2003 Tynedale District Council election

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.

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