Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 2003?

Conservative Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 2003, with 4,253 of 11,261 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 2003?

The Local Elections 2003 was held on 1 May 2003.

Local Elections 2003

Name: Local Elections 2003 results
Creator: Psephology.AI

Local Elections 2003 was held on 1 May 2003. 11,261 seats were filled across 7,989 wards and divisions in 431 councils, from 31,728 candidates. Conservative Party won 4,253, The Labour Party won 2,906 and Liberal Democrats won 2,522.

Date: 1 May 2003
Seats filled: 11,261
Candidates: 31,728
Councils: 431

Local Elections 2003: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
Conservative Party	9,742	4,253	5,725,633	33.9%
The Labour Party	7,978	2,906	4,653,717	27.6%
Liberal Democrats	7,436	2,522	4,179,328	24.8%
Independent	2,624	1,131	1,077,260	6.4%
Scottish National Party	1,014	184	471,730	2.8%
Independent / other	685	167	218,621	1.3%
Green Party	1,022	38	236,380	1.4%
BNP	218	13	101,739	0.6%
LIB	72	11	19,776	0.1%
MBI	17	8	7,543	0.0%
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	292	6	50,306	0.3%
MK	24	3	6,754	0.0%
SDP	9	3	4,782	0.0%
Scottish Socialist Party	329	2	65,780	0.4%
S&G RA	6	2	2,570	0.0%
HAMPS IND	3	2	1,494	0.0%
MF	2	2	1,096	0.0%
DevG	2	2	956	0.0%
STP	5	1	4,445	0.0%
Residents	1	1	1,952	0.0%
RATE	1	1	809	0.0%
Ind DA	1	1	460	0.0%
NEP	1	1	276	0.0%
RIG	1	1	0	—
SOC LAB	48	0	9,841	0.1%
UK Ind	41	0	6,655	0.0%
D Ind	4	0	3,794	0.0%
Other	11	0	3,782	0.0%
HRA	3	0	3,108	0.0%
NF	11	0	2,303	0.0%
AGS	6	0	1,633	0.0%
CPA	13	0	1,611	0.0%
soc all	17	0	1,427	0.0%
IKHHC	3	0	1,277	0.0%
CA Ind	3	0	1,263	0.0%
Fylde RA	2	0	1,010	0.0%
South P	1	0	1,005	0.0%
Soc Alt	4	0	821	0.0%
Idle	1	0	763	0.0%
Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales	1	0	636	0.0%

Local Elections 2003: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Aberdeen	44	52	Liberal Democrats	22
Aberdeenshire	68	68	Liberal Democrats	28
Adur	13	17	Conservative	13
Allerdale	31	54	Labour	25
Alnwick	16	27	Independent	14
Amber Valley	14	14	Conservative	11
Amber Valley	1	1	Conservative	1
Angus	29	29	SNP	17
Argyll and Bute	36	36	Independent	22
Arun	27	58	Conservative	35
Ashfield	15	33	Labour	16
Ashford	35	44	Conservative	26
Aylesbury Vale	36	62	Conservative	31
Babergh	27	43	Liberal Democrats	18
Barnsley	22	22	Labour	16
Barrow-in-Furness	13	13	Labour	8
Basildon	14	14	Conservative	8
Basingstoke and Deane	20	20	Conservative	11
Bassetlaw	16	16	Conservative	9
Bath	1	2	Liberal Democrats	2
Bath & North East Somerset	34	59	Liberal Democrats	26
Bedford	18	18	Conservative	5
Berwick-upon-Tweed	17	26	Conservative	12
Birmingham	39	39	Labour	15
Blaby	18	38	Conservative	24
Blackpool	21	45	Labour	25
Blyth Valley	20	48	Labour	33
Bolsover	22	37	Labour	31
Bolton	20	21	Labour	8
Borders	1	1	Independent	1
Boston	17	29	Labour	11
Bournemouth	18	54	Liberal Democrats	33
Bracknell Forest	18	43	Conservative	36
Bradford	30	28	Labour	13
Braintree	30	55	Conservative	27
Breckland	36	53	Conservative	40
Brentwood	12	15	Conservative	9
Bridgnorth	21	34	Independent	13
Brighton & Hove	23	54	Labour	24
Bristol	5	5	Labour	3
Bristol, City of	19	23	Liberal Democrats	12
Broadland	16	16	Conservative	6
Bromsgrove	23	37	Conservative	24
Broxbourne	13	13	Conservative	11
Broxtowe	21	44	Labour	15
Buckinghamshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Burnley	15	16	BNP	7
Bury	16	15	Conservative	7
Calderdale	18	20	Conservative	9
Cambridge	15	20	Liberal Democrats	11
Cambridgeshire	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Cannock Chase	15	15	Labour	6
Canterbury	1	1	Conservative	1
Canterbury	25	49	Conservative	25
Caradon	22	42	Independent	22
Carlisle	19	20	Conservative	9
Carrick	19	47	Liberal Democrats	29
Castle Morpeth	20	33	Labour	10
Castle Point	2	0	—	—
Castle Point	12	35	Conservative	33
Central Bedfordshire	2	1	Conservative	1
Charnwood	29	53	Conservative	24
Chelmsford	24	54	Conservative	32
Cheltenham	2	3	Conservative	3
Cherwell	16	16	Conservative	9
Cheshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Cheshire West & Chester	1	1	Conservative	1
Chester	19	20	Liberal Democrats	8
Chester-le-Street	16	31	Labour	26
Chesterfield	19	45	Liberal Democrats	33
Chesterfield	1	0	—	—
Chichester	29	48	Conservative	25
Chiltern	25	39	Conservative	27
Chorley	15	14	Conservative	9
Chorley Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Christchurch	11	24	Conservative	14
City of Chester	1	1	Labour	1
Clackmannanshire	18	18	Labour	10
Colchester	18	18	Conservative	9
Colchester	1	0	—	—
Colchester Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Congleton	16	16	Conservative	8
Copeland	24	43	Labour	26
Copeland Borough Council	1	0	—	—
Corby	13	21	Labour	14
Cotswold	28	41	Conservative	23
County Durham	22	51	Liberal Democrats	25
Coventry	18	20	Conservative	9
Craven	21	10	Independent	5
Crewe and Nantwich	19	19	Conservative	8
Cumberland	1	1	Conservative	1
Cumbria	1	1	Conservative	1
Dacorum	27	51	Conservative	30
Darlington	24	53	Labour	35
Dartford	12	28	Conservative	14
Dartford Borough Council	8	0	—	—
Daventry	13	14	Conservative	13
Derby	17	19	Labour	7
Derbyshire	2	1	Labour	1
Derbyshire Dales	25	39	Conservative	24
Derwentside	21	37	Labour	25
Doncaster	20	21	Labour	15
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	4	2	Labour	2
Dorset	2	3	Independent	1
Dover	16	27	Conservative	12
Dover Borough Council	7	0	—	—
Dudley	24	26	Conservative	11
Dumfries and Galloway	47	47	Labour	14
Dundee	29	30	SNP	11
Durham	3	2	Independent	1
Durham	2	6	Labour	6
Ealing	1	0	—	—
Easington	21	50	Labour	43
East Ayrshire	32	31	Labour	22
East Cambridgeshire	19	39	Liberal Democrats	18
East Devon	1	1	Conservative	1
East Devon	32	56	Conservative	32
East Dorset	24	36	Conservative	24
East Dunbartonshire	25	24	Liberal Democrats	12
East Hampshire	38	43	Conservative	26
East Hertfordshire	30	50	Conservative	40
East Lindsey	48	61	Independent	26
East Lothian	23	23	Labour	17
East Northamptonshire	20	36	Conservative	33
East Renfrewshire	20	20	Labour	8
East Riding Of Yorkshire	26	68	Conservative	27
East Staffordshire	21	41	Conservative	22
East Suffolk	2	3	Conservative	3
Eastbourne	9	9	Conservative	5
Eastleigh	14	14	Liberal Democrats	10
Eden	30	37	Independent	28
Edinburgh	58	62	Labour	33
Ellesmere Port and Neston	14	15	Labour	12
Elmbridge	20	20	Ind	10
Enfield	1	2	Conservative	2
Epping Forest	18	19	Conservative	11
Epsom And Ewell	13	39	Ind	24
Erewash	23	51	Conservative	26
Exeter	13	13	Labour	5
Falkirk	34	33	Labour	16
Fenland	26	38	Conservative	34
Fife	78	73	Labour	34
Forest Heath	14	20	Conservative	16
Forest Of Dean	27	44	Conservative	16
Fylde	22	50	Conservative	27
Gateshead	1	1	Labour	1
Gateshead	21	21	Labour	15
Gedling	23	51	Conservative	22
Gedling	1	0	—	—
Glasgow	1	1	Labour	1
Glasgow	82	79	Labour	72
Glasgow City	8	0	—	—
Gloucester	11	10	Conservative	5
Gravesham	19	48	Conservative	24
Great Yarmouth	16	16	Labour	10
Guildford	17	33	Conservative	16
Guildford	1	0	—	—
Guildford Borough Council	6	0	—	—
Hambleton	30	26	Conservative	19
Harborough	26	37	Liberal Democrats	18
Harlow	11	10	Liberal Democrats	4
Harrogate	19	18	Liberal Democrats	9
Hart	12	12	Conservative	7
Hartlepool	1	1	Liberal Democrats	1
Hartlepool	15	18	Liberal Democrats	7
Havant	10	10	Conservative	8
Herefordshire	40	59	Conservative	21
Hertsmere	13	12	Conservative	8
High Peak	28	43	Labour	18
Highland	81	72	Independent	51
Hinckley And Bosworth	16	33	Conservative	20
Horsham	23	39	Liberal Democrats	19
Huntingdonshire	18	17	Conservative	11
Huntingdonshire County Council	1	0	—	—
Hyndburn	11	11	Conservative	6
Hyndburn	1	0	—	—
Inverclyde	19	0	—	—
Inverclyde District Council	5	0	—	—
Ipswich	17	19	Labour	10
Kennet	29	42	Conservative	26
Kerrier	20	42	Independent	20
Kettering	22	45	Conservative	28
Kettering	2	4	Conservative	3
King's Lynn And West Norfolk	42	60	Conservative	33
Kingston Upon Hull, City of	19	19	Labour	10
Kirklees	24	24	Liberal Democrats	12
Knowsley	22	23	Labour	18
Lancashire	1	1	Conservative	1
Lancaster	28	59	Labour	20
Leeds	33	33	Labour	15
Leicester	22	56	Liberal Democrats	26
Lewes	21	42	Liberal Democrats	28
Lewisham	1	1	SNP	1
Lichfield	25	53	Conservative	33
Lichfield	1	2	Conservative	2
Lincoln	11	11	Labour	11
Liverpool	33	33	Liberal Democrats	21
Luton	12	21	Labour	12
Luton Borough Council	11	0	—	—
Macclesfield	1	1	Conservative	1
Macclesfield	20	19	Conservative	10
Maidstone	19	23	Conservative	14
Maldon	17	32	Conservative	21
Malvern Hills	22	34	Liberal Democrats	16
Manchester	33	33	Labour	20
Mansfield	17	41	Independent	20
Mansfield District Council	2	0	—	—
Medway	22	50	Conservative	27
Melton	16	28	Conservative	19
Mendip	35	46	Conservative	31
Mid Bedfordshire	26	45	Conservative	32
Mid Bedfordshire	2	0	—	—
Mid Devon	24	42	Independent	20
Mid Suffolk	30	39	Conservative	20
Mid Sussex	26	51	Conservative	27
Middlesbrough	22	43	Labour	27
Middlesbrough	1	0	—	—
Midlothian	18	15	Labour	12
Midlothian District Council	3	0	—	—
Milton Keynes	17	16	Liberal Democrats	8
Mole Valley	14	11	Conservative	6
Mole Valley	2	0	—	—
Moray	26	26	Independent	16
Moray	1	0	—	—
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	31	31	Independent	24
New Forest	34	63	Conservative	36
Newark And Sherwood	26	44	Conservative	21
Newcastle Upon Tyne	26	26	Labour	17
Newcastle-under-Lyme	20	21	Labour	10
North Ayrshire	31	32	Labour	21
North Cornwall	23	35	Independent	19
North Devon	27	39	Liberal Democrats	20
North Devon	1	0	—	—
North Dorset	28	29	Conservative	14
North East Derbyshire	25	51	Labour	35
North East Lincolnshire	15	42	Conservative	17
North Hertfordshire	16	16	Conservative	9
North Kesteven	30	39	Conservative	17
North Lanarkshire	70	68	Labour	52
North Lincolnshire	17	41	Conservative	21
North Norfolk	34	46	Liberal Democrats	26
North Shropshire	21	31	Independent	15
North Shropshire	4	0	—	—
North Somerset	36	61	Conservative	24
North Tyneside	1	0	—	—
North Tyneside	19	19	Labour	11
North Warwickshire	17	33	Labour	16
North West Leicestershire	20	37	Labour	20
North Wiltshire	38	43	Liberal Democrats	21
North Yorkshire	2	6	Labour	3
Northampton	23	37	Liberal Democrats	13
Northamptonshire	1	1	Conservative	1
Northumberland	3	5	Conservative	2
Norwich	16	17	Liberal Democrats	10
Nottingham	20	55	Labour	36
Oadby And Wigston	10	21	Liberal Democrats	15
Oldham	20	23	Labour	13
Orkney Islands	22	22	Independent	22
Orkney Islands	5	5	Independent	5
Oswestry	13	26	Conservative	10
Oswestry Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Pendle	16	18	Liberal Democrats	12
Pendle	1	0	—	—
Penwith	12	12	Conservative	5
Perth and Kinross	41	40	SNP	15
Plymouth	20	55	Labour	34
Poole	2	6	Conservative	6
Poole	2	6	Conservative	4
Poole	9	21	Liberal Democrats	14
Poole Borough Council	3	4	Conservative	4
Portsmouth	14	15	Liberal Democrats	7
Preston	20	23	Labour	10
Purbeck	8	8	Liberal Democrats	5
Reading	15	15	Labour	11
Redbridge	1	2	Liberal Democrats	1
Redcar & Cleveland	22	60	Labour	23
Redditch	10	13	Conservative	6
Reigate & Banstead	17	18	Conservative	10
Renfrewshire	40	40	Labour	21
Restormel	19	44	Liberal Democrats	22
Ribble Valley	24	39	Conservative	21
Richmondshire	24	33	Conservative	11
Rochdale	20	20	Labour	10
Rochford	13	15	Conservative	12
Rossendale	12	13	Conservative	9
Rother	21	38	Conservative	25
Rotherham	23	25	Labour	22
Rugby	16	17	Labour	7
Runnymede	14	18	Conservative	12
Rushcliffe	1	2	Conservative	2
Rushcliffe	27	49	Conservative	33
Rushmoor	14	16	Conservative	11
Rutland	16	24	Conservative	12
Ryedale	20	30	Conservative	13
Salford	20	25	Labour	20
Salisbury	29	57	Conservative	30
Sandwell	24	26	Labour	18
Scarborough	25	48	Conservative	25
Scottish Borders	34	35	Independent	15
Sedgefield	19	46	Labour	31
Sedgemoor	25	51	Conservative	35
Sefton	22	27	Liberal Democrats	11
Selby	20	34	Conservative	19
Sevenoaks	27	49	Conservative	30
Sheffield	29	29	Labour	17
Shepway	22	46	Liberal Democrats	29
Shetland	9	8	Independent	5
Shetland Islands	1	1	Independent	1
Shetland Islands	21	21	Independent	16
Shrewsbury and Atcham	13	13	Conservative	6
Shropshire	5	6	Independent	4
Slough	14	14	Labour	6
Solihull	2	2	Labour	1
Solihull	15	15	Conservative	8
Somerset	2	0	—	—
South Ayrshire	30	30	Labour	15
South Bedfordshire	16	19	Conservative	13
South Buckinghamshire	15	0	—	—
South Bucks	10	14	Conservative	10
South Cambridgeshire	19	17	Conservative	7
South Derbyshire	17	36	Labour	21
South Gloucestershire	35	70	Liberal Democrats	33
South Hams	30	39	Conservative	28
South Holland	22	36	Conservative	26
South Kesteven	34	58	Conservative	31
South Lakeland	17	17	Conservative	9
South Lanarkshire	67	66	Labour	50
South Norfolk	2	0	—	—
South Norfolk	34	43	Liberal Democrats	27
South Northamptonshire	31	37	Conservative	27
South Oxfordshire	29	45	Conservative	26
South Ribble	27	55	Conservative	19
South Shropshire	23	24	Conservative	10
South Somerset	39	36	Liberal Democrats	19
South Staffordshire	25	47	Conservative	35
South Tyneside	20	20	Labour	15
Southampton	17	16	Conservative	6
Southend-On-Sea	17	17	Conservative	10
Spelthorne	13	39	Conservative	35
St Albans	6	6	Liberal Democrats	3
St Albans Borough Council	11	7	Liberal Democrats	4
St Edmundsbury	31	45	Conservative	28
St. Albans	3	2	Conservative	1
St. Helens	18	19	Labour	11
Stafford	27	61	Conservative	41
Staffordshire Moorlands	27	55	Conservative	19
Stevenage	1	1	Labour	1
Stevenage	12	12	Labour	10
Stirling	22	21	Labour	11
Stockport	21	20	Liberal Democrats	11
Stockton-on-Tees	30	55	Labour	28
Stoke On Trent	20	20	Labour	11
Stratford-On-Avon	16	16	Liberal Democrats	9
Stroud	17	20	Conservative	7
Suffolk	1	1	Labour	1
Suffolk Coastal	30	46	Conservative	38
Suffolk Coastal	4	8	Conservative	4
Sunderland	26	26	Labour	21
Surrey	1	1	Residents	1
Surrey Heath	2	3	Conservative	3
Surrey Heath	14	33	Conservative	15
Swale	15	15	Conservative	9
Swansea	1	1	Labour	1
Swindon	20	21	Conservative	13
Tameside	19	19	Labour	17
Tamworth	10	10	Conservative	5
Tandridge	15	16	Conservative	10
Taunton Deane	27	54	Conservative	31
Teesdale	19	32	Independent	20
Teignbridge	25	46	Independent	16
Telford & Wrekin	33	51	Labour	28
Tendring	35	56	Conservative	23
Test Valley	25	49	Conservative	30
Tewkesbury	22	38	Conservative	17
Thanet	23	56	Conservative	31
Three Rivers	16	15	Liberal Democrats	10
Tonbridge And Malling	27	45	Conservative	28
Torbay	15	36	Liberal Democrats	27
Torfaen	1	1	Labour	1
Torridge	23	33	Independent	16
Trafford	21	21	Conservative	10
Tunbridge Wells	15	14	Conservative	10
Tunbridge Wells	1	1	Conservative	1
Tynedale	31	38	Conservative	21
Uttlesford	27	38	Liberal Democrats	29
Vale Of White Horse	29	47	Liberal Democrats	29
Vale Royal	28	42	Conservative	19
Wakefield	21	21	Labour	17
Walsall	20	20	Conservative	9
Wansbeck	16	25	Labour	19
Warwick	20	42	Conservative	16
Watford	12	12	Liberal Democrats	8
Watford Borough Council	2	0	—	—
Waveney	3	0	—	—
Waveney	13	9	Conservative	4
Waverley	29	53	Liberal Democrats	30
Wealden	36	54	Conservative	33
Wear Valley	19	28	Labour	16
Wellingborough	16	23	Conservative	20
Welwyn Hatfield	16	16	Conservative	10
West Berkshire	30	52	Conservative	26
West Devon	22	32	Conservative	12
West Dorset	33	32	Conservative	16
West Dunbartonshire	22	24	Labour	18
West Lancashire	18	18	Conservative	9
West Lindsey	13	14	Conservative	6
West Lothian	32	32	Labour	18
West Oxfordshire	17	16	Conservative	9
West Somerset	18	30	Conservative	17
West Suffolk	6	7	Conservative	7
West Wiltshire	25	44	Conservative	19
Western Isles	31	32	Independent	25
Westmorland and Furness	1	1	Conservative	1
Weymouth and Portland	12	13	Liberal Democrats	5
Wigan	24	24	Labour	18
Wiltshire	1	1	Independent	1
Winchester	6	5	Liberal Democrats	3
Winchester	14	14	Conservative	10
Windsor & Maidenhead	23	56	Liberal Democrats	33
Wirral	22	22	Labour	8
Woking	13	13	Conservative	6
Wokingham	18	18	Conservative	10
Wolverhampton	20	20	Labour	12
Worcester	12	18	Conservative	8
Worthing	12	14	Conservative	8
Wychavon	32	45	Conservative	31
Wycombe	3	4	Conservative	4
Wycombe	25	53	Conservative	41
Wyre	26	55	Conservative	33
Wyre Forest	14	15	Conservative	5
York	22	48	Liberal Democrats	29