2003 Alnwick District Council election

2003 UK local government election July 2026 December 2013 thumb|Results of the 2003 Alnwick District Council election, including the subsequent by-election in Rothbury and South Rural 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 - a subsequent by-election on 12 June was won by an independent candidate. Election result Alnwick local election result 2003 Independent (politician) 14 +3 48.3 53.7 5,487 Liberal Democrats (UK) 10 -3 34.5 30.0 3,062 Conservative Party (UK) 3 +1 10.3 4.1 420 Labour Party (UK) 2 0 6.9 11.6 1,184 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0.0 0.6 63 5 Liberal Democrat, 2 Conservative and 1 Independent candidates were unopposed. Ward results Alnwick Castle (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) David Archer unopposed Liberal Democrats (UK) Alastair Graham unopposed Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Thompson unopposed Alnwick Clayport (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Gray 295 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eileen Blakey 231 Conservative Party (UK) Karl Poulsen 29 555 20.7 Alnwick Hotspur (2) Independent (politician) Gordon Castle 403 Independent (politician) John Wright 245 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elizabeth Willa 183 Labour Party (UK) Louis Levi 116 947 31.7 Amble Central (2) Independent (politician) Audrey Jones 299 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Gray 231 Liberal Democrats (UK) Teresa Hedley 191 Independent (politician) Thomas Evans 124 845 30.0 Amble East (2) Labour Party (UK) George Arckless 363 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Hedley 228 Independent (politician) George Smailes 117 Conservative Party (UK) Rebecca Poulsen 61 769 27.2 Amble West (2) Independent (politician) Henry Stewart 277 Independent (politician) Carl Oliver 253 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Hinson 229 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Rollo 153 912 33.0 Embleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Lydia Cairns 246 56.4 Independent (politician) June Burnie 190 43.6 56 12.8 436 55.4 Harbottle and Elsdon Conservative Party (UK) Susan Bolam unopposed Hedgeley Independent (politician) John Taylor unopposed Lesbury (2) Independent (politician) Hugh Philipson 595 Conservative Party (UK) John Orde 330 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Vass 275 1,200 51.5 Longframlington Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Thorne unopposed Longhoughton with Craster and Rennington (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Grey 353 Independent (politician) Ann Glass 294 Independent (politician) Thomas Spence 211 858 38.9 Rothbury and South Rural (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Dawson unopposed Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Duffield unopposed No candidate Shilbottle (3) Independent (politician) Maria Haddow 614 Independent (politician) Vera Vaggs 559 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Rickwood 445 Labour Party (UK) Mary Dixon 321 Independent (politician) Eric Thomason 311 1,618 40.2 Warkworth (2) Independent (politician) Susan Champion 472 Independent (politician) Jeffrey Watson 326 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Elliott 323 1,121 38.8 Whittingham Independent (politician) John Rutherford 197 61.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Ian Dodds 63 19.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noel Peberdy 63 19.5 134 41.5 323 39.6 External links BBC report of 2003 Alnwick election result Ward results and map (Archived 2009-10-25) Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:21st century in Northumberland