Dundee City Council election, 2003

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2003

May 1, 2003 (2003-05-01)

All 29 seats to Dundee City Council 15 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	SNP	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	11	10	5
Seat change		-

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Seats won	2	1
Seat change		-

The 29 single-member wards

Elections to Dundee 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

Dundee Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	11	4	3	1	37.9	34.1	17,677
	Labour	10	1	5	4	34.5	34.1	17,656
	Conservative	5	1	0	1	17.2	14.9	7,728
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	0	2	6.9	9.9	5,152
	Independent	1	0	0		3.4	3.5	1,817
	Scottish Socialist	0				0	3.5	1,814

Ward results

Ardler
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Keenan	631	52.2	+6.1
	SNP	John M White	399	33.0	-6.0
	Scottish Socialist	Pamela A Cathro	91	7.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christina S Marshall	75	6.2	N/A
Majority			232	19.2	+12.2
Turnout			1209	50.40	+4.64

Balgay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Bob Duncan	915	40.6
	Labour	Betty Ward	892	39.5
	Conservative	Maurice C Golden	215	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Donald R MacDonald	213	9.4
Majority			23	1.0
Turnout			2256	57.52

Balgillo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick A J Wallace	1140	43.2
	SNP	Stewart Hosie	898	34.1
	Labour	Derek Easson	437	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret K Romberg	143	5.4
Majority			242	9.2
Turnout			2633	53.34

Balgowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Rikki Beattle	811	44.9
	Labour	Colin P Rennie	709	39.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth G Stansfield	146	8.1
	Scottish Socialist	Patricia Hadrysiak	132	7.3
Majority			102	5.6
Turnout			1808	46.54

Barnhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce D Mackie	1158	48.7
	SNP	Robert A Piggot	625	26.3
	Labour	William C Lawson	372	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jane S C Milroy	213	8.9
Majority			533	22.4
Turnout			2380	57.92

Baxter Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Elizabeth F Fordyce	706	41.4
	Labour	Patricia Barr	501	29.4
	Conservative	Donald E Hay	285	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jason J Van Der Velde	138	8.1
	Scottish Socialist	Michael O Kelleher	69	4.0
Majority			205	12.0
Turnout			1705	45.96

Bowbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher J Hind	607
	SNP	David Bowes	545
	Scottish Socialist	Pamela H Manley	120
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth G Dick	97
Majority			62
Turnout			1384	39.77

Brackens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Borthwick	1306
	SNP	Henry Whitcombe	339
	Labour	John P McKiddie	296
	Scottish Socialist	Alan Boylan	114
Majority			967
Turnout			2065	50.16

Broughty Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles A Webster	820
	SNP	Kenneth J N Guild	767
	Labour	Alex Perry	453
	Liberal Democrats	Ian G Boyack	207
Majority			53
Turnout			2257	53.19

Camperdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John R Letford	840
	SNP	Stewart R Hunter	665
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Armstrong	93
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Newell	71
	Conservative	Christopher McKinlay	56
Majority			175
Turnout			1730	45.29

Claverhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Andrew F H Dawson	747
	Labour	Brian Gordon	658
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew D Judson	82
	Conservative	Gladys E A Ross	56
Majority			89
Turnout			1548	46.20

Craigiebank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	John Corrigan	989
	Labour	Malcolm S May	799
	Conservative	Colin E Stewart	277
	Liberal Democrats	George B Jones	139
Majority			190
Turnout			2221	60.70

Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Regan	827
	SNP	Kenneth H Lynn	743
	Scottish Socialist	Philip A Stott	86
	Conservative	Jennifer A Barnes	72
	Liberal Democrats	Alice McCall	68
Majority			84
Turnout			1802	45.76

East Port
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	William Dawson	536
	Labour	Neil Glen	527
	Conservative	John Doig	128
	Liberal Democrats	Linda J Stott	119
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Walker	94
Majority			9
Turnout			1418	36.58

Fairmuir
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen W Wright	1017
	SNP	Anna Easton	504
	Conservative	Doris M Cowan	153
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin McQuillan	84
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Stansfield	67
Majority			513
Turnout			1847	50.48

Hilltown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona M Grant	615
	SNP	Thomas J Dempsey	517
	Scottish Socialist	Harvey Duke	125
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Dickinson	90
	Conservative	William D Cowan	55
Majority			98
Turnout			1409	36.87

Law
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia M Sturrock	832
	SNP	Andrew E Jack	586
	Liberal Democrats	Robin L Hill	236
Majority			246
Turnout			1678	44.96

Lochee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles D P Farquhar	1086
	SNP	Catherine Bowes	532
	Conservative	Stephanie J Allen	112
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ferrier	90
	Scottish Socialist	Sarah McDonald	97
Majority			554
Turnout			1947	51.52

Lochee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Shimi	856
	SNP	William D Douglas	451
	Scottish Socialist	Alan H Manley	102
	Conservative	Claire Alexander	88
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila M Tennant	59
	Independent	Stewart Cunningham	49
Majority			405
Turnout			1613	47.75

Logie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	James W Barrie	475
	Liberal Democrats	Jane-Claire Judson	425
	Labour	Richard B McCready	388
	Scottish Socialist	Roderick MacGregor	120
	Conservative	Christopher M Bustin	95
Majority			50
Turnout			1508	43.67

Longhaugh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Joe Fitzpatrick	851
	Labour	George Mason	643
	Scottish Socialist	Nicholas C Steff	77
	Liberal Democrats	David A Stansfield	42
	Conservative	Lachlan W Webster	34
Majority			208
Turnout			1652	42.32

Ninewells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Nigel A Don	709
	Labour	George De Gernier	675
	Scottish Socialist	Shaun Taylor	111
	Liberal Democrats	David J K Balfour	100
	Conservative	Gary C Southwick	97
Majority			34
Turnout			1698	46.48

Pitkerro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Christina Roberts	587
	Labour	Charles Robertson	538
	Independent	Allan Petrie	462
	Conservative	Margaret A Scott	53
Majority			49
Turnout			1648	41.73

Riverside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil I C Powrie	1365
	SNP	Wendy L Wrieden	463
	Labour	Pritam S Chita	411
	Liberal Democrats	John R McIntosh	209
Majority			902
Turnout			2458	57.35

Stobswell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Morrow	591
	SNP	James C Duthie	483
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond A Lawrie	214
	Scottish Socialist	Derek Milligan	93
	Conservative	John M McCraw	93
Majority			108
Turnout			1455	40.38

Strathmartine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Dick	717
	SNP	David S Beattie	634
	Labour	Alan Cowan	523
	Conservative	Thomas S McLeod	110
	Scottish Socialist	Colin W Brown	61
Majority			83
Turnout			2051	55.27

Tay Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser MacPherson	940
	Labour	Norma M McGovern	234
	SNP	Graham A Young	152
	Scottish Socialist	Mary M Ward	101
	Conservative	Ann G L Powrie	49
Majority			706
Turnout			1484	35.96

West Ferry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek J Scott	1189
	SNP	Anya J Lawrence	450
	Labour	Margaret H Marshall	362
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Beat	213
Majority			739
Turnout			2223	55.62

Whitfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Willie Sawers	598
	Labour	Ina Paton	336
	Scottish Socialist	Brian Hood	44
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cowie	39
	Conservative	Catherine O Murray	28
Majority			262
Turnout			1050	42.51

External links

Dundee City Council website

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