2003 Ryedale District Council election

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
	Seats	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

2003 Ryedale District Council election

Election result

Ward results

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