2003 Dundee City Council election

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1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)

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All 29 seats to Dundee City Council
15 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	SNP	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	11	10	5
Seat change	1	4	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	2	0

The 29 single-member wards

Elections to Dundee 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

Dundee Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
SNP	11	4	3	1	37.9	34.1	17,677
Labour	10	1	5	4	34.5	34.1	17,656
Conservative	5	1	0	1	17.2	14.9	7,728
Liberal Democrats	2	2	0	2	6.9	9.9	5,152
Independent	1	0	0	0	3.4	3.5	1,817
Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.5	1,814

Ward results

Ardler
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Keenan	631	52.2	+6.1
	SNP	John M White	399	33.0	-6.0
	Scottish Socialist	Pamela A Cathro	91	7.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christina S Marshall	75	6.2	N/A
Majority			232	19.2	+12.2
Turnout			1209	50.40	+4.64

Balgay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Bob Duncan	915	40.6
	Labour	Betty Ward	892	39.5
	Conservative	Maurice C Golden	215	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donald R MacDonald	213	9.4
Majority			23	1.0
Turnout			2256	57.52

Balgillo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roderick A J Wallace	1,140	43.2
	SNP	Stewart Hosie	898	34.1
	Labour	Derek Easson	437	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret K Romberg	143	5.4
Majority			242	9.2
Turnout			2633	53.34

Balgowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Rikki Beattle	811	44.9
	Labour	Colin P Rennie	709	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth G Stansfield	146	8.1
	Scottish Socialist	Patricia Hadrysiak	132	7.3
Majority			102	5.6
Turnout			1808	46.54

Barnhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bruce D Mackie	1,158	48.7
	SNP	Robert A Piggot	625	26.3
	Labour	William C Lawson	372	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jane S C Milroy	213	8.9
Majority			533	22.4
Turnout			2380	57.92

Baxter Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Elizabeth F Fordyce	706	41.4
	Labour	Patricia Barr	501	29.4
	Conservative	Donald E Hay	285	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jason J Van Der Velde	138	8.1
	Scottish Socialist	Michael O Kelleher	69	4.0
Majority			205	12.0
Turnout			1705	45.96

Bowbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher J Hind	607
	SNP	David Bowes	545
	Scottish Socialist	Pamela H Manley	120
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth G Dick	97
Majority			62
Turnout			1384	39.77

Brackens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ian Borthwick	1,306
	SNP	Henry Whitcombe	339
	Labour	John P McKiddie	296
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Boylan	114
Majority			967
Turnout			2065	50.16

Broughty Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles A Webster	820
	SNP	Kenneth J N Guild	767
	Labour	Alex Perry	453
	Liberal Democrats	Ian G Boyack	207
Majority			53
Turnout			2257	53.19

Camperdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John R Letford	840
	SNP	Stewart R Hunter	665
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Armstrong	93
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Newell	71
	Conservative	Christopher McKinlay	56
Majority			175
Turnout			1730	45.29

Claverhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Andrew F H Dawson	747
	Labour	Brian Gordon	658
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew D Judson	82
	Conservative	Gladys E A Ross	56
Majority			89
Turnout			1548	46.20

Craigiebank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	John Corrigan	989
	Labour	Malcolm S May	799
	Conservative	Colin E Stewart	277
	Liberal Democrats	George B Jones	139
Majority			190
Turnout			2221	60.70

Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Regan	827
	SNP	Kenneth H Lynn	743
	Scottish Socialist	Philip A Stott	86
	Conservative	Jennifer A Barnes	72
	Liberal Democrats	Alice McCall	68
Majority			84
Turnout			1802	45.76

East Port
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	William Dawson	536
	Labour	Neil Glen	527
	Conservative	John Doig	128
	Liberal Democrats	Linda J Stott	119
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Walker	94
Majority			9
Turnout			1418	36.58

Fairmuir
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helen W Wright	1,017
	SNP	Anna Easton	504
	Conservative	Doris M Cowan	153
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin McQuillan	84
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Stansfield	67
Majority			513
Turnout			1847	50.48

Hilltown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fiona M Grant	615
	SNP	Thomas J Dempsey	517
	Scottish Socialist	Harvey Duke	125
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Dickinson	90
	Conservative	William D Cowan	55
Majority			98
Turnout			1409	36.87

Law
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julia M Sturrock	832
	SNP	Andrew E Jack	586
	Liberal Democrats	Robin L Hill	236
Majority			246
Turnout			1678	44.96

Lochee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles D P Farquhar	1,086
	SNP	Catherine Bowes	532
	Conservative	Stephanie J Allen	112
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ferrier	90
	Scottish Socialist	Sarah McDonald	97
Majority			554
Turnout			1947	51.52

Lochee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jill Shimi	856
	SNP	William D Douglas	451
	Scottish Socialist	Alan H Manley	102
	Conservative	Claire Alexander	88
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M Tennant	59
	Independent	Stewart Cunningham	49
Majority			405
Turnout			1613	47.75

Logie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	James W Barrie	475
	Liberal Democrats	Jane-Claire Judson	425
	Labour	Richard B McCready	388
	Scottish Socialist	Roderick MacGregor	120
	Conservative	Christopher M Bustin	95
Majority			50
Turnout			1508	43.67

Longhaugh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Joe Fitzpatrick	851
	Labour	George Mason	643
	Scottish Socialist	Nicholas C Steff	77
	Liberal Democrats	David A Stansfield	42
	Conservative	Lachlan W Webster	34
Majority			208
Turnout			1652	42.32

Ninewells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Nigel A Don	709
	Labour	George De Gernier	675
	Scottish Socialist	Shaun Taylor	111
	Liberal Democrats	David J K Balfour	100
	Conservative	Gary C Southwick	97
Majority			34
Turnout			1698	46.48

Pitkerro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Christina Roberts	587
	Labour	Charles Robertson	538
	Independent	Allan Petrie	462
	Conservative	Margaret A Scott	53
Majority			49
Turnout			1648	41.73

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil I C Powrie	1,365
	SNP	Wendy L Wrieden	463
	Labour	Pritam S Chita	411
	Liberal Democrats	John R McIntosh	209
Majority			902
Turnout			2458	57.35

Stobswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joe Morrow	591
	SNP	James C Duthie	483
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond A Lawrie	214
	Scottish Socialist	Derek Milligan	93
	Conservative	John M McCraw	93
Majority			108
Turnout			1455	40.38

Strathmartine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Dick	717
	SNP	David S Beattie	634
	Labour	Alan Cowan	523
	Conservative	Thomas S McLeod	110
	Scottish Socialist	Colin W Brown	61
Majority			83
Turnout			2051	55.27

Tay Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser MacPherson	940
	Labour	Norma M McGovern	234
	SNP	Graham A Young	152
	Scottish Socialist	Mary M Ward	101
	Conservative	Ann G L Powrie	49
Majority			706
Turnout			1484	35.96

West Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek J Scott	1,189
	SNP	Anya J Lawrence	450
	Labour	Margaret H Marshall	362
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Beat	213
Majority			739
Turnout			2223	55.62

Whitfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Willie Sawers	598
	Labour	Ina Paton	336
	Scottish Socialist	Brian Hood	44
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cowie	39
	Conservative	Catherine O Murray	28
Majority			262
Turnout			1050	42.51

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