All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Charlie Gordon
John Mason
Christopher Mason
Party
Labour
SNP
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Knightswood Park
Garrowhill
Jordanhill
Last election
74 seats, 49.6%
2 seats, 29.7%
1 seat, 5.6%
Seats won
71
4
3
Seat change
4
2
2
Popular vote
87,311
37,570
13.886
Percentage
47.7%
20.5%
7.6%
Swing
1.9%
9.2%
2.0%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Keith Baldassarra
Alan J Rodger
Party
Scottish Socialist
Conservative
Leader's seat
Pollok
Maxwell Park
Last election
1 seat, 7.3%
1 seat, 7.4%
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
Popular vote
28,485
13,755
Percentage
15.5%
7.5%
Swing
8.2%
0.1%
Colours indicate winners in each ward
Labour
Liberal Democrat
SNP
Independent
Conservative
SSP
Council Leader before election
Charlie Gordon Labour
Council Leader after election
Charlie Gordon Scottish Labour Party
Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliamentgeneral election.