# 2003 Alnwick District Council election

An election for the Alnwick District Council was held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. One of the three seats in the Rothbury and South Rural ward had no candidate for the seat - a subsequent by-election on 12 June was won by an independent candidate.

## Election result

Alnwick Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Independent | 14 | +3 | 48.3 | 53.7 | 5,487 |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | -3 | 34.5 | 30.0 | 3,062 |
| Conservative | 3 | +1 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 420 |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 6.9 | 11.6 | 1,184 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 63 |
5 Liberal Democrat, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results

Alnwick Castle (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | David Archer | unopposed |
| Liberal Democrats | Alastair Graham | unopposed |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson | unopposed |
Alnwick Clayport (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Gray | 295 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Blakey | 231 | |
| | Conservative | Karl Poulsen | 29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 555 | 20.7 |
Alnwick Hotspur (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Gordon Castle | 403 | |
| | Independent | John Wright | 245 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Willa | 183 | |
| | Labour | Louis Levi | 116 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 947 | 31.7 |
Amble Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Audrey Jones | 299 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Gray | 231 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Teresa Hedley | 191 | |
| | Independent | Thomas Evans | 124 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 845 | 30.0 |
Amble East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Arckless | 363 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hedley | 228 | |
| | Independent | George Smailes | 117 | |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Poulsen | 61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 769 | 27.2 |
Amble West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Henry Stewart | 277 | |
| | Independent | Carl Oliver | 253 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Hinson | 229 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Rollo | 153 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 912 | 33.0 |
Embleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lydia Cairns | 246 | 56.4 |
| | Independent | June Burnie | 190 | 43.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 436 | 55.4 |
Harbottle and Elsdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Bolam | unopposed | | |
Hedgeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Taylor | unopposed | | |
Lesbury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Hugh Philipson | 595 | |
| | Conservative | John Orde | 330 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Vass | 275 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,200 | 51.5 |
Longframlington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Thorne | unopposed | | |
Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Grey | 353 | |
| | Independent | Ann Glass | 294 | |
| | Independent | Thomas Spence | 211 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 858 | 38.9 |
Rothbury and South Rural (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Dawson | unopposed |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Duffield | unopposed |
| | No candidate | |
Shilbottle (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Maria Haddow | 614 | |
| | Independent | Vera Vaggs | 559 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Rickwood | 445 | |
| | Labour | Mary Dixon | 321 | |
| | Independent | Eric Thomason | 311 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,618 | 40.2 |
Warkworth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Susan Champion | 472 | |
| | Independent | Jeffrey Watson | 326 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Elliott | 323 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,121 | 38.8 |
Whittingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Rutherford | 197 | 61.0 |
| | UKIP | Ian Dodds | 63 | 19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Noel Peberdy | 63 | 19.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 41.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 323 | 39.6 |