2003 City of Edinburgh Council election
2003 Scottish local government election
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All 58 seats to Edinburgh City Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the City of Edinburgh 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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 51.7 | 27.4 | 48,826 | 5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 48,002 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.4 | 24.7 | 44,001 | 2.5 | |
SNP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 15.6 | 27,737 | 4.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 7,280 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2,090 | 1.1 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 365 | New | |
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.02 | 32 | New |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ian Murray | 1,213 | 34.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth O'Malley | 947 | 27.11 | |
Conservative | Denise Scott | 605 | 17.32 | |
SNP | Kenneth Peacock | 534 | 15.29 | |
Scottish Socialist | Colin Fox | 194 | 5.55 | |
Majority | 266 | 7.62 | ||
Turnout | 3,493 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Alan Laing | 1,954 | 50.69 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Crockart | 932 | 24.18 | |
Labour | Nicollete Fraser | 547 | 14.19 | |
SNP | Robert Melville | 422 | 10.95 | |
Majority | 1,022 | 26.51 | ||
Turnout | 3,855 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Alastair Paisley | 2,144 | 55.07 | |
Labour | Benny Placido | 788 | 20.24 | |
SNP | Alexander Thomson | 548 | 14.08 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rod Scott | 413 | 10.61 | |
Majority | 1,356 | 34.83 | ||
Turnout | 3,893 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Longstaff | 1,329 | 48.00 | |
SNP | Sheena Cleland | 496 | 17.91 | |
Labour | Roberta Miller | 475 | 17.15 | |
Conservative | David MacKenzie | 431 | 15.57 | |
Liberal | Roy Isserlis | 38 | 1.37 | |
Majority | 833 | 30.09 | ||
Turnout | 2,769 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
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