedgefield Local Election Result 2003  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Labour | 35 |  |  | -7 | 70.0 | 56.7 | 29,615 |
| Independent | 7  |  |  | +3  | 14.0  | 21.2  | 11,096  |
| Liberal Democrats | 7  |  |  | +4  | 14.0  | 15.4  | 8,046  |
| Conservative | 1  |  |  | +1  | 2.0  | 4.8  | 2,493  |
| Socialist Labour | 0  |  |  | 0  | 0.0  | 1.3  | 705  |
| BNP | 0  |  |  | 0  | 0.0  | 0.6  | 313  |

12 Labour candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results

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Bishop Middleham & Cornforth (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Alan Hodgson  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | Marie Predki  | unopposed  |  |
Broom (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George Morgan  | 874  |  |
| Labour | David Newell  | 872  |  |
| Labour | Brian Meek  | 848  |  |
| Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson  | 705  |  |
Turnout | 3,299  |  |
Byerley (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | James Huntington  | 1,033  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Howe  | 865  |  |
| Labour | Vernon Chapman  | 387  |  |
| Labour | John Bowman  | 316  |  |
Turnout | 2,601  |  |
Chilton (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Brian Avery  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | Thomas Forrest  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | Christine Potts  | unopposed  |  |
Ferryhill (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Kathleen Conroy  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | James Higgin  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | Ronald Patchett  | unopposed  |  |
Fishburn & Old Trimdon (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Burton  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | Kester Noble  | unopposed  |  |
| Labour | Terence Ward  | unopposed  |  |
Greenfield Middridge (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Vincent Crosby  | 848  |  |
| Labour | Brian Hall  | 799  |  |
| Independent | June Croft  | 551  |  |
| Labour | Gloria Wills  | 545  |  |
| Independent | Kevin Cox  | 518  |  |
| Independent | Terence Paylor  | 510  |  |
Turnout | 3,771  |  |
Low Spennymoor & Tudhoe Grange (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Andrew Gray  | 1,193  |  |
| Labour | Andrew Smith  | 1,130  |  |
| Labour | John Khan  | 1,033  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Roxby  | 884  |  |
Turnout | 4,240  |  |
Middlestone (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson  | 1,022  |  |
| Labour | William Waters  | 919  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Sproat  | 888  |  |
| Labour | Christine Kennedy  | 840  |  |
| Labour | Alexander Hawkes  | 741  |  |
Turnout | 4,410  |  |
Neville & Simpasture (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | John Moran  | 1,021  |  |
| Labour | William Blenkinsopp  | 993  |  |
| Labour | John Piggott  | 975  |  |
| BNP | Justin Thornton  | 229  |  |
Turnout | 3,218  |  |
New Trimdon & Trimdon Grange  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Lucy Howels  | unopposed  |  |
Sedgefield (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | James Wayman  | 1,209  |  |
| Labour | John Robinson  | 1,024  |  |
| Conservative | David Brown  | 987  |  |
| Conservative | Patricia Waller  | 936  |  |
| Labour | Linda Byrne  | 879  |  |
| Labour | Maxine Robinson  | 861  |  |
Turnout | 5,896  |  |
Shafto St Mary's (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Angela Fleming  | 866  |  |
| Labour | Robert Fleming  | 849  |  |
| Labour | Malcolm Iveson  | 822  |  |
| Independent | Alison Palmer  | 604  |  |
| Independent | Lileen Cuthbertson  | 541  |  |
| Independent | David Dobson  | 521  |  |
Turnout | 4,203  |  |
Spennymoor (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ord  | 1,207  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Jones  | 927  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | George Scott  | 869  |  |
| Labour | Anne Mumford  | 768  |  |
| Labour | John Plews  | 633  |  |
| Labour | John Parkin  | 519  |  |
Turnout | 4,923  |  |
Sunnydale (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Ina Smith  | 930  |  |
| Independent | Lorraine Smith  | 863  |  |
| Labour | Allan Walker  | 538  |  |
| Labour | James Younghusband  | 456  |  |
Turnout | 2,787  |  |
Thickley (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | David Hancock  | 968  |  |
| Independent | John Smith  | 737  |  |
| Labour | Brian Stephens  | 516  |  |
| Labour | Frank Timmiss  | 381  |  |
| BNP | Janine Thornton-Browne  | 84  |  |
Turnout | 2,686  |  |
Tudhoe (2)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Barbara Graham  | 804  |  |
| Labour | Agnes Armstrong  | 790  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Gordon  | 351  |  |
| Conservative | Matthew Miller  | 243  |  |
Turnout | 2,188  |  |
West (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | George Gray  | 723  |  |
| Independent | Enid Paylor  | 707  |  |
| Labour | Michael Dalton  | 683  |  |
| Independent | Margaret Crabtree  | 666  |  |
| Labour | Maud Gray  | 638  |  |
| Independent | Lynn Atkinson  | 615  |  |
Turnout | 4,032  |  |
Woodham (3)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Alan Gray  | 995  |  |
| Labour | Keith Henderson  | 796  |  |
| Labour | Barbara Clare  | 740  |  |
| Independent | Sandra Haigh  | 470  |  |
| Independent | Malcolm Cannings  | 362  |  |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Crass  | 327  |  |
| Independent | Alison Jewkes  | 324  |  |
Turnout | 4,014  |  |

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