2003 Inverclyde Council election
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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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
65.0 | 42.6 | 13,930 | ||
Labour | 6 | 0 | 6 | ![]() |
30.0 | 31.3 | 10,232 | ||
SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 14.8 | 4,844 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6.1 | 1,999 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.0 | 3.5 | 1,137 | ||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.7 | 568 |
Ward results
[edit]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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
[edit]- ^ "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.