2003 City of York Council election

none July 2026 December 2013 City of York Council Election, 2003 York Parliamentary no yes 1999 City of York Council election 1999 2007 City of York Council election 2007 All 47 seats to City of York Council 1 May 2003 Steve Galloway 1999 Liberal Democrats (UK) Westfield 22 24 29 7 58,239 49.0% Dave Merrett 2002 Labour Party (UK) MicklegatePreviously a councillor in the Bishophill ward, which was abolished in the boundary redrawing. 27 25 15 12 31,113 26.2% Andy D'Agorne N/A Green Party of England and Wales FishergateWas not previously a councillor, but ran for this seat and won. 0 0 2 2 7,554 6.3% 95x50px|Blank Independent 1 1 1 0 5,562 4.7% John Galvin 1999 Conservative Party (UK) WheldrakePreviously a councillor in the Copmanthorpe ward, which was abolished in the boundary redrawing. (defeated) 3 3 0 3 16,117 13.5% Leader of the Council Leader of the Council after election Dave Merrett Labour Party (UK) Steve Galloway Liberal Democrats (UK) 24 Elections to City of York Council were held in 2003. The whole council was up for election. Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 53 to 47. The election saw York's Labour Party lose control of the council covering central York for the first time since 1984; on top of a difficult set of local elections following a backlash to the Labour government's decision to involve the country in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the local Labour Party's image was hurt by a series of scandals that had resulted in the removal of former council leader Rod Hills less than a year prior to the election.Council leader accused of blackmail and vice https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7069911.council-leader-accused-blackmail-vice/ The Northern Echo 30 June 2026 The Liberal Democrats won control of the council covering central York for the first time since the Liberal Party had last run the York Corporation in 1899. This election would mark a political realignment that would see the Liberal Democrats largely emerge as the pre-eminent political force on the council, spending all but four of the next twenty years in some way involved in controlling the council; this election would, however, mark the only time to date the party have won a majority on the council, with their periods in power generally being in coalitions with either the Green Party or Conservative Party. The council was made up of 29 Liberal Democrats, 15 Labour, two Green and one independent. The Conservatives were wiped out, losing all three of the seats they had held prior to the election, as they found their vote cannibalised by the Liberal Democrats despite an otherwise favourable set of local election results nationally.Edwards Richard Landslide North Yorkshire County Publications (England) 2 May 2003 (online NewsBank http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F10D8643802D4988A&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=25636B4CC9A542FB9EC6D4B96A7A8F92) Election result City of York Council election 2003 Liberal Democrats (UK) 47 29 61.7% 49.0% 58,239 Labour Party (UK) 45 15 31.9% 26.2% 31,105 Green Party of England and Wales 16 2 4.3% 6.3% 7,554 Independent (politician) 7 1 2.1% 4.7% 5,562 Conservative Party (UK) 27 0 0% 13.5% 16,117 Socialist Alliance (England) 3 0 0% 0.2% 302 Official Monster Raving Loony Party 1 0 0% 0.1% 107 There were boundary changes in 18 wards, which elected 41 city councillors. There were no boundary changes in 4 wards, which elected 6 city councillors. https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/9566/york_6405-6009__e__.pdf Final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for the City of York 2001 Local Government Commission for England dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180401012128/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/9566/york_6405-6009__e__.pdf 1 April 2018 Ward results Acomb ward Acomb http://www.york.gov.uk:80/elections/results.html Election results May 2003 2003 City of York Council dead https://web.archive.org/web/20031011085131/http://www.york.gov.uk/elections/results.html 11 October 2003 Labour Party (UK) Tracey Simpson-Laing * 1,051 26.3 Labour Party (UK) David Horton † 1,038 26.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Anderson 773 19.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julie Hook 630 15.8 Conservative Party (UK) Valmai Galvin 398 10.0 Official Monster Raving Loony Party Graham Cambridge 107 2.7 3,997 35.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) * Represented the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 http://www.york.gov.uk/council/elections.html Election '99 - results 1999 City of York Council dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010816045005/http://www.york.gov.uk/council/elections.html 16 August 2001 † Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1986-1996, Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael 2015 York City Council election results 1973–1994 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/York-1973-1994.pdf The Elections Centre, Nuffield College, Oxford and the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael 2015 City of York Council election results 1995–2011 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/York-1995-2011.pdf The Elections Centre, Nuffield College, Oxford Bishopthorpe ward The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe Bishopthorpe Liberal Democrats (UK) David Livesley * 989 58.5 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Williams 499 29.5 Labour Party (UK) Winifred Atkinson 202 12.0 1,690 53.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Copmanthorpe ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Clifton ward Clifton Labour Party (UK) Alan Jones * 1,065 14.4 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth King † 977 13.2 Labour Party (UK) David Scott 825 11.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joanna MacDonald 807 10.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Tarry ‡ 804 10.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Samantha Waudby 724 9.8 Independent (politician) John Cook 625 8.4 Independent (politician) Leslie Marsh 612 8.3 Independent (politician) Stephen Prophet 546 7.4 Green Party of England and Wales William Shaw 430 5.7 7,415 27.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) * Represented the Clifton ward of York City Council, 1994-1996, and the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Bootham ward of York City Council, 1982-1996, the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1989, Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael 2015 North Yorkshire County Council election results 1973-2009 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/North-Yorkshire-County.pdf The Elections Centre, Nuffield College, Oxford and the Bootham ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 ‡ Represented the Clifton Without ward of Ryedale District Council, 1991-1996, Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael 2015 Ryedale District Council election results 1973-2011 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ryedale-1973-2011.pdf The Elections Centre, Nuffield College, Oxford and the Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Derwent ward The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, and Kexby Derwent Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Greenwood * 808 56.6 Conservative Party (UK) Jenny Brooks 491 34.4 Labour Party (UK) Lesley Della Gana 128 9.0 1,427 48.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Dunnington and Kexby ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward Dringhouses and Woodthorpe Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Reid * 2,052 19.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Sunderland 1,863 17.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Holvey 1,704 16.2 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Bell † 1,009 9.6 Labour Party (UK) Richard Cregan ‡ 829 7.9 Conservative Party (UK) Monica Garrity 813 7.7 Labour Party (UK) Gerard Hodgson 794 7.5 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Deanes 755 7.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Naylor 703 6.7 10,522 41.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1990-1996, and the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Walmgate ward of York City Council, 1980-1988, and the Heworth ward of York City Council, 1990-1996, and the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 ‡ Represented the Beckfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Fishergate ward Fishergate Green Party of England and Wales Andy D'Agorne 1,093 25.6 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Hill 1,028 24.1 Labour Party (UK) John Boardman * 555 13.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Dickson † 533 12.5 Labour Party (UK) Roger Farrington ‡ 472 11.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Karen Dunk 321 7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Waudby 265 6.2 4,267 38.0 Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales * Represented the Fishergate ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, and the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1993 ‡ Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Fulford ward The parish of Fulford Fulford Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Aspden 491 48.4 28.1 Labour Party (UK) Alan Smith 285 28.1 -17.7 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Davy 162 16.0 -17.8 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Kenwright 76 7.5 7.5 1,014 47.3 6.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) There were no boundary changes to Fulford ward. Guildhall ward Guildhall Labour Party (UK) Janet Looker * 664 22.7 Labour Party (UK) Brian Watson † 564 19.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Blitz ‡ 532 18.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Thomas 414 14.1 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Toms 319 10.9 Green Party of England and Wales Gillian Cossham 199 6.8 Green Party of England and Wales Denise Craghill 156 5.3 Socialist Alliance (England) Mark Russell 78 2.7 2,926 28.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) * Represented the Guildhall division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1979-1984, the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1988-1996, the Acomb division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1981-1989, and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 ‡ Represented the Monk ward of City of York Council, 2000-2003 By-election 2000 results - Bootham and Monk wards http://www.york.gov.uk/council/byelect.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010407212619/http://www.york.gov.uk/council/byelect.html dead 7 April 2001 2000 City of York Council Haxby and Wigginton ward The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton Haxby and Wigginton Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Hall * 2,887 26.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Hogg † 2,728 24.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Watson ‡ 2,528 22.9 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Phillips 724 6.6 Conservative Party (UK) Gareth Dadd 627 5.7 Green Party of England and Wales Alan Robertshaw 453 4.1 Labour Party (UK) Doris Bell 387 3.5 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Burton 383 3.5 Labour Party (UK) David Wilson 327 3.0 11,044 41.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Haxby and Wigginton ward of Ryedale District Council, 1979-1983, the Wigginton ward of Ryedale District Council, 1987-1996, and the Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Haxby / Wigginton division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Haxby ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 ‡ Represented the Haxby ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Heslington ward The parish of Heslington Heslington Liberal Democrats (UK) Ceredig Jamieson-Ball 381 51.8 30.5 Labour Party (UK) Martin Brumby * 155 21.1 -18.3 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Robeson 86 11.7 -9.7 Green Party of England and Wales Candida Spillard 82 11.2 -6.7 Socialist Alliance (England) Andrew Collingwood 31 4.2 4.2 735 19.9 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) There were no boundary changes to Heslington ward. * Represented the Heslington ward of Selby District Council, 1991-1996, Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael 2015 Selby District Council election results 1973-2011 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Selby-1973-2011.pdf The Elections Centre, Nuffield College, Oxford and the Heslington ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Heworth ward Heworth Labour Party (UK) Vivienne Kind * 1,483 18.8 Labour Party (UK) Paul Blanchard 1,381 17.5 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Potter † 1,300 16.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel Ayre 1,020 13.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Reid 924 11.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Packington 777 9.9 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Kay 613 7.8 Green Party of England and Wales David Layfield 377 4.8 7,875 32.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) * Represented the Monk ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Beckfield ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Heworth Without ward The parish of Heworth Without Heworth Without Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Lancelott 708 49.9 Conservative Party (UK) William Bennett 470 33.1 Labour Party (UK) David Thompson 240 16.9 1,418 44.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Holgate ward Holgate Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Bartlett 1,626 17.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Fairclough 1,604 17.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gilbert Nimmo 1,392 15.2 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Edge * 1,357 14.8 Labour Party (UK) Peter Finlay 1,239 13.5 Labour Party (UK) Annie Thompson 1,074 11.7 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Major 441 4.8 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Nicholson 424 4.6 9,157 36.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Hull Road ward Hull Road Labour Party (UK) Derek Smallwood * 680 21.3 Labour Party (UK) David Wilde † 678 21.2 Independent (politician) Gordon Campbell-Thomas 435 13.6 Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Flynn 390 12.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Dunk 360 11.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Willer 343 10.7 Green Party of England and Wales John Cossham 313 9.8 3,199 27.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) * Represented the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1990-1996, the Walmgate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Walmgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Walmgate ward of York City Council, 1973-1996, and the Walmgate ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Huntington and New Earswick ward The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick Huntington and New Earswick Liberal Democrats (UK) John Orrell 2,236 25.5 2.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Hyman 2,186 24.9 1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Runciman * 1,969 22.4 1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Tumman 755 8.6 1.0 Green Party of England and Wales Clive Woolley 608 6.9 6.9 Labour Party (UK) James Alexander 531 6.1 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Beacon 490 5.6 -3.0 8,775 34.7 2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) There were no boundary changes to Huntington and New Earswick ward. * Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Micklegate ward Micklegate Labour Party (UK) Alexander Fraser 1,268 15.4 Labour Party (UK) David Merrett * 1,260 15.3 Labour Party (UK) David Evans † 1,198 14.5 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Chase 734 8.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Blackburn 654 7.9 Green Party of England and Wales Anthony Martin 599 7.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Thompson 599 7.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Bunting 595 7.2 Green Party of England and Wales David King 579 7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Megone 565 6.9 Socialist Alliance (England) Robert Looker 193 2.3 8,224 32.6 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) * Represented the Bishophill ward of York City Council, 1982-1996, and the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 2001-2003 Osbaldwick ward The parishes of Murton and Osbaldwick Osbaldwick Liberal Democrats (UK) Jonathan Morley * 514 50.3 Independent (politician) Gerald Grisdale 391 38.3 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Garbutt 117 11.4 1,022 39.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Osbaldwick / Heworth division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Osbaldwick ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Rural West York ward The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Copmanthorpe, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, and Upper Poppleton Rural West York Independent (politician) Janet Hopton * 2,100 19.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Quentin MacDonald † 1,685 15.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Glen Bradley 1,405 12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Sinclair 1,336 12.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carole Green 1,316 11.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Gillies 1,212 11.0 Conservative Party (UK) George Thomson-Smith 1,016 9.2 Labour Party (UK) Annette Brumby 527 4.8 Labour Party (UK) Iain Simpson-Laing 440 4.0 11,037 43.9 Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Upper Poppleton ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 † Represented the Upper Poppleton ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward The parishes of Clifton Without, Rawcliffe, and Skelton Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Waudby * 1,912 20.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Waudby † 1,630 17.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Moore 1,534 16.7 Independent (politician) Victor Paylor 853 9.3 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Ireland 645 7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Gibson 589 6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Kay 562 6.1 Labour Party (UK) Matthew Page 536 5.8 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Smith 518 5.6 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Dearden 403 4.4 9,182 33.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Rawcliffe division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989-1996, and the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 Strensall ward The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe Strensall Liberal Democrats (UK) Madeleine Kirk * 1,113 29.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Cuthbertson 996 26.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Moore 686 18.3 Conservative Party (UK) William Hanbury 599 16.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Guthrie 191 5.1 Labour Party (UK) Karl Smith 167 4.5 3,752 32.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Skelton ward of Ryedale District Council, 1991-1996, and the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 1996-2003 Westfield ward Westfield Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Galloway * 2,291 26.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Waller † 2,154 24.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Galloway ‡ 2,013 23.1 Labour Party (UK) Paul Baptie 697 8.0 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Gibson 641 7.3 Labour Party (UK) James Tipton 613 7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Beavan § 314 3.6 8,723 31.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) * Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, the Westfield division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1993-1996, and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 † Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1994-1996, and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 ‡ Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1973-1979, the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1979-1996, the Westfield division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1973-1985, the Foxwood division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985-1996, and the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995-2003 § Represented the Micklegate ward of York City Council, 1991-1996 Wheldrake ward The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake Wheldrake Liberal Democrats (UK) Christian Vassie 982 62.7 27.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Galvin * 459 29.3 -9.9 Labour Party (UK) Edward Gouge 124 7.9 -17.2 1,565 50.5 6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) There were no boundary changes to Wheldrake ward. * Represented the Copmanthorpe ward of City of York Council, 1999-2003 References York 2003 Category:2000s in York