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Local Election Results 2003

East Riding

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Note:— The election in Hessle was postponed after the death of a candidate.

Other results for East Riding: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for East Riding (may be incomplete): 8th December 2005 (Howden) — 6th May 2010 (Willerby & Kirk Ella) — 3rd May 2012 (South East Holderness) — 2nd May 2013 (Howdenshire; Mid Holderness) — 27th November 2014 (Bridlington C. & Old Town; Howdenshire; Willerby & Kirk Ella) — 7th April 2016 (Pocklington Provincial) — 5th May 2016 (East Wolds & Coastal) — 4th August 2016 (South East Holderness) — 20th October 2016 (St Mary's) — 11th July 2019 (Bridlington N.) — 6th May 2021 (South East Holderness; South West Holderness) — 19th August 2021 (East Wolds & Coastal) — 7th April 2022 (South Hunsley) — 30th June 2022 (Bridlington N.) — 25th August 2022 (Beverley Rural) — 29th February 2024 (Minster & Woodmansey; Tranby) — 4th July 2024 (East Wolds & Coastal; South East Holderness)

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Consolidated results — East Riding 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 32611 34.5% 28
Liberal Democrat 29286 31.0% 23
Labour 16900 17.9% 8
Independent 12295 13.0% 6
Social Democratic Party 2141 2.3% 2
Green Party 683 0.7% 0
UK Independence Party 516 0.5% 0

Beverley Rural (3)

Penelope Peacock C 2360 49.2%
Phyllis Pollard C 2262
Stephen Parnaby C 2111
Patricia Ablett LD 1435 29.9%
David Skinner LD 1118
Jeremy Wilcock LD 1103
Wendy Cross Lab 634 13.2%
Janet Davis Lab 602
Brenda Hussain Grn 364 7.6%

Bridlington Central and Old Town (2)

Raymond Allerston SDP 1491 53.0%
Christine Allerston SDP 1394
Ian Male Lab 466 16.6%
Liam Dealtry C 442 15.7%
Geoffrey Pickering C 396
David Rowlands Lab 332
Ian Dunning Ind 295 10.5%
Robert Buckley LD 120 4.3%
Keith Chambers LD 112

Bridlington North (3)

Charles Harrap C 1487 38.8%
John Wilkinson C 1319
Christopher Matthews C 1275
Michael Charlesworth Ind 718 18.7%
Ronald Adamson LD 630 16.4%
Alan Charlesworth LD 588
Frederick Lee Lab 571 14.9%
Tricia Charlesworth Ind 546
Michael Walker Ind 517
Tony Padwick Lab 499
Sylvia Fleetham SDP 426 11.1%
Donald MacLeod Ind 239
Andrew Knox SDP 202
Tina Knox SDP 183

Bridlington South (3)

Doreen Clark Lab 919 29.8%
Cynthia Chadwick C 885 28.7%
David Grange Lab 792
Kenneth Hodgson C 757
Shelagh Finlay Lab 725
Cyril Marsburg C 679
Linda Chambers LD 646 21.0%
Roy Muckart Ind 408 13.2%
Ken Ambler Ind 383
Michael Heslop-Mullins LD 332
Raymond Pollard LD 315
Leslie Taylor SDP 224 7.3%
Edward Dunn SDP 202
Philip Wray SDP 168

Cottingham North (2)

Peter Faulkner C 1453 48.5%
Graham Stroud C 1432
Robin Alford LD 1239 41.3%
Alan Williams LD 1179
William Watts Lab 306 10.2%

Cottingham South (2)

Winifred Knight LD 1161 39.5%
Katrin McClure LD 1099
David Jordan C 1050 35.7%
Geoffrey Minns C 1050
David Cook Ind 394 13.4%
Edward Hart Lab 335 11.4%
Douglas Kingston Ind 194

Dale (3)

Rita Hudson C 2817 49.9%
Coleen Gill LD 2501 44.3%
Anita Kay LD 2396
Pat Smith C 2259
Howard Strong C 2209
Robert Kingdom LD 2080
Kim Andrews-Devins Lab 330 5.8%

Driffield and Rural (3)

Felicity Temple C 1513 49.7%
Symon Fraser C 1486
Jonathan Griffith-Owen C 1466
Stephen Poessl LD 769 25.3%
Paul Rounding Lab 762 25.0%
Frederick Roach LD 708
Geoffrey Eastwood Lab 687
Sheila Rounding Lab 641
Frank Staff LD 591

East Wolds and Coastal (3)

Margaret Chapman C 2146 67.2%
John Jackson C 2055
Jane Evison C 2015
Evelyn Brown Lab 1046 32.8%

Goole North (2)

Jean Kitchen LD 1109 44.1%
Eric Raddings LD 884
Kester Dean Lab 838 33.3%
William Frost Lab 718
Stephen Howd C 352 14.0%
Roy Pullan C 324
Kevin Flynn Ind 217 8.6%

Goole South (2)

Beryl Taylor LD 959 46.5%
Malcolm Boatman Lab 907 44.0%
Patricia O'Neil Lab 894
Ingrid Ridley LD 679
Graham Bate C 197 9.5%
Richard Bate C 161

Hessle (3) [Postponed poll; held 19th June 2003]

LD 2108 66.3%
LD 2043
LD 2029
C 472 14.9%
C 472
C 452
Lab 343 10.8%
Lab 318
Lab 298
UKIP 255 8.0%

Howden

John Neal LD 701 53.5%
Linda Cressey C 556 42.4%
Barbara Watt Lab 54 4.1%

Howdenshire (3)

Doreen Engall C 2023 48.5%
Bernard Darley C 2001
Charles Bayram C 1993
Michael O'Pray LD 1494 35.8%
Denis Healy LD 1474
Deirdre Falcon LD 1389
Matthew Snowden Lab 360 8.6%
Geoffrey Harrison Ind 291 7.0%

Mid Holderness (3)

Maureen Wastling LD 1659 43.3%
Diana Hoskins LD 1512
Stewart Willie LD 1481
Paul Foxton C 1405 36.7%
Andrew Baldwin C 1241
Andrew Harris C 1230
Mary Carrick Lab 766 20.0%

Minster and Woodmansey (3)

Neville Holgate Lab 1866 39.9%
Laurie Cross Lab 1645
Simon Pickering Lab 1465
Harold Bottomley C 1127 24.1%
Paula Wilson C 1006
Lewin Eaton C 977
Elizabeth Foot LD 785 16.8%
Philip Bacon LD 618
Ian Grant Ind 574 12.3%
Roy Jones LD 524
Richard Hunt-Smith Grn 319 6.8%

North Holderness (2)

Barbara Jefferson Ind 1508 40.8%
Polly Worsdale LD 1239 33.6%
Anne Padgett LD 538
Rick Sumner Ind 456
David Crabtree C 432 11.7%
Graham Flint C 427
Stephen Wallis UKIP 261 7.1%
John Youle Lab 252 6.8%

Pocklington Provincial (3)

John Cox Ind 2261 45.3%
Hilary Saynor Ind 2052
Rowan Blake-James C 1369 27.4%
Richard Byron Ind 1171
Kay West C 1123
Stephen Lane C 1055
George McManus Lab 819 16.4%
June Malcolm LD 542 10.9%

St Mary's (3)

Michael Guest Ind 1904 33.3%
Kate Gray Ind 1764
John Bird LD 1496 26.1%
Bryan Pearson C 1303 22.8%
Roger Billson C 1119
David Horsley LD 1117
James Whitfield Lab 1023 17.9%
Karl Morrey C 1009
Emma Hoddinott Lab 995
Peter Astell Lab 918
Paul Larvin LD 876

Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland (2)

Christine Arnold Lab 1281 52.9%
Terry Allison Lab 1101
Ronald Thornton C 746 30.8%
Jeannie Bate C 722
Jane Marsden LD 394 16.3%
Angela Kay LD 278

South East Holderness (3)

Richard Stead C 1591 37.7%
Charles Hunter C 1452
John Parsons C 1272
Reginald Allen Lab 938 22.2%
Brian Cloke LD 914 21.7%
Leslie Helliwell LD 834
Neil Whitelam Ind 778 18.4%
Jed Lee Lab 745
Leslie Howell Lab 689
Malcolm Lynn LD 668

South Hunsley (2)

Julie Abraham C 1789 50.5%
Helen Gilmour C 1754
Robert Tress LD 1575 44.5%
Frank Kitchen LD 1462
Alex MacFarlane Lab 176 5.0%
Judy Dickinson Lab 159

South West Holderness (3)

Ann Suggit Ind 1734 39.9%
Carole Lynn LD 1534 35.3%
Carole Walker LD 1334
Frank Norman Ind 606
Brian Stockdale Lab 599 13.8%
Robert Bottamley Ind 577
Paul Mannering C 474 10.9%
Peter Lazenby C 410
John Hart C 409

Tranby (2)

Mary-Rose Hardy LD 1544 59.7%
Mary Kingston LD 1491
Stuart Russell C 759 29.4%
Doreen West C 679
Eric Jones Lab 282 10.9%
David Sweet Lab 230

Willerby and Kirk Ella (3)

Tony McCobb LD 2114 42.6%
David Nolan LD 1991
Fred Smith LD 1972
Angela Ibson C 1961 39.5%
Margaret Raymond C 1901
Graham Carrison C 1733
Geoff Denton Ind 578 11.6%
Roger Coates Lab 313 6.3%
Peter Roche Lab 288

Wolds Weighton (3)

Richard Clubley C 1902 49.2%
David Rudd C 1824
Edward Burton C 1778
Martha Hanson Lab 714 18.5%
Marian Frith Ind 635 16.4%
Richard Peake Lab 626
Douglas Hope Lab 624
Jean Salmon LD 618 16.0%
Dale Needham LD 604
Joyce Calvert Ind 593

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