8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 8th, 2003


Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk


Mayor-elect is Valley’s first major casualty as the Conservatives begin a night of celebration


ELECTIONS 2003 COUNCIL


Your town and parish poll results listed


Clitheroe Town Council


( ’ denotes candidate elected) Primrose


•Allan McLean Knox (Lib. Dem.) .497 Patricia McGowan(Lab) .......224 •Mary Robinson (Lib. Dem.) .618 Andrew Worsley . . . . . . . . . . .2 1 5


St Mary's


•Ruth Hargreaves (Lib. Dem.) 645 •Joan Knight (Lib. Dem.) . . .616 Stephen Pietrzak .................. 509


Salthill


•David Andrew Berryman (Lib. Dem.) ....................................504 •Ian Frank Brown ...................490 Bruce Dowles (Lib. Dem.) . .372 Sheila Sims ............................482


Edisford and Low Moor Anna Marie Banki (Lab) — 339


Chatburn Parish Council


(•denotes candidate elected)


•Marjorie Birch ’. .....................237 •Herbert Edward Boden'........ 289 •Howard Granville Douglas . .280


Ian Hartley ..........................164 Peter Jarvis Hodgkinson----- 148 •Edward Marcella.................. 183 •Rodney Duprcz Read ........... 307 •Gary Kenneth Scott........ ...294 •Ronald Vincent Smith .......... 240 ♦Paul Alexander Whittaker__ 242


Whalley Parish Council


(•denotes candidate elected)


•Norman Hughes Atty .......... 533 •Stephen John Barker............ 418 •Robert Bolsover.....................341


Ronald John Michael Loebell 204 ♦June Margnret Brown . . ____402


♦John McGowan (Lab) . . . . ..431 ♦Michael Fallon.............. . . . .348 •Alan Yearing (Lib. Dem.) . ..557 Linden John Hacking . . . . . .283 Susan Margaret Yearing (Lib . Martin John Highton . . ....290 Dem.)


♦Joyce Holgate .............. ____716


............................... ..425 •Alan Holgate ................ . . . .338 Littlemoor


David Rodney Boden . . . . ..350 •Eric James Ronnan ____ . . . .426 •John Stephen Sutcliffe . . . ..828 Marie Shaw .................. ....289 ♦Margaret Eleanor Sutcliffe ..790 ♦Jill Alison ...................... ____391


Ribble Valley Council - 1999


then and now 2003


Conservatives.................... ...19 Conservatives................ ........22 Labour................................ . . . .1 Labour .......................... ..........1 L ib -D em ............................ ...16 Lib.-Dem ...................... ........15 Ind....................................... . . . .3 Ind................................... ..........2


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A MAYORAL upset followed the election of Michael


Fielding for


the Conserva­ tives in Sab­ den. He is seen here


with his part­ ner, Christine Wilson


(B010503/10i)


DEEP in concentration, the all-important count is carefully scrutinised by all the political parties at Rocficld Barn on Thursday evening (B010503/10Q


THE victor after the closest contest of the night, Brian Collis took the new Ribchcstcr Ward for the Lib. Dcms by five votes (B010503/10g)


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A vicar becomes ‘one of the few’ as he wins seat


by Tim Procter


TH E Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. Chris Sterry, is one of few Angli­ can clergymen to be a Conserva­ tive councillor in the whole coun­ try. “Some places in the south have


quite a few vicars who are council­ lors, but as far as I know they all represent Labour,” says Mr Ster­ ry.


Feeling that someone with his


experience had something to offer, Mr Sterry had no qualms about seeking election. He has had little opposition from parishioners. One person has e-mailed the


TENSION mounts as Paul Frankland (BNP), centre, standing in St Mary's Ward, awaits the decision with Shannon Gath, Salthill, left (B010503/10h)


Council welcomes some new faces


Carl Eric Ross (Billington and


Old Langho). H ow a rd G ra n v i l le Dougla s


(Chatburn). Kathleen M a ry Butler (Derby


and Thornley). Jeffrey Norman Flitcroft (Dil-


worth). David Conroy Eccleston (Lang­


ho). John Stanley Taylor (Langho). Christine Ann Bartrop (Read


Percentage turnouts


Billington and Old Langho . . .35% Bowland, N ew ton and Slaid - b u r n ....................................45.2% Chatburn ............................ 52.2% Edisford and Low M oo r____50.1% Gisbum and Rimington . . . .38.6% Langho ................................37.5% Littlemoor ..........................54.8% M e l lo r ..................................38.6% Primrose..............................42.9%


Read and Simonstone........48.5% Ribchester............................40.7% St. M a ry 's ............................ 52.7% Sabden ................................61.1% Salthill..................................47.7% W a d d in g ton and W es t B ra d ­ ford ....................................50.8% Whalley................................44.3% Wiswell and Pendleton . . . .47.5%


and Simonstone). Beverley Jones (St Mary's). Michael Fielding (Sabden). D a v id A n d rew Barryman


(Salthill). Ian Frank Brown (Salthill). Edward Michael Hitchen Ran-


son (Waddington and West Brad­ ford). Christopher Sterry (Whalley). Stuart Alan Hirst (Wilpshire).


THE end of a long day for Councillors John McGowan and Alan Ycaring who were


returned for Edisford and Low Moor Ward (B010503/10j) and inset, one half of the successful husband nnd wife duo Stephen and Margnret Sutcliffe who romped home in the Littlemoor Ward (B010503/10k)


Ribble Valley Borough Council’s voting figures ( ’ denotes candidate elected)


Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley (1 vacancy)


♦Janet Elizabeth Aicock (Con). Alston and Hothersall (2)


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•James Rogerson (Ind) •David Thornton Smith (Con) Billington and Old Langho (2)


Richard Goddard Gledhill (Con) Raymond Price (Lib Dem) •Carl Eric Ross (Con)


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•Graham Hugh Sowtcr (Lib D e n i ) ........... 353 Bowland, Newton and Slaidburn (1)


•Rosemary Joan Elms (C o n ) .................... 374 Joan Knight (Lib Dem) .................. ! ____ 91 Chatburn (1)


•Howard Granville Douglas (Lib Dem) . .297 Keith William Hall (Con)


Chipping (1)


•Doreen Margaret Bailey (Ind). Clayton-le-Dale with Ramsgreave (2)


•Peter Ainsworth (C o n ) ............... .548


Edward Joyce (Lib D em ) .......... .. ...........251 •Doreen Taylor (Con) .............


.454


John Malcolm Theakstone (Lib Dem) . .171 Derby and Thornley (2)


...................... 256


•Kathleen Mary Butler (Con) .................. 362 •Rose-Marie Croasdale (Lib Dem) ......... 503 Andrew Sydney Duckworth (Lib Dem) .268 Dilworth (2)


Annamaria Daniela Ferrari (Con) ......... 301 •Jeffrey Norman Flitcroft (Lib Dem) . . . . 326 Michael Leigh Kay (Con)


......................264


•John Stuart Reese (Lib D em ) ................320 Edisford and Low Moor (2)


Anna Marie Banki (Lab) ...... ................. 280 Anthony Frederick Dean (Con) •John McGowan (Lab)


............256 ............................ 394


Peter Neal McQuade (B N P ) ................... 295 •Alan Yearing (Lib Dem)


........................466


Susan Margaret Yearing (Lib Dem) . . . . 323 Gisburn and Rimington (1)


Patricia Rosemary Rawson (Lib Dem) . .85 ' ’ Richard Else Sherras (Con)


..................308 Langho(2)


•David Conroy Eccleston (Con) . . . . . . . . .3 5 1 Jenny Ann Grimes (Lib D em ) .......... ... .344 ♦John Stanley Taylor (C o n ) ......................407 David William Threlfall (Lib D em ) 326


Littlemoor (2)


David Rodney Boden (Con) Brian Ferguson (B N P )


................ 326 ...... ................... 292 ••John Stephen Sutcliffe (Lib Dem) ........755


•Marguret Eleanor Sutcliffe (Lib Dem) . .700 M e l lo r (2 )


Judith Catherine Sowter (Lib Dem) . . . . 202 ♦Noel Clifford Walsh (Con) ...................... 628 •Charles Warkniun (Con)


........................ 645 Primrose (2 ) Ivan Peter Duxbury (B N P ) ............. ...242


•Allan Mclcnn Knox (Lib Dem) .............. 416 Patricia McGowan (Lab)


....... 169


•Mary Robinson (Lib Dem) .................... 490 Raymond Stuttard (Con)


Read and Simonstone (2 )


•Christine Ann Bartrop (Con) .................. 558 Richard John Bennet (Lib Dem) ........... 411 •John Benson Hill (Con) ..........................584 John Marshall Waddington (Lib Dem) .495 Ribchester (1 )


•Brian Melvin Collis (Lib Dem) ............. .252 David Nuttall (Con)


..............................247 St M a ry ’s (2 )


•Frank Edgar Dyson (Lib Dem) .............. 500 Paul John Frankland (B N P ) .................. 202 •Beverley Jones (Lib D em ) ...................... 561 Diana Ruth Moores (Con) Stephen Pietrzak (Con)


........ ; ......... 404 .......................... 424


Stephen Wilkinson (L a b ) ........................ 107 Andrew Worsley,(Con)


...................... 156 .......................... 191


Sabden(1)


•Michael Fielding (Con) ........ ................. 393 Frank Goss (Lib D em ) .............................291


Salthill (2)


Stephen Paul Adnitt (Lib Dem) ............ 384 •David Andrew Barryman (Lib D em )____.419 Giles Bridge (Lab)


........... 92


•Ian Frank Brown (Con) ..........................413 Shannon Peter Gath (B N P )


.................. 253


Sheila Sims (Con) ....................................397 Waddington and West Bradford (2)


Roger Harold Chaplin (Con) ................ 547


William Le Breton (Lib Dem)................475 •Gwen Pyc (Lib Dem)


............................ 612


•Edward Michael Hitchen Ranson (Con) .584 Whalley (2)


Thomas Peter Hardwick (Lib D em) . . . . 385 •Joyce Holgate (Con)


Wilpshire (2)


•Stuart Alan Hirst (Con) •Christopher John Holtom (Con). . Wiswell and Pendleton (1)


Bruce Dowles (Lib Dem) .........................120 •Robert James Thompson (Con)


........... .401 ..............................708


Christine Mary Marchi (Lib D em )........329 •Christopher Sterry (Con) ........................ 583


vicar with a Biblical question con­ nected with the free market econ­ omy. He has been told that some­ one shouted an uncomplimentary remark at him across the street, although he heard nothing him­ self. But others have made it clear


they are content that Mr Sterry will be able to keep religion and politics well apart, which he cer­ tainly intends to do. He believes that, in any case, politics do not play a major role in the Valley’s own affairs. Councillors usually


vote on personal views, or ward interests, rather than on political lines. M r Sterry is a supporter of


local M P Mr Nigel Evans, but is not yet certain what role he would play in any general election, where politics are to the fore. Most Tory councillors use their


status to try to influence such campaigns, but M r Sterry feels that time will tell whether or not it would be appropriate for him. However, he keeps a close eye


on the national scene. A t the weekend Mr Sterry publicly criti­ cised T ory leader Iain Duncan Smith, saying that he lacked the necessary “ oomph” to he in charge.


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CHAMPAGNE flowed as the Conservatives strengthened their rein on Ribble Valley Bor­


ough Council. By the early hours of Friday, the


B N P threat had come - and gone, but certainly can not be dismissed in the future. The first result to be announced


was not totally unexpected. Mayor- elect Frank Goss lost his Sabden seat to Conservative newcomer Michael Fielding. Obviously disappointed, Mr Goss


said he had enjoyed his four years on the council and would decide in


another four whether to try again. Tributes were paid to him by Con­ servative leader Coun.Chris Holtom who commented that, despite the fact that it had been an excellent night for the Conservative Party, he was sorry to see the departure of the mayor-elect. For retiring Mayor Joyce Holgate,


it was an excellent finale to a year


she had obviously thoroughly enjoyed. Whalley's electorate showed its appreciation with 708 votes and, to complete the picture, the man who had been her chaplain and occa­ sional acting consort for the past 12 months, vicar the Rev. Chris Sterry now joins her on the borough author­ ity, having polled 583 votes at his first attempt. "It's a good end to a fabulous year," she commented. There was a strong police presence


outside Roefield Bam, Clitheroe, as counting began shortly after 9 p.m. There was no trouble and the count progressed without incident. For the British National Party’s


five candidates, it was probably one of the longest nights ever, as they watched counting clerks checking and re-checking the voting slips. They had worked hard and there was genuine concern among several of their opponents that the canvass­ ing might have seen at least one can­


didate returned. I t was not to be,


but with 1,284 votes polled between the five, they certainly made an impact on voters and vowed to return. B N P candidate Peter McQuade


took most votes with 295 in Edis­ ford and Low Moor, but with six candidates for the two seats, was pushed into fourth place. Fellow candidate Ivan Duxbury, contesting Primrose, was third out of seven with 242 votes, and ahead of the Conservative and Labour candi­ dates. In St Mary's Ward, wife of retir­


ing Liberal Democrat Howel Jones, Beverley Jones romped home with 561 votes with Lib. Dem. party leader Frank Dyson in hot pursuit with 500. New Zealand-born Mrs Jones will


have plenty of advice and help from one of the council's father figures, now taking well-earned time out. For Clitheroe Mayor-elect Joan


K night, the declaration o f the


parish results were more than wel­ come in the early hours, as she retained her seat on the town coun­ cil to ensure Tuesday's mayor-mak­ ing went ahead as planned. Conservative leader Coun. Chris,


Holtom, standing for Wilpshire, was returned unopposed and led celebra­ tions at the end of the count as the Conservatives retained overall con­ trol of the borough council with 22 seats. " I am pleased and thank all the Conservative Party workers who have been behind the scenes and have worked hard. They are the unsung heroes," he said. "We have been well organised. We have good leadership. This is something the Liberal Democrat opponents have lacked over the past four years." In the town's S althill Ward,


Stephen Adnitt, head of St James's CE Primary School in Clitheroe, lost his seat to fellow Liberal Demo­ crat David Barryman, with Conser­


vative Ian Brown making a return


to the borough council he le ft in 1991. Away on business, his wife relayed the news of his success in both borough and town council elec­ tions by telephone. Husband and wife duo Stephen


and Margaret Sutcliffe retained their seats with massive majorities in the Litt lem oor Ward for the Liberal Democrats, with 755 and 700 votes respectively and took even more votes for the town council with 828 and 790. The highest turnout was in Sab­


den, where the b att le between mayor-elect Frank Goss and Conser­ vative Michael Fielding resulted in a massive 61.1%. Elsewhere figures were up, some­


thing numerous party workers put down to the advent of the BNP and the number of younger voters who, it seems, had turned out in one of the Ribble Valley's most controversial elections for many years.


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