2003 City of Edinburgh Council election

2003 City of Edinburgh Council election
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All 58 seats to Edinburgh City Council; 30 seats needed for a majority
	Map of council wards
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

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.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Murray	1,213	34.7	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth O'Malley	947	27.1	+13.5
	Conservative	Denise Scott	605	17.3	−4.4
	SNP	Kenneth Peacock	534	15.3	−7.3
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Fox	194	5.6	N/A
Majority			266	7.6	−11.8
Turnout			3493	55.7	−12.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Paisley*	2,144	55.1	+12.8
	Labour	Benny Placido	788	20.2	−6.4
	SNP	Alexander Thomson	548	14.1	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Scott	413	10.6	−2.6
Majority			1356	34.9	+19.2
Turnout			3893	63.7	−10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Laing	1,954	50.7	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Crockart	932	24.2	+13.7
	Labour	Nicolette Fraser	547	14.2	−3.6
	SNP	Robert Melville	422	10.9	−2.4
Majority			1022	26.5	−14.2
Turnout			3855	62.3	−10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Davies	1,097	34.0	−12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGreal	544	16.9	−2.4
	Conservative	Ian McGill	490	15.2	+2.6
	SNP	Alisa Sheldrake	469	14.5	−7.3
	Scottish Socialist	Sofiah MacLeod	343	10.6	N/A
	Independent	Hamid Vafaie	200	6.2	N/A
	Liberal	Seamus Macmhicean	85	2.6	N/A
Majority			553	17.1	−7.4
Turnout			3228	48.8	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Kerr*	924	34.0	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Lang	495	18.2	+2.3
	SNP	Robin MacCormick	470	17.3	−11.0
	Scottish Socialist	Linda Somerville	445	16.4	N/A
	Conservative	William MacNair	296	10.9	−0.1
	Liberal	Karen Hetherington	88	3.2	N/A
Majority			429	15.8	−0.8
Turnout			2718	40.7	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Meek*	2,733	62.7	+7.0
	Labour	James Ashe	680	15.6	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Oliver	516	11.8	−0.6
	SNP	Bruce Wishart	432	9.9	−2.1
Majority			2053	47.1	+11.2
Turnout			4361	66.4	−5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Whyte*	1,699	48.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Dzierzek	784	22.5	−9.3
	Labour	Cameron Day	395	11.3	−6.1
	Independent	Kristina Woolnough	367	10.5	N/A
	SNP	Brian Rattray	237	6.8	−5.7
Majority			915	26.3	+19.7
Turnout			3482	60.8	−10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hunter*	2,637	68.8	+8.5
	Labour	Margaret Mitchell	443	11.6	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Tunstall	413	10.8	−0.2
	SNP	John Glen	260	6.8	−3.7
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Wilson	80	2.1	N/A
Majority			2126	57.2	+15.1
Turnout			3833	66.4	−7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Donnell*	774	41.1	−4.7
	SNP	Andrew Gilhooly	689	36.6	−1.6
	Scottish Socialist	Angela Lamb	146	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Andrew McDonald	128	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Scanlan	66	3.5	−2.3
	Conservative	Elaine Burt	53	2.8	−2.0
	Liberal	Andrew Dick	27	1.4	N/A
Majority			85	4.5	−3.2
Turnout			1883	33.7	−8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen MacKenzie*	1,956	52.6	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Maclean	1369	36.8	−3.5
	SNP	David Purves	216	5.8	−2.3
	Labour	John Stephen	176	4.7	−5.7
Majority			587	15.8	+14.8
Turnout			3717	59.9	−12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Longstaff*	1,329	48.0	+15.3
	SNP	Sheena Cleland	496	17.9	−5.6
	Labour	Roberta Miller	475	17.2	−10.7
	Conservative	David MacKenzie	431	15.6	−0.3
	Liberal	Roy Isserlis	38	1.4	N/A
Majority			833	30.1	+25.3
Turnout			2769	47.2	−15.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kingsley Thomas*	784	33.1	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Kelly	588	24.9	+7.0
	SNP	Paul Smith	457	19.3	−10.9
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin Leetion	302	12.8	N/A
	Conservative	John Moodie	235	9.9	+1.4
Majority			196	8.2	−5.0
Turnout			2366	37.4	−13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Lowrie*	1,970	49.9	+6.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Balfour	1440	36.4	+0.1
	Labour	Ann Hunter	283	7.2	−3.9
	SNP	Ian Grant	258	6.5	−2.9
Majority			530	13.5	+6.6
Turnout			3951	64.4	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Thomas Ponton*	1,096	35.1	+13.7
Conservative	William Stevenson	933	29.9	−11.1
Labour	Lezley Cameron	494	15.8	−9.4