2003 United Kingdom local elections

none September 2020 September 2012 2003 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 2002 United Kingdom local elections 2002 2004 United Kingdom local elections 2004 All 36 metropolitan boroughs, 40 out of 46 unitary authorities,232 out of 238 English districts and all 32 Scottish council areas 1 May 2003 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Iain Duncan Smith Nightingale 1 (cropped).JPG 130 120 160 0 0 Iain Duncan Smith 13 September 2001 Conservative Party (UK) 35%All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares, not total votes cast. 1% 110 31 4,423 566 Tony Blair in 2002.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 30% 3% 66 28 3,001 833 Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Charles Kennedy 9 August 1999 Liberal Democrats (UK) 30%http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2989747.stm Tory leader hails poll gains 2 May 2003 BBC News 3% 28 5 2,624 193 File:United Kingdom local elections, 2003.svg 300px Colours denote council control following elections, as shown in the main table of results. The 2003 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 1 May 2003, the same day as the Scottish Parliamentary and the Welsh Assembly elections. There were local elections for all councils in Scotland and in most of England. There were no local elections in Wales, Northern Ireland or London. The ruling Labour Party lost a considerable 833 seats, while both the main opposition parties, Conservative and Liberal Democrat, polled strongly, with the Conservatives enjoying the largest share of the vote. Labour had now been in government for six years and still had a triple-digit majority, and over the summer of 2003 some opinion polls showed the Conservatives level with Labour. However, these were to be the last of the two local council elections contested by the Conservatives under the leadership of Iain Duncan Smith, who was ousted as leader later in the year and succeeded by Michael Howard due to his unpopularity as leader and doubts about his ability to win a general election. Fifty-nine councils held electoral pilot schemes to try to boost turnout figures. Schemes included all postal voting, mobile polling stations, alterations to voting hours and various kinds of electronic voting. The most successful in raising turnout was all-postal voting which saw turnout rise to an average of 50%. In comparison, turnout across the whole of England was only 33%. Results The Labour Party lost a considerable 833 seats, losing control of councils such as Birmingham and Coventry, both of which the party had controlled for 20 years. The Conservative Party, who following the elections had the most councillors in the country (ahead of Labour by 601), extended its lead over the Labour party by 1,399 councillors. However, their celebrations were tempered by the resignation of Conservative front bencher Crispin Blunt, who described the party leader, Iain Duncan Smith as a "handicap" and called for him to be replaced.Tory leader dismisses leadership threat http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2994993.stm 27 June 2016 BBC News 2 May 2003 Party Councils Councillors Gain Loss Change Total Gain Loss Change Total Conservative Party (UK)+31110+5664,423 Labour Party (UK)-2866-8333,001 Liberal Democrats (UK)+528+1932,624 Independent (politician)-210-421,142 Scottish National Party-11-21182 Residents Association284 Green Party of England and Wales0+934 British National Party0+1313 Liberal Party (UK, 1989)0-29 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern0-25 Scottish Socialist Party0-12 Other000-24107 No overall control-5123———— England Metropolitan boroughs All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result Details Barnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Birmingham Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Bolton Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Bradford No overall control No overall control holdDetails Bury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Calderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetails Coventry Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Doncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Dudley Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Gateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Kirklees No overall control No overall control holdDetails Knowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Leeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Liverpool Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Manchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails North Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Oldham No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails Rochdale Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Rotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails St. Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Salford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Sandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Sefton No overall control No overall control holdDetails Sheffield No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetails Solihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails South Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Stockport Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails Sunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Tameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Trafford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails Wakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Walsall No overall control No overall control holdDetails Wigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Wirral No overall control No overall control holdDetails Wolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Unitary authorities Whole council In 27 English Unitary authorities the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBath and North East Somerset No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBlackpool ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBournemouth ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsBracknell Forest ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrighton and Hove ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDarlington ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Riding of Yorkshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHerefordshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsLeicester ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsLuton ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMedway ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMiddlesbrough ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth East Lincolnshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNorth Lincolnshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsNorth Somerset Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNottingham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPlymouth ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPoole ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRedcar and Cleveland ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRutland ‡ Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsStockton-on-Tees Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTelford and Wrekin ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTorbay ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWest Berkshire ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWindsor and Maidenhead ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsYork ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 13 English Unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHartlepool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKingston upon Hull No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMilton Keynes Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsPortsmouth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthampton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSwindon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails District councils Whole council In 150 English district authorities the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAllerdale Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsAlnwick No overall control No overall control holdDetailsArun ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsAshfield ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsAshford ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsAylesbury Vale ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBabergh ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBerwick-upon-Tweed Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBlaby ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlyth Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolsover ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBoston No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBraintree ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBreckland ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBridgnorth ‡ Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsBromsgrove ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxtowe ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCanterbury ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCaradon ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCarrick ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCastle Morpeth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCastle Point ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCharnwood ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChelmsford ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsChester-le-Street ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsChesterfield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsChichester ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChiltern ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChristchurch ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCopeland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCorby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCotswold ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDacorum No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDartford ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsDerbyshire Dales ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsDerwentside ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDover ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDurham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsEasington ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Cambridgeshire ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsEast Devon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Dorset ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Hampshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Lindsey Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsEast Northamptonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Staffordshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsEden Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsEpsom and Ewell ‡ Residents Association Residents Association holdDetailsErewash ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsFenland ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsForest Heath ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsForest of Dean ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsFylde ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsGedling ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGravesham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGuildford ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHambleton ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHarborough ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHigh Peak ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHinckley and Bosworth ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHorsham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsKennet ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKerrier ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKettering Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsKing's Lynn and West Norfolk ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsLancaster ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsLewes ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsLichfield ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaldon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMalvern Hills ‡ Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMansfield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Independent politician gainDetailsMelton ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMendip No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMid Bedfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMid Devon ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMid Suffolk ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsMid Sussex ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNew Forest ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNewark and Sherwood ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Cornwall ‡ Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Devon ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsNorth Dorset ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth East Derbyshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Kesteven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Norfolk ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsNorth Shropshire ‡ Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsNorth Warwickshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNorth West Leicestershire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Wiltshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorthampton Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsOadby and Wigston ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsOswestry ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRestormel ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRibble Valley ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRichmondshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRother ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushcliffe ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRyedale ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSalisbury ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsScarborough ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSedgefield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSedgemoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSelby ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSevenoaks ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsShepway ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsSouth Bucks ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Derbyshire ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Hams Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Holland No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Kesteven No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Norfolk ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSouth Northamptonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Oxfordshire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Ribble ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Shropshire ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Somerset Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSouth Staffordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSpelthorne ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Edmundsbury ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStafford ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStaffordshire Moorlands ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSuffolk Coastal ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSurrey Heath ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTaunton Deane No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsTeesdale ‡ No overall control Independent politician gainDetailsTeignbridge ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTendring ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTest Valley ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTewkesbury ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThanet ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsTonbridge and Malling ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsTorridge ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsTynedale No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsUttlesford ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsVale of White Horse ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsVale Royal Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWansbeck Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWarwick ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWaverley ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWealden ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWear Valley ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWellingborough Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Devon ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Dorset ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Somerset Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Wiltshire ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWychavon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWycombe ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 82 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsAmber Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBasildon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBedford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrentwood Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCarlisle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsChorley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsColchester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCongleton No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsCraven No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Residents Association Residents Association holdDetailsEpping Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsExeter Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsGloucester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHarrogate No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHart Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone No overall control No overall control holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsPendle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPurbeck Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch No overall control No overall control holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsStroud Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSwale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWaveney No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWoking No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWorcester No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWorthing Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetails Scotland 2003 Scottish local elections All 32 Scottish unitary authorities held elections. They were held at the same time as the 2003 Scottish Parliament election. Council area Previous control Result DetailsAberdeen City No overall control No overall control holdDetailsAberdeenshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsAngus Scottish National Party Scottish National Party holdDetailsArgyll and Bute Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsClackmannanshire Scottish National Party Scottish Labour gainDetailsNa h-Eileanan Siar Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsDumfries and Galloway No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDundee City No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEast Ayrshire Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Dunbartonshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEast Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsEast Renfrewshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCity of Edinburgh Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsFalkirk No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFife No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGlasgow City Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsHighland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsInverclyde No overall control Scottish Liberal Democrats gainDetailsMidlothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsMoray Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsNorth Ayrshire Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsNorth Lanarkshire Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsOrkney Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsPerth and Kinross No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRenfrewshire No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsScottish Borders No overall control No overall control holdDetailsShetland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Ayrshire Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsSouth Lanarkshire Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsStirling No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsWest Dunbartonshire No overall control Scottish Labour gainDetailsWest Lothian Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetails Notes References Vote 2003 BBC News Local elections 2003. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/44. Voting Pilots in 2003 The Guardian 2003 election coverage Local elections Category:Premiership of Tony Blair