- Alnwick Council election, 2003
Elections to Alnwick Council were held on
1 May ,2003 . The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. One of the three seats in Rothbury and South Rural ward had no candidate for the seat.Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 14
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 48.3
votes % = 53.7
votes = 5,487
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 10
gain =
loss =
net = -3
seats % = 34.5
votes % = 30.0
votes = 3,062
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 10.3
votes % = 4.1
votes = 420
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 6.9
votes % = 11.6
votes = 1,184
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.6
votes = 63
plus/minus =5 Liberal Democrat, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.
Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Archer
votes = unopposed
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alastair Graham
votes = unopposed
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Thompson
votes = unopposed
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Gray
votes = 295
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eileen Blakey
votes = 231
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Karl Poulsen
votes = 29
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 555
percentage = 20.7
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Gordon Castle
votes = 403
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Wright
votes = 245
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Willa
votes = 183
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Louis Levi
votes = 116
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 947
percentage = 31.7
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Audrey Jones
votes = 299
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Gray
votes = 231
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Teresa Hedley
votes = 191
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Evans
votes = 124
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 845
percentage = 30.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Arckless
votes = 363
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hedley
votes = 228
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = George Smailes
votes = 117
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rebecca Poulsen
votes = 61
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 769
percentage = 27.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Henry Stewart
votes = 277
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Carl Oliver
votes = 253
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Hinson
votes = 229
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Rollo
votes = 153
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 912
percentage = 33.0
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lydia Cairns
votes = 246
percentage = 56.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = June Burnie
votes = 190
percentage = 43.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 56
percentage = 12.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 436
percentage = 55.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Bolam
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Taylor
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Hugh Philipson
votes = 595
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Orde
votes = 330
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Vass
votes = 275
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,200
percentage = 51.5
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Thorne
votes = unopposed
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carol Grey
votes = 353
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ann Glass
votes = 294
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Spence
votes = 211
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 858
percentage = 38.9
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Dawson
votes = unopposed
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Duffield
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party =
candidate = No candidate
votes =
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Maria Haddow
votes = 614
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Vera Vaggs
votes = 559
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Rickwood
votes = 445
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Dixon
votes = 321
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eric Thomason
votes = 311
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,618
percentage = 40.2
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Susan Champion
votes = 472
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jeffrey Watson
votes = 326
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Elliott
votes = 323
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,121
percentage = 38.8
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Rutherford
votes = 197
percentage = 61.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Ian Dodds
votes = 63
percentage = 19.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Noel Peberdy
votes = 63
percentage = 19.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 134
percentage = 41.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 323
percentage = 39.6
change =External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/5.stm BBC report of 2003 Alnwick election result]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/andrewteale/local03/alnwick03.html Ward results and map]sequence
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