2003 Liverpool City Council election
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34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards plus one by-election 50 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election plus one by-election, and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 21.7%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 63 | ||
| Labour | 31 | ||
| Liberal | 3 | 0 | |
| Independent | 2 | ||
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | -2 | 64.7 | 49.8 | 37,194 | -0.5 | |||
| Labour | 11 | +4 | 29.4 | 34.2 | 25,514 | -1.2 | |||
| Liberal | 1 | +1 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 5,066 | +1.3 | |||
| Liverpool Labour Community Party | 1 | -1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1,034 | +1.4 | |||
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 3,050 | -0.1 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2,093 | +0.8 | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 461 | +0.2 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 242 | +0.1 | |||
| Independent | 0 | -2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -1.7 | |||
Ward results
Abercromby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Brant * | 953 | 61.3% | −4.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda-Jane Buckle | 288 | 18.5 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Peter Cranie | 230 | 14.8 | +4.0 | |
| Conservative | John Creagh | 55 | 3.5 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Carroll | 29 | 1.9 | −1.4 | |
| Majority | 665 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Aigburth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Antrobus * | 1,394 | 47.3% | −3.4% | |
| Labour | Barbara Murray | 654 | 22.2 | −4.9 | |
| Liberal | Catherine Hancox | 315 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
| Green | Alexander Rudkin | 239 | 8.1 | −0.1 | |
| Conservative | Michael Bunter | 235 | 8.0 | +0.0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Mark Henzel | 111 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 740 | 25.1 | +1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,948 | 21.1 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Allerton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Veronica Best * | 1,599 | 52.3% | −2.9% | |
| Labour | Laurence Freeman | 603 | 19.7 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Mark Bill | 536 | 17.5 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal | Christopher Hulme | 185 | 6.1 | −2.0 | |
| Green | Andrew Hoban | 134 | 4.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 996 | 32.6 | −3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,057 | 25.2 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Anfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Quinn | 1,162 | 47.0% | −8.5% | |
| Liberal | Michael Butler | 666 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
| Labour | Sheila Murphy | 416 | 16.8 | −8.1 | |
| BNP | Joseph Owens | 150 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Lesley Mahmood | 47 | 1.9 | +0.0 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Furze | 30 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 496 | 20.0 | −10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,471 | 24.4 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Arundel
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mirna Juarez * | 1,141 | 61.2% | +7.5% | |
| Labour | Anthony Murphy | 401 | 21.5 | −7.9 | |
| Green | Donald Ross | 144 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Ian Foulkes | 125 | 6.7 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Ann Nugent | 53 | 2.8 | −0.6 | |
| Majority | 740 | 39.7 | +15.4 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,864 | 16.7 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Breckfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John McIntosh | 972 | 66.4% | +2.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Gaskell | 314 | 21.4 | −5.0 | |
| Liberal | Daniel Wood | 178 | 12.2 | +2.1 | |
| Majority | 658 | 45.0 | +7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,464 | 18.1 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Broadgreen
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Newby | 1,244 | 54.9% | −5.3% | |
| Labour | Peter Davidson | 796 | 35.1 | +4.9 | |
| Socialist Alliance | John Ralph | 79 | 3.5 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Keith Sutton | 77 | 3.4 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal | Deborah Tilston | 71 | 3.1 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 448 | 19.8% | −10.2% | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,267 | 19.8% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Childwall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Jones | 2,344 | 68.8% | ||
| Labour | Janet Kent | 623 | 18.3 | ||
| Conservative | George Powell | 213 | 6.3 | ||
| Green | Anne Saunders | 137 | 4.0 | ||
| Liberal | Francis Porter | 88 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,721 | 50.5 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,405 | 25.9 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Church
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Warren Bradley * | 3,135 | 80.1% | +6.8% | |
| Labour | Robert Carney | 525 | 13.4 | −2.8 | |
| Green | Eleanor Martin | 254 | 6.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 2,610 | 66.7 | +8.6 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,914 | 26.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Clubmoor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rochne Gladden | 1,155 | 55.0% | +9.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Smith | 713 | 33.9 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal | Paul Jones | 192 | 9.1 | −21.5 | |
| Green | Eric Cartmel | 41 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 442 | 21.1 | +6.6 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,101 | 23.8 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
County
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Fielding | 1,642 | 64.4% | +7.3% | |
| Labour | Patrick Delahunty | 856 | 33.6 | −6.1 | |
| Liberal | Roger Webb | 51 | 2.0 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 786 | 28.8 | +11.4 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,549 | 23.7% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Croxteth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Mills * | 2,070 | 66.2% | −2.7% | |
| Labour | Peter Tuffley | 650 | 20.8 | −1.6 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Brandwood | 237 | 7.6 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Ian Graham | 89 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal | Barbara Pickstock | 79 | 2.5 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 1,420 | 45.4 | −1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,125 | 23.6% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Dingle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Coyne | 1,489 | 59.9% | ||
| Labour | Jack Johnson | 880 | 35.4 | ||
| Conservative | David Patmore | 74 | 3.0 | ||
| Liberal | David O'Brien | 42 | 1.7 | ||
| Majority | 609 | 24.5 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,485 | 24.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Dovecot
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Ousby | 1,175 | 50.0% | +8.0% | |
| Labour | Nicholas Small | 967 | 41.1 | −7.5 | |
| Liberal | Tracey Hawksford | 134 | 5.7 | −0.8 | |
| Conservative | Audrey Bowness | 75 | 3.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 208 | 8.9 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,351 | 25.2% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Sullivan | 442 | 54.6% | −0.8% | |
| Liverpool Labour Community Party | Alfred Hincks | 229 | 28.3% | +5.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eleanore Clein | 81 | 10.0% | −2.0% | |
| Green | Justine Williams | 31 | 3.8% | +0.3% | |
| Conservative | Catherine Hirst | 14 | 1.7% | −2.8% | |
| Liberal | Beryl Ackers | 13 | 1.6% | −0.1% | |
| Majority | 213 | 26.3% | −6.2% | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 810 | 11.8% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Fazakerley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Spriggs | 1,432 | 70.5% | +2.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Seddon | 463 | 22.8 | −3.0 | |
| Liberal | George roberts | 136 | 6.7 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 969 | 47.7 | +5.1 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,031 | 18.8% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Gillmoss
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Cummins | 1,444 | 46.8% | −5.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Moloney * | 1,418 | 45.9% | +7.6% | |
| Conservative | Brian Jones | 103 | 3.3% | +0.7% | |
| Liberal | Frances Fall | 83 | 2.7% | −2.3% | |
| Green | Anne Graham | 38 | 1.2% | +1.2% | |
| Majority | 26 | 0.9% | −12.7% | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,086 | 22.8% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Granby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Dean | 694 | 56.9% | −15.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Annette Butler | 264 | 21.7 | +6.0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Madeline Heneghan | 99 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
| Green | Jean Hill | 62 | 5.1 | −2.6 | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Watkin | 53 | 4.3 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Susan O'Brien | 47 | 3.9 | +2.0 | |
| Majority | 430 | 35.2 | −21.1 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,219 | 15.3% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Grasswndale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gerard Scott | 2,270 | 68.3% | +0.4% | |
| Labour | Catherine Dooley | 526 | 15.8 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | Carl Cross | 251 | 7.6 | −1.5 | |
| Green | Jennifer Brown | 185 | 5.6 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal | Karen Williams | 92 | 2.8 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 1,744 | 52.5 | +2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,324 | 27.7 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Kensington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Doran * | 1,220 | 56.7% | +5.7% | |
| Labour | Michael Fox | 742 | 34.5 | −9.6 | |
| BNP | Michael Shell | 92 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Faye Griffiths | 45 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Conservative | Francis Dunne | 30 | 1.4 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal | James Richardson | 23 | 1.1 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 478 | 22.2 | +15.3 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,152 | 21.5% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Melrose
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gary Booth | 1,340 | 85.2% | +25.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clein | 180 | 11.4 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal | Vivienne Woodward | 53 | 3.4 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 1,160 | 73.8 | +34.8 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,573 | 17.1 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Netherley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Marshall | 837 | 51.7% | +13.9% | |
| Labour | Oliver Martins | 747 | 46.3 | −9.6 | |
| Conservative | Joyce Larrosa | 22 | 1.4 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal | Jean Worrall | 9 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 87 | 5.4 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,612 | 28.5% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Old Swan
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Turner | 1,404 | 68% | ||
| Labour | John McCabe | 476 | 23.2 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal | Edith Bamford | 100 | 4.9 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | Francis Stevens | 75 | 3.6 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 928 | 45.1 | +6.0 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,055 | 20.9% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Picton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Erica Kemp * | 1,465 | 72.0% | +8.7% | |
| Labour | Angela Glanville | 413 | 20.3 | −9.6 | |
| Green | Jennifer Andrew | 113 | 5.6 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Ann Temple | 43 | 2.1 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 1,052 | 51.7 | +18.3 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,034 | 19.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Pirrie
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Francis Cooke | 1,038 | 65% | ||
| Labour | Alan Walker | 932 | 58% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Lye | 210 | 13% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kelly Woods | 177 | 11% | −18.2 | |
| Conservative | Mark Cotterell | 157 | 11% | +5.3 | |
| Liberal | Charles Mayes | 123 | 8% | ||
| Conservative | Natalie Linnane | 113 | 7% | ||
| Liberal | Irene Mayes | 109 | 7% | ||
| Green | Laura Jackson | 61 | 4% | ||
| Green | Gerard Quayle | 37 | 2% | ||
| Majority | 828 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,957 | 16.2% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
St. Mary's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Oglethorpe | 1,280 | 65.5% | +6.4% | |
| Labour | Rodger Lafferty | 464 | 23.8 | −5.9 | |
| BNP | Raymond Malone | 120 | 6.1 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | Michael Williams | 49 | 2.5 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Derek Nuttall | 40 | 2.0 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 816 | 41.7 | +12.3 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,953 | 22.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Smithdown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Makinson | 893 | 57.7% | +21.6% | |
| Labour | Richard Keenan | 495 | 32.0 | −17.6 | |
| Green | Simon Holgate | 89 | 5.7 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | John Moore | 40 | 2.6 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Grahame Harden | 32 | 2.1 | +0.8 | |
| Majority | 398 | 25.7 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,549 | 18.5 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Speke
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Doreen Knight | 651 | 51.3% | +2.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | George Smith | 600 | 47.3 | −1.3 | |
| Conservative | Denise Nuttall | 18 | 1.4 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 51 | 4.0 | +3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,269 | 20.6% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Tuebrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Christopher Lenton | 1,667 | 71.9% | +0.4% | |
| Labour | Pamela Thomas | 405 | 17.5 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Woods | 188 | 8.1 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | June Brandwood | 60 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 1,262 | 54.4 | −1.6 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,320 | 21.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Francis O'Donoghue | 936 | 50.8% | −5.6% | |
| Labour | Christopher Nezianya | 768 | 41.7 | +5.7 | |
| Green | Vera Jones | 56 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal | Deborah Mayes | 50 | 2.7 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Norman Coppell | 31 | 1.7 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 168 | 9.1 | −11.3 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,841 | 26.0% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Labour Community Party | Pauline Connolly * | 805 | 53.0% | +53.0% | |
| Labour | Christine Norris | 633 | 41.7% | −45.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean McHugh | 34 | 2.2% | −6.6% | |
| Liberal | Damien Daly | 23 | 1.5% | +1.5% | |
| Conservative | Alma McGing | 12 | 0.8% | −1.0% | |
| Green | Anja Ploger | 12 | 0.8% | −1.0% | |
| Majority | 172 | 11.3% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,519 | 29.3% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liverpool Labour Community Party gain from Labour | |||||
Warbreck
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Seddon | 1,317 | 49.6% | −12.6% | |
| Labour | James Gabriel | 1,029 | 38.8 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | Linda Roberts | 307 | 11.6 | +8.6 | |
| Majority | 288 | 10.8 | −16.6 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,653 | 19.4% | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Woolton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Mace | 2,186 | 68.4% | +1.8% | |
| Conservative | Stephen Fitzsimmons | 411 | 12.9 | −3.9 | |
| Labour | Francis Steer | 392 | 12.3 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal | Maria Langley | 112 | 3.5 | +2.4 | |
| Green | Naomi Rose | 96 | 3.0 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 1,775 | 55.5 | +5.7 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 3,197 | 26.6 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 December 2009.