2003 Glasgow City Council election

2003 Glasgow City Council election
All 80 seats to Glasgow City Council; 41 seats needed for a majority
	Colours indicate winners in each ward; Labour Liberal Democrat SNP Independent Conservative SSP
Council Leader before election; Charlie Gordon; Labour	Council Leader after election ; Charlie Gordon; Scottish Labour Party

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

Election results

2003 Glasgow City Council election result^[1]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	71	89.9	47.7	87,311	-1.9
SNP	4	5.1	20.5	37,570	-9.2
Liberal Democrats	3	3.8	7.6	13,886	+2.0
Scottish Socialist	1	1.3	15.5	28,485	+8.2
Conservative	1	1.3	7.5	13,755	+0.1
Independent	0	0.0	1.2	2,201	New

Ward results

Drumry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marjorie O'Neill	783	55.0
	Scottish Socialist	Norman MacLeod	226	15.9
	SNP	Sarah Nicholson	214	15.0
	Independent	Robert Howie	124	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Marjory Watt	40	2.8
	Conservative	Marion Cornes	36	2.5
Majority			557	39.1

Summerhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Carey	720	54.0
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Lynch	336	25.2
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour	278	20.8
Majority			384	28.8

Blairdardie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steven Purcell	1,782	62.7
	SNP	Calum Smith	433	15.2
	Scottish Socialist	Michael Dyer	285	10.0
	Conservative	Alfred Smith	214	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher McGinty	129	4.5
Majority			1,349	47.5

Knightswood Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Gordon	1,613	57.5
	SNP	Graeme Hendry	484	17.2
	Scottish Socialist	Charlie McCarthy	298	10.6
	Conservative	Graeme Dickson	269	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Paris	143	5.1
Majority			1,129	40.3

Knightswood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth Cameron	1,505	58.6
	SNP	Malcolm Laughton	428	16.7
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Lavelle	313	12.2
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	182	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alison King	141	5.5
Majority			1,077	41.9

Yoker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Craig Robertson	1,330	59.3
	SNP	Francis Rankin	446	19.9
	Scottish Socialist	Murray Diack	322	14.4
	Conservative	Heather Inglis	143	6.4
Majority			884	39.4

Anniesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jonathan Findlay	1,251	43.2
	SNP	Robert Scott	555	19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	401	13.8
	Conservative	Gary Cornes	364	12.6
	Scottish Socialist	Joseph Maguire	327	11.3
Majority			696	24.0

Jordanhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Mason	1,425	41.9
	Conservative	Bernadette Cooklin	750	22.1
	Labour	Martin Rhodes	576	16.9
	SNP	Peter Innes	439	12.9
	Scottish Socialist	Eddie Docherty	210	6.2
Majority			675	19.8

Kelvindale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Paris	1,019	34.6
	Labour	Catriona Renton	804	27.3
	Conservative	Gavin Brown	584	19.8
	SNP	Ronald McLean	336	11.4
	Scottish Socialist	Henry Maitles	204	6.9
Majority			215	7.3

Scotstoun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean McFadden	1,239	47.3
	Scottish Socialist	Heather Ritchie	526	20.1
	SNP	Shiela Roberts	346	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Clark	283	10.8
	Conservative	Alexander Inglis	225	8.6
Majority			713	27.2

Victoria Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Irene Graham	1,179	39.3
	Scottish Socialist	Allan Green	441	14.7
	SNP	Elizabeth W Quinn	537	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dara Jaff	430	14.3
	Conservative	Matthew T. Smith	407	13.5
Majority			642	24.6

By-elections since 3 May 2007

2006 by-election

Milton ward: SNP gain from Labour (councillor William McAllister elected).^[2]

References

^ Chapter 57 Clyde Councils, Local Election Results, 5 May 2003, Andrew Teale
^ Press Association (17 February 2006). "Tories take two seats from Lib Dems". The Guardian.

[1] Chapter 57 Clyde Councils, Local Election Results, 5 May 2003, Andrew Teale

[2] Press Association (17 February 2006). "Tories take two seats from Lib Dems". The Guardian.

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