2003 Hull City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independent in grey, Uncontested in cream. Kingston upon Hull UK 2003 Local Election map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Independent in grey, Uncontested in cream.

The 2003 Hull City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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The council had fallen from Labour control in the 2002 election after the Liberal Democrats made big gains. [2] The 2003 election saw controversy over a proposal to demolish 2,500 council houses in Hull, [2] which had seen some Liberal Democrat cabinet members sacked and other councillors leave the party. [3] The results saw Labour make 4 gains to become the largest party on the council once again, [4] which enabled them to form the administration on the council. [5]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Hull Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1040+452.644.816,570+5.7%
  Liberal Democrats 703-336.837.313,823-8.8%
  Independent 201-110.57.22,658+0.9%
  Conservative 000007.22,661+0.1%
  Green 000001.4507+0.7%
  BNP 000000.9330+0.9%
  UKIP 000000.7271+0.4%
  Socialist Alliance 000000.5167+0.4%
  Legalise Cannabis 000000.139+0.1%

Ward results

Avenue [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Woods 1,449 57.9
Labour Harold Neilson70828.3
Green Louise Muston1807.2
Socialist Alliance Geoffrey Collier1676.7
Majority74129.6
Turnout 2,504
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Beverley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David McCobb 1,386 61.1
Labour John Shields54223.9
Conservative Andrew Forster33915.0
Majority84437.2
Turnout 2,267
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Boothferry [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Woods 1,086 44.5
Labour Michael Whiting97139.8
Conservative John Sharp38315.7
Majority1154.7
Turnout 2,440
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bransholme East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nadene Burton 538 40.3
Labour John Webster44533.3
Liberal Democrats Dereck Hardman27420.5
BNP Alan Siddle775.8
Majority937.0
Turnout 1,334
Independent hold Swing
Bransholme West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Wilson 823 69.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Karen Mathieson16213.6-15.6
BNP Richard Brown11910.0+10.0
Independent Robert Harrison867.2+7.2
Majority66155.6+22.8
Turnout 1,190
Labour hold Swing
Derringham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Clare Page 720 35.5
Labour Brian Wadforth66332.7
UKIP John Cornforth27113.4
Liberal Democrats Garry Oglesby1949.6
Conservative Robert Cook1818.9
Majority572.8
Turnout 2,029
Independent hold Swing
Drypool [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gary Wareing 1,312 53.2
Liberal Democrats Maureen Obridge99640.4
Conservative Alan Winzor1586.4
Majority31612.8
Turnout 2,466
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Holderness [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Uzzell 1,131 45.2
Labour Rilba Jones1,10544.2
Conservative Albert Greendale26610.6
Majority261.0
Turnout 2,502
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ings [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Webster 1,486 51.7
Liberal Democrats Frederick Healand1,16440.5
Conservative Andrew Hanson2267.9
Majority32211.2
Turnout 2,876
Labour hold Swing
Kings Park [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carl Minns 716 55.6
Labour Daniel Brown36328.2
Independent Katharina Hancock15211.8
Conservative Sheila Airey564.4
Majority35327.2
Turnout 1,287
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Longhill [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Black 1,221 63.8
Liberal Democrats Arthur Walker39520.6
Conservative Robert Brown1889.8
Green Raymond Atkin1105.7
Majority82643.2
Turnout 1,914
Labour hold Swing
Marfleet [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Petch 1,335 75.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Uzzell43824.7
Majority89750.6
Turnout 1,773
Labour hold Swing
Myton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Inglis 1,154 57.2
Liberal Democrats Miriam Benson48924.3
Conservative Richard McConnell1507.4
Independent Malcolm Fields1306.4
Green Peter Grayley934.6
Majority66532.9
Turnout 2,016
Labour hold Swing
Newington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathryn Lavery 650 53.1
Liberal Democrats David Harris45737.4
Conservative David Thompson1169.5
Majority19315.7
Turnout 1,223
Labour hold Swing
Newland [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Collinson 587 44.6
Labour Rodney Evans50638.5
Conservative Basil Bulmer1068.1
Green James Russell775.9
Legalise Cannabis Carl Wagner393.0
Majority816.1
Turnout 1,315
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Orchard Park and Greenwood [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Larsen 1,095 52.0
Independent Tony Fee38718.4
Independent Louis Barron35817.0
BNP David Hannam1346.4
Liberal Democrats Adam Williams1326.3
Majority70833.6
Turnout 2,106
Labour hold Swing
Pickering [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Lowery 1,045 45.5
Liberal Democrats Ann Godden79034.4
Independent Peter Mawer23910.4
Conservative Reginald Britton1737.5
Independent Glenn Dickinson482.1
Majority25511.1
Turnout 2,295
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sutton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Turner 1,146 46.1
Liberal Democrats Kalvin Neal1,14546.1
Conservative Colin Baxter1947.8
Majority10.04
Turnout 2,485
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
University [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Randall 832 47.7
Labour John Nicholson74142.4
Conservative David Whellan1257.2
Green Gertrude Garton472.7
Majority815.3
Turnout 1,745
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

No elections were held in Bricknell, Southcoates East, Southcoates West and St Andrews wards.

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