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The 2003 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999.[1] The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[2]
Background
[edit]Between 1999 and 2003 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England had made changes to the wards of the council.[3] The changes included renaming Belmont ward to Westworth, and Redcar ward to Zetland, with 18 of the 22 wards having boundary changes.[3]
Before the election Labour ran the council with 31 seats, compared to 14 Conservatives, 11 Liberal Democrats and 3 East Cleveland Independents.[3] In total 151 candidates stood for the 59 seats that were being contested,[3] an increase of 9 from the 1999 election.[4]
The election had a trial of all postal voting to try and increase turnout,[5] with ballots being delivered to voters 2 weeks before the election.[3]
Election result
[edit]The count for Brotton ward was suspended on election night after 2 recounts and completed the following day.[6] Overall turnout at the election was 51.5%, an increase from 37% in 1999.[6]
Labour lost their majority on the council, finishing with 23 seats, 7 short of a majority.[7] Among the Labour councillors to lose seats was the leader of the council Dave Walsh in Eston ward,[7][8] after he had moved to contest Eston, instead of Loftus which he had previously been a councillor for.[9]
Following the election Labour chose George Dunning, formerly the deputy leader, as the new leader of the party on the council, defeating Dave McLuckie by 12 votes to 11.[9] Meanwhile, the 8 independents joined together, with Steve Kay as their leader, in an East Cleveland, Eston and Marske Independents group.[8] After negotiations the Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Independent groups formed a coalition to take control of the council from Labour.[10]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 23 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 39.0 | 36.1 | 47,411 | +4,313 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 35,596 | +13,612 | |
Conservative | 13 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 22.0 | 25.6 | 34,007 | +10,145 | |
Independent | 4 | +4 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 10,325 | +6,353 | |||
East Cleveland Independent | 4 | +1 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 5,202 | +5,202 |
One East Cleveland Independent was unopposed at the election.[11]
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Hogg | 1,189 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Miller | 1,036 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kay Walker | 1,002 | |||
Labour | Barry Hunt | 985 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Norma Morris | 834 | |||
Labour | Eileen Goodenough | 796 | |||
Conservative | Roberta Jackson | 497 | |||
Turnout | 6,339 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Crawford | 788 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Curr | 670 | |||
Labour | Raymond Goddard | 585 | |||
Independent | Allan Parsons | 492 | |||
Conservative | Edward Dolan | 378 | |||
Labour | Paul McGrath | 376 | |||
Turnout | 3,289 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vilma Collins | 1,276 | |||
Labour | Cliff Houlding | 1,185 | |||
Labour | Peter Todd | 1,058 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elsie Houston | 806 | |||
Independent | Peter Abramson | 793 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Langner | 775 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Slater | 773 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Walker | 414 | |||
Turnout | 7,080 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ann Higgins | 1,579 | |||
Independent | Vincent Smith | 1,487 | |||
Independent | Christopher Beadle | 1,464 | |||
Labour | John Simms | 1,154 | |||
Labour | David Walsh | 856 | |||
Labour | Patrick Harford | 841 | |||
Conservative | Stewart Dadd | 309 | |||
Turnout | 7,690 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynn Pallister | 927 | |||
Labour | Peter Dunlop | 857 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tuffs | 366 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Harry Jones | 283 | |||
Conservative | Philip Jeffels | 62 | |||
Turnout | 2,495 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Clarke | 1,405 | |||
Conservative | Anne Franklin | 1,399 | |||
Labour | Keith Pudney | 1,277 | |||
Labour | David Punshon | 1,266 | |||
Conservative | John Hale | 1,217 | |||
Labour | Denise Bunn | 1,187 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Slater | 337 | |||
Turnout | 8,088 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Jeffery | 1,835 | |||
Conservative | Valerie Halton | 1,816 | |||
Conservative | Peter Spencer | 1,708 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shelagh Kidd | 847 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Mackuin | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Kidd | 767 | |||
Labour | Denise Robson | 613 | |||
Labour | Simon Matthews | 605 | |||
Turnout | 8,982 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Davies | 1,241 | |||
Labour | Brenda Forster | 1,228 | |||
Labour | Mark Hannon | 1,142 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kelly Abbott | 657 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Reveley | 624 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Johnson | 623 | |||
Conservative | Joan Bolton | 520 | |||
Conservative | Michael Moody | 511 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Rouse | 417 | |||
Turnout | 6,963 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Cleveland Independent | Stephen Kay | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Cleveland Independent | David Fitzpatrick | 1,918 | |||
Labour | Eric Jackson | 1,149 | |||
East Cleveland Independent | Mary Lanigan | 1,045 | |||
East Cleveland Independent | Stephanie Aplin-Wakefield | 969 | |||
Independent | Linda Bell | 735 | |||
Labour | Christine Swales | 486 | |||
Labour | Roger Clipsham | 447 | |||
Conservative | Susan King | 282 | |||
Turnout | 7,031 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norah Cooney | 1,338 | |||
Conservative | Vvera Moody | 1,254 | |||
Independent | Mike Findley | 1,189 | |||
Labour | Mike Stephen | 574 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Fisher | 295 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Plummer | 281 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Crawford | 219 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Dixon | 152 | |||
Turnout | 5,302 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Abbott | 1,423 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Glynis Abbott | 1,301 | |||
Labour | Frederick Forster | 438 | |||
Conservative | Allan Gwenlan | 197 | |||
Conservative | George Bolton | 123 | |||
Turnout | 3,482 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Wall | 1,534 | |||
Labour | Carole Ealand | 1,483 | |||
Labour | David Tomlin | 1,315 | |||
Conservative | Paul Lennox | 935 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Dadd | 731 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Bell | 702 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Broadhurst | 321 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Florence Sefton | 310 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Paskin | 303 | |||
Turnout | 7,634 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Glyn Nightingale | 1,959 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eric Empson | 1,847 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Nightingale | 1,784 | |||
Labour | Richard White | 577 | |||
Conservative | Mary Dadd | 459 | |||
Turnout | 6,626 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Sands | 1,313 | |||
Conservative | John Robinson | 1,283 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Harpham | 1,129 | |||
Labour | Joan Guy | 1,024 | |||
Labour | Cyril Hammond | 863 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Grierson | 703 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jill Clarke | 299 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lilla Reveley | 275 | |||
Turnout | 6,889 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Briggs | 1,700 | |||
Labour | David McLuckie | 1,492 | |||
Labour | Helen McLuckie | 1,378 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Shaw | 1,194 | |||
Conservative | James Carrolle | 1,027 | |||
Conservative | Michael King | 1,021 | |||
Turnout | 7,812 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Jeffrey | 1,476 | |||
Labour | Pearl Hall | 1,407 | |||
Labour | Sylvia Szintai | 1,354 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angela Draper | 473 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michele Elcoate | 455 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Bell | 374 | |||
Turnout | 5,539 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Moses | 1,763 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Goodwill | 1,702 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Wilson | 1,477 | |||
Independent | Peter Atkinson | 1,025 | |||
Independent | Kenneth Seymour | 536 | |||
Conservative | John Moody | 487 | |||
Labour | Peter Briggs | 452 | |||
Conservative | Vera Rider | 428 | |||
Labour | James Hill | 355 | |||
Turnout | 8,225 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheelagh Clarke | 1,595 | |||
Labour | George Dunning | 1,405 | |||
Labour | Norman Pickthall | 1,239 | |||
Conservative | David Tabner | 881 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Harris | 878 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Leach | 803 | |||
Independent | Paul Jackson | 476 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Cockburn | 231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Plummer | 221 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Cockburn | 210 | |||
Turnout | 7,939 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Benbow | 1,971 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Blott | 1,525 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Ovens | 1,507 | |||
Conservative | Adele Coleman | 986 | |||
Labour | Michael Blott | 628 | |||
Conservative | Gillian Dadd | 544 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Emmerson | 537 | |||
Turnout | 7,698 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alma Thrower | 756 | |||
East Cleveland Independent | Bruce Mackenzie | 660 | |||
East Cleveland Independent | Tressa Cooper | 610 | |||
Labour | John Birtill | 562 | |||
Independent | David Williams | 549 | |||
Labour | Michael McGee | 390 | |||
Turnout | 3,527 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Stanway | 845 | |||
Conservative | Jean White | 840 | |||
Labour | Paul Dixon | 791 | |||
Labour | Albert Mills | 653 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Clarke | 409 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Curr | 353 | |||
Turnout | 3,891 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Local council election results". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Candidates line up". The Northern Echo. 14 April 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "151 standing for council". The Northern Echo. 4 April 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Voters go missing in election run-up". The Northern Echo. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Brotton ward election recount today". Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b "High drama as leader is beaten and breakaway group celebrates". The Northern Echo. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Party leaders set to unite". The Northern Echo. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Deputy voted into ousted leader's shoes". The Northern Echo. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ "Labour loses its grip on council". The Northern Echo. 12 May 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "May 2003 Election Results". Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.