2003 Manchester City Council election

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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election as well as a vacancy in Benchill, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. Turnout was down slightly to 22.2%, with Labour retaining overall control of the council. The election saw the Greens winning their first seat, and half a dozen Liberal Democrat gains resulting in Labour's majority being the lowest in twenty years. The three Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". [1] [2]

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Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2127-561.744.831,296-6.6
  Liberal Democrats 1261+535.336.225,261+5.5
  Green 110+12.96.54,528+0.4
  Conservative 00000.010.06,951+0.9
  Independent Labour 001-10.01.1781+0.3
  Socialist Alliance 00000.01.0677-0.2
  BNP 00000.00.3219+0.3
  Independent 00000.00.166-0.5
  Independent Liberal 00000.00.0160.0

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 71-5
Liberal Democrats 27+5
Green 1+1
Independent Labour 0-1
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Priest*80666.1-0.1
Liberal Democrats Ilias Kazantzis20216.6+2.8
Green Hannah Berry1098.9-3.0
Conservative Raymond Wattenbach1028.4+0.2
Majority60449.5-2.9
Turnout 1,21914.9-1.6
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Baguley

Baguley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Edward McCulley*90560.1-5.9
Conservative Christopher Barlow32421.5+4.0
Liberal Democrats Mary Gallagher21013.9+1.4
Green Gareth Pittam674.4+0.4
Majority58138.6-9.9
Turnout 1,50617.2-3.8
Labour hold Swing -4.9

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Trafford1,37659.9-1.4
Labour Beth Morgan62127.0+0.9
Conservative James Sharman1436.2+0.5
Green John Cummings803.5-3.4
Socialist Alliance Claire Aze773.4+3.4
Majority75532.9-2.3
Turnout 2,29721.9-2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.1

Benchill

Benchill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Cross59270.4+0.5
Labour Richard Unwin564
Liberal Democrats William Fisher10212.1-3.0
Conservative Joyce Kaye8510.1+0.1
Conservative Carol Roberts82
Liberal Democrats Richard Vann67
Green Peter Powell627.4+2.3
Green Stephen Walford50
Majority46258.3+3.5
Turnout 84112.8-2.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Carmody*88349.9+1.9
Liberal Democrats Elaine Boyes74842.3+0.2
Conservative Christine Birchenough663.7+0.4
Independent Labour Fred Bates412.3-1.5
Green Susan Fairweather311.8+0.5
Majority1357.6+1.8
Turnout 1,76926.4-3.2
Labour hold Swing +0.8

Blackley

Blackley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Trotman*1,16368.7-3.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Connell24814.6-0.4
Conservative Gerard Hopkins20712.2+2.4
Green Robin Goater754.4+1.2
Majority91554.0-3.0
Turnout 1,69321.1-3.6
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Bradford

Bradford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Longsden98961.7+0.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Fairhurst*51832.3-2.1
Conservative Brian Birchenough664.1+0.9
Green Elvis Presley301.9+0.3
Majority47129.4+3.0
Turnout 1,60323.9-7.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +1.5

Brooklands

Brooklands [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Susan Murphy*95750.7-8.1
Conservative Jane Percival56229.8-0.6
Liberal Democrats John Ellis22812.1+4.9
Green Birgit Vollm764.0+0.4
Independent Honor Donnelly663.5+3.5
Majority39520.9-7.5
Turnout 1,88922.5-5.0
Labour hold Swing -3.7

Burnage

Burnage [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Cameron1,75860.8+18.7
Labour Michael Green*91431.6-14.7
Conservative Peter Schofield1424.9-3.6
Green Michael Shaw792.7-0.5
Majority84429.2+25.1
Turnout 2,89329.1+0.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +16.7

Central

Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Rothery1,04149.9+9.3
Labour Richard Carrothers83640.1-8.9
Conservative Nicholas Davis1085.2-0.7
Green Steven Durrant914.4+0.8
Independent Labour Derek Froggatt110.5+0.5
Majority2059.8+1.4
Turnout 2,08716.5-3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +9.1

Charlestown

Charlestown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Hobin*1,04354.1-6.6
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood49825.8-9.2
Conservative Marilyn Hopkins30215.7+15.7
Green Mark Gilbert844.4+0.1
Majority54528.3+2.6
Turnout 1,92722.0-3.3
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Cheetham

Cheetham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal1,52249.4+3.4
Labour Imran Rizvi*1,30542.4-8.5
Conservative Adrian Glasspole1434.6+4.6
Green Charlotte Daws1103.6+0.5
Majority2177.0+2.1
Turnout 3,08033.0-3.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +5.9

Chorlton

Chorlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Newman*1,28839.3-5.4
Liberal Democrats Howard Totty77023.5+4.5
Conservative Giles Campbell48714.9-0.6
Green Michael Daw47014.3+1.2
Socialist Alliance Heather Rose2638.0+0.2
Majority51815.8-9.9
Turnout 3,27828.0-4.0
Labour hold Swing -4.9

Crumpsall

Crumpsall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cornelius Keegan1,32357.0-4.6
Liberal Democrats David Gordon47720.6+5.9
Conservative Garvan Walshe35015.1+0.4
Green Joseph Richardson1586.8+2.5
Socialist Alliance Karen Reissmann120.5-1.9
Majority84636.5-10.4
Turnout 2,32025.1-3.2
Labour hold Swing -5.2

Didsbury

Didsbury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Sandiford*2,11651.8+13.8
Labour Geoffrey Bridson1,25730.8-3.7
Conservative Peter Hilton49112.0-0.5
Green Kathryn Brownbridge2235.5+0.7
Majority85921.0+17.6
Turnout 4,08734.9-2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.7

Fallowfield

Fallowfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernice Reid*85348.3-11.9
Liberal Democrats John-Paul Wilkins49428.0+9.0
Conservative William Langton23913.5+1.0
Green Bruce Bingham18010.2+2.0
Majority35920.3-20.9
Turnout 1,76615.0-2.3
Labour hold Swing -10.4

Gorton North

Gorton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Pearcey*1,15550.7-0.3
Labour Allan Grafton84236.9+0.5
Conservative Lisa Boardman2239.8+0.3
Green Victoria Bodgers602.6+1.2
Majority31313.7-0.9
Turnout 2,28024.0-2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.4

Gorton South

Gorton South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Ashley*1,24261.2+6.9
Labour Martin Rathfelder63031.0-6.5
Green Penelope Collins934.6+0.4
Conservative Rosemary Bishop653.2-0.8
Majority61230.1+13.2
Turnout 2,03024.0+1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.7

Harpurhey

Harpurhey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Fairweather83567.8+1.4
Liberal Democrats Rob Brettle22218.0+5.3
Conservative Sebastian Chowdhury12910.5+1.1
Green Darren Milton453.7+1.7
Majority61349.8-3.9
Turnout 1,23116.2-2.8
Labour hold Swing -1.9

Hulme

Hulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Vanessa Hall67843.3+1.3
Labour John Flanagan*66742.6-5.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Turvey16010.2+1.5
Conservative Vincent Pierce452.9+1.5
Independent Liberal Charles Lyn-Lloyd161.0+1.0
Majority110.7-5.1
Turnout 1,56616.0+1.2
Green gain from Labour Swing +3.3

Levenshulme

Levenshulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Hennigan*1,62560.8+5.8
Labour Michael Amesbury66725.0-5.4
Green Sean Hughes1535.7-0.1
Conservative Ann Hodkinson1284.8+0.6
Socialist Alliance Sabrina Nutter1003.7-0.9
Majority95835.8+11.2
Turnout 2,67326.1-1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.6

Lightbowne

Lightbowne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Murphy*1,17770.5-0.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Allen21312.8-0.7
Conservative Howard Varney19811.9-1.7
Green Matthew Payne824.9+3.4
Majority96457.7+0.0
Turnout 1,67020.0-3.0
Labour hold Swing -0.1

Longsight

Longsight [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali1,15244.6+15.5
Labour Sajjad Hussain*1,00038.7-15.9
Green Spencer Fitzgibbon2559.9+0.8
Conservative Karen Abbad1776.8-0.4
Majority1525.9-19.6
Turnout 2,58420.0-0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +15.7

Moss Side

Moss Side [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Locita Brandy1,18272.2-3.6
Liberal Democrats Shirley Inniss23414.3+5.5
Conservative Joyce Haycock1167.1+1.4
Green Brian Sheedy1046.4+1.2
Majority94857.9-9.1
Turnout 1,63618.8-3.5
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Moston

Moston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Cooper*1,36662.7-0.3
Conservative Gerald Freedman-Goldberger50723.3+23.3
Liberal Democrats Kevin Morley1989.1-15.7
Green Barry McAtarsney1095.0-2.9
Majority85939.4+1.2
Turnout 2,18023.1-1.0
Labour hold Swing -11.8

Newton Heath

Newton Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Wilson77438.7-11.6
Independent Labour Damien O'Connor*72936.5+36.5
BNP Derek Adams21911.0+11.0
Conservative Albert Walsh1628.1-2.7
Liberal Democrats Derrick Mellor713.6-3.3
Green Rachel Harper442.2-1.7
Majority452.3-19.8
Turnout 1,99924.9+1.9
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing -24.0

Northenden

Northenden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Kane*1,11257.7+1.4
Conservative Ralph Ellerton35918.6-3.5
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Goldsmith28514.8+1.1
Green Lance Crookes1718.9+1.0
Majority75339.1+4.9
Turnout 1,92719.6-4.0
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Old Moat

Old Moat [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeffrey Smith*1,32246.5-3.7
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Zalzala1,14140.2+1.3
Green Brian Candeland2097.4+1.8
Conservative Gary Kaye1695.9+0.6
Majority1816.4-4.9
Turnout 2,84122.5-4.1
Labour hold Swing -2.5

Rusholme

Rusholme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams1,85064.8+25.4
Labour Zafar Mir*72225.3-23.6
Conservative Barbara Goodall1384.8-1.2
Socialist Alliance Mary Ainslie762.7+2.7
Green Christopher Middleton692.4-3.2
Majority1,12839.5+30.1
Turnout 2,85523.0+1.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +24.5

Sharston

Sharston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Joyce Keller*75565.3-1.2
Conservative John Kenny17114.8-1.2
Liberal Democrats David Kierman16113.9+1.3
Green Richard Gee706.1+1.2
Majority58450.5-0.0
Turnout 1,15715.0-4.0
Labour hold Swing -0.0

Whalley Range

Whalley Range [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Grant1,49149.1+19.3
Labour Christopher Paul1,02433.7-16.2
Green Mary Candeland2769.1+0.0
Conservative Richard West2488.2-3.0
Majority46715.4-4.7
Turnout 3,03930.6-0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +17.7

Withington

Withington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones*1,62161.6+0.1
Labour Gerard Collier59322.5-1.7
Socialist Alliance Rachel Green1495.7+2.5
Conservative Stuart Penketh1455.5+0.4
Green Bushra Hussain1254.7-1.3
Majority1,02839.0+1.7
Turnout 2,63321.6-2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.9

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian O'Neil*89071.8-0.1
Conservative Ruby Raynor15412.4+0.3
Liberal Democrats John Reyes13210.7-1.6
Green Clifford Saffer635.1+1.4
Majority73659.4-0.2
Turnout 1,23915.7-2.9
Labour hold Swing -0.2

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