# 2003 Allerdale Borough Council election

Elections to Allerdale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Results

Allerdale Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 27 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 48.2 | 44.0 | 14,159 | -8.1% |
| Conservative | 15 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 26.8 | 19.6 | 6,313 | -0.5% |
| Independent | 9 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 16.1 | 23.1 | 7,411 | +11.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 8.9 | 12.4 | 4,000 | -3.1% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 261 | +0.8% |
12 Labour, 4 Conservative, 2 Independent and 2 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.

### By ward

All Saints Cockermouth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Smith | 717 | |
| | Conservative | Samuel Standage | 630 | |
| | Labour | Dianne Moyes | 624 | |
| | Labour | Christine Smith | 601 | |
| | Conservative | William Newton | 599 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Tyson | 524 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,695 | 36 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Aspatria (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gerald Sewell | 488 | |
| | Independent | David Wilson | 469 | |
| | Independent | Dorothy Tinnion | 430 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Stagg | 365 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,752 | 40 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Boltons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Joseph Mumberson | uncontested | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Broughton St Bridgets (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | James Askew | uncontested |
| Labour | Keith Sproat | uncontested |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Christchurch Cockermouth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christine Jackson | 543 | |
| | Conservative | Leslie Lytollis | 497 | |
| | Labour | Isabel Burns | 330 | |
| | Labour | John Moore | 253 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,623 | 32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Clifton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maureen Rourke | 371 | 67.0 | +16.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dean Hudson | 183 | 33.0 | −16.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 34.0 | +32.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 554 | 46 | +5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Crummock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Milburn | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Dalton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Greenwood | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Derwent Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Timothy Heslop | 256 | 54.8 | −24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Robinson | 211 | 45.2 | +45.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 9.6 | −48.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 467 | 35 | +0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ellen (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | John Colhoun | uncontested |
| Labour | David Thomas | uncontested |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Ellenborough Maryport (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Martin Wood | uncontested |
| Labour | Janice Wood | uncontested |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Ewanrigg Maryport (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Carneen McCarron-Holmes | uncontested |
| Labour | Patricia McCracken | uncontested |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Flimby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Kendall | uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Harrington Workington (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Caine | 601 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Francis | 515 | |
| | Labour | James Osborn | 280 | |
| | Labour | Michael Smith | 222 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,618 | 34 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Holme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anthony Markley | 141 | 37.3 |
| | Independent | William Douglas | 95 | 25.1 |
| | Labour | Mark Kidd | 95 | 25.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margrit Scott | 47 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 378 | 30 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Keswick (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barraclough | 1,076 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Munby | 696 | |
| | Labour | Denstone Kemp | 581 | |
| | Independent | John Walker | 567 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,920 | 36 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Marsh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Gallagher | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Moorclose Workington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joan Minto | 567 | |
| | Labour | Peter Bales | 542 | |
| | Labour | Philip Tibble | 418 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Walker | 285 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Johanssen | 279 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Morley | 266 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,357 | 24 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Moss Bay Workington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lillian Baldry | 613 | |
| | Labour | Derek Thompson | 531 | |
| | Labour | Nicholas Hardy | 485 | |
| | Independent | John Bracken | 228 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaun Heywood | 173 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,030 | 25 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Netherhall Maryport (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Jeffrey Gardner | uncontested |
| Labour | Angela Kendall | uncontested |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Seaton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Joseph Sandwith | 1,050 | |
| | Independent | Trevor Fee | 785 | |
| | Labour | James Musgrave | 644 | |
| | Labour | Denis Tytek | 492 | |
| | Labour | Mark Fryer | 431 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,402 | 37 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Silloth (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | William Jefferson | uncontested |
| Labour | Margaret Snaith | uncontested |
| Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
Solway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Buchanan | 274 | 57.3 |
| | Independent | Dorothy Tinnion | 87 | 18.2 |
| | Independent | Janice Nott | 69 | 14.4 |
| | Labour | Mark Kidd | 48 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 187 | 39.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 478 | 36 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
St Johns Workington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Heathcote | 635 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Hardon | 589 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Davidson | 572 | |
| | Labour | John Robertson | 472 | |
| | Labour | Daniel Dempsey | 443 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Hayton | 388 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,099 | 28 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
St Michaels Workington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ivor Humes | 705 | |
| | Labour | Alan Barry | 673 | |
| | Independent | Jean Macleod | 599 | |
| | Labour | Jack Fryer | 570 | |
| | Independent | James Perkins | 432 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,979 | 33 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
Stainburn Workington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Jones | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wampool :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Holmes | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Warnell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Duncan Fairbairn | 357 | 63.5 | +63.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Agnes Martin | 205 | 36.5 | −34.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 27.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 562 | 36 | +3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Waver :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Joseph Cowell | 238 | 59.9 | −17.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Short | 159 | 40.1 | +40.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 | 19.8 | −44.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 397 | 28 | −2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Wharrels :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Hobbs | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wigton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Armstrong | 917 | |
| | Independent | George Scott | 898 | |
| | Labour | John Crouch | 690 | |
| | Independent | Charles Miles | 547 | |
| | Labour | William Goldsmith | 274 | |
| | BNP | Paul Stafford | 261 | |
| | Labour | William Walton | 246 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,833 | 35 |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |