Sefton Council election, 2003

Elections to Sefton Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 24
*Liberal Democrat 20
*Conservative 19
*Southport Party 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 9
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 39.1
votes % = 32.0
votes = 19,162
plus/minus = +5.9%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain =
loss =
net = -1
seats % = 30.4
votes % = 30.4
votes = 18,183
plus/minus = -8.7%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 30.4
votes % = 26.7
votes = 16,005
plus/minus = +1.6%Election Summary
party = Southport Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 9.1
votes = 5,470
plus/minus = -2.2%Election Summary
party = Socialist Alternative
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.3
votes = 790
plus/minus = +0.1%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.4
votes = 226
plus/minus = +0.2%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brenda Porter
votes = 2,274
percentage = 61.3
change = +14.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carol Brookfield
votes = 705
percentage = 19.0
change = -6.3Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = John Lee
votes = 523
percentage = 14.1
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Cluskey
votes = 210
percentage = 5.7
change = +0.8Election box majority
votes = 1,569
percentage = 42.3
change = +21.4Election box turnout
votes = 3,712
percentage = 36.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Hands
votes = 1,460
percentage = 49.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Rowell
votes = 691
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = John Law
votes = 636
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Holmes
votes = 164
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 769
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,951
percentage = 31.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paula Parry
votes = 1,777
percentage = 60.1
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jaine Fleetwood
votes = 732
percentage = 24.8
change = -8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Brereton
votes = 446
percentage = 15.1
change = -0.4Election box majority
votes = 1,045
percentage = 35.3
change = +18.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,955
percentage = 31.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Mann
votes = 1,331
percentage = 41.6
change = +5.2Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Terry Durrance
votes = 1,005
percentage = 31.4
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Dally
votes = 631
percentage = 19.7
change = -0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Larkin
votes = 236
percentage = 7.4
change = +0.4Election box majority
votes = 326
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,203
percentage = 32.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Kehoe
votes = 1,372
percentage = 49.6
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Cummins
votes = 1,233
percentage = 44.6
change = -2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Patterson
votes = 161
percentage = 5.8
change = -0.7Election box majority
votes = 139
percentage = 5.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,766
percentage = 29.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Fanning
votes = 1,210
percentage = 78.3
change = +0.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dennis Cross
votes = 335
percentage = 21.7
change = +10.9Election box majority
votes = 875
percentage = 56.6
change = -9.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,545
percentage = 17.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Pearson
votes = 1,416
percentage = 47.1
change = +7.0Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Brian Birch
votes = 770
percentage = 25.6
change = -5.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Hibbard
votes = 614
percentage = 20.4
change = +1.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phillip Walsh
votes = 208
percentage = 6.9
change = +0.0Election box majority
votes = 646
percentage = 21.5
change = +12.7Election box turnout
votes = 3,008
percentage = 30.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Cluskey
votes = 1,435
percentage = 78.2
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Garry Fielding
votes = 400
percentage = 21.8
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 1,035
percentage = 56.4
change = -0.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,835
percentage = 19.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Storey
votes = 1,770
percentage = 56.4
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Newton
votes = 753
percentage = 24.0
change = -1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Druscilla Haydon
votes = 614
percentage = 19.6
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 1,017
percentage = 32.4
change = +3.2Election box turnout
votes = 3,137
percentage = 30.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Terence Francis
votes = 1,247
percentage = 48.1
change = +19.9Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Anthony Holland
votes = 789
percentage = 30.4
change = -12.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Lyon-Taylor
votes = 341
percentage = 13.1
change = -2.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Brannan
votes = 217
percentage = 8.4
change = -1.4Election box majority
votes = 458
percentage = 17.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,594
percentage = 26.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Doreen Kerrigan
votes = 1,164
percentage = 82.9
change = -0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Williams
votes = 240
percentage = 17.1
change = +0.2Election box majority
votes = 944
percentage = 65.8
change = -0.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,404
percentage = 15.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Hardy
votes = 997
percentage = 72.7
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Murray
votes = 256
percentage = 18.7
change = -1.2Election box candidate
party = Socialist Alternative
candidate = Michael Brierley
votes = 118
percentage = 8.6
change = +8.6Election box majority
votes = 741
percentage = 54.0
change = -6.2Election box turnout
votes = 1,371
percentage = 15.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Douglas
votes = 1,339
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Martyn Barber
votes = 1,218
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Papworth
votes = 1,193
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Walker
votes = 1,178
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Firth
votes = 460
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara Murray
votes = 380
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,768
percentage = 31.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Tattersall
votes = 1,330
percentage = 38.8
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jamie Halsall
votes = 1,000
percentage = 29.2
change = +0.0Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Richard Chapman
votes = 936
percentage = 27.3
change = -5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Constance McCarthy
votes = 158
percentage = 4.6
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 330
percentage = 9.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,424
percentage = 34.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Howe
votes = 1,313
percentage = 45.2
change = +5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Reardon
votes = 895
percentage = 30.8
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Ridley
votes = 698
percentage = 24.0
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 418
percentage = 14.4
change = +11.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,906
percentage = 28.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Maher
votes = 1,077
percentage = 54.7
change = -3.6Election box candidate
party = Socialist Alternative
candidate = Peter Glover
votes = 672
percentage = 34.1
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hilary Cross
votes = 219
percentage = 11.1
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 405
percentage = 20.6
change = -5.9Election box turnout
votes = 1,968
percentage = 20.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian Rimmer
votes = 1,263
percentage = 43.8
change = +10.0Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Geoffrey Wright
votes = 811
percentage = 28.1
change = -5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Deans
votes = 292
percentage = 10.1
change = -7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Jowett
votes = 291
percentage = 10.1
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Michael McDermott
votes = 226
percentage = 7.8
change = +3.2Election box majority
votes = 452
percentage = 15.7
change = +15.3Election box turnout
votes = 2,883
percentage = 27.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Byrne
votes = 1,938
percentage = 79.1
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James McGinnity
votes = 511
percentage = 20.9
change = -0.5Election box majority
votes = 1,427
percentage = 58.2
change = +8.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,449
percentage = 21.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Ibbs
votes = 1,430
percentage = 52.8
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Flodman
votes = 883
percentage = 32.6
change = -5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Walker
votes = 396
percentage = 14.6
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 547
percentage = 20.2
change = +7.4Election box turnout
votes = 2,709
percentage = 28.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Dowd
votes = 1,672
percentage = 83.0
change = -1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Noel Cross
votes = 342
percentage = 17.0
change = +1.5Election box majority
votes = 1,330
percentage = 66.0
change = -3.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,014
percentage = 19.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sylvia Mainey
votes = 1,788
percentage = 71.5
change = +17.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daren Veidman
votes = 712
percentage = 28.5
change = +3.8Election box majority
votes = 1,076
percentage = 43.0
change = +14.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,500
percentage = 22.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Hill
votes = 1,413
percentage = 51.7
change = +11.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Parry
votes = 908
percentage = 33.2
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Antonio Spatuzzi
votes = 413
percentage = 15.1
change = -3.4Election box majority
votes = 505
percentage = 18.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,734
percentage = 28.8
change =

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