- Rossendale Council election, 2003
Elections to
Rossendale Council were held on1 May ,2003 . One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council tono overall control .After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 17
*Conservative 17
*Liberal Democrat 1
*Independent 1Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 5
loss = 0
net = +5
seats % = 75.0
votes % = 50.8
votes = 6,753
plus/minus = +6.1%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 6
net = -6
seats % = 16.7
votes % = 39.5
votes = 5,248
plus/minus = -14.1%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 8.3
votes % = 9.8
votes = 1,299
plus/minus = +9.8%Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Philip Young
votes = 285
percentage = 34.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh McCaw
votes = 274
percentage = 33.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Slaughter
votes = 266
percentage = 32.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 11
percentage = 1.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 825
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Steen
votes = 422
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Aldred
votes = 372
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 50
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 794
percentage = 28.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Starkey
votes = 678
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alison Tickner
votes = 644
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Catherine Long
votes = 540
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Atkinson
votes = 335
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Shilliday
votes = 236
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,433
percentage = 33.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Challinor
votes = 693
percentage = 55.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernadette O'Connor
votes = 551
percentage = 44.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 142
percentage = 11.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,244
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Unsworth
votes = 661
percentage = 50.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Popland
votes = 650
percentage = 49.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 11
percentage = 0.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,311
percentage = 31.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Barnes
votes = 404
percentage = 54.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Pickup
votes = 338
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 66
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 742
percentage = 26.7
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Pawson
votes = 694
percentage = 49.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Brannigan
votes = 473
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Pilling
votes = 244
percentage = 17.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 221
percentage = 15.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,411
percentage = 31.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Steen
votes = 566
percentage = 57.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Pearson
votes = 416
percentage = 42.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 150
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 982
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Emily Haworth
votes = 559
percentage = 50.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Hancock
votes = 551
percentage = 49.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 8
percentage = 0.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,110
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Amanda Robertson
votes = 646
percentage = 50.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Wadsworth
votes = 625
percentage = 49.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 21
percentage = 1.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,271
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =Election box begin | title=WorsleyElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joyce Thorne
votes = 552
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Lythgoe
votes = 395
percentage = 33.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Marx
votes = 230
percentage = 19.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 157
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,177
percentage = 27.7
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/219.stm 2003 Rossendale election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc03/pages/Rossendale/index.htm Ward results]
* [http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2003/5/2/553761.html First-ever Lib-Dem holds sway]sequence
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