2003 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/235.stm Local elections 2009-12-17 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 24 Liberal Democrat 20 Conservative 19 Southport Party 3 Election result Sefton local election result 2003 Liberal Democrats (UK) 9 -1 39.1 32.0 19,162 +5.9% Labour Party (UK) 7 -1 30.4 30.4 18,183 -8.7% Conservative Party (UK) 7 +2 30.4 26.7 16,005 +1.6% Southport Party 0 0 0 9.1 5,470 -2.2% Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 1.3 790 +0.1% British National Party 0 0 0 0.4 226 +0.2% Ward results Ainsdale Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Porter 2,274 61.3 +14.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Brookfield 705 19.0 -6.3 Southport Party John Lee 523 14.1 -7.8 Labour Party (UK) Linda Cluskey 210 5.7 +0.8 1,569 42.3 +21.4 3,712 36.5 Birkdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Hands 1,460 49.5 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Rowell 691 23.4 Southport Party John Law 636 21.6 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Holmes 164 5.6 769 26.1 2,951 31.9 Blundellsands Conservative Party (UK) Paula Parry 1,777 60.1 +9.2 Labour Party (UK) Jaine Fleetwood 732 24.8 -8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Brereton 446 15.1 -0.4 1,045 35.3 +18.0 2,955 31.7 Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Mann 1,331 41.6 +5.2 Southport Party Terry Durrance 1,005 31.4 -5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Dally 631 19.7 -0.3 Labour Party (UK) Paul Larkin 236 7.4 +0.4 326 10.2 3,203 32.0 Church Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Kehoe 1,372 49.6 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) Paul Cummins 1,233 44.6 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) James Patterson 161 5.8 -0.7 139 5.0 2,766 29.7 Derby Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Fanning 1,210 78.3 +0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dennis Cross 335 21.7 +10.9 875 56.6 -9.9 1,545 17.6 Dukes Conservative Party (UK) David Pearson 1,416 47.1 +7.0 Southport Party Brian Birch 770 25.6 -5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Hibbard 614 20.4 +1.4 Labour Party (UK) Phillip Walsh 208 6.9 +0.0 646 21.5 +12.7 3,008 30.6 Ford Labour Party (UK) Kevin Cluskey 1,435 78.2 -0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Garry Fielding 400 21.8 +0.2 1,035 56.4 -0.4 1,835 19.5 Harington Conservative Party (UK) Eric Storey 1,770 56.4 +2.0 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Newton 753 24.0 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Druscilla Haydon 614 19.6 -0.9 1,017 32.4 +3.2 3,137 30.5 Kew Liberal Democrats (UK) Terence Francis 1,247 48.1 +19.9 Southport Party Anthony Holland 789 30.4 -12.3 Conservative Party (UK) John Lyon-Taylor 341 13.1 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) Graham Brannan 217 8.4 -1.4 458 17.7 2,594 26.2 Linacre Labour Party (UK) Doreen Kerrigan 1,164 82.9 -0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Williams 240 17.1 +0.2 944 65.8 -0.4 1,404 15.8 Litherland Labour Party (UK) Patricia Hardy 997 72.7 -7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Murray 256 18.7 -1.2 Socialist Alternative Michael Brierley 118 8.6 +8.6 741 54.0 -6.2 1,371 15.9 Manor (2) Labour Party (UK) Neil Douglas 1,339 Conservative Party (UK) Martyn Barber 1,218 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Papworth 1,193 Labour Party (UK) John Walker 1,178 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Firth 460 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sara Murray 380 5,768 31.8 Meols Liberal Democrats (UK) David Tattersall 1,330 38.8 +6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jamie Halsall 1,000 29.2 +0.0 Southport Party Richard Chapman 936 27.3 -5.9 Labour Party (UK) Constance McCarthy 158 4.6 -0.9 330 9.6 3,424 34.4 Molyneux Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Howe 1,313 45.2 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) James Reardon 895 30.8 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Ridley 698 24.0 +0.7 418 14.4 +11.3 2,906 28.2 Netherton and Orrell Labour Party (UK) Ian Maher 1,077 54.7 -3.6 Socialist Alternative Peter Glover 672 34.1 +2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hilary Cross 219 11.1 +1.2 405 20.6 -5.9 1,968 20.9 Norwood Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Rimmer 1,263 43.8 +10.0 Southport Party Geoffrey Wright 811 28.1 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Deans 292 10.1 -7.9 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Jowett 291 10.1 -0.1 British National Party Michael McDermott 226 7.8 +3.2 452 15.7 +15.3 2,883 27.1 Park Liberal Democrats (UK) James Byrne 1,938 79.1 +7.6 Labour Party (UK) James McGinnity 511 20.9 -0.5 1,427 58.2 +8.1 2,449 21.1 Ravenmeols Conservative Party (UK) Anne Ibbs 1,430 52.8 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) Paul Flodman 883 32.6 -5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Walker 396 14.6 +3.1 547 20.2 +7.4 2,709 28.1 St Oswald Labour Party (UK) Peter Dowd 1,672 83.0 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noel Cross 342 17.0 +1.5 1,330 66.0 -3.0 2,014 19.4 Sudell Liberal Democrats (UK) Sylvia Mainey 1,788 71.5 +17.9 Labour Party (UK) Daren Veidman 712 28.5 +3.8 1,076 43.0 +14.1 2,500 22.9 Victoria Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Hill 1,413 51.7 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Parry 908 33.2 -8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Antonio Spatuzzi 413 15.1 -3.4 505 18.5 2,734 28.8 References Category:2003 English local elections 2003 Category:2000s in Merseyside