2003 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour: 30; Liberal Democrat: 22; and Conservative: 8. Election result Rochdale local election result 2003 Labour Party (UK) 10 -1 50.0 37.8 15,167 -7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 +1 40.0 36.1 14,475 +6.6 Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 10.0 25.6 10,248 +2.9 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0.4 163 +0.2 Christian Democratic Party 0 0 0 0.1 24 +0.0 Ward results Balderstone Labour Party (UK) Frank Greenwood 806 49.7 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Greenwood 484 29.9 -3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Sawle 331 20.4 +6.7 322 19.8 -0.6 1,621 Brimrod and Deeplish Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Rowen 1,505 70.3 +18.4 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Maher 481 22.5 -17.6 Conservative Party (UK) William Hobhouse 154 7.2 -0.9 1,024 47.8 +36.0 2,140 Castleton Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Flynn 1,205 56.2 +5.8 Labour Party (UK) Jack Butterworth 647 30.2 -9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Crossley 292 13.6 +3.9 558 26.0 +15.5 2,144 Central and Falinge Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammad Sharif 1,509 60.6 +33.3 Labour Party (UK) Colin Thompson 809 32.5 -32.8 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Butler 174 7.0 -0.5 700 28.1 2,492 Central Middleton Labour Party (UK) Angela Robinson 729 61.0 -9.6 Conservative Party (UK) Craig Matthews 266 22.2 +22.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Cooper 201 16.8 -6.9 463 38.8 -8.1 1,196 East Middleton Labour Party (UK) Anne Murphy 782 47.9 -1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marie Welsby 572 35.1 -5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Gary Matthews 253 15.5 +6.1 Christian Democratic Party Christine West 24 1.5 +0.1 210 12.8 +4.1 1,631 Healey Labour Party (UK) Surinder Biant 1,101 36.3 +0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Bailey 1,053 34.8 -2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Neilson 876 28.9 +2.4 48 1.5 3,030 Littleborough Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Evans 899 43.7 -5.5 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Lord 703 34.2 +7.2 Labour Party (UK) David Finlay 455 22.1 -1.7 196 9.5 -12.7 2,057 Milnrow and Newhey Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Davidson 1,020 53.2 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) John Ingham 467 24.3 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) Allan Marshall 432 22.5 -2.0 553 28.9 +7.0 1,919 Newbold Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Akram 864 50.0 +28.2 Labour Party (UK) David Felton 599 34.7 -31.1 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Butler 265 15.3 +2.9 265 15.3 -28.7 1,728 Norden and Bamford Conservative Party (UK) Jane Gartside 1,876 67.5 +13.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ted Sullivan 905 32.5 +0.6 971 35.0 +13.0 2,781 North Heywood Labour Party (UK) Brian Davies 982 66.2 +9.5 Conservative Party (UK) Rachel McLachlan 502 33.8 +2.6 480 32.4 +6.9 1,484 North Middleton Labour Party (UK) Ian Robertson 736 53.2 -7.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shaun Haynes 354 25.6 -13.5 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Spilling 294 21.2 +21.2 382 27.6 +5.8 1,384 Smallbridge and Wardleworth Liberal Democrats (UK) Shah Wazir 2,189 55.8 +16.6 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Chowdry 1,732 44.2 +8.5 457 11.6 +8.1 3,921 South Heywood Labour Party (UK) Linda Robinson 1,281 62.5 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Gerard Heatherington 769 37.5 +4.6 512 25.0 -9.2 2,050 South Middleton Labour Party (UK) Donna Martin 1,386 52.8 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Fitzsimons 1,237 47.2 +11.8 149 5.6 -11.4 2,623 Spotland Liberal Democrats (UK) Norman Smith 1,535 83.4 +22.8 Labour Party (UK) Stefan Cholewka 305 16.6 -9.0 1,230 66.8 +31.8 1,840 Wardle Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Wright 1,168 61.8 -6.5 Labour Party (UK) Mike Radanovic 390 20.6 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Heaford 333 17.6 +3.8 778 41.2 1,891 West Heywood Labour Party (UK) Alan McCarthy 775 70.1 Conservative Party (UK) Neil Brockbank 330 29.9 445 40.2 1,105 West Middleton Labour Party (UK) John Murtaza 704 67.7 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Denise Matthews 173 16.6 +4.3 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Philip Burke 163 15.7 +9.1 531 51.1 -5.8 1,040 External links BBC report of 2003 Rochdale election result Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election 2003 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003