2003 Wyre Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election

Main article: Wyre Borough Council elections

Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 5 May 2003. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council.[1] For this election boundary changes had taken place which resulted in reducing the number of seats by one.

After the election composition of the council was as follows:

Party | Seats |  ±

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| Conservative | 33 | -2
| Labour | 21 | +2
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | -1

## Election result

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Wyre Borough Council Election, 2003[2][3] Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Conservative | 33  |  |  | -12  | 60.00  | 50.09  | 15,648  |
| Labour | 21  |  |  | +2  | 38.18  | 38.51  | 12,031  |
| Liberal Democrats | 1  |  |  | -1  | 1.82  | 9.00  | 2,813  |
| Independent | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.00  | 2.40  | 750  |

## Ward Results

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### Bourne

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Bourne (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Terence Lees | 692 | 26.43 |
| Labour | Anne Hall | 667 | 25.48 |
| Labour | John Condron | 659 | 25.17 |
| Conservative | Corinne Roberts  | 600  | 22.92  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Breck

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Breck (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Harry Taylor | 669 | 36.34 |
| Conservative | Francis Carroll | 646 | 35.09 |
| Labour | Alan Dawkins  | 276  | 14.99  |
| Labour | Peter Elliott  | 250  | 13.58  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Brock

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Brock (1 Councillor)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Pete Murphy | 425 | 69.44 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Thompson  | 187  | 30.56  |
Majority  | 238  | 38.89  |
Turnout | 612  |  |

### Cabus

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Cabus (1 Councillor)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Roger Brooks | 364 | 54.74 |
| Labour | Marilyn Levey  | 301  | 45.26  |
Majority  | 63  | 9.47  |
Turnout | 665  |  |

### Calder

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Calder (1 Councillor)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Williams | 292 | 52.24 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Rogers  | 267  | 47.76  |
Majority  | 25  | 4.47  |
Turnout | 559  |  |

### Carleton

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Carleton (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Hargeaves | 677 | 28.99 |
| Conservative | Frances Gandhi | 669 | 28.65 |
| Labour | Jane Jackson  | 511  | 21.88  |
| Labour | Andrew Walker  | 478  | 20.47  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Catterall

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Catterall (1 Councillor)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | David Sharples | 532 | 68.91 |
| Conservative | Valerie Wilson  | 240  | 31.09  |
Majority  | 292  | 37.82  |
Turnout | 772  |  |

### Cleveleys Park

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Cleveleys Park (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Penelope Martin | 862 | 17.06 |
| Labour | Wayne Martin | 854 | 16.90 |
| Labour | John Traynor | 852 | 16.86 |
| Conservative | Arthur Brooks  | 750  | 14.84  |
| Conservative | William Rogerson  | 730  | 14.45  |
| Conservative | Ernest Smith  | 693  | 13.71  |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Taylor  | 312  | 6.17  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Garstang

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Garstang (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Dulcie Atkins | 1,066 | 23.03 |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Collinson | 923 | 19.94 |
| Conservative | Thomas Balmain | 912 | 19.70 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Harrison  | 693  | 14.97  |
| Liberal Democrats | Francis Purkins  | 590  | 12.75  |
| Labour | Stanley Harvey  | 445  | 9.61  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Great Eccleston

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Great Eccleston (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Alfred Coop | 815 | 46.95 |
| Conservative | Thomas Pimbley | 688 | 39.63 |
| Labour | David Swift  | 233  | 13.42  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall

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Hambleton & Stalmine-with-Staynall (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Dickinson | 878 | 31.11 |
| Conservative | Lynn Bowen | 797 | 28.24 |
| Labour | Roger Cameron  | 599  | 21.23  |
| Labour | Margaret Jackson  | 548  | 19.42  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Hardhorn

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Hardhorn (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Graeme Cocker | 787 | 36.28 |
| Conservative | Frank Turner | 730 | 33.66 |
| Labour | Richard Barnes  | 336  | 15.49  |
| Labour | Eileen Pacey-Patrick  | 316  | 14.57  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Highcross

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Highcross (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Maurice Richardson | 787 | 30.16 |
| Conservative | Daniel Penswick | 752 | 28.82 |
| Labour | Alphonse Robert  | 553  | 21.20  |
| Labour | Eric Stafford  | 517  | 19.82  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Jubilee

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Jubilee (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Alan Heppenstall | 530 | 26.33 |
| Conservative | John Hodgkinson | 501 | 24.89 |
| Labour | Kathleen Condron  | 499  | 24.79  |
| Labour | Graham Robinson  | 483  | 23.99  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Mount

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Mount (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Ian Duffy | 596 | 29.93 |
| Labour | Ruth Duffy | 572 | 28.73 |
| Conservative | Mark Hamer  | 456  | 22.90  |
| Conservative | Carole Bonham  | 367  | 18.43  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Norcross

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Norcross (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | David Twizell | 503 | 26.46 |
| Labour | Peter Smith | 477 | 25.09 |
| Conservative | John Shedwick  | 470  | 24.72  |
| Conservative | Leonard Jolley  | 451  | 23.72  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Park

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Park (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Stanley Leadbetter | 673 | 38.04 |
| Labour | Geoffrey Horrocks | 603 | 34.09 |
| Conservative | Kathleen Vincent  | 261  | 14.75  |
| Conservative | Catherine Rogerson  | 232  | 13.11  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Pharos

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Pharos (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 946 | 26.20 |
| Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 927 | 25.67 |
| Labour | Ronald Shewan | 905 | 25.06 |
| Conservative | Margaret Grant  | 249  | 6.90  |
| Conservative | Graham Cooke  | 206  | 5.70  |
| Conservative | Michael Vincent  | 195  | 5.40  |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Palmerton  | 183  | 5.07  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Pilling

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Pilling (1 Councillor)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Donald Lawrenson | 342 | 52.13 |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Thompson  | 314  | 47.87  |
Majority  | 28  | 4.27  |
Turnout | 656  |  |

### Preesall

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Preesall (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Ian McCann | 1,012 | 22.28 |
| Conservative | Paul Moon | 936 | 20.60 |
| Conservative | Vivien Taylor | 935 | 20.58 |
| Independent | Thomas Hudson  | 750  | 16.51  |
| Labour | Nicholas Fogg  | 498  | 10.96  |
| Labour | Brian Stephenson  | 412  | 9.07  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Rossall

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Rossall (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Marlene Colby | 953 | 22.71 |
| Labour | Vincent Riley | 950 | 22.64 |
| Labour | Edwn Taylor | 886 | 21.11 |
| Conservative | Harry King  | 486  | 11.58  |
| Conservative | Frances Thewlis  | 463  | 11.03  |
| Conservative | Kathleen Walker  | 459  | 10.94  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Staina

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Staina (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Forsyth | 941 | 18.97 |
| Conservative | Ralph Lawrenson | 934 | 18.83 |
| Conservative | Ramesh Gandhi | 931 | 18.77 |
| Labour | Thomas Rawlings  | 736  | 14.84  |
| Labour | David Oxley  | 712  | 14.35  |
| Labour | Richard Anyon  | 707  | 14.25  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Tithebarn

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Tithebarn (2 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Bannister | 781 | 35.40 |
| Conservative | Peter Hawley | 752 | 34.09 |
| Labour | Alan Morgan  | 341  | 15.46  |
| Labour | Christopher Frost  | 332  | 15.05  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Victoria

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Victoria (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Keith Tebbs | 839 | 20.30 |
| Conservative | Rita Amos | 828 | 20.03 |
| Conservative | Alan Vincent | 779 | 18.85 |
| Labour | Fred Greenhalgh  | 615  | 14.88  |
| Labour | Christopher Brooks  | 545  | 13.19  |
| Labour | Paul Meehan  | 527  | 12.75  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Warren

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Warren (3 Councillors)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Margaret Anderton | 863 | 21.26 |
| Labour | Irene Robinson | 821 | 20.22 |
| Labour | George Irish | 777 | 19.14 |
| Conservative | Andrea Whitehouse  | 562  | 13.84  |
| Conservative | Roger Berry  | 546  | 13.45  |
| Conservative | William Proctor  | 491  | 12.09  |
Turnout |  |  |

### Wyresdale

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Wyresdale (1 Councillor)  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Collinson | 369 | 53.17 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Ronson  | 325  | 46.83  |
Majority  | 44  | 6.34  |
Turnout | 694  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
2. ^ "Wyre Borough Council Elections, 2003". Wyre Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
3. ^ "Local Elections 2003". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

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