City of York Council election, 2003

City of York Council Election, 2003

1 May 2003

All 47 seats to City of York Council

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Steve Galloway	Dave Merrett	Andy D'Agorne
Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Green
Leader since	1999	2002	N/A
Leader's seat	Westfield	Micklegate	Fishergate
Last election	22	27	0
Seats before	24	25	0
Seats won	29	15	2
Seat change	7	12	2
Popular vote	19,116	13,361	5,192
Percentage	42.5%	22.6%	8.8%

Leader of the Council before election

Dave Merrett
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Steve Galloway
Liberal Democrat

Elections to City of York Council were held in 2003. The whole council was up for election. Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 53 to 47.

The election saw York's Labour Party lose control of the council covering central York for the first time since 1984. The Liberal Democrats won control of the council covering central York for the first time since the Liberal Party had last run the York Corporation in 1899.

York local election result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	29	7	0	+7	61.7	42.5	25,142
	Labour	15	0	12	-12	31.9	22.6	13,361
	Conservative	0	0	3	-3	0	18.0	10,643
	Green	2	2	0	+2	4.3	8.8	5,192

Ward results

Acomb Ward

Acomb (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tracey Simpson-Laing	1,051	26.3
	Labour	David Horton	1,038	26.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Anderson	773	19.3
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Hook	630	15.8
	Conservative	Valmai Galvin	398	10.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Graham Cambridge	107	2.7
Voter turnout			%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bishopthorpe Ward

Bishopthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David Livesley	989	58.5
	Conservative	Susan Williams	499	29.5
	Labour	Winifred Atkinson	202	12.0
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Clifton Ward

Clifton (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Jones	1,065	14.4
	Labour	Ken King	977	13.2
	Labour	David Scott	825	11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Macdonald	807	10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Tarry	804	10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Samantha Waudby	724	9.8
	Independent	John Cook	625	8.4
	Independent	Leslie Marsh	612	8.3
	Independent	Stephen Prophet	546	7.4
	Green	William Shaw	421	5.7
Voter turnout			%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Derwent Ward

Derwent^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Greenwood	808	56.6
	Conservative	Jenny Brooks	491	34.4
	Labour	Lesley Della Gana	128	9.0
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Ward

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Reid	2,052	19.5
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Sunderland	1,863	17.7
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Holvey	1,704	16.2
	Labour	Bernard Bell	1,009	9.6
	Labour	Richard Cregan	829	7.9
	Conservative	Monica Garrity	813	7.7
	Labour	Gerard Hodgson	794	7.5
	Conservative	Alan Deanes	755	7.2
	Conservative	John Naylor	703	6.7
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Fishergate Ward

Fishergate (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Andy D'Agorne	1,093	25.6
	Green	Mark Hill	1,028	24.1
	Labour	John Boardman	555	13.0
	Conservative	Robin Dickson	533	12.5
	Labour	Roger Farrington	472	11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Dunk	321	7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Waudby	265	6.2
Voter turnout			%
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Fulford Ward

Fulford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Aspden	491	48.4
	Labour	Alan Smith	285	28.1
	Conservative	Walter Davy	162	16.0
	Green	Helen Kenwright	76	7.5
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Guildhall Ward

Guildhall (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Looker	664	22.7
	Labour	Brian Watson	564	19.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Blitz	532	18.2
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Thomas	414	14.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Toms	319	10.9
	Green	Gillian Cossham	199	6.8
	Green	Denise Craghill	156	5.3
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Russell	78	2.7
Voter turnout			%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Haxby and Wigginton Ward

Haxby and Wigginton (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Chas Hall	2,887	26.1
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Hogg	2,728	24.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Watson	2,528	22.9
	Conservative	Robert Phillips	724	6.6
	Conservative	Gareth Dadd	627	5.7
	Green	Alan Robertshaw	453	4.1
	Labour	Doris Bell	387	3.5
	Labour	Stephen Burton	383	3.5
	Labour	David Wilson	327	3.0
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Heslington Ward

Heslington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ceredig Jamieson-Ball	381	54.1
	Labour	Martin Brumby	155	22.0
	Conservative	Richard Robeson	86	12.2
	Green	Candida Spillard	82	11.6
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Heworth Ward

Heworth (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Vivienne Kind	1,483	18.8
	Labour	Paul Blanchard	1,381	17.5
	Labour	Ruth Potter	1,300	16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Ayre	1,020	13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Reid	924	11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Packington	777	9.9
	Conservative	Patricia Kay	613	7.8
	Green	David Layfield	377	4.8
Voter turnout			%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Heworth Without Ward

Heworth Without^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Lancelott	708	49.9
	Conservative	William Bennett	470	33.1
	Labour	David Thompson	240	16.9
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Holgate Ward

Holgate (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Bartlett	1,626	17.8
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Fairclough	1,604	17.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gilbert Nimmo	1,392	15.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Edge	1,357	14.8
	Labour	Peter Finlay	1,239	13.5
	Labour	Annie Thompson	1,074	11.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Major	441	4.8
	Green	Mark Nicholson	424	4.6
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Hull Road Ward

Hull Road (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Smallwood	680	21.3
	Labour	David Wilde	678	21.2
	Independent	Gordon Campbell-Thomas	435	13.6
	Conservative	Duncan Flynn	390	12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Dunk	360	11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Willer	343	10.7
	Green	John Cossham	313	9.8
Voter turnout			%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Huntington and New Earswick Ward

Huntington and New Earswick (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Orrell	2,236	25.5
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Hyman	2,186	24.9
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Runciman	1,969	22.4
	Conservative	Paul Tumman	755	8.6
	Green	Clive Woolley	608	6.9
	Labour	James Alexander	531	6.1
	Labour	Geoffrey Beacon	490	5.6
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Micklegate Ward

Micklegate (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandy Fraser	1,268	15.4
	Labour	Dave Merrett	1,260	15.3
	Labour	David Evans	1,198	14.5
	Green	Andy Chase	734	8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Blackburn	654	7.9
	Green	Anthony Martin	599	7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Thompson	599	7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Bunting	595	7.2
	Green	David King	579	7.0
	Conservative	Christopher Megone	565	6.9
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Looker	193	2.3
Voter turnout			%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Osbaldwick Ward

Osbaldwick^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Morley	514	50.3
	Independent	Gerald Grisdale	391	38.3
	Labour	Andrew Garbutt	117	11.4
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Rural West York Ward

Rural West York (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Janet Hopton	2,100	19.0
	Liberal Democrat	Quentin Macdonald	1,685	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Glen Bradley	1,405	12.7
	Conservative	Adam Sinclair	1,336	12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Green	1,316	11.9
	Conservative	Ian Gillies	1,212	11.0
	Conservative	George Thomson-Smith	1,016	9.2
	Labour	Annette Brumby	527	4.8
	Labour	Iain Simpson-Laing	440	4.0
Voter turnout			%
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without Ward

Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Waudby	1,912	20.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Waudby	1,630	17.8
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Moore	1,534	16.7
	Independent	Victor Paylor	853	9.3
	Labour	Anthony Ireland	645	7.0
	Conservative	Peter Gibson	589	6.4
	Conservative	Andrew Kay	562	6.1
	Labour	Matthew Page	536	5.8
	Labour	Maureen Smith	518	5.6
	Green	Andrew Dearden	403	4.4
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Strensall Ward

Strensall (2)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Madeleine Kirk	1,113	29.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Cuthbertson	996	26.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Moore	686	18.2
	Conservative	William Hanbury	599	15.9
	Labour	Robert Guthrie	199	5.3
	Labour	Karl Smith	167	4.4
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Westfield Ward

Westfield (3)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Galloway	2,291	26.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Waller	2,154	24.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Galloway	2,013	23.1
	Labour	Paul Baptie	697	8.0
	Labour	Thomas Gibson	641	7.3
	Labour	James Tipton	613	7.9
	Conservative	Ken Beavan	314	3.6
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Wheldrake Ward

Wheldrake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christian Vassie	982	62.7
	Conservative	John Galvin	459	29.3
	Labour	Edward Gouge	124	7.9
Voter turnout			%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

References

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Council elections in North Yorkshire

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