Liverpool City Council election, 2003

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 21.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Liberal Democrat 63
Labour 31
Liberal 3
Others 2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	22			-2	64.7	49.8	37,194	-0.5%
	Labour	11			+4	29.4	34.2	25,514	-1.2%
	Liberal	1			+1	2.9	6.8	5,066	+1.3%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	1			-1	2.9	1.4	1,034	+1.4%
	Conservative	0			0	0	4.1	3,050	-0.1%
	Green	0			0	0	2.8	2,093	+0.8%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.6	461	+0.2%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.3	242	+0.1%
	Independent	0			-2	0	0	0	-1.7%

Ward results

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant	953	61.3	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Linda-Jane Buckle	288	18.5	+3.2
	Green	Peter Cranie	230	14.8	+4.0
	Conservative	John Creagh	55	3.5	-1.3
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	29	1.9	-1.4
Majority			665	42.8	-7.7
Turnout			1,555	14.1

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Antrobus	1,394	47.3	-3.4
	Labour	Barbara Murray	654	22.2	-4.9
	Liberal	Catherine Hancox	315	10.7	+10.7
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	239	8.1	-0.1
	Conservative	Michael Bunter	235	8.0	+0.0
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Henzel	111	3.8	+3.8
Majority			740	25.1	+1.5
Turnout			2,948	21.1

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica Best	1,599	52.3	-2.9
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	603	19.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Mark Bill	536	17.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	185	6.1	-2.0
	Green	Andrew Hoban	134	4.4	+1.4
Majority			996	32.6	-3.3
Turnout			3,057	25.2

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Quinn	1,162	47.0	-8.5
	Liberal	Michael Butler	666	27.0	+27.0
	Labour	Sheila Murphy	416	16.8	-8.1
	BNP	Joseph Owens	150	6.1	+6.1
	Socialist Alliance	Lesley Mahmood	47	1.9	+0.0
	Conservative	Alistair Furze	30	1.2	+1.2
Majority			496	20.0	-10.6
Turnout			2,471	24.4

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mirna Juarez	1,141	61.2	+7.5
	Labour	Anthony Murphy	401	21.5	-7.9
	Green	Donald Ross	144	7.7	+0.1
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Foulkes	125	6.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	53	2.8	-0.6
Majority			740	39.7	+15.4
Turnout			1,864	16.7

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McIntosh	972	66.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	James Gaskell	314	21.4	-5.0
	Liberal	Daniel Wood	178	12.2	+2.1
Majority			658	45.0	+7.9
Turnout			1,464	18.1

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Newby	1,244	54.9	-5.3
	Labour	Peter Davidson	796	35.1	+4.9
	Socialist Alliance	John Ralph	79	3.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Keith Sutton	77	3.4	+0.8
	Liberal	Deborah Tilston	71	3.1	-0.8
Majority			448	19.8	-10.2
Turnout			2,267	19.8

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Jones	2,344	68.8
	Labour	Janet Kent	623	18.3
	Conservative	George Powell	213	6.3
	Green	Anne Saunders	137	4.0
	Liberal	Francis Porter	88	2.6
Majority			1,721	50.5
Turnout			3,405	25.9

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Warren Bradley	3,135	80.1	+6.8
	Labour	Robert Carney	525	13.4	-2.8
	Green	Eleanor Martin	254	6.5	+1.5
Majority			2,610	66.7	+8.6
Turnout			3,914	26.4

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rochne Gladden	1,155	55.0	+9.9
	Liberal Democrat	George Smith	713	33.9	+9.7
	Liberal	Paul Jones	192	9.1	-21.5
	Green	Eric Cartmel	41	2.0	+2.0
Majority			442	21.1	+6.6
Turnout			2,101	23.8

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Fielding	1,642	64.4	+7.3
	Labour	Patrick Delahunty	856	33.6	-6.1
	Liberal	Roger Webb	51	2.0	-1.2
Majority			786	28.8	+11.4
Turnout			2,549	23.7

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Mills	2,070	66.2	-2.7
	Labour	Peter Tuffley	650	20.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	237	7.6	+1.8
	Green	Ian Graham	89	2.8	+2.8
	Liberal	Barbara Pickstock	79	2.5	-0.5
Majority			1,420	45.4	-1.1
Turnout			3,125	23.6

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Coyne	1,489	59.9
	Labour	Jack Johhnson	880	35.4
	Conservative	David Patmore	74	3.0
	Liberal	David O'Brien	42	1.7
Majority			609	24.5
Turnout			2,485	24.4

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Ousby	1,175	50.0	+8.0
	Labour	Nicholas Small	967	41.1	-7.5
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	134	5.7	-0.8
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	75	3.2	+0.2
Majority			208	8.9
Turnout			2,351	25.2

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	442	54.6	-0.8
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	Alfred Hincks	229	28.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanore Clein	81	10.0	-2.0
	Green	Justine Williams	31	3.8	+0.3
	Conservative	Catherine Hirst	14	1.7	-2.8
	Liberal	Beryl Ackers	13	1.6	-0.1
Majority			213	26.3	-6.2
Turnout			810	11.8

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Spriggs	1,432	70.5	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Seddon	463	22.8	-3.0
	Liberal	George roberts	136	6.7	+0.9
Majority			969	47.7	+5.1
Turnout			2,031	18.8

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Cummins	1,444	46.8	-5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Moloney	1,418	45.9	+7.6
	Conservative	Brian Jones	103	3.3	+0.7
	Liberal	Frances Fall	83	2.7	-2.3
	Green	Anne Graham	38	1.2	+1.2
Majority			26	0.9	-12.7
Turnout			3,086	22.8

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean	694	56.9	-15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Annette Butler	264	21.7	+6.0
	Socialist Alliance	Madeline Heneghan	99	8.1	+8.1
	Green	Jean Hill	62	5.1	-2.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Watkin	53	4.3	+1.6
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	47	3.9	+2.0
Majority			430	35.2	-21.1
Turnout			1,219	15.3

Grassendale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gerard Scott	2,270	68.3	+0.4
	Labour	Catherine Dooley	526	15.8	-2.3
	Conservative	Carl Cross	251	7.6	-1.5
	Green	Jennifer Brown	185	5.6	+1.8
	Liberal	Karen Williams	92	2.8	+1.7
Majority			1,744	52.5	+2.7
Turnout			3,324	27.7

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Doran	1,220	56.7	+5.7
	Labour	Michael Fox	742	34.5	-9.6
	BNP	Michael Shell	92	4.3	+4.3
	Green	Faye Griffiths	45	2.1	+2.1
	Conservative	Francis Dunne	30	1.4	-1.4
	Liberal	James Richardson	23	1.1	-1.0
Majority			478	22.2	+15.3
Turnout			2,152	21.5

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Booth	1,340	85.2	+25.2
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Clein	180	11.4	-1.9
	Liberal	Vivienne Woodward	53	3.4	-2.4
Majority			1,160	73.8	+34.8
Turnout			1,573	17.1

Netherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Marshall	837	51.7	+13.9
	Labour	Oliver Martins	747	46.3	-9.6
	Conservative	Joyce Larrosa	22	1.4	-0.2
	Liberal	Jean Worrall	9	0.6	+0.6
Majority			87	5.4
Turnout			1,612	28.5

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Kemp	1,465	68.3	+2.6
	Labour	John McCabe	476	23.2	-3.4
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	100	4.9	+1.3
	Conservative	Francis Stevens	75	3.6	-0.5
Majority			928	45.1	+6.0
Turnout			2,055	20.9

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Kemp	1,465	72.0	+8.7
	Labour	Angela Glanville	413	20.3	-9.6
	Green	Jennifer Andrew	113	5.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Ann Temple	43	2.1	-0.1
Majority			1,052	51.7	+18.3
Turnout			2,034	19.0

Pirrie (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Cooke	1,038
	Labour	Alan Walker	932
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Lye	210
	Liberal Democrat	Kelly Woods	177
	Conservative	Mark Cotterell	157
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	123
	Conservative	Natalie Linnane	113
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	109
	Green	Laura Jackson	61
	Green	Gerard Quayle	37
Turnout			2,957	16.2

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Oglethorpe	1,280	65.5	+6.4
	Labour	Rodger Lafferty	464	23.8	-5.9
	BNP	Raymond Malone	120	6.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Michael Williams	49	2.5	-1.0
	Conservative	Derek Nuttall	40	2.0	+0.2
Majority			816	41.7	+12.3
Turnout			1,953	22.0

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Makinson	893	57.7	+21.6
	Labour	Richard Keenan	495	32.0	-17.6
	Green	Simon Holgate	89	5.7	+3.7
	Liberal	John Moore	40	2.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Grahame Harden	32	2.1	+0.8
Majority			398	25.7
Turnout			1,549	18.5

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight	651	51.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	George Smith	600	47.3	-1.3
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	18	1.4	-0.8
Majority			51	4.0	+3.4
Turnout			1,269	20.6

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Lenton	1,667	71.9	+0.4
	Labour	Pamela Thomas	405	17.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	James Woods	188	8.1	-1.1
	Conservative	June Brandwood	60	2.6	+0.5
Majority			1,262	54.4	-1.6
Turnout			2,320	21.0

Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Francis O'Donoghue	936	50.8	-5.6
	Labour	Christopher Nezianya	768	41.7	+5.7
	Green	Vera Jones	56	3.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Deborah Mayes	50	2.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	31	1.7	-0.8
Majority			168	9.1	-11.3
Turnout			1,841	26.0

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	Pauline Connolly	805	53.0	+53.0
	Labour	Christine Norris	633	41.7	-45.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sean McHugh	34	2.2	-6.6
	Liberal	Damien Daly	23	1.5	+1.5
	Conservative	Alma McGing	12	0.8	-1.0
	Green	Anja Ploger	12	0.8	-1.0
Majority			172	11.3
Turnout			1,519	29.3

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Seddon	1,317	49.6	-12.6
	Labour	James Gabriel	1,029	38.8	+4.0
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	307	11.6	+8.6
Majority			288	10.8	-16.6
Turnout			2,653	19.4

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Mace	2,186	68.4	+1.8
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	411	12.9	-3.9
	Labour	Francis Steer	392	12.3	-0.4
	Liberal	Maria Langley	112	3.5	+2.4
	Green	Naomi Rose	96	3.0	+0.3
Majority			1,775	55.5	+5.7
Turnout			3,197	26.6

References

↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

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