Preston City Council election, 2003
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Map of the results of the 2003 Preston council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independent in light grey and Socialist Alliance in light red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.
This article details the results of Elections to Preston City Council held in May2003
Preston Council is elected "in thirds", which means in 2002 the entire council was up for election and in subsequent years one councillor from the three-member wards and one councillor from selected two-member wards defend their seat. In these result tables, the share of the vote is blank as the 2002 elections cannot be fairly compared. Any gain or loss can be recorded as each year the councillors are defending their ward results.
For more results see Preston local elections
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Ward Results
Ashton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Tyson | 605 | 54.3 | ||
Labour | Mark Routledge | 509 | 45.6 | ||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Turnout | 1,130 | 33 |
Brookfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nerys Eaves | 637 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | David Johnston | 549 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 88 | ||||
Turnout | 1,196 | 22 |
College
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Truby | 676 | 55.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Turner | 377 | 30.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Jackson | 171 | 14.0 | ||
Majority | 299 | ||||
Turnout | 1,186 | 38 |
Deepdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Label | Joyce Cartright | 870 | 64.9 | ||
Labour | Javed Iqbal | 306 | 22.8 | ||
Conservative | Peter McElhone | 165 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 564 | ||||
Turnout | 1,356 | 36 |
Garrison
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marie Francoise Milne | 869 | 62.9 | ||
Labour | Marcus Quick | 256 | 18.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Gregory Vickers | 256 | 18.5 | ||
Majority | 613 | ||||
Turnout | 1,386 | 27 |
Greyfriars
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Horton | 1,592 | 62.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Porter | 636 | 26.1 | ||
Labour | Alan Woods | 213 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 956 | ||||
Turnout | 2,447 | 46 |
Ingol
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Peter Pringle | 594 | |||
Liberal Democrat | William Shannon | 501 | |||
Conservative | Kathryn Calder | 432 | |||
Conservative | Susan Hudson | 430 | |||
Labour | Alan Foster | 336 | |||
Labour | Ian Walton | 292 | |||
Majority | 162 & 71 | ||||
Turnout | 2,590 [votes] | 46 |
Larches
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Rawlinson | 571 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Bastable | 526 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | Jane Balshaw | 388 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 45 | ||||
Turnout | 1,149 | 27 |
Lea
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Pauline Brown | 652 | 48.9 | ||
Conservative | Pilar Maria Sanz-Moreno | 493 | 37.0 | ||
Labour | Marie Johnson | 189 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 159 | ||||
Turnout | 1,342 | 30 |
Moor Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Francesco de Molfetta | 650 | 71.43 | ||
Conservative | Yvonne Driver | 260 | 28.57 | ||
Majority | 390 | ||||
Turnout | 910 | 24 |
Preston Rural East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Cartright | 842 | 78.8 | ||
Labour | John Houghton | 226 | 21.2 | ||
Majority | 616 | ||||
Turnout | 1,078 | 35 |
Ribbleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Rollo | 674 | 65.2 | ||
Conservative | Paul Balshaw | 359 | 34.8 | ||
Majority | 315 | ||||
Turnout | 1,046 | 19 |
Riversway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bhikhu Patel | 577 | 47.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Mavis Cooper | 331 | 27.3 | ||
Conservative | Ann-Marie Hunter | 305 | 25.1 | ||
Majority | 246 | ||||
Turnout | 1,225 | 26 |
Sharoe Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Fazackerley | 960 | 59.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Newsham | 346 | 21.5 | ||
Labour | Terrence Mattinson | 301 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | 614 | ||||
Turnout | 1,611 | 31 |
St George's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Thomas Hull | 411 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | Gulam Hussain Mulla | 245 | 37.3 | ||
Majority | 166 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 656 | 20.7 |
St Matthew's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Hall | 788 | 72.5 | ||
Conservative | Thomas George Whalley | 299 | 27.5 | ||
Majority | 489 | ||||
Turnout | 1,112 | 23 |
Town Centre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist Alliance | Michael Lavalette | 546 | 37.81 | ||
Labour | Musa Ahmed Jiwa | 440 | 30.47 | ||
Conservative | Julian Sedgewick | 228 | 15.79 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Liam Pennington | 220 | 15.24 | ||
Majority | 106 | 1.34 | |||
Turnout | 1,444 | 28.0 | |||
Socialist Alliance gain from Labour | Swing |
Tulketh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Brooks | 791 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | Margaret McManus | 764 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 27 | ||||
Turnout | 1,571 | 30 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
University
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Swindells | 278 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Dowellian | 193 | 41.0 | ||
Majority | 85 | ||||
Turnout | 476 | 22.0 |