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Local Election Results 2003

Lancaster

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

MBI = Morecambe Bay Independent

Other results for Lancaster: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Lancaster (may be incomplete): 7th August 2003 (Overton) — 26th February 2004 (Heysham S.) — 11th March 2004 (Carnforth) — 5th May 2005 (John O'Gaunt) — 8th December 2005 (John O'Gaunt) — 22nd June 2006 (Skerton W.) — 14th December 2006 (Skerton W.) — 4th June 2009 (Castle) — 1st April 2010 (John O'Gaunt) — 6th May 2010 (Skerton W.) — 7th October 2010 (Harbour) — 2nd May 2013 (Bulk) — 22nd May 2014 (Scotforth W.; University) — 26th November 2015 (Carnforth & Millhead) — 5th May 2016 (Carnforth & Millhead; John O'Gaunt) — 13th October 2016 (Westgate) — 8th December 2016 (University & Scotforth Rural) — 7th September 2017 (Skerton W.) — 28th September 2017 (Halton-with-Aughton) — 17th May 2018 (Skerton W.; University & Scotforth Rural) — 12th December 2019 (Overton) — 6th May 2021 (Bulk; Kellet) — 11th November 2021 (University & Scotforth Rural) — 25th November 2021 (Carnforth & Millhead) — 2nd December 2021 (Bare; Upper Lune Valley) — 19th May 2022 (Ellel) — 21st July 2022 (Harbour) — 8th September 2022 (Warton) — 14th March 2024 (Castle) — 2nd May 2024 (Carnforth & Millhead) — 4th July 2024 (University)
Results for Lancashire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Lancaster 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 9301 24.7% 10
Labour 8821 23.4% 20
Green Party 5848 15.5% 7
Independent 4573 12.1% 4
Liberal Democrat 4434 11.8% 8
Morecambe Bay Independents 4303 11.4% 11
UK Independence Party 187 0.5% 0
Socialist Alliance 183 0.5% 0

Bare (2)

John Fretwell C 606 44.8%
Susan Bray C 468
June Ashworth MBI 464 34.3%
David Bottoms MBI 301
Steven Ormerod Lab 198 14.6%
Ralph Martyn Grn 85 6.3%

Bolton-le-Sands (2)

Keith Budden Ind 377 46.1%
Anthony Johnson C 287 35.1%
Arthur Briggs Ind 253
Avril Moncaster Grn 154 18.8%

Bulk (3)

Ian Barker Lab 785 44.3%
Abbott Bryning Lab 705
John Whitelegg Grn 667 37.6%
Susan Paylor Grn 638
Ronald Kershaw Lab 630
Susanna Holden Grn 580
Thomas Barney LD 212 12.0%
Colin Lennon Ind 110 6.2%
Andrew McNae Ind 83
Mark Nixon Ind 68

Carnforth (2)

Edna Jones Lab 364 33.6%
Paul Gardner Lab 297
Robert Roe Ind 285 26.3%
Gregory Beaman UKIP 187 17.3%
Kim Battersby-Hill C 184 17.0%
Stephen Hoyland Grn 62 5.7%

Castle (3)

Jon Barry Grn 1255 53.7%
Anne Chapman Grn 1124
Christopher Coates Grn 1039
Michael Gibson Lab 458 19.6%
Linda Piggott Lab 432
James Groves Lab 425
Richard Royal C 251 10.7%
Caroline Wilton LD 209 8.9%
Mark Eldon Ind 166 7.1%

Duke's

Gina Dowding Grn 328 59.0%
John Jacobs Ind 79 14.2%
Paeder Broe Lab 71 12.8%
Rebecca Livesley LD 51 9.2%
Michael Jackson C 27 4.9%

Ellel (2)

Helen Helme C 746 51.5%
Susan Charles C 647
Claire Davison Lab 268 18.5%
James Talbot LD 267 18.4%
Tony Pinkney Grn 168 11.6%
Pamela White Grn 138

Halton-with-Aughton

Paul Woodruff Ind 606 79.6%
Clive Richardson C 95 12.5%
Cherith Adams Grn 60 7.9%

Harbour (3)

Janice Hanson Lab 585 42.1%
Peter Robinson Lab 558
David Whitaker Lab 526
John Barnes MBI 445 32.0%
Christine Stebbing MBI 404
Christopher Greenall MBI 373
Kenneth Brown C 267 19.2%
Michael Holland Grn 94 6.8%

Heysham Central (2)

Joyce Taylor Ind 610 37.2%
Geoffrey Knight MBI 394 24.1%
Jean Yates Lab 288 17.6%
John Battersby-Hill C 276 16.8%
Lucy Birbeck Grn 70 4.3%

Heysham North (2)

Tina Clifford Lab 369 38.8%
Ronald Sands Lab 346
Mavis Newton MBI 281 29.6%
Brenda Emmerson MBI 272
Brian Pearson C 242 25.5%
Ian McCulloch Grn 58 6.1%

Heysham South (3)

Michael Greenall MBI 633 49.8%
Philip Lee MBI 553
Shirley Reid MBI 542
Darren Clifford Lab 454 35.7%
Alan Biddulph Lab 448
Terrie Metcalfe Lab 365
Elaine Lewis Grn 183 14.4%

John O'Gaunt (3)

Mary Blamire Lab 824 43.0%
Joseph Ravetz Lab 672
Gareth Millar Lab 671
Jane Parkinson C 346 18.0%
Elizabeth Arnott LD 333 17.4%
Chris Hart Grn 279 14.6%
Jonathan Mills Grn 259
Gisela Renolds Grn 244
Matthew Sephton C 229
Kerry Mason Ind 135 7.0%
Stephen Johnston Ind 78
James Gill Ind 73

Kellet

John Mace C 503 60.8%
Geoffrey Ford Ind 268 32.4%
Adrian Mackenzie Grn 56 6.8%

Lower Lune Valley (2)

Patricia Quinton LD 725 45.9%
Joyce Pritchard LD 683
George Platts C 651 41.2%
Frederick McGlade C 576
Raymond Hill Lab 107 6.8%
Lucy Hampson Grn 98 6.2%
Richard Newman-Thompson Lab 93
Bronwyn Newton Grn 93

Overton

Mort Allan MBI 243 41.3%
Susan Ayrey Ind 161 27.3%
Keith Sowden C 160 27.2%
Harriet Orr Grn 25 4.2%

Poulton (3)

Evelyn Archer MBI 568 39.6%
Shirley Burns MBI 538
Rebekah Gerrard Lab 521 36.4%
Beryl Sperring Lab 458
Patricia Heath MBI 447
Richard Martin Lab 438
Jane Brown C 231 16.1%
Simone Novello Grn 113 7.9%

Scotforth East (2)

John Gilbert LD 757 51.3%
Janie Kirkman LD 754
Richard Mankoff Lab 312 21.2%
Derek Sykes C 289 19.6%
Joan Jackson C 277
Abigail Mills Grn 84 5.7%
David Horton Grn 80
Andrew Byrne Ind 33 2.2%
Michael Entwistle Ind 33

Scotforth West (3)

Sheila Denwood Lab 820 33.9%
Emily Heath Grn 749 31.0%
Catriona Stamp Grn 612
Mark Rotherham Grn 491
Valerie Outram C 431 17.8%
Gwynneth Robertson Lab 420
Robin Pettitt Lab 418
Robert Chard C 403
Graham Warnock C 360
Jan Pacula Ind 224 9.3%
Peter Corke Ind 211
Charles Morrow LD 195 8.1%
Susinne Mason Ind 180

Silverdale

Sarah Fishwick C 499 56.6%
Peter Roberts Ind 281 31.9%
Amanda Bingley Grn 101 11.5%

Skerton East (3)

John Harrison Lab 600 43.3%
Charles Grattan Lab 588
Robert Redfern Lab 489
Roger Dennison Ind 318 23.0%
Ashley Toms Grn 234 16.9%
Jean Holland C 233 16.8%
Robert Poole Grn 184

Skerton West (3)

Janet Horner Lab 657 43.0%
Jean Jones Lab 645
Roger Sherlock Lab 594
John Airey C 297 19.4%
William Harrison Ind 265 17.3%
Stephen Pughsley Ind 242
Thomas Penney SocAll 183 12.0%
Dominic Harrison Grn 127 8.3%
Stephen Dickinson Grn 109

Slyne-with-Hest (2)

Sylvia Rogerson C 801 59.8%
James Thomas C 770
Frank Briggs-Allen Ind 358 26.7%
Mark Stuart-Burgess Ind 324
Mark Westcombe Grn 180 13.4%

Torrisholme (3)

Ronald Day LD 1098 36.4%
Evelyn Ashworth MBI 656 21.8%
Ian Clift LD 630
Gordon Hagel C 624 20.7%
Caroline Airey C 592
Richard Grave Lab 460 15.3%
David Barker MBI 429
Michael Varey Lab 316
Cathryn Morton Grn 177 5.9%

University (2)

Stuart Langhorn LD 308 35.9%
Alexander Stone LD 251
Patricia McGrath Grn 227 26.5%
Claire Johnston Lab 209 24.4%
Graham Hunt Grn 160
Dewi Williams C 113 13.2%

Upper Lune Valley

James Airey C 653 70.1%
David Mason LD 279 29.9%

Warton

Jean Dent Ind 297 51.4%
Graham Agnew C 192 33.2%
Paul Harvey Grn 89 15.4%

Westgate (3)

David Kerr MBI 619 40.9%
Anthony Wade MBI 601
Geoffrey Wilson MBI 576
Albert Thornton Lab 471 31.2%
Dorothy Mingins C 297 19.6%
Richard Twine Grn 125 8.3%

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