# 2003 South Ribble Borough Council election

Elections to South Ribble Borough 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 one. The council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 31%.

## Election result

South Ribble Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 19 | +1 | 34.5 | 43.0 | 21,301 |
| Labour | 17 | -3 | 30.9 | 22.5 | 11,138 |
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | +2 | 27.3 | 27.0 | 13,388 |
| Idle Toad | 4 | +1 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 3,427 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 280 |

## Ward results

Bamber Bridge East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Owen | 357 | |
| | Labour | David Watts | 311 | |
| | Idle Toad | Barbara Nathan | 282 | |
| | Idle Toad | Stephen Hawkins | 278 | |
| | Conservative | William Chisholm | 203 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Livesey | 189 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,620 | 25.0 |
Bamber Bridge North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Chisholm | 422 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Bennett | 399 | |
| | Labour | David Banks | 375 | |
| | Conservative | Julie Mullineaux | 351 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,547 | 26.0 |
Bamber Bridge West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Hanson | 340 | |
| | Idle Toad | John Higgins | 303 | |
| | Labour | Brian Pemberton | 278 | |
| | Conservative | George Woods | 212 | |
| | Idle Toad | Renee Blow | 200 | |
| | Conservative | Collette Nuttall | 180 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,513 | 27.0 |
Broad Oak (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Howarth | 788 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harold Hancock | 776 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Woollard | 457 | |
| | Conservative | Alistair Woollard | 411 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,432 | 35.0 |
Charnock (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Gardner | 377 | |
| | Conservative | Melvyn Gardner | 366 | |
| | Labour | Michael Thistlewaite | 317 | |
| | Labour | Robert Taylor | 295 | |
| | Independent | Adrian Underwood | 229 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,584 | 31.0 |
Coupe Green & Gregson Lane (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Idle Toad | Thomas Sharratt | 763 | |
| | Idle Toad | Warren Bennett | 646 | |
| | Conservative | Roger Messenger | 405 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Walmsley | 400 | |
| | Labour | Rita Harrison | 96 | |
| | Labour | David Wooldridge | 80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,390 | 42.0 |
Earnshaw Bridge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Evans | 394 | |
| | Labour | Peter McClelland | 339 | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Eastham | 290 | |
| | Conservative | James Aspden | 270 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,293 | 26.0 |
Farington East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Harrison | 409 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bluck | 377 | |
| | Conservative | John Otter | 188 | |
| | Conservative | Dylis Hayton | 166 | |
| | Labour | Colin Cookson | 134 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Bennison | 132 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,406 | 30.0 |
Farington West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 453 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith England | 435 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Whitlock | 378 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Smith | 373 | |
| | Labour | Marian Derbyshire | 160 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Derbyshire | 145 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,944 | 32.0 |
Golden Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Matthew Tomlinson | 455 | |
| | Labour | Georgina Lewis | 440 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Edwin | 235 | |
| | Conservative | Jean Fell | 159 | |
| | Conservative | Frank Redfern | 135 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,424 | 28.0 |
Howick & Priory (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Shaw | 626 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leonard Read | 622 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Robinson | 555 | |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Askew | 544 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,347 | 39.0 |
Kingsfold (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Howard Gore | 433 | |
| | Labour | James Patten | 418 | |
| | Conservative | Frank Almond | 329 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Gardner | 325 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,505 | 25.0 |
Leyland Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Ashworth | 550 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Foster | 539 | |
| | Labour | Clifford Dawber | 379 | |
| | Labour | Agnes Gwilliam | 309 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Barker | 109 | |
| | Conservative | Edith Sayer | 83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,969 | 36.0 |
Leyland St Ambrose (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neva Orrell | 649 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Forrest | 615 | |
| | Labour | Brian Walmsley | 215 | |
| | Labour | Donald Smith | 203 | |
| | Conservative | Nancy Morris | 89 | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Webster | 85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,856 | 38.0 |
Leyland St Mary's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Knowles | 529 | |
| | Conservative | John Demack | 483 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Mellor | 456 | |
| | Conservative | Michael McNulty | 431 | |
| | Labour | Michael Titherington | 195 | |
| | Labour | Simon Butler | 176 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,270 | 40.0 |
Little Hoole & Much Hoole (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Suthers | 668 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Coulton | 613 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marie Garratt | 182 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Hancock | 176 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,639 | 29.0 |
Longton & Hutton West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Clark | 995 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Hesketh | 960 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Stettner | 938 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Marchant | 390 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Cassell | 336 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Garratt | 319 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,938 | 30.0 |
Lostock Hall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Beattie | 456 | |
| | Conservative | Donald Parkinson | 442 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Baines | 243 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Baines | 233 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,374 | 24.0 |
Lowerhouse (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fred Heyworth | 391 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Kelly | 383 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Leeming | 296 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michele Edwin | 285 | |
| | Conservative | John Barnes | 104 | |
| | Conservative | John Clement | 79 | |
| | Independent | Ronald Taylor | 51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,589 | 29.0 |
Middleforth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Bretherton | 381 | |
| | Labour | Gaynor Bretherton | 364 | |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Holding | 280 | |
| | Conservative | David Ross | 278 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Bryce | 120 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doris Pimblett | 112 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,535 | 27.0 |
Moss Side (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anne Brown | 375 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Green | 340 | |
| | Conservative | Rita Hughes | 299 | |
| | Labour | James Minall | 298 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,312 | 25.0 |
New Longton & Hutton East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Breakell | 734 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Smith | 729 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Sumner | 408 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Sumner | 372 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,243 | 34.0 |
Samlesbury & Walton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Mullineaux | 517 | |
| | Idle Toad | Barrie Yates | 512 | |
| | Conservative | Frances Walker | 475 | |
| | Idle Toad | Michael Nathan | 443 | |
| | Labour | Christine Watts | 164 | |
| | Labour | David Lyon | 157 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,268 | 36.0 |
Seven Stars (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brenda Wilson | 348 | |
| | Labour | Donald Harrison | 337 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Ogilvie | 277 | |
| | Conservative | Doreen Baker | 265 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,227 | 20.0 |
Tardy Gate (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hughes | 589 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Palmer | 542 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Livesey | 192 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Stringfellow | 143 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,466 | 30.0 |
Walton-Le-Dale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham O'Hare | 493 | |
| | Conservative | Harold Clarkson | 482 | |
| | Labour | Graham Davies | 291 | |
| | Labour | Christopher Watts | 277 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,543 | 27.0 |
Whitefield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Pimblett | 797 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Young | 725 | |
| | Conservative | Vernon Baker | 394 | |
| | Conservative | Marie Fryer | 387 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,303 | 39.0 |