| Election name | 2003 Manchester City Council election |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous election | 2002 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous year | 2002 |
| Election date | 1 May 2003 |
| Next election | 2004 Manchester City Council election |
| Next year | 2004 |
| Seats for election | 34 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority seats | 50 |
| Before election | Richard Leese |
| Before party | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle | Leader of the Council after election |
| After election | Richard Leese |
| After party | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader 1 | Richard Leese |
| Party 1 | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last election 1 | 28 seats, 51.4% |
| Leaders seat 1 | Crumpsall |
| Seats before 1 | 76 |
| Seats 1 | 21 |
| Seats after 1 | 71 |
| Seat change 1 | 5 |
| Popular vote 1 | 31,296 |
| Percentage 1 | 44.8% |
| Swing 1 | 6.6% |
| Leader 2 | Simon Ashley |
| Party 2 | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last election 2 | 6 seats, 30.7% |
| Leaders seat 2 | Gorton South |
| Seats before 2 | 22 |
| Seats 2 | 12 |
| Seats after 2 | 27 |
| Seat change 2 | 5 |
| Popular vote 2 | 25,261 |
| Percentage 2 | 36.2% |
| Swing 2 | 5.5% |
| Leader 3 | Vanessa Hall |
| Party 3 | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leaders seat 3 | Hulme |
| Last election 3 | 0 seats, 6.1% |
| Seats before 3 | 0 |
| Seats 3 | 1 |
| Seats after 3 | 1 |
| Seat change 3 | 1 |
| Popular vote 3 | 4,528 |
| Percentage 3 | 6.5% |
| Swing 3 | 0.4% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election as well as a vacancy in Benchill, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. Turnout was down slightly to 22.2%, with Labour retaining overall control of the council. The election saw the Greens winning their first seat, and half a dozen Liberal Democrat gains resulting in Labour's majority being the lowest in twenty years. The three Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour".[1][2]
Election result
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 31,296 (44.8%) | 6.6 | 21 (61.7%) | 5 | 71 (71.7%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 25,261 (36.2%) | 5.5 | 12 (35.3%) | 5 | 27 (27.3%) | |||||
| Green Party | 4,528 (6.5%) | 0.4 | 1 (2.9%) | 1 | 1 (1.0%) | |||||
| Conservative Party | 6,951 (10.0%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent Labour | 781 (1.1%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Socialist Alliance | 840 (1.0%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| BNP | 219 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Independent | 66 (0.1%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | 16 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 1 | 71 | 27 |
References
- ^ Manchester Evening News, 2 May 2003.
- ^ "Manchester 2003 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived 2003-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-01-12.