Derby Council election, 2003

The 2003 Derby Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Derby Unitary Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 25
• Liberal Democrat 13
• Conservative 12
• Independent 1^[2]

Election result

Derby Local Election Result 2003[3]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	7	0	2	-2	36.8	31.5	18,586	-6.5%
	Liberal Democrat	6	1	0	+1	31.6	30.9	18,234	+2.5%
	Conservative	5	1	0	+1	26.3	30.6	18,039	-1.0%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.3	7.0	4,113	+5.0%

Ward results

Abbey[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Lowe	1,283	52.5
	Labour	Michael Fuller	791	32.3
	Conservative	David Hart	287	11.7
	Independent	Ronald McKeown	85	3.5
Majority			492	20.2
Turnout			2,446	25.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Allestree[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Balbir Samra	2,132	50.7
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Jackson	1,053	25.0
	Labour	David Byrne	1,021	24.3
Majority			1,079	25.7
Turnout			4,206	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alvaston[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Wynn	1,231	47.5
	Conservative	Adrian Pegg	536	20.7
	Independent	Trevlyn Atkinson	417	16.1
	Liberal Democrat	Cara Copestick	408	15.7
Majority			695	26.8
Turnout			2,592	25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Arboretum[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fareed Hussain	1,168	44.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lloyd Newby	595	22.8
	Conservative	Shayad Mahmood	535	20.5
	Independent	Margaret Rooney	309	11.9
Majority			573	22.0
Turnout			2,607	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Blagreaves[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Troup	2,044	57.5
	Labour	Stephen Melvin	911	25.6
	Conservative	Janice Lee	537	15.1
	Independent	Andries Olivier	61	1.7
Majority			1,133	31.9
Turnout			3,553	36.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Boulton[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Allen	1,316	41.8
	Labour	Mark Tittley	1,123	35.7
	Conservative	Sean Conway	521	16.6
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Ashburner	186	5.9
Majority			193	6.1
Turnout			3,146	31.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Chaddesden[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne MacDonald	1,475	49.2
	Conservative	Vincent Mills	973	32.5
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Alcock	448	14.9
	Independent	Brian Low	102	3.4
Majority			502	16.7
Turnout			2,998	29.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Chellaston (2)[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Liversedge	1,393
	Conservative	Julie Hickson	1,274
	Labour	David Whitehead	1,189
	Labour	Alan Mullarkey	1,009
	Independent	David Black	572
	Independent	Julia Slater	396
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Yates	290
	Liberal Democrat	Harjinder Naitta	195
Turnout			6,318	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Darley[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Travis	1,406	41.9
	Labour	Michael Futers	973	29.0
	Conservative	Graham Else	876	26.1
	Independent	Graham Leeming	101	3.0
Majority			433	12.9
Turnout			3,356	34.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Derwent[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suman Gupta	853	43.0
	Conservative	Franklyn Harwood	719	36.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rafe Nauen	233	11.7
	Independent	Mark Bull	179	9.0
Majority			134	6.8
Turnout			1,984	20.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Littleover[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Carr	2,298	64.4
	Conservative	Mark Collins	803	22.5
	Labour	Peter Blount	468	13.1
Majority			1,495	41.9
Turnout			3,569	37.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mackworth[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Wilsoncroft	1,104	47.5
	Conservative	Elizabeth Waters	742	31.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Brown	479	20.6
Majority			362	15.6
Turnout			2,325	23.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mickleover (2)[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Hird	2,558
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Winter	2,516
	Conservative	Virginia Lemmings	1,468
	Conservative	Christine Pearn	1,449
	Labour	Lisa Higginbottom	536
	Labour	Keith Normington	427
	Independent	Ivor Cox	96
Turnout			9,050	42.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Normanton[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amar Nath	1,351	47.6
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Marshall	1,092	38.5
	Conservative	Joan Magee	306	10.8
	Independent	Richard Bull	89	3.1
Majority			259	9.1
Turnout			2,838	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakwood[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul West	1,408	52.1
	Labour	Phillip Woodhead	900	33.3
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Clayden	392	14.5
Majority			508	18.8
Turnout			2,700	27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sinfin[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Prem Chera	1,049	53.7
	Liberal Democrat	Leigh Alcock	367	18.8
	Conservative	Richard Pearn	282	14.4
	Independent	Mario Colella	165	8.4
	Independent	Dorothy Skrytek	90	4.6
Majority			682	34.9
Turnout			1,953	20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Spondon[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Berry	1,798	54.0
	Labour	Frank Kirkland	1,007	30.2
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Peat	391	11.7
	Independent	William Peake	135	4.1
Majority			791	23.8
Turnout			3,331	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/77.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
2. ^ "Local council election results". Telegraph.co.uk. 2003-05-03. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1429056/Local-council-election-results.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 
3. ^ "Election results; English Councils; Local elections 2003". The Times. 2003-05-02. p. 16. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} "Election Results". Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc03/pages/Derby/electionresults2003.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 

Preceded by Derby Council election, 2002

Derby local elections

Succeeded by Derby Council election, 2004