2003 City of Edinburgh Council election

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1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)

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All 58 seats to Edinburgh City Council
30 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Last election	31	14	12
Seats won	30	15	13
Seat change	1	1	1
Popular vote	48,826	48,002	44,001
Percentage	27.4%	26.9%	24.7%
Swing	5.1%	2.5%	2.5%

Map of council wards

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to the City of Edinburgh 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 City of Edinburgh Council election^[1]^[2]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	30	1	2	1	51.7	27.4	48,826	5.1
Liberal Democrats	15	1	0	1	25.9	26.9	48,002	2.5
Conservative	13	1	0	1	22.4	24.7	44,001	2.5
SNP	0	0	1	1	0.0	15.6	27,737	4.9
Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.1	7,280	New
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	2,090	1.1
Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	365	New
Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.02	32	New

Ward results

Alnwickhill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Murray	1,213	34.73
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth O'Malley	947	27.11
	Conservative	Denise Scott	605	17.32
	SNP	Kenneth Peacock	534	15.29
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox	194	5.55
Majority			266	7.62
Turnout			3,493
	Labour hold

Balerno^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Laing	1,954	50.69
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Crockart	932	24.18
	Labour	Nicollete Fraser	547	14.19
	SNP	Robert Melville	422	10.95
Majority			1,022	26.51
Turnout			3,855
	Conservative hold

Baberton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alastair Paisley	2,144	55.07
	Labour	Benny Placido	788	20.24
	SNP	Alexander Thomson	548	14.08
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Scott	413	10.61
Majority			1,356	34.83
Turnout			3,893
	Conservative hold

Dalmeny/Kirkliston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Longstaff	1,329	48.00
	SNP	Sheena Cleland	496	17.91
	Labour	Roberta Miller	475	17.15
	Conservative	David MacKenzie	431	15.57
	Liberal	Roy Isserlis	38	1.37
Majority			833	30.09
Turnout			2,769
	Liberal Democrats hold

References

^ "Clyde Councils". andrewteale.me.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The districts decide". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project – 2003 – Edinburgh". andrewteale.me.uk.

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