Fylde Council election, 2003

Elections to Fylde Council were held on 1 May, 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by two. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Election Result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 27
gain =
loss =
net = +5
seats % = 52.9
votes % = 49.1
votes = 22,753
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 15
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 29.4
votes % = 20.5
votes = 9,486
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Ratepayers
seats = 7
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 13.7
votes % = 14.6
votes = 6,786
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 3.9
votes % = 9.0
votes = 4,173
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 0
votes % = 6.8
votes = 3,129
plus/minus =

Two Independent councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate = Hilda Wilson
votes = 708
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Bamber
votes = 704
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Clarkson
votes = 605
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Tavernor
votes = 547
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Niland
votes = 407
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Sherwood
votes = 253
percentage =
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votes = 3,224
percentage = 38.3
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Walton
votes = 725
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Ronald Wilson
votes = 687
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Pagett
votes = 672
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jon Harrison
votes = 639
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Fielding
votes = 392
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Stott
votes = 270
percentage =
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votes = 3,385
percentage = 36.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Fazackerley
votes = 521
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dawn Prestwich
votes = 488
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Fabian Wilson
votes = 414
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Cheryl Little
votes = 359
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rosaleen Highton
votes = 277
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Curley
votes = 229
percentage =
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votes = 2,288
percentage = 25.5
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Thompson
votes = 874
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Taylor
votes = 722
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Fulford-Brown
votes = 651
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Stephen Mason
votes = 609
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = David Mitchell
votes = 559
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Nash
votes = 232
percentage =
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votes = 3,647
percentage = 41.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Hayhurst
votes = 529
percentage = 74.4
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barrie Reed
votes = 160
percentage = 22.5
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Wood
votes = 22
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 469
percentage = 51.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 711
percentage = 58.9
change =

Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate = Richard Eastham
votes = 666
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Caldwell
votes = 632
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alfred Jealous
votes = 561
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Chatfield
votes = 446
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Turner
votes = 367
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Valerie Hughes
votes = 238
percentage =
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votes = 2,910
percentage = 33.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Mulholland
votes = uncontested
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Threlfall
votes = uncontested
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Trevor Fiddler
votes = 593
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Louis Rigby
votes = 519
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrea Williams
votes = 139
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Vernon Allen
votes = 102
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,353
percentage = 33.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Coombes
votes = 763
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Clarke
votes = 752
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Hyde
votes = 699
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Smith
votes = 515
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Greene
votes = 447
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Estelle Drummond
votes = 290
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,466
percentage = 36.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Small
votes = 597
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Akeroyd
votes = 593
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Prestwich
votes = 560
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Kenneth Harries
votes = 468
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Beverley Harrison
votes = 319
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Stephenson
votes = 276
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,813
percentage = 33.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Keith Wright
votes = 1,161
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Bennett
votes = 837
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Stephen Wall
votes = 632
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Sowden
votes = 516
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,146
percentage = 42.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Elizabeth Oades
votes = 587
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Peter Hardy
votes = 344
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Sowden
votes = 281
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,202
percentage = 33.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Linda Nulty
votes = 593
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Renwick
votes = 411
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Geoffrey Dixon
votes = 362
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Page
votes = 292
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,532
percentage = 34.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Heather Speak
votes = 729
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Collins
votes = 576
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce McCormick
votes = 342
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Tomlinson
votes = 284
percentage =
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votes = 1,931
percentage = 48.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Fieldhouse
votes = 750
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = Stephen Carpenter
votes = 726
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arnold Horrocks
votes = 670
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John McLaren
votes = 633
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Graddon
votes = 367
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Willis
votes = 263
percentage =
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votes = 3,409
percentage = 36.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Derek Lancaster
votes = 378
percentage = 55.2
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Dobson
votes = 307
percentage = 44.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 71
percentage = 10.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 685
percentage = 57.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Maxine Chew
votes = 456
percentage = 84.0
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Jacques
votes = 87
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 369
percentage = 68.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 543
percentage = 39.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Ashton
votes = 709
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Dolan
votes = 485
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Norsworthy
votes = 474
percentage =
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party = Ratepayer
candidate = John Joyner
votes = 388
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Taylor
votes = 337
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,393
percentage = 32.4
change =

Election box candidate
party = Ratepayer
candidate = John Longstaff
votes = 640
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Howard Henshaw
votes = 558
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Karen Henshaw
votes = 524
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Audrey Preston
votes = 373
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sharon Foley
votes = 346
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Landsman
votes = 319
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pauline Mortensen
votes = 199
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,959
percentage = 35.5
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Albert Founder
votes = 527
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrea Whittaker
votes = 441
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alfred Goldberg
votes = 418
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,386
percentage = 39.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Janine Owen
votes = 657
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Rigby
votes = 572
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Harold Butler
votes = 551
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Bates
votes = 491
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Barbara Douglas
votes = 371
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael Gilbert
votes = 286
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Smith
votes = 280
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,208
percentage = 35.1
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