2003 Inverclyde Council election

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1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)

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All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council
11 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour	SNP
Last election	8	11	0
Seats won	13	6	0
Seat change	5	5	0

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Conservative	Independent
Last election	1	0
Seats won	0	1
Seat change	1	1

Council Leader before election

Scottish Labour Party

Council Leader

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

This was the last election using 20 single member wards, in which the Scottish Liberal Democrats won a majority of seats, winning 13.

Election Results

Inverclyde Council election, 2003^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	13	5	0	5	65.0	42.6	13,930
Labour	6	0	6	5	30.0	31.3	10,232
SNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	14.8	4,844
Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	6.1	1,999
Independent	1	1	0	1	5.0	3.5	1,137
Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	568

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

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

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