2003 Rossendale Borough Council election

2003 UK local government election December 2025 December 2025 Rossendale Borough Council elections Elections to Rossendale Borough 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 17 Conservative 17 Liberal Democrat 1 Independent 1 Election result Rossendale local election result 2003 Conservative Party (UK) 9 5 0 +5 75.0 50.8 6,753 +6.1% Labour Party (UK) 2 0 6 -6 16.7 39.5 5,248 -14.1% Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 0 +1 8.3 9.8 1,299 +9.8% Ward results Cribden Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Young 285 34.5 Labour Party (UK) Hugh McCaw 274 33.2 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Slaughter 266 32.2 11 1.3 825 30.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Facit and Shawforth Conservative Party (UK) Hazel Steen 422 53.1 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Aldred 372 46.9 50 6.2 794 28.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Greenfield (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Starkey 678 Conservative Party (UK) Alison Tickner 644 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Long 540 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Atkinson 335 Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Shilliday 236 2,433 33.6 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Greensclough Conservative Party (UK) William Challinor 693 55.7 Labour Party (UK) Bernadette O'Connor 551 44.3 142 11.4 1,244 30.4 Conservative Party (UK) Hareholme Labour Party (UK) Trevor Unsworth 661 50.4 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Popland 650 49.6 11 0.8 1,311 31.3 Labour Party (UK) Healey and Whitworth Conservative Party (UK) David Barnes 404 54.4 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Pickup 338 45.6 66 8.8 742 26.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Helmshore Conservative Party (UK) Barry Pawson 694 49.2 Labour Party (UK) Stuart Brannigan 473 33.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Pilling 244 17.3 221 15.7 1,411 31.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Irwell Conservative Party (UK) Peter Steen 566 57.6 Labour Party (UK) William Pearson 416 42.4 150 15.2 982 27.5 Conservative Party (UK) Longholme Conservative Party (UK) Emily Haworth 559 50.4 Labour Party (UK) Denise Hancock 551 49.6 8 0.8 1,110 27.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Whitewell Labour Party (UK) Amanda Robertson 646 50.8 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Wadsworth 625 49.2 21 1.6 1,271 30.2 Labour Party (UK) Worsley Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Thorne 552 46.9 Labour Party (UK) Adrian Lythgoe 395 33.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Marx 230 19.5 157 13.3 1,177 27.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References 2003 Rossendale election result Ward results First-ever Lib-Dem holds sway 2003 Category:2003 English local elections Category:2000s in Lancashire