# 2003 Scarborough Borough Council election

Elections to Scarborough 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 Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.

## Election result

Scarborough Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 27 | +7 | 54.0 | 41.1 | 15,675 |
| Independent | 13 | 0 | 26.0 | 26.9 | 10,243 |
| Labour | 8 | −3 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 6,624 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | −3 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 4,851 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 586 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 156 |
8 Conservative candidates were uncontested.

## Ward results

Castle (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Janet Jefferson | 627 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Fox | 315 | |
| | Labour | Michelle Andrew | 277 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Bates | 113 | |
| | Green | Ann Willerton | 100 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Doig | 95 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Susan Ram | 34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,561 | 28 |
Cayton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Blackburn | 882 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Preston | 765 | |
| | Labour | Eileen Vickers | 508 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,155 | 38 |
Central (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Billing | 366 | |
| | Labour | Eric Broadbent | 307 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Hopkinson | 248 | |
| | Conservative | Malcom Fletcher | 179 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,100 | 21 |
Danby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Tindall | uncontested | | |
Derwent Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Bull | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative | David Jeffels | uncontested | | |
Eastfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian O'Flynn | 538 | |
| | Labour | Brian Simpson | 363 | |
| | Labour | Stanley Pearson | 324 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bland | 303 | |
| | Independent | Frederick Edwards | 159 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,687 | 21 |
Esk Valley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Miller | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative | James Preston | uncontested | | |
Falsgrave Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Timothy Drake | 375 | |
| | Labour | Alan Oxley | 292 | |
| | Labour | Ian Stubbs | 284 | |
| | Conservative | David Barker | 214 | |
| | Conservative | Doreen Madden | 195 | |
| | Green | John Marsden | 130 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | David Gordon | 90 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Dave Welsh | 32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,612 | 28 |
Filey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Colin Haddington | 1,020 | |
| | Conservative | Freda Coultas | 793 | |
| | Conservative | Rodney Cartwright | 712 | |
| | Conservative | James Barron | 685 | |
| | Independent | John Spencer | 453 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Marsburg | 428 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,091 | 34 |
Fylingdales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Mortimer | uncontested | | |
Hertford (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Godfrey Allanson | 700 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Collier-Woods | 586 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Dower | 571 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,857 | 30 |
Lindhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham Backhouse | 584 | 61.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Pitts | 310 | 32.7 |
| | Independent | Gary Hill | 54 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 274 | 28.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 948 | 55 |
Mayfield (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jane Kenyon | 603 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Booth | 469 | |
| | Labour | Dalton Peake | 458 | |
| | Labour | David Pybus | 360 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Coughlan | 341 | |
| | Independent | Ian Bryan | 88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,319 | 33.9 |
Mulgrave (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beryl Christon | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative | Marie Harland | uncontested | | |
Newby (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Brian Watson | 945 | |
| | Independent | Cecil Ridley | 767 | |
| | Independent | Hazel Lynskey | 668 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Martin | 615 | |
| | Conservative | John Grace | 455 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Kelly | 406 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,856 | 33 |
North Bay (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eric Smith | 339 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Kelly | 332 | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Hurrell | 261 | |
| | Independent | John Pindar | 232 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Walker | 230 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,394 | 24 |
Northstead (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Popple | 543 | |
| | Independent | Norman Murphy | 490 | |
| | Labour | Lynne Broadbent | 287 | |
| | Labour | Janet Hill | 243 | |
| | Conservative | Bonnie Purchon | 188 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Leak | 153 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,904 | 33 |
Ramshill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Warburton | 408 | |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Johnson | 378 | |
| | Conservative | Heather Phillips | 320 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,106 | 24 |
Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Bastiman | 693 | |
| | Independent | Sheila Kettlewell | 683 | |
| | Independent | Charles White | 672 | |
| | Conservative | John Flinton | 457 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Pitts | 244 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,749 | 45 |
Seamer (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Mallory | 596 | |
| | Conservative | Lucy Haycock | 590 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Creasey | 514 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,700 | 31 |
Stepney (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christina Davenport | 366 | |
| | Labour | John Ritchie | 344 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Sharp | 342 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Sulman | 336 | |
| | Independent | Frank Wright | 283 | |
| | Green | Dilys Cluer | 181 | |
| | Green | Jonathan Dixon | 175 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,027 | 31 |
Streonshalh (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Broadley | 604 | |
| | Independent | Sandra Turner | 485 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Noble | 148 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,237 | 22.1 |
Weaponness (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eileen Bosomworth | 503 | |
| | Independent | Penny Marsden | 467 | |
| | Conservative | William Woodroffe | 432 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Grant | 238 | |
| | Labour | Colin Shrive | 186 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,826 | 34 |
Whitby West Cliff (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Plant | 575 | |
| | Independent | Dorothy Clegg | 522 | |
| | Conservative | Barry Truman | 393 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,490 | 27.3 |
Woodlands (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | William Chatt | 472 | |
| | Labour | Ernest Bairstow | 317 | |
| | Labour | Mary Budda | 269 | |
| | Independent | Christopher Phillips | 238 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Gay | 220 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,516 | 27 |