# 2003 Sedgefield Borough Council election

Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

Sedgefield Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 35 | -7 | 70.0 | 56.7 | 29,615 |
| Independent | 7 | +3 | 14.0 | 21.2 | 11,096 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | +4 | 14.0 | 15.4 | 8,046 |
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 2,493 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 705 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 313 |
12 Labour candidates were unopposed.

## Ward results

Bishop Middleham & Cornforth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Hodgson | unopposed | | |
| | Labour | Marie Predki | unopposed | | |
Broom (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | George Morgan | 874 |
| | Labour | David Newell | 872 |
| | Labour | Brian Meek | 848 |
| | Socialist Labour | Brian Gibson | 705 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,299 |
Byerley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Huntington | 1,033 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Howe | 865 |
| | Labour | Vernon Chapman | 387 |
| | Labour | John Bowman | 316 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,601 |
Chilton (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Brian Avery | unopposed |
| Labour | Thomas Forrest | unopposed |
| Labour | Christine Potts | unopposed |
Ferryhill (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Kathleen Conroy | unopposed |
| Labour | James Higgin | unopposed |
| Labour | Ronald Patchett | unopposed |
Fishburn & Old Trimdon (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | John Burton | unopposed |
| Labour | Kester Noble | unopposed |
| Labour | Terence Ward | unopposed |
Greenfield Middridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Vincent Crosby | 848 |
| | Labour | Brian Hall | 799 |
| | Independent | June Croft | 551 |
| | Labour | Gloria Wills | 545 |
| | Independent | Kevin Cox | 518 |
| | Independent | Terence Paylor | 510 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,771 |
Low Spennymoor & Tudhoe Grange (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Andrew Gray | 1,193 |
| | Labour | Andrew Smith | 1,130 |
| | Labour | John Khan | 1,033 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Roxby | 884 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,240 |
Middlestone (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Thompson | 1,022 |
| | Labour | William Waters | 919 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Sproat | 888 |
| | Labour | Christine Kennedy | 840 |
| | Labour | Alexander Hawkes | 741 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,410 |
Neville & Simpasture (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Moran | 1,021 |
| | Labour | William Blenkinsopp | 993 |
| | Labour | John Piggott | 975 |
| | BNP | Justin Thornton | 229 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,218 |
New Trimdon & Trimdon Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lucy Howels | unopposed | | |
Sedgefield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | James Wayman | 1,209 |
| | Labour | John Robinson | 1,024 |
| | Conservative | David Brown | 987 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Waller | 936 |
| | Labour | Linda Byrne | 879 |
| | Labour | Maxine Robinson | 861 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,896 |
Shafto St Mary's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Angela Fleming | 866 |
| | Labour | Robert Fleming | 849 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Iveson | 822 |
| | Independent | Alison Palmer | 604 |
| | Independent | Lileen Cuthbertson | 541 |
| | Independent | David Dobson | 521 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,203 |
Spennymoor (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Ord | 1,207 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Jones | 927 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Scott | 869 |
| | Labour | Anne Mumford | 768 |
| | Labour | John Plews | 633 |
| | Labour | John Parkin | 519 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,923 |
Sunnydale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Ina Smith | 930 |
| | Independent | Lorraine Smith | 863 |
| | Labour | Allan Walker | 538 |
| | Labour | James Younghusband | 456 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,787 |
Thickley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | David Hancock | 968 |
| | Independent | John Smith | 737 |
| | Labour | Brian Stephens | 516 |
| | Labour | Frank Timmiss | 381 |
| | BNP | Janine Thornton-Browne | 84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,686 |
Tudhoe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Barbara Graham | 804 |
| | Labour | Agnes Armstrong | 790 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Gordon | 351 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Miller | 243 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,188 |
West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | George Gray | 723 |
| | Independent | Enid Paylor | 707 |
| | Labour | Michael Dalton | 683 |
| | Independent | Margaret Crabtree | 666 |
| | Labour | Maud Gray | 638 |
| | Independent | Lynn Atkinson | 615 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,032 |
Woodham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Alan Gray | 995 |
| | Labour | Keith Henderson | 796 |
| | Labour | Barbara Clare | 740 |
| | Independent | Sandra Haigh | 470 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Cannings | 362 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Crass | 327 |
| | Independent | Alison Jewkes | 324 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,014 |