2003 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 29
• Liberal Democrat 18
• Conservative 12
• Caring Party 1

Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	1	1	0	50.0	36.9	8,655	-5.2%
	Conservative	5	2	0	+2	25.0	28.1	6,583	+1.2%
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	3	-3	20.0	31.3	7,344	+1.5%
	Caring Party	1	1	0	+1	5.0	3.1	738	+2.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	91	+0.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	19	+0.1%

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melicha Lewis	669	39.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wilkes	649	38.6
	Conservative	Robert Edwards	365	21.7
Majority			20	1.2
Turnout			1,683
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Hambleton	756	60.7
	Conservative	David Parfitt	247	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Dugdale	243	19.5
Majority			509	30.9
Turnout			1,246
	Labour hold		Swing

Butt Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Macmillan	482	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Leese	336	34.6
	Conservative	Pauline Rowley	153	15.8
Majority			146	15.0
Turnout			971
	Labour hold		Swing

Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Phillips	563	56.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cooley	278	28.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Moore	150	15.1
Majority			285	28.7
Turnout			991
	Labour hold		Swing

Cross Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Williams	740	59.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Hamburger	218	17.6
	Conservative	Eleanor Moore	183	14.8
	Caring Party	Stephanie Wilcox	96	7.8
Majority			522	42.2
Turnout			1,237
	Labour hold		Swing

Halmerend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Webb	636	51.1
	Labour	Trevor Sproston	332	26.7
	Conservative	Mark Riley	277	22.2
Majority			304	24.4
Turnout			1,245
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Keele

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wenslie Naylon	231	67.0
	Labour	Jacqueline Fowler	64	18.6
	Conservative	Joanne Hampton	50	14.5
Majority			167	48.4
Turnout			345
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kidsgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Bentley	673	54.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Porter	427	34.7
	Conservative	Edward Lowe	131	10.6
Majority			146	20.0
Turnout			1,231
	Labour hold		Swing

Knutton and Silverdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Leech	461	54.4
	Caring Party	Derrick Huckfield	319	37.6
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Colclough	41	4.8
	Independent	Michael Nicklin	19	2.2
	Conservative	Michael James	8	0.9
Majority			142	16.8
Turnout			848
	Labour hold		Swing

Loggerheads and Whitmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Ince	1,176	73.3
	Labour	Brian O'Rourke	261	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Machin	168	10.5
Majority			915	57.0
Turnout			1,605
	Conservative hold		Swing

Madeley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sinnott	444	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Kirkham	351	34.7
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	216	21.4
Majority			93	9.2
Turnout			1,011
	Labour hold		Swing

May Bank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tagg	810	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johnson	601	33.0
	Labour	Margaret McQuillan	408	22.4
Majority			209	11.5
Turnout			1,819
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newchapel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nora Salt	305	39.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Bowyer	238	31.1
	Labour	Eileen Astle	222	29.0
Majority			67	8.8
Turnout			765
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ravenscliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Astle	328	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Hall	291	39.3
	Conservative	Edgar Greatbatch	121	16.4
Majority			37	5.0
Turnout			740
	Labour hold		Swing

Seabridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hailstones	618	46.1
	Labour	Stephen James	481	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Durber	242	18.0
Majority			137	10.2
Turnout			1,341
	Conservative hold		Swing

Silverdale and Park Site

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Caring Party	Eileen Braithwaite	323	40.8
	Labour	George Cairns	311	39.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Cornes	83	10.5
	Conservative	James Albinson	75	9.5
Majority			12	1.5
Turnout			792
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Talke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Amos	532	58.4
	Labour	Tom Meir	273	30.0
	Conservative	Beverley Yearsley	106	11.6
Majority			259	28.4
Turnout			911
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Thistleberry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Jones	943	58.0
	Conservative	Bruce Worthington	387	23.8
	Labour	Joseph Matthews	297	18.3
Majority			556	34.2
Turnout			1,627
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Lefroy	1,001	59.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	410	24.1
	Labour	Ann Beech	287	16.9
Majority			591	34.9
Turnout			1,698
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolstanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Clarke	603	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Patten	426	32.2
	Conservative	John Cooper	204	15.4
	Green	Ann Beirne	91	6.9
Majority			177	13.3
Turnout			1,324
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

• 2003 Newcastle-under-Lyme election result