2003 Alnwick District Council election

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An election for the Alnwick District Council was 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 the Rothbury and South Rural ward had no candidate for the seat.

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Election result

Alnwick Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 14+348.353.75,487
  Liberal Democrats 10-334.530.03,062
  Conservative 3+110.34.1420
  Labour 206.911.61,184
  UKIP 000.00.663

5 Liberal Democrat, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Alnwick Castle (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Archerunopposed
Liberal Democrats Alastair Grahamunopposed
Liberal Democrats Kevin Thompsonunopposed
Alnwick Clayport (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Gray295
Liberal Democrats Eileen Blakey231
Conservative Karl Poulsen29
Turnout 55520.7
Alnwick Hotspur (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gordon Castle403
Independent John Wright245
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Willa183
Labour Louis Levi116
Turnout 94731.7
Amble Central (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Audrey Jones299
Labour Elizabeth Gray231
Liberal Democrats Teresa Hedley191
Independent Thomas Evans124
Turnout 84530.0
Amble East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Arckless363
Liberal Democrats John Hedley228
Independent George Smailes117
Conservative Rebecca Poulsen61
Turnout 76927.2
Amble West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Henry Stewart277
Independent Carl Oliver253
Liberal Democrats Ian Hinson229
Labour Christopher Rollo153
Turnout 91233.0
Embleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lydia Cairns24656.4
Independent June Burnie19043.6
Majority5612.8
Turnout 43655.4
Harbottle and Elsdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bolamunopposed
Hedgeley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Taylorunopposed
Lesbury (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hugh Philipson595
Conservative John Orde330
Liberal Democrats Robert Vass275
Turnout 1,20051.5
Longframlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Thorneunopposed
Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Grey353
Independent Ann Glass294
Independent Thomas Spence211
Turnout 85838.9
Rothbury and South Rural (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Dawsonunopposed
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duffieldunopposed
No candidate
Shilbottle (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Maria Haddow614
Independent Vera Vaggs559
Liberal Democrats Susan Rickwood445
Labour Mary Dixon321
Independent Eric Thomason311
Turnout 1,61840.2
Warkworth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Susan Champion472
Independent Jeffrey Watson326
Liberal Democrats John Elliott323
Turnout 1,12138.8
Whittingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Rutherford19761.0
UKIP Ian Dodds6319.5
Liberal Democrats Noel Peberdy6319.5
Majority13441.5
Turnout 32339.6

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