2003 Inverclyde Council election

2003 Inverclyde Council election
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Independent
Last election 8 seats, 34.0% 11 seats, 38.5% 0 seats, 0.1%
Seats won 13 6 1
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 13,930 10,232 1,137
Percentage 42.6% 31.3% 3.5%
Swing Increase 8.6% Decrease 7.2% Increase 3.4%

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as other Scottish Local Government elections and the Scottish Parliament Election.

Results

2003 Inverclyde Council election result[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 13 5 0 Increase 5 65.0 42.6 13,930 Increase 8.6
  Labour 6 0 6 Decrease 5 30.0 31.3 10,232 Decrease 7.2
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase 1 5.0 3.5 1,137 Increase 3.4
  SNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 14.8 4,844 Decrease 6.9
  Conservative 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 6.1 1,999 Increase 1.0
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.7 568 New

Ward results

Ward 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Fyfe 1,097 44.7 +30.7
Conservative Helen Calvert 970 39.5 −10.9
SNP Margaret McLeese 225 9.2 −4.8
Labour Joseph McIlwee 162 6.6 −15.0
Majority 127 5.2
Turnout 2454
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Ward 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allan Robertson 557 39.3 −11.1
SNP James MacLeod 444 31.3 −0.9
Independent Joseph Doherty 249 17.5 +17.5
Liberal Democrats Ronald Hawthorne 137 9.7 −1.3
Conservative Hugh Miller 32 2.3 +2.3
Majority 113 8.0 −14.6
Turnout 1,419
Labour hold Swing
Ward 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Tucker 632 38.7 +23.8
Labour Daniel Morrison 615 37.6 −18.4
SNP Sylvia O'Neill 343 21.0 −8.1
Conservative Frederick Gallaher 44 2.7 +2.7
Majority 17 1.1
Turnout 1,634
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Ward 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hill 667 43.4 +15.9
Labour Helen O'Rourke 561 36.5 +9.7
SNP Ross McKibben 279 18.2 +6.6
Conservative John Hunter 30 2.0 −0.4
Majority 106 6.9 −20.4
Turnout 1,537
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Stewart 787 42.4 +17.4
Labour Margaret Morrison 674 36.4 −10.8
SNP James Grieve 344 18.6 −3.9
Conservative Elaine Gallaher 49 2.6 −2.6
Majority 113 6.0
Turnout 1,854
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Ward 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen McCabe 661 51.3 −5.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Burns 308 23.9 +6.6
SNP Francis McFadyen 154 12.0 +12.0
Scottish Socialist John McLachlan 126 9.8 +9.8
Conservative Robert Dick 39 3.0 +3.0
Majority 353 27.4 −2.5
Turnout 1,288
Labour hold Swing
Ward 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael McCormick 690 50.1 +50.1
Labour James O'Rourke 467 33.9 −28.1
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Shepherd 128 9.3 −4.0
SNP James Riddell 91 6.6 −18.1
Majority 223 16.2
Turnout 1,376
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Ward 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Moran 499 50.3 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Anne Deighan 317 31.9 +7.3
SNP William Wilson 177 17.8 −7.5
Majority 182 18.4 −6.4
Turnout 993
Labour hold Swing
Ward 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Roach 793 52.8 3.4
Liberal Democrats George Byng 488 32.5 +6.6
SNP Stephen Hilton 220 14.7 −4.7
Majority 182 20.3 −16.5
Turnout 1501
Labour hold Swing
Ward 10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Archibald Snoddy 682 42.2 +7.0
Labour Alexander McGhee 554 34.2 −1.0
SNP Louis Docherty 235 14.5 −6.2
Scottish Socialist Patricia McCafferty 147 9.1 +9.1
Majority 128 8.0
Turnout 1,618
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Ward 11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Nimmo 1,036 58.1 +8.0
Labour William Quigg 506 28.4 −3.9
SNP Charles McGregor 240 13.5 −4.1
Majority 530 29.7 +11.9
Turnout 1,782
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Edward Gallacher 516 39.6 +7.3
Labour Yvonne Robertson 477 36.6 −6.8
SNP Fraser Kelly 179 13.7 −10.5
Scottish Socialist Elizabeth Roders 132 10.1 +10.1
Majority 39 3.0
Turnout 1,304
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Ward 13
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Iain McKenzie 576 43.9 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Allan McGraw 395 30.1 +4.6
SNP Paul Docherty 179 13.6 −11.9
Scottish Socialist David Landels 163 12.4 +12.4
Majority 181 13.8 −15.7
Turnout 1,313
Labour hold Swing
Ward 14
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick McCormick 469 39.2 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Wilson 417 34.9 +17.2
SNP Patrick Gillan 266 22.2 −10.6
Independent Peter Campbell 44 3.7 +1.1
Majority 52 4.3 −9.9
Turnout 1196
Labour hold Swing
Ward 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Luciano Rebecchi 864 59.4 +4.4
Labour Kevin Mulholland 407 28.0 −5.2
SNP Cirstaidh Park 183 12.6 −5.8
Majority 457 31.4 +16.2
Turnout 1454
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 16
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Mitchell 1,158 59.6 +0.0
Labour Christina Boyd 382 19.7 −4.8
SNP Keith Brooks 226 11.6 −4.2
Conservative Wilma Strachan 176 9.1 +9.1
Majority 776 39.9 +4.8
Turnout 1,942
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Blair 1,349 61.5 −0.2
Labour James McLaughlin 402 18.3 −2.3
SNP Anne Thomson 278 12.7 −5.0
Conservative James Strachan 166 7.6 +7.6
Majority 947 43.2 +2.1
Turnout 2,195
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George White 805 44.6 +0.8
Labour Terence Loughran 576 31.9 +0.1
SNP John Crowther 315 17.4 −7.0
Conservative Hamilton Cunningham 110 6.1 +6.1
Majority 229 12.7 +0.7
Turnout 1,806
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 19
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Hunter 1,032 51.4 +5.9
Labour James Bradley 419 20.9 −1.1
SNP Neil MacGillivray 315 15.7 −2.4
Conservative Harry Osborn 240 12.0 −2.4
Majority 613 30.5 +7.0
Turnout 2,006
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ward 20
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Forbes 1,115 54.7 +8.5
Labour William Gallacher 475 23.3 −6.6
SNP Ian Ramsay 305 15.0 −8.8
Conservative William Carrick 143 7.0 +7.0
Majority 640 31.4 +15.1
Turnout 2,038
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Local Election Results 2003". Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "RESULTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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