Local Election Results 2003
Copeland
Whole council up for election. Three Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for Copeland:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Copeland (may be incomplete): 10th June 2004 (Harbour)
— 6th April 2006 (Cleator Moor N.; Gosforth; Hensingham)
— 20th September 2007 (Harbour)
— 2nd May 2013 (Hensingham)
— 8th June 2017 (Newtown)
— 2nd November 2017 (Egremont S.)
— 6th May 2021 (Whitehaven C.)
Results for Cumbria county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
13737 |
50.5% |
31 |
| Conservative |
10318 |
37.9% |
16 |
| Independent |
1962 |
7.2% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1180 |
4.3% |
1 |
| Joseph Sunderland |
Ind |
463 |
71.0% |
| Simon Leyton |
Lab |
189 |
29.0% |
| Yvonne Clarkson |
C |
unop. |
|
| John Jackson |
C |
unop. |
|
| Keith Hitchen |
C |
502 |
68.6% |
| Roger Putnam |
LD |
230 |
31.4% |
| Dorothy Wonnacott |
C |
924 |
52.4% |
| James Hewitson |
Lab |
839 |
47.6% |
| Anthony Johnston |
Lab |
829 |
|
| Mark Mallard |
C |
812 |
|
| Edward Brenan |
Lab |
798 |
|
| Allan Mossop |
C |
752 |
|
| Anthony Wells |
Ind |
616 |
53.4% |
| Joan Hully |
Lab |
538 |
46.6% |
| William Southward |
Lab |
511 |
|
| John Henney |
Lab |
445 |
|
| Catherine Giel |
Lab |
679 |
63.8% |
| David Banks |
Lab |
652 |
|
| Hilda Morris |
C |
194 |
18.2% |
| Mike Minogue |
LD |
192 |
18.0% |
| Stuart Bowers |
LD |
180 |
|
| Willis Metherell |
Lab |
992 |
59.6% |
| Brian Dixon |
Lab |
963 |
|
| Kevin Young |
Lab |
952 |
|
| Frank Hollowell |
LD |
441 |
26.5% |
| Mary Lancaster |
LD |
349 |
|
| Joyce Toft |
C |
231 |
13.9% |
| Stephen Litt |
LD |
197 |
|
| Samuel Meteer |
Lab |
975 |
64.5% |
| Elaine Woodburn |
Lab |
936 |
|
| Margaret Woodburn |
Lab |
933 |
|
| Steven Hill |
C |
536 |
35.5% |
| Alfred Bailey |
C |
402 |
|
| Elizabeth Hutson |
C |
402 |
|
| Michael McVeigh |
Lab |
1184 |
66.7% |
| Peter Watson |
Lab |
1043 |
|
| Constance Watson |
Lab |
1005 |
|
| John Holmes |
C |
592 |
33.3% |
| Jean Lewthwaite |
C |
572 |
|
| Frederick Blinco |
C |
537 |
|
| Robert Salkeld |
C |
327 |
68.7% |
| Mary Ross |
Lab |
149 |
31.3% |
| Peter Connolly |
Lab |
616 |
51.0% |
| James Close |
Ind |
592 |
49.0% |
| Timothy Knowles |
Lab |
425 |
|
| David Gray |
C |
563 |
71.9% |
| Christina Cornall |
Lab |
220 |
28.1% |
| Janet Johnston |
Lab |
987 |
62.6% |
| Henry Wormstrup |
Lab |
944 |
|
| Paul Whalley |
Lab |
901 |
|
| Marcus Swift |
C |
589 |
37.4% |
| David Hall |
C |
572 |
|
| Margaret Barnes |
LD |
317 |
50.6% |
| Francis Cairns |
C |
309 |
49.4% |
| Norman Williams |
Lab |
1104 |
71.7% |
| Jamieson Reed |
Lab |
970 |
|
| Margarita Docherty |
Lab |
859 |
|
| Gareth Maley |
C |
436 |
28.3% |
| Alistair Norwood |
C |
828 |
66.6% |
| Andrew Wonnacott |
C |
728 |
|
| John Woolley |
Lab |
415 |
33.4% |
| John Park |
Lab |
683 |
50.7% |
| Frederick Gleaves |
C |
665 |
49.3% |
| Alan Altree |
C |
407 |
|
| George Clements |
Lab |
791 |
75.1% |
| Alan Holliday |
Lab |
661 |
|
| Leah Higgins |
C |
262 |
24.9% |
| Dorothy Faichney |
Lab |
1320 |
81.2% |
| Robert Docherty |
Lab |
1132 |
|
| Michael Ashbrook |
Lab |
875 |
|
| George Higgins |
C |
305 |
18.8% |
| Dorothy Gray |
C |
204 |
|
| Geoffrey Blackwell |
Lab |
343 |
54.9% |
| Edward Fox |
C |
282 |
45.1% |
| Francis McPhillips |
C |
905 |
60.5% |
| Francis Heathcote |
C |
898 |
|
| Raymond Cole |
C |
872 |
|
| Gavin Towers |
Lab |
591 |
39.5% |
| Keith Crellin |
Lab |
502 |
|
| Norman Clarkson |
C |
575 |
74.6% |
| Archibald Ross |
Lab |
196 |
25.4% |
| Peter Tyson |
Lab |
536 |
55.1% |
| James Prince |
Lab |
360 |
|
| Gordon Brown |
Ind |
291 |
29.9% |
| Sheena Gray |
C |
146 |
15.0% |
| David Moore |
C |
1147 |
74.6% |
| Eileen Eastwood |
C |
962 |
|
| Charles Tuley |
Lab |
390 |
25.4% |
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