2003 Northampton Borough Council election

2003 Northampton Borough Council election
All 45 seats in the Northampton Borough Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2003 Northampton Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

Elections to Northampton Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

Election result

Northampton Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	19	+11	40.4	37.2	33,122
Liberal Democrats	17	+5	36.2	35.0	31,199
Labour	11	-15	23.4	25.6	22,764
Independent	0	-1	0	1.0	902
Green	0	0	0	1.0	864
UKIP	0	0	0	0.2	143
Liberated Party	0	0	0	0.1	54

Ward results

Abington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Markham	986
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hoare	893
	Labour	Trevor Owen	578
	Labour	Vivienne Dams	573
	Conservative	Juliette Ashby	446
	Conservative	Barry Stoker	414
Turnout			3,890	31.6

Billing (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Palethorpe	832
	Conservative	Christopher Malpas	786
	Labour	Jean Lineker	601
	Labour	Trevor Balley	558
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Felstead	283
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Baldwin	275
Turnout			3,335	28.20

Boughton Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Yates	1,647
	Liberal Democrats	David Perkins	1,579
	Liberal Democrats	Maria-Trinidad Crake	1,533
	Conservative	Alan Beal	700
	Conservative	Julie Rolfe	663
	Conservative	Paul Rolfe	643
	Labour	Graham Mason	533
	Labour	Arthur Whitford	513
	Labour	Frances Wire	448
Turnout			8,260	34.2

Castle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lee Barron	626
	Labour	Peter Evans	558
	Conservative	Edward Barham	474
	Conservative	Robert Butler	452
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Coles	422
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Walsh	385
Turnout			2,943	22.4

Delapre (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Glynane	1,145
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Hoare	1,031
	Labour	Charman Kalyan	505
	Labour	Ulric Gravesande	494
	Conservative	Thomas Joyner	431
	Conservative	Michael Lobban	398
Turnout			4,004	32.8

East Hunsbury (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Judith Lill	1,149
	Conservative	Philip Larratt	967
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Panebianco	321
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Squires	307
	Labour	Anthony Peach	274
	Labour	David Thorn	229
Turnout			3,247	25.2

Eastfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Acock	684
	Conservative	James Robinson	625
	Labour	Debra Boss	580
	Labour	Frank Gear	543
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dee	472
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cheyne	405
	Independent	Benjamin Jacobs	258
	Green	Joan Lochmuller	142
Turnout			3,709	30.0

Ecton Brook (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jamie Lane	647
	Conservative	Mohammed Yousuf Miah	575
	Labour	Idris Davies	400
	Labour	Mary Davies	395
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Felstead	302
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Alderton	274
Turnout			2,593	25.1

Headlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Markham	1,425
	Liberal Democrats	Marlon Allen-Minney	1,389
	Conservative	Graham Hawker	731
	Conservative	Philip West	686
	Labour	Pamela Dixon	442
	Labour	Timothy Hart	414
Turnout			5,087	40.8

Kingsley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Taylor	1,356
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Simpson	1,340
	Labour	Dennis Hilliard	498
	Labour	Anthea Mitchell	446
	Conservative	Richard Booker	441
	Conservative	Gary Austin	441
	Green	Anthony Upton	194
Turnout			4,716	34.1

Kingsthorpe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Beardsworth	1,523
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Church	1,444
	Conservative	Laurice Percival	367
	Conservative	Alan Tebbutt	333
	Labour	Philippa Smith	232
	Labour	Tadzio Dobraszcyk	226
Turnout			4,125	37.0

Lumbertubs (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lee Mason	524
	Labour	Margaret Pritchard	523
	Conservative	Dominick Browne	398
	Conservative	Barbara Douglas	379
	Liberal Democrats	David Lovesy	294
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Oakman	266
Turnout			2,375	21.2

Nene Valley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Hill	1,397
	Conservative	Colin Lill	1,394
	Labour	Michael Jones	495
	Labour	Ruqla Sansom	438
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Nobles	396
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Battison	383
	Green	Evelyn Lander	180
Turnout			4,683	33.3

New Duston (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Caswell	1,178
	Conservative	Stephen Stewart	1,163
	Labour	John Jelley	695
	Labour	Francis Lilley	583
	Independent	David Huffadine-Smith	386
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Swain	267
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Taylor	214
Turnout			4,486	36.2

Old Duston (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Tavener	1,300
	Conservative	Donald Edwards	1,282
	Labour	Patricia Ford	714
	Labour	Alan Kingston	700
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Lewis	336
	Liberal Democrats	David Garfirth	328
Turnout			4,660	38.5

Parklands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Massey	1,187
	Conservative	Brandon Eldred	1,110
	Labour	Kenneth Dowsett	622
	Labour	Iftikhar Choudary	528
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Beardsworth	420
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Edwards	393
	Green	Anthony Lochmuller	141
Turnout			4,401	38.5

Spencer (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Concannon	628
	Labour	Anjona Roy	567
	Conservative	Christopher Kelly	448
	Conservative	Peter Jones	415
	Liberal Democrats	Shane Crick	369
	Liberal Democrats	Katharine Abu	319
Turnout			2,746	23.2

St. Crispin (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur McCutcheon	506
	Conservative	Penelope Flavell	492
	Conservative	Lee Dorey	485
	Labour	Winstone Strachan	457
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Bowden	288
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Ellis	270
	Green	Carol Alexander	207
	Liberated Party	Tina Harvey	54
Turnout			2,759	21.8

St. David (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Hollis	585
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Woods	522
	Labour	John Gardner	442
	Labour	Nova Keown	395
	Conservative	John A Cartwright	166
	Conservative	John G Cartwright	163
	Independent	Raoul Perry	146
	Independent	Peter Robinson	112
	UKIP	Michael Papworth	70
Turnout			2,601	24.1

St. James (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leslie Marriott	686
	Labour	Terence Wire	670
	Conservative	Ian McCann	668
	Conservative	Angela Wright	590
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Vaughan	438
	Liberal Democrats	Cecilie Wayman	414
Turnout			3,466	28.5

Thorplands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leslie Patterson	454
	Labour	Michael Boss	444
	Conservative	Maureen Hill	286
	Conservative	Jonathan Nunn	265
	Liberal Democrats	Eva Down	257
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Lamb	254
Turnout			1,960	20.6

West Hunsbury (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Hope	1,225
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Matthews	1,182
	Conservative	Rodney Sellers	604
	Conservative	Barry Dearsley	595
	Labour	Ghulam Chowdhury	150
	Labour	Simon Draper	124
	UKIP	Derek Clark	73
Turnout			3,953	37.9

Weston (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Hadland	1,660
	Conservative	Jane Duncan	1,612
	Liberal Democrats	David Garlick	548
	Liberal Democrats	James Cramp	494
	Labour	Clare Pike	393
	Labour	Anthony Deasy	360
Turnout			5,067	38.5

External links

2003 Northampton election result