2003 Glasgow City Council election
{{Short description|2003 Scottish local government election}}
{{main|2003 Scottish local elections}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2003 Glasgow City Council election
| country = Scotland
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Glasgow City Council election
| previous_year = 1999
| election_date = {{Start date|df=y|2003|5|1}}
| next_election = 2007 Glasgow City Council election
| next_year = 2007
| seats_for_election = All 80 seats to Glasgow City Council
| majority_seats = 41
| image1 =
| leader1 = {{nowrap|Charlie Gordon}}
| party1 = Scottish Labour Party
| leaders_seat1 = Knightswood Park
| last_election1 = {{nowrap|74 seats, 49.6%}}
| seats1 = 71
| popular_vote1 = 87,311
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}4
| percentage1 = 47.7%
| swing1 = {{decrease}}1.9%
| image2 =
| leader2 = John Mason
| party2 = Scottish National Party
| leaders_seat2 = Garrowhill
| last_election2 = {{nowrap|2 seats, 29.7%}}
| seats2 = 4
| popular_vote2 = 37,570
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2
| percentage2 = 20.5%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}9.2%
| leader3 = Christopher Mason
| party3 = Scottish Liberal Democrats
| image3 =
| leaders_seat3 = Jordanhill
| last_election3 = {{nowrap|1 seat, 5.6%}}
| seats3 = 3
| popular_vote3 = 13.886
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}2
| percentage3 = 7.6%
| swing3 = {{increase}}2.0%
| leader4 = Keith Baldassarra
| party4 = Scottish Socialist Party
| image4 =
| leaders_seat4 = Pollok
| last_election4 = {{nowrap|1 seat, 7.3%}}
| seats4 = 1
| popular_vote4 = 28,485
| seat_change4 = {{nochange}}0
| percentage4 = 15.5%
| swing4 = {{increase}}8.2%
| leader5 = Alan J Rodger
| party5 = Scottish Conservative Party
| last_election5 = {{nowrap|1 seat, 7.4%}}
| image5 =
| leaders_seat5 = Maxwell Park
| seats5 = 1
| popular_vote5 = 13,755
| seat_change5 = {{nochange}}0
| percentage5 = 7.5%
| swing5 = {{increase}}0.1%
| map_image = Glasgow City Council election, 2003.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Colours indicate winners in each ward
{{legend|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour}}
{{legend|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|Liberal Democrat}}
{{legend|{{party color|Scottish National Party}}|SNP}}
{{legend|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|Independent}}
{{legend|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative}}
{{legend|{{party color|Scottish Socialist Party}}|SSP}}
| title = Council Leader
| before_election = Charlie Gordon
| before_party = Scottish Labour Party
| posttitle = Council Leader after election
| after_election = Charlie Gordon
| after_party = 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 Parliament general election.
Election results
{{Election summary begin|title=2003 Glasgow City Council election result[http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2003/document058.html Chapter 57 Clyde Councils], Local Election Results, 5 May 2003, Andrew Teale}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Labour
|seats = 71
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 89.9
|votes % = 47.7
|votes = 87,311
|plus/minus = -1.9
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish National Party
|seats = 4
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 5.1
|votes % = 20.5
|votes = 37,570
|plus/minus = -9.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|seats = 3
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 3.8
|votes % = 7.6
|votes = 13,886
|plus/minus = +2.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 1.3
|votes % = 15.5
|votes = 28,485
|plus/minus = +8.2
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Scottish Conservatives
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 1.3
|votes % = 7.5
|votes = 13,755
|plus/minus = +0.1
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.2
|votes = 2,201
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Drumry
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Marjorie O'Neill
|votes = 783
|percentage = 55.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Norman MacLeod
|votes = 226
|percentage = 15.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Sarah Nicholson
|votes = 214
|percentage = 15.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Robert Howie
|votes = 124
|percentage = 8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Marjory Watt
|votes = 40
|percentage = 2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Marion Cornes
|votes = 36
|percentage = 2.5
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 557
|percentage = 39.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Summerhill
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Paul Carey
|votes = 720
|percentage = 54.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Andrew Lynch
|votes = 336
|percentage = 25.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Malcolm Balfour
|votes = 278
|percentage = 20.8
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 384
|percentage = 28.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Blairdardie
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Steven Purcell
|votes = 1,782
|percentage = 62.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Calum Smith
|votes = 433
|percentage = 15.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Michael Dyer
|votes = 285
|percentage = 10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Alfred Smith
|votes = 214
|percentage = 7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Christopher McGinty
|votes = 129
|percentage = 4.5
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 1,349
|percentage = 47.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Knightswood Park
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Charles Gordon
|votes = 1,613
|percentage = 57.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Graeme Hendry
|votes = 484
|percentage = 17.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Charlie McCarthy
|votes = 298
|percentage = 10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Graeme Dickson
|votes = 269
|percentage = 9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = James Paris
|votes = 143
|percentage = 5.1
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 1,129
|percentage = 40.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Knightswood South
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Elizabeth Cameron
|votes = 1,505
|percentage = 58.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Malcolm Laughton
|votes = 428
|percentage = 16.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Peter Lavelle
|votes = 313
|percentage = 12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Susan McCourt
|votes = 182
|percentage = 7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Alison King
|votes = 141
|percentage = 5.5
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 1,077
|percentage = 41.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Yoker
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Craig Robertson
|votes = 1,330
|percentage = 59.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Francis Rankin
|votes = 446
|percentage = 19.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Murray Diack
|votes = 322
|percentage = 14.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Heather Inglis
|votes = 143
|percentage = 6.4
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 884
|percentage = 39.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Anniesland
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Jonathan Findlay
|votes = 1,251
|percentage = 43.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Robert Scott
|votes = 555
|percentage = 19.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Robert Brown
|votes = 401
|percentage = 13.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Gary Cornes
|votes = 364
|percentage = 12.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Joseph Maguire
|votes = 327
|percentage = 11.3
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 696
|percentage = 24.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Jordanhill
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Christopher Mason
|votes = 1,425
|percentage = 41.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Bernadette Cooklin
|votes = 750
|percentage = 22.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Martin Rhodes
|votes = 576
|percentage = 16.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Peter Innes
|votes = 439
|percentage = 12.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Eddie Docherty
|votes = 210
|percentage = 6.2
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 675
|percentage = 19.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Kelvindale
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Mary Paris
|votes = 1,019
|percentage = 34.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Catriona Renton
|votes = 804
|percentage = 27.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Gavin Brown
|votes = 584
|percentage = 19.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Ronald McLean
|votes = 336
|percentage = 11.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Henry Maitles
|votes = 204
|percentage = 6.9
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 215
|percentage = 7.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=Scotstoun
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Jean McFadden
|votes = 1,239
|percentage = 47.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Heather Ritchie
|votes = 526
|percentage = 20.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Shiela Roberts
|votes = 346
|percentage = 13.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Laurence Clark
|votes = 283
|percentage = 10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Alexander Inglis
|votes = 225
|percentage = 8.6
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 713
|percentage = 27.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|
|title= Victoria Park
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Labour Party
|candidate = Irene Graham
|votes = 1,179
|percentage = 39.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Socialist Party
|candidate = Allan Green
|votes = 441
|percentage = 14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish National Party
|candidate = Elizabeth W Quinn
|votes = 537
|percentage = 17.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Dara Jaff
|votes = 430
|percentage = 14.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Scottish Conservative Party
|candidate = Matthew T. Smith
|votes = 407
|percentage = 13.5
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 642
|percentage = 24.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections since 3 May 2007
=2006 by-election=
- Milton ward: SNP gain from Labour (councillor William McAllister elected).{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/feb/17/byelections.uk|title=Tories take two seats from Lib Dems|author=Press Association|date=17 February 2006|work=The Guardian}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Glasgow elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2003}}