City of Edinburgh Council election, 2003

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2003

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)

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 seats	14 seats	12 seats
Seats won	30	15	13
Seat change	1	1	1

Map of council wards

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

City of Edinburgh Local Election Result 2003^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	30	1	2	1		27.4	48,826
	Liberal Democrats	15	1	0	1		26.9	48,002
	Conservative	13	1	0	1		24.7	44,001
	SNP	0	0	1	1		15.6	27,737
	Scottish Socialist	0		0			4.1	7,280
	Independent	0		0			1.2	2,090
	Liberal	0		0			0.2	365
	Socialist Labour	0		0			0.02	32

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		Swing

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		Swing

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		Swing

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	30.08
Turnout			2,769
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

↑ http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2003/document058.html
1 2 3 4 5 "The districts decide". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
↑ http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2003/444/

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