# 2003 Blackpool Borough Council election

The 2003 Blackpool Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of the Unitary Blackpool Borough Council in England. The Labour Party kept its overall majority and continued to run the council. Boundary changes had taken place since the last election in 2000 which reduced the number of seats by two. Overall turnout was 50.43%.

## Results

Blackpool Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 25 | | | 0 | 59.52 | 42.65 | 42,624 |
| Conservative | 13 | | | -2 | 30.95 | 38.56 | 38,535 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | | | 0 | 9.52 | 16.85 | 16,834 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.74 | 1,739 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 200 |

## Ward results
### Anchorsholme

Anchorsholme (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathon Bamborough | 1,360 | 23.64 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 1,196 | 20.79 |
| | Conservative | Donald MacNaughton | 886 | 15.40 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Anandappa | 852 | 14.81 |
| | Labour | Alan Haynes | 759 | 13.19 |
| | Labour | Alice Lilley | 700 | 12.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 54.1 |

### Bispham

Bispham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Donald Clapham | 1,553 | 31.05 |
| | Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 1,502 | 30.03 |
| | Labour | John Boughton | 805 | 16.10 |
| | Labour | Christopher Ryan | 739 | 14.78 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Morry Hart | 399 | 7.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.6 |

### Bloomfield

Bloomfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frances Smith | 822 | 18.73 |
| | Labour | Simon Blackburn | 793 | 18.07 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Holt | 779 | 17.75 |
| | Conservative | Barrie Hall | 675 | 15.38 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Coleman | 662 | 15.09 |
| | Conservative | Michael Chappell | 657 | 14.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.5 |

### Brunswick

Brunswick (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen Cresswell | 1,233 | 30.77 |
| | Labour | Barry Cresswell | 1,214 | 30.30 |
| | Conservative | Philip Cartwright | 538 | 13.43 |
| | Conservative | Brian Hartley Turnbull | 502 | 12.53 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Grainger | 320 | 7.99 |
| | UKIP | Robert McDowell | 200 | 4.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41 |

### Claremont

Claremont (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ivan Taylor | 1,245 | 28.82 |
| | Labour | Sylvia Taylor | 1,177 | 27.25 |
| | Conservative | Linda Cole | 744 | 17.22 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Houghton | 703 | 16.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Owens | 290 | 6.71 |
| | Independent | John Porter | 161 | 3.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42 |

### Clifton

Clifton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joan Greenhalgh | 1,268 | 30.05 |
| | Labour | Michael Carr | 1,120 | 26.54 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Perry | 796 | 18.86 |
| | Conservative | John McIntosh | 680 | 16.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Mackie | 356 | 8.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.4 |

### Greenlands

Greenlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathryn Benson | 1,209 | 25.08 |
| | Labour | Robert Harrison | 1,146 | 23.78 |
| | Conservative | Ian Dodd | 1,012 | 21.00 |
| | Conservative | Molly Laye | 1,008 | 20.91 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Bamborough | 445 | 9.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.9 |

### Hawes Side

Hawes Side (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Norman Hardy | 1,352 | 28.74 |
| | Labour | Valerie Haynes | 1,274 | 27.08 |
| | Conservative | Linda Richman | 831 | 17.67 |
| | Conservative | Graham Baker | 815 | 17.33 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Smalley | 432 | 9.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.4 |

### Highfield

Highfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lily Henderson | 1,230 | 24.46 |
| | Conservative | Susan Fowler | 1,200 | 23.87 |
| | Labour | Pamela Jackson | 989 | 19.67 |
| | Labour | Gary Coleman | 936 | 18.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Watkins | 673 | 13.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52 |

### Ingthorpe

Ingthorpe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathleen Rowson | 1,459 | 30.68 |
| | Labour | Michael Bradley-Wilcox | 1,251 | 26.30 |
| | Conservative | Steven James | 825 | 17.35 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Dyke | 767 | 16.13 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carole Bate | 454 | 9.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.1 |

### Layton

Layton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Susan Wright | 1,423 | 29.47 |
| | Labour | Roy Fisher | 1,375 | 28.47 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Flanigan | 628 | 13.00 |
| | Conservative | Marlene McGuirk | 598 | 12.38 |
| | Independent | Terence Woodings | 482 | 9.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alma Rollinson | 323 | 6.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.1 |

### Marton

Marton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Burgess | 1,357 | 28.18 |
| | Conservative | James Houldsworth | 1,263 | 26.23 |
| | Labour | James Elmes | 1,010 | 20.98 |
| | Labour | James Sorah | 854 | 17.74 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Williams | 331 | 6.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.5 |

### Norbreck

Norbreck (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Callow | 1,835 | 32.80 |
| | Conservative | Maxine Callow | 1,804 | 32.25 |
| | Labour | Roger Cooke | 851 | 15.21 |
| | Labour | Barbara Wright | 726 | 12.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donna Bamborough | 378 | 6.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.1 |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Doherty | 1,071 | 27.31 |
| | Labour | Leslie Kersh | 1,055 | 26.91 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Gough | 573 | 14.61 |
| | Conservative | Roger Jones | 536 | 13.67 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tania Dundavon | 411 | 10.48 |
| | Independent | Thomas Johnston | 275 | 7.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43 |

### Squires Gate

Squires Gate (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Wynne | 1,413 | 27.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Green | 1,158 | 22.21 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Price | 793 | 15.21 |
| | Conservative | Frank Harris | 676 | 12.97 |
| | Labour | Gillian Campbell | 647 | 12.41 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Gradwell | 526 | 10.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.5 |

### Stanley

Stanley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Evans | 1,215 | 23.61 |
| | Conservative | Granville Heap | 1,128 | 21.92 |
| | Independent | John Finlay | 821 | 15.95 |
| | Labour | Carol Gradwell | 747 | 14.52 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Wynne | 665 | 12.92 |
| | Labour | Beverley Harvey | 570 | 11.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53 |

### Talbot

Talbot (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Philip Dunne | 1,004 | 23.82 |
| | Labour | Raymond Hutchinson | 936 | 22.21 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Mancini | 699 | 16.58 |
| | Conservative | Peter Watson | 670 | 15.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Duxbury-Campbell | 482 | 11.44 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Sponder | 424 | 10.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.3 |

### Tyldesley

Tyldesley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Allan Matthews | 1,387 | 29.34 |
| | Labour | Edward Collett | 1,294 | 27.37 |
| | Conservative | Aubery Horne | 872 | 18.44 |
| | Conservative | Mohamed Hameed | 740 | 15.65 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Holt | 435 | 9.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48 |

### Victoria

Victoria (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frederick Jackson | 1,100 | 24.16 |
| | Labour | David Owen | 998 | 21.92 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Jackson | 732 | 16.08 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Wood | 652 | 14.32 |
| | Conservative | Joan Horne | 549 | 12.06 |
| | Conservative | Jean Kenrick | 522 | 11.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 |

### Warbreck

Warbreck (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joyce Delves | 1,210 | 24.38 |
| | Conservative | David Brown | 1,166 | 23.49 |
| | Labour | Desmond Harvey | 848 | 17.08 |
| | Labour | Paul Waugh | 813 | 16.38 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Heyworth | 477 | 9.61 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevan Benfold | 450 | 9.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.9 |

### Waterloo

Waterloo (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Fowler | 1,027 | 20.72 |
| | Labour | Carol Radcliffe | 1,011 | 20.40 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Bell | 895 | 18.06 |
| | Labour | Susan Rigby | 887 | 17.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hodkinson | 592 | 11.94 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Justin Allitt | 545 | 10.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.9 |