2003 UK local government election
Map of the results Elections to Ryedale District Council were held on 1 May 2003 in the United Kingdom. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 increasing the number of seats by 7. The council stayed under no overall control.
Election result Ryedale Local Election Result 2003 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 13 +2 43.3 40.6 8,862 Liberal Democrats 8 +3 26.7 27.5 6,006 Independent 7 +1 23.3 21.1 4,601 Liberal 2 +2 6.7 3.5 762 Labour 0 -1 0 7.4 1,605
1 Conservative candidate was unopposed.
Ward results Amotherby Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Pamela Anderson 318 66.9 Liberal Democrats Florence Ford 157 33.1 Majority 161 33.8 Turnout 475 33.8
Ampleforth Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Bailey 366 66.8 Liberal Democrats Anne Carter 182 33.2 Majority 184 33.6 Turnout 548 42.8
Cropton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal John Clark 368 54.6 Conservative Gregory White 306 45.4 Majority 62 9.2 Turnout 674 55.8
Dales Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Nelly Trevelyan 394 59.4 Conservative Charles Scott 269 40.6 Majority 125 18.8 Turnout 663 58.3
Derwent (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Cottam 603 Conservative David Clarkson 510 Liberal Democrats Ronald King 419 Turnout 1,532 36.2
Helmsley (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Murray-Wells 633 Conservative Christopher Parkin 597 Independent Edward Wardle 557 Turnout 1,787 44.2
Hovingham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Charles Wainwright 562 90.4 Labour David Fearnhead 60 9.6 Majority 502 80.8 Turnout 622 45.1
Kirkbymoorside (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Cussons 677 Conservative Valerie Arnold 549 Labour Garfield Hobbs 545 Labour Susan Balf 417 Turnout 2,188 43.9
Malton (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Lindsay Burr 589 Liberal Democrats Stephen Preston 537 Liberal Democrats Paul Andrews 417 Independent Ann Hopkinson 400 Conservative Martin Dales 385 Conservative Patricia Moore 378 Conservative Anne Edwards 338 Turnout 3,098 30.7
Norton East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shields 407 Liberal Democrats Howard Keal 290 Conservative Stephen Shaw 186 Labour Ann Beaumont 112 Labour Stephen Langton 87 Turnout 1,082 22.9
Norton West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Allin Jenkins 456 Liberal Democrats Dinah Keal 456 Liberal Democrats Stuart Collins 296 Labour James Urquhart 99 Turnout 1,227 27.1
Pickering East (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Joan Taylor 486 Liberal Democrats Arthur Aslett 466 Conservative Angela Huggan 360 Labour Judith Dixon 165 Labour Jill Murkett 120 Turnout 1,597 35.2
Pickering West (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Linda Cowling 528 Independent Natalie Warriner 475 Liberal Democrats Krystina Meinardi 290 Turnout 1,293 30.2
Rillington Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Brian Maud 384 69.6 Conservative James Robinson 168 30.4 Majority 216 39.2 Turnout 552 40.5
Ryedale South West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Keith Knaggs 448 77.5 Liberal Democrats Barbara Kerrison 130 22.5 Majority 318 55.0 Turnout 578 44.7
Sherburn Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Raper 298 54.2 Liberal Democrats Percy Spaven 252 45.8 Majority 46 8.4 Turnout 550 38.0
Sheriff Hutton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Alan Farnaby 621 84.4 Conservative James Cleary 115 15.6 Majority 506 68.8 Turnout 736 54.3
Sinnington Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Phillip Huntington 419 68.4 Liberal Democrats Adrian Bishop 194 31.6 Majority 225 36.8 Turnout 613 45.4
Thornton Dale (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Wilfred Garbutt 660 Liberal Democrats Helen Schroeder 579 Conservative Ronald Haigh 411 Liberal Democrats Allan Monkhouse 345 Turnout 1,995 43.5
Wolds Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Allan Howard unopposed
External links 2003 Ryedale election result Ryedale District Council Election 2003 Ward results