2003 United Kingdom local elections

The 2003 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 1 May 2003, the same day as the Scottish Parliamentary and the Welsh Assembly elections. There were local elections for all councils in Scotland and in most of England. There were no local elections in Wales, Northern Ireland or London.

The ruling Labour Party lost a considerable 833 seats, while both the main opposition parties, Conservative and Liberal Democrat, polled strongly, with the Conservatives enjoying the largest share of the vote. Labour had now been in government for six years and still had a triple-digit majority, and over the summer of 2003 some opinion polls showed the Conservatives level with Labour. However, these were to be the last of the two local council elections contested by the Conservatives under the leadership of Iain Duncan Smith, who was ousted as leader later in the year and succeeded by Michael Howard due to his unpopularity as leader and doubts about his ability to win a general election.

Fifty-nine councils held electoral pilot schemes to try to boost turnout figures. Schemes included all postal voting, mobile polling stations, alterations to voting hours and various kinds of electronic voting. The most successful in raising turnout was all-postal voting which saw turnout rise to an average of 50%. In comparison, turnout across the whole of England was only 33%.

Results

The Labour Party lost a considerable 833 seats, losing control of councils such as Birmingham and Coventry, both of which the party had controlled for 20 years.

The Conservative Party, who following the elections had the most councillors in the country (ahead of Labour by 601), extended its lead over the Labour party by 1,399 councillors. However, their celebrations were tempered by the resignation of Conservative front bencher Crispin Blunt, who described the party leader, Iain Duncan Smith as a "handicap" and called for him to be replaced.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Party		Councils				Councillors
		Gain	Loss	Change	Total	Gain	Loss	Change	Total
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Increase+31	110			Template:Increase+566	4,423
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Decrease-28	66			Template:Decrease-833	3,001
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Increase+5	28			Template:Increase+193	2,624
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Decrease-2	10			Template:Decrease-42	1,142
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Decrease-1	1			Template:Decrease-21	182
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Steady	2			Template:Steady	84
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Steady	0			Template:Increase+9	34
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Steady	0			Template:Increase+13	13
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Steady	0			Template:Decrease-2	9
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Steady	0			Template:Decrease-2	5
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Steady	0			Template:Decrease-1	2
	Other	0	0	Template:Steady	0			Template:Decrease-24	107
Template:Party name with colour			Template:Decrease-5	123	—	—	—	—

England

Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Barnsley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Birmingham	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Bolton	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Bradford	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Bury	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Calderdale	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Coventry	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Doncaster	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Dudley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Gateshead	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Kirklees	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Knowsley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Leeds	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Liverpool	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Manchester	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Newcastle upon Tyne	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Tyneside	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Oldham	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Rochdale	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Rotherham	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
St. Helens	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Salford	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Sandwell	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Sefton	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Sheffield	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Solihull	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Tyneside	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Stockport	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Sunderland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tameside	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Trafford	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Wakefield	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Walsall	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wigan	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wirral	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wolverhampton	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details

Unitary authorities

Whole council

In 27 English Unitary authorities the whole council was up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Bath and North East Somerset	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Blackpool ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Bournemouth ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Bracknell Forest ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Brighton & Hove ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Darlington ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Riding of Yorkshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Herefordshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Leicester ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Luton ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Medway ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Middlesbrough ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North East Lincolnshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
North Lincolnshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
North Somerset	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Nottingham ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Plymouth ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Poole ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Redcar and Cleveland ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Rutland ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
South Gloucestershire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Stockton-on-Tees	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Telford and Wrekin ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Torbay ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
West Berkshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Windsor and Maidenhead ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
York ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details

‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

In 13 English Unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Bristol	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Derby	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Hartlepool	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Kingston upon Hull	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Milton Keynes	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Portsmouth	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Reading	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Slough	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Southampton	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Southend-on-Sea	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Stoke-on-Trent	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Swindon	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wokingham	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details

District councils

Whole council

In 150 English district authorities the whole council was up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Allerdale	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Alnwick	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Arun ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Ashfield ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Ashford ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Aylesbury Vale ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Babergh ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Blaby ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Blyth Valley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Bolsover ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Boston	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Braintree ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Breckland ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Bridgnorth ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Bromsgrove ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Broxtowe ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Canterbury ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Caradon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Carrick ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Castle Morpeth	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Castle Point ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Charnwood ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Chelmsford ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Chester-le-Street ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Chesterfield ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Chichester ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Chiltern ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Christchurch ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Copeland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Corby	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Cotswold ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Dacorum	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Dartford ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Derbyshire Dales ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Derwentside ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Dover ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Durham ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Easington ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Cambridgeshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
East Devon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Dorset ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Hampshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Hertfordshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Lindsey	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
East Northamptonshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Staffordshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Eden	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Epsom and Ewell ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Erewash ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Fenland ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Forest Heath ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Forest of Dean ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Fylde ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Gedling ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Gravesham ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Guildford ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Hambleton ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Harborough ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
High Peak ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Hinckley and Bosworth ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Horsham ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Kennet ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Kerrier ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Kettering	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
King's Lynn and West Norfolk ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Lancaster ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Lewes ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Lichfield ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Maldon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Malvern Hills ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Mansfield ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Melton ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Mendip	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Mid Bedfordshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Mid Devon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Mid Suffolk ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Mid Sussex ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
New Forest ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Newark and Sherwood ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Cornwall ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Devon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Dorset ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North East Derbyshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Kesteven	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Norfolk ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
North Shropshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
North Warwickshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
North West Leicestershire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Wiltshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Northampton	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Oadby and Wigston ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Oswestry ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Restormel ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Ribble Valley ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Richmondshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Rother ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Rushcliffe ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Ryedale ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Salisbury ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Scarborough ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Sedgefield ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Sedgemoor	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Selby ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Sevenoaks ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Shepway ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
South Bucks ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Derbyshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Hams	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Holland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
South Kesteven	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
South Norfolk ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Northamptonshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Oxfordshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
South Ribble ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Shropshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Somerset	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Staffordshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Spelthorne ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
St Edmundsbury ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Stafford ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Staffordshire Moorlands ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Suffolk Coastal ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Surrey Heath ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Taunton Deane	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Teesdale ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Teignbridge ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tendring ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Test Valley ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tewkesbury ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Thanet ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Tonbridge and Malling ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Torridge ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tynedale	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Uttlesford ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Vale of White Horse ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Vale Royal	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Wansbeck	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Warwick ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Waverley ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Wealden ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wear Valley ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wellingborough	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
West Devon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
West Dorset ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
West Somerset	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
West Wiltshire ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Wychavon ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wycombe ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Wyre ‡	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details

‡ New ward boundaries

Third of council

In 82 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election.

Council	Previous control		Result		Details
Adur	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Amber Valley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Barrow-in-Furness	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Basildon	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Basingstoke and Deane	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Bassetlaw	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Bedford	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Brentwood	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Broadland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Broxbourne	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Burnley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Cambridge	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Cannock Chase	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Carlisle	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Cherwell	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Chester	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Chorley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Colchester	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Congleton	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Craven	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Crawley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Crewe and Nantwich	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Daventry	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Eastbourne	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Eastleigh	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Ellesmere Port and Neston	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Elmbridge	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Epping Forest	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Exeter	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Gloucester	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Great Yarmouth	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Harlow	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Harrogate	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Hart	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Havant	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Hertsmere	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Huntingdonshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Hyndburn	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Ipswich	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Lincoln	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Macclesfield	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Maidstone	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Mole Valley	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Hertfordshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Norwich	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Pendle	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Penwith	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Preston	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Purbeck	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Redditch	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Reigate and Banstead	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Rochford	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Rossendale	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Rugby	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Runnymede	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Rushmoor	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Shrewsbury and Atcham	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Bedfordshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Cambridgeshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Lakeland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
St Albans	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Stevenage	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Stratford-on-Avon	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Stroud	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Swale	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tamworth	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tandridge	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Three Rivers	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Tunbridge Wells	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Watford	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Waveney	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Welwyn Hatfield	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
West Lancashire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
West Lindsey	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
West Oxfordshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Weymouth and Portland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Winchester	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Woking	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Worcester	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Worthing	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Wyre Forest	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details

Scotland

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All 32 Scottish unitary authorities held elections. They were held at the same time as the 2003 Scottish Parliament election.

Council area	Previous control		Result		Details
Aberdeen City	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Aberdeenshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Angus	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Argyll and Bute	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Clackmannanshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Na h-Eileanan Siar	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Dumfries and Galloway	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Dundee City	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Ayrshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Dunbartonshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Lothian	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
East Renfrewshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
City of Edinburgh	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Falkirk	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Fife	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Glasgow City	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Highland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Inverclyde	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Midlothian	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Moray	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Ayrshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
North Lanarkshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Orkney	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Perth and Kinross	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Renfrewshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
Scottish Borders	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Shetland	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
South Ayrshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
South Lanarkshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details
Stirling	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
West Dunbartonshire	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour gain	Details
West Lothian	Template:Party name with colour	Template:Party name with colour hold	Details

References

• Vote 2003 BBC News
• Local elections 2003. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/44.
• Voting Pilots in 2003
• The Guardian 2003 election coverage