Copeland Borough Council election, 2003

Map of the results of the 2003 Copeland council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, independent in white and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2003 Copeland Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Copeland Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Election result

Copeland Local Election Result 2003^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	31			+1	60.8	57.7	30,433
	Conservative	16			-1	31.4	35.0	18,438
	Independent	3			0	5.9	3.7	1,962
	Liberal Democrat	1			0	2.0	3.6	1,906

3 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Arlecdon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Sunderland	463	71.0
	Labour	Simon Leyton	189	29.0
Majority			274	42.0
Turnout			652

Beckermet (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Clarkson	unopposed
	Conservative	John Jackson	unopposed

Bootle^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Hitchen	502	68.6
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Putnam	230	31.4
Majority			272	37.2
Turnout			732

Bransty (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Wonnacott	924
	Labour	James Hewitson	839
	Labour	Anthony Johnston	829
	Conservative	Mark Mallard	812
	Labour	Edward Brenan	798
	Conservative	Allan Mossop	752
Turnout			4,954

Cleator Moor North (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Wells	616
	Labour	Joan Hully	538
	Labour	William Southward	511
	Labour	John Henney	445
Turnout			2,110

Cleator Moor South (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Giel	679
	Labour	David Banks	652
	Conservative	Hilda Morris	194
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Minogue	192
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Bowers	180
Turnout			1,897

Distington (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willis Metherell	992
	Labour	Brian Dixon	963
	Labour	Kevin Young	952
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Hollowell	441
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Lancaster	349
	Conservative	Joyce Toft	231
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Litt	197
Turnout			4,125

Egremont North (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Meteer	975
	Labour	Elaine Woodburn	936
	Labour	Margaret Woodburn	933
	Conservative	Steven Hill	536
	Conservative	Alfred Bailey	402
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hutson	402
Turnout			4,184

Egremont South (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McVeigh	1,184
	Labour	Peter Watson	1,043
	Labour	Constance Watson	1,005
	Conservative	John Holmes	592
	Conservative	Jean Lewthwaite	572
	Conservative	Frederick Blinco	537
Turnout			4,933

Ennerdale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Salkeld	327	68.7
	Labour	Mary Ross	149	31.3
Majority			178	37.4
Turnout			476

Frizington (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Connolly	616
	Independent	James Close	592
	Labour	Timothy Knowles	425
Turnout			1,633

Gosforth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gray	563	71.9
	Labour	Christina Cornall	220	28.1
Majority			343	43.8
Turnout			783

Harbour (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Johnston	987
	Labour	Henry Wormstrup	944
	Labour	Paul Whalley	901
	Conservative	Marcus Swift	589
	Conservative	David Hall	572
Turnout			3,993

Haverigg^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Barnes	317	50.6
	Conservative	Francis Cairns	309	49.4
Majority			8	1.3
Turnout			626

Hensingham (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Williams	1,104
	Labour	Jamieson Reed	970
	Labour	Margarita Docherty	859
	Conservative	Gareth Maley	436
Turnout			3,369

Hillcrest (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Norwood	828
	Conservative	Andrew Wonnacott	728
	Labour	John Woolley	415
Turnout			1,971

Holborn Hill (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Park	683	38.9
	Conservative	Frederick Gleaves	665	37.9
	Conservative	Alan Altree	407	23.2
Turnout			1,755

Kells (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Clements	791
	Labour	Alan Holliday	661
	Conservative	Leah Higgins	262
Turnout			1,714

Millom Without^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Scurrah	unopposed

Mirehouse (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Faichney	1,320
	Labour	Robert Docherty	1,132
	Labour	Michael Ashbrook	875
	Conservative	George Higgins	305
	Conservative	Dorothy Gray	204
Turnout			3,836

Moresby^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Blackwell	343	54.9
	Conservative	Edward Fox	282	45.1
Majority			61	9.8
Turnout			625

Newtown (3)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis McPhillips	905
	Conservative	Francis Heathcote	898
	Conservative	Raymond Cole	872
	Labour	Gavin Towers	591
	Labour	Keith Crellin	502
Turnout			3,768

St Bees^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Clarkson	575	74.6
	Labour	Archibald Ross	196	25.4
Majority			379	49.2
Turnout			771

Sandwith (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Tyson	536
	Labour	James Prince	360
	Independent	Gordon Brown	291
	Conservative	Sheena Gray	146
Turnout			1,333

Seascale (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Moore	1,147
	Conservative	Eileen Eastwood	962
	Labour	Charles Tuley	390
Turnout			2,499

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "21.4 Copeland". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
↑ "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

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