Local Election Results 2003
Wansbeck
Whole council up for election.
Note:— The result in College ward was the subject of an election petition after errors at the count led to Michael Kirkup (LD) being wrongly declared elected. The results originally declared at the count were 760 votes for Michael Kirkup and 563 for James Sawyer (Lab); the votes shown below for those candidates are based on press reports of what the result should have been.
Other results for Wansbeck:
2007
By-elections for Wansbeck (may be incomplete): 11th May 2006 (Guide Post)
— 1st May 2008 (Ashington C.)
Results for Northumberland county council: 2005
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
12623 |
58.0% |
37 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8905 |
40.9% |
8 |
| Independent |
138 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Conservative |
84 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Miriam Coatsworth |
LD |
798 |
50.1% |
| Valerie Tyler |
Lab |
795 |
49.9% |
| Arthur Pegg |
LD |
770 |
|
| David Graham |
Lab |
726 |
|
| Phillip Mason |
Lab |
624 |
|
| Madeline Reed |
LD |
613 |
|
| Irene Harbottle |
Lab |
905 |
62.4% |
| Alan Douglas |
Lab |
893 |
|
| Brian Richmond |
Lab |
864 |
|
| Michael Clark |
LD |
545 |
37.6% |
| Andrew Simm |
LD |
501 |
|
| Elaine Watson |
LD |
415 |
|
| George Todd |
LD |
1068 |
56.3% |
| Ann Fitzsimmons |
LD |
915 |
|
| Margarette Patterson |
LD |
907 |
|
| David Armstrong |
Lab |
830 |
43.7% |
| John Tyler |
Lab |
821 |
|
| Eric Cazaly |
Lab |
784 |
|
| Isobel Davidson |
Lab |
866 |
51.5% |
| Kathleen Urwin |
Lab |
841 |
|
| Simon Reed |
LD |
814 |
48.5% |
| David Blackmore |
LD |
774 |
|
| Lawrence Bircham |
LD |
763 |
|
| Joseph Dobie |
Lab |
697 |
|
| Thomas Wilson |
Lab |
836 |
61.0% |
| George Straughan |
Lab |
834 |
|
| Raymond Lashley |
Lab |
820 |
|
| Audrey Davis |
LD |
534 |
39.0% |
| Laura Rochester |
LD |
492 |
|
| Michael Rogerson |
LD |
412 |
|
| David Nicholson |
Lab |
445 |
75.0% |
| Paul Vaughan |
Lab |
422 |
|
| Susan McMilan |
LD |
148 |
25.0% |
| Cyril Walker |
LD |
128 |
|
| James Sawyer |
Lab |
769 |
58.1% |
| John Briggs |
Lab |
750 |
|
| Lynn Roe |
Lab |
625 |
|
| Michael Kirkup |
LD |
554 |
41.9% |
| Joyce Rutter |
LD |
477 |
|
| Carole Sweet |
LD |
414 |
|
| David Ledger |
Lab |
956 |
61.9% |
| June Young |
Lab |
930 |
|
| Alyson Wallace |
Lab |
831 |
|
| Ann Walton |
LD |
451 |
29.2% |
| Stuart Shearer |
LD |
409 |
|
| Peter Laidlaw |
LD |
295 |
|
| Jim Tweddle |
Ind |
138 |
8.9% |
| Ann Bilcliff |
Lab |
881 |
51.0% |
| Doris Brown |
Lab |
879 |
|
| George Liddle |
LD |
845 |
49.0% |
| John Davidson |
Lab |
841 |
|
| Margaret Liddle |
LD |
796 |
|
| Edwin Patterson |
LD |
709 |
|
| Kenneth Parry |
Lab |
686 |
59.8% |
| John Wilson |
Lab |
645 |
|
| Colin Parker |
Lab |
604 |
|
| Pauline Thompson |
LD |
461 |
40.2% |
| Marcia Bircham |
LD |
440 |
|
| Henry Knox |
LD |
345 |
|
| Mabel Wallace |
Lab |
684 |
51.4% |
| Isabel Dent |
Lab |
654 |
|
| James Thompson |
LD |
647 |
48.6% |
| Carole Goodman |
Lab |
626 |
|
| Michael Rutter |
LD |
590 |
|
| Robert McAlpine |
LD |
553 |
|
| John Birch |
Lab |
589 |
59.7% |
| Thomas Roll |
Lab |
518 |
|
| David Boon |
LD |
397 |
40.3% |
| Malcolm Peden |
LD |
397 |
|
| John Dunn |
Lab |
801 |
73.3% |
| John Devon |
Lab |
763 |
|
| Mark Purvis |
Lab |
720 |
|
| Andrew McGregor |
LD |
292 |
26.7% |
| Wilhelmina Miley |
LD |
284 |
|
| Adam Bircham |
LD |
278 |
|
| Karen Lang |
Lab |
919 |
63.6% |
| Louis Brown |
Lab |
910 |
|
| Margaret Lang |
Lab |
686 |
|
| Pamela Thompson |
LD |
526 |
36.4% |
| Joyce Durmaz |
LD |
497 |
|
| Stephen Peel |
LD |
495 |
|
| Allan Stewart |
Lab |
905 |
66.6% |
| Lynda Mason |
Lab |
875 |
|
| Alexander Wallace |
Lab |
814 |
|
| Ronald Major |
LD |
453 |
33.4% |
| John Goodwill |
LD |
452 |
|
| Valerie Imrie |
LD |
355 |
|
| John Young |
Lab |
756 |
62.4% |
| Arthur Rowe |
Lab |
681 |
|
| Valerie Hetherington |
LD |
372 |
30.7% |
| Margaret Carr |
LD |
348 |
|
| Anne Elphinstone |
C |
84 |
6.9% |
| Michael Scott |
C |
72 |
|
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