2003 Copeland Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Copeland council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, independent in white and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Copeland UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Copeland council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, independent in white and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2003 Copeland Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Copeland Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

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Election result

Copeland Local Election Result 2003 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 31+160.857.730,433
  Conservative 16-131.435.018,438
  Independent 305.93.71,962
  Liberal Democrats 102.03.61,906

3 Conservative candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Arlecdon [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joseph Sunderland46371.0
Labour Simon Leyton18929.0
Majority27442.0
Turnout 652
Beckermet (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Clarksonunopposed
Conservative John Jacksonunopposed
Bootle [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Hitchen50268.6
Liberal Democrats Roger Putnam23031.4
Majority27237.2
Turnout 732
Bransty (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Wonnacott924
Labour James Hewitson839
Labour Anthony Johnston829
Conservative Mark Mallard812
Labour Edward Brenan798
Conservative Allan Mossop752
Turnout 4,954
Cleator Moor North (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anthony Wells616
Labour Joan Hully538
Labour William Southward511
Labour John Henney445
Turnout 2,110
Cleator Moor South (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Giel679
Labour David Banks652
Conservative Hilda Morris194
Liberal Democrats Mike Minogue192
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bowers180
Turnout 1,897
Distington (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willis Metherell992
Labour Brian Dixon963
Labour Kevin Young952
Liberal Democrats Frank Hollowell441
Liberal Democrats Mary Lancaster349
Conservative Joyce Toft231
Liberal Democrats Stephen Litt197
Turnout 4,125
Egremont North (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel Meteer975
Labour Elaine Woodburn936
Labour Margaret Woodburn933
Conservative Steven Hill536
Conservative Alfred Bailey402
Conservative Elizabeth Hutson402
Turnout 4,184
Egremont South (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael McVeigh1,184
Labour Peter Watson1,043
Labour Constance Watson1,005
Conservative John Holmes592
Conservative Jean Lewthwaite572
Conservative Frederick Blinco537
Turnout 4,933
Ennerdale [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Salkeld32768.7
Labour Mary Ross14931.3
Majority17837.4
Turnout 476
Frizington (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Connolly616
Independent James Close592
Labour Timothy Knowles425
Turnout 1,633
Gosforth [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Gray56371.9
Labour Christina Cornall22028.1
Majority34343.8
Turnout 783
Harbour (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Johnston987
Labour Henry Wormstrup944
Labour Paul Whalley901
Conservative Marcus Swift589
Conservative David Hall572
Turnout 3,993
Haverigg [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Barnes31750.6
Conservative Francis Cairns30949.4
Majority81.3
Turnout 626
Hensingham (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Williams1,104
Labour Jamieson Reed 970
Labour Margarita Docherty859
Conservative Gareth Maley436
Turnout 3,369
Hillcrest (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Norwood828
Conservative Andrew Wonnacott728
Labour John Woolley415
Turnout 1,971
Holborn Hill (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Park68338.9
Conservative Frederick Gleaves66537.9
Conservative Alan Altree40723.2
Turnout 1,755
Kells (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Clements791
Labour Alan Holliday661
Conservative Leah Higgins262
Turnout 1,714
Millom Without [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gilbert Scurrahunopposed
Mirehouse (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Faichney1,320
Labour Robert Docherty1,132
Labour Michael Ashbrook875
Conservative George Higgins305
Conservative Dorothy Gray204
Turnout 3,836
Moresby [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Blackwell34354.9
Conservative Edward Fox28245.1
Majority619.8
Turnout 625
Newtown (3) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis McPhillips905
Conservative Francis Heathcote898
Conservative Raymond Cole872
Labour Gavin Towers591
Labour Keith Crellin502
Turnout 3,768
St Bees [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Clarkson57574.6
Labour Archibald Ross19625.4
Majority37949.2
Turnout 771
Sandwith (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Tyson536
Labour James Prince360
Independent Gordon Brown291
Conservative Sheena Gray146
Turnout 1,333
Seascale (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Moore1,147
Conservative Eileen Eastwood962
Labour Charles Tuley390
Turnout 2,499

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