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Elections to Tynedale District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party took overall control over the council.[1]

Election Result

Tynedale Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 27 +5 51.9 48.4 13,005
  Liberal Democrats 11 +1 21.2 22.3 5,978
  Labour 9 -5 17.3 18.8 5,044
  Independent 5 -1 9.6 10.5 2,824

10 Conservative, 2 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat councillors were elected unopposed.

Ward results

Acomb
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Wrigley 289 67.5
Conservative Keith Laidlow 139 32.5
Majority 150 35.0
Turnout 428
Allendale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Horncastle unopposed
Conservative Margaret Stonehouse unopposed
Bellingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Mattinson 349 68.4
Independent James Brownbridge 161 31.6
Majority 188 36.8
Turnout 510
Broomhaugh and Riding
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Latham 265 59.8
Conservative Andreas Christofides 178 40.2
Majority 87 19.6
Turnout 443
Chollerton with Whittington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Heslop unopposed
Corbridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats William Grigg 638
Conservative Jean Fearon 597
Conservative Kenneth Warwick 503
Conservative Jeffrey Wilkinson 487
Liberal Democrats Austin Winstanley 463
Turnout 2,688
East Tynedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Hunter 267 56.6
Labour Paul Kelly 205 43.4
Majority 62 13.2
Turnout 472
Hadrian (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Sharp 545
Conservative Valerie Gibson 475
Labour Andrew Birley 206
Turnout 1,226
Haltwhistle (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hardy 623
Independent John Watson 495
Independent Susan Sim 484
Conservative Ian Wilson 480
Labour Ian McMinn 471
Turnout 2,553
Haydon (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smith 336
Independent Stanley Mitchell 306
Labour Michael Thorpe 173
Turnout 815
Hexham Gilesgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Pickering unopposed
Hexham Hencotes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lynch 482
Conservative Jill Soulsby 436
Labour Thomas Flaws 398
Labour Wendy Dale 395
Independent George Ferguson 378
Conservative Norman Wicks 361
Liberal Democrats Victor Ball 301
Turnout 2,751
Hexham Leazes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Kennedy 633
Conservative Henry Herron 581
Liberal Democrats Colin Moss 561
Conservative Maureen Milne 543
Conservative Michael Way 499
Turnout 2,817
Hexham Priestpopple (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ingrid Whale 697
Conservative Matthew Donnelly 646
Conservative John Lambert 523
Labour Philip Clark 418
Turnout 2,284
Humshaugh and Wall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Kerr unopposed
Ovingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul MacDonald 239 75.9
Conservative Clare Martell 76 24.1
Majority 163 51.8
Turnout 315
Prudhoe Castle (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Reid 223
Liberal Democrats Gerald Caldwell 187
Conservative Allan Ford 103
Conservative Gary Milburn 90
Turnout 603
Prudhoe North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Garrett unopposed
Labour David Shaw unopposed
Prudhoe South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Garrett 425
Labour Glenn Simpson 399
Labour Eileen Burt 381
Conservative Catherine Speight 271
Conservative Susan Cresswell 194
Conservative Michael Heather 184
Liberal Democrats Donald Smith 114
Turnout 1,968
Prudhoe West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Bradbury 289
Liberal Democrats Donna Bradbury 285
Labour Jennifer McGee 232
Labour John Grigor 201
Conservative Astrid Mitchell 70
Conservative Tracy Warhurst-Walker 57
Turnout 1,134
Redesdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Corbett unopposed
Sandhoe with Dilston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Fearon 190 60.9
Liberal Democrats Robert MacFarlane 122 39.1
Majority 68 21.8
Turnout 312
Slaley and Hexhamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Massey 343 78.9
Liberal Democrats John Williams 92 21.1
Majority 251 57.8
Turnout 435
South Tynedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Adamson unopposed
Stocksfield with Mickley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Dale 1,064
Conservative Michael Collins 793
Conservative Eileen Drew 761
Liberal Democrats Stuart Rowlands 367
Liberal Democrats Darren Levitt 349
Turnout 3,334
Upper North Tyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Walton unopposed
Wanney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Somerville unopposed
Warden and Newbrough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Forster unopposed
Wark
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Flora Hewitson 288 79.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Billany 74 20.4
Majority 114 59.2
Turnout 362
West Tynedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Hutchinson unopposed
Wylam (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Philip Brooks 712
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Appleby 454
Labour Jeffrey Leetham 178
Conservative Valerie Armstrong 135
Conservative Christine Hanley 95
Turnout 1,574

References

  1. ^ "Tynedale". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
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