2003 Inverclyde Council election

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2003 Inverclyde Council election
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All 20 seats to Inverclyde Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Liberal Democrats Labour SNP
Last election 8 11 0
Seats won 13 6 0
Seat change Increase5 Decrease5 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Conservative Independent
Last election 1 0
Seats won 0 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
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]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 13 5 0 Increase5 65.0 42.6 13,930
  Labour 6 0 6 Decrease5 30.0 31.3 10,232
  SNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 14.8 4,844
  Conservative 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 6.1 1,999
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 3.5 1,137
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 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
Independent 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 2016-01-21. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "RESULTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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