2003 Moray Council election

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2003 Moray Council election
Coat of arms of Moray Area Council.svg
  1999 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2007  

All 26 seats to Moray Council
14 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independent Labour SNP
Last election15 seats, 36.9%6 seats, 20.5%2 seats, 30.4%
Seats won1653
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote14,0843,6227,194
Percentage49.3%12.7%25.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 12.4%Decrease2.svg 7.8%Decrease2.svg 5.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election2 seats, 8.3%1 seats, 3.8%
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,2501,229
Percentage7.9%4.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.4%Increase2.svg 0.5%

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The 2003 Moray Council election was held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This was the last election to use the first-past-the-post voting system across 26 single member wards.

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Background

The 1999 election to the Moray Council saw the Independent group on the council expand by 13 seats, with the SNP losing 11. It is of note that the number of seats grew from 18 in 1995 to 26 in 1999.

1999 Moray Council election results
PartySeatsVote share
Independent 1536.9%
Labour 620.5%
SNP 230.4%
Liberal Democrat 28.3%
Conservative 13.8%

Source: [1]

Results

2003 Moray Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 1621Increase2.svg 161.549.314,084Increase2.svg 12.4
  Labour 501Decrease2.svg 119.212.73,622Decrease2.svg 7.8
  SNP 321Increase2.svg 111.525.27,194Decrease2.svg 5.2
  Liberal Democrats 101Decrease2.svg 13.87.92,250Decrease2.svg 0.4
  Conservative 100Steady2.svg3.84.31,229Increase2.svg 0.5
  Scottish Socialist 000Steady2.svg0.00.6175New
Total26 28,554

Source: [2] [3]

Ward results

Buckie Central

PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Leslie (Incumbent) 406 41.2
Independent Joe Mackay31632.0
SNP Gordon McDonald26426.8
Majority909.2
Turnout 98640.9
Labour hold

Buckie East & Findochty

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Sinclair Longmore (Incumbent) 406 36.5
SNP Linda McDonald35531.9
Conservative David Anderson26323.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon Holm887.9
Majority514.6
Turnout 1,11244.3
Independent hold

Buckie West

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent William Jappy (Incumbent) 682 67.7
SNP Ian Hamilton32632.3
Majority35635.4
Turnout 1,00841.3
Independent hold

Burghsea

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Eric McGillivray 636 43.4
Independent Alastair MacKenzie35324.1
Independent Cath Millar20413.9
SNP Angus Munro17011.6
Liberal Democrats Allison Bullock1037.0
Majority28319.3
Turnout 1,46654.4
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Cathedral

PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ronald Sim 391 46.4
SNP Hamish McDonald25930.8
Conservative Alexander Thomson13616.2
Scottish Socialist Norma Anderson566.7
Majority13215.6
Turnout 84236.7
Labour hold

Central West

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alastair Bisset (Incumbent) 919 70.2
SNP Caroline Dunn39129.8
Majority52840.4
Turnout 1,31050.1
Independent hold

Elgin-Bishopmill East

PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alexander Keith (Incumbent) 794 67.5
SNP Donald Morrison28224.0
Liberal Democrats Mary McLintock1018.6
Majority51243.5
Turnout 1,16743.5
Labour hold

Elgin-Bishopmill West

PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Burgess (Incumbent) 431 35.1
Independent Norman McKay33026.9
SNP Elaine Cooper20316.5
Conservative David Terron18715.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Horton786.3
Majority1018.2
Turnout 1,22946.1
Labour hold

Fife-Keith & Strathisla

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Percy Watt (Incumbent) 838 75.0
SNP Keith Alderson27925.0
Majority55950.0
Turnout 1,11745.8
Independent hold

Finderne

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Geoffrey Hamilton Unopposed
Independent hold

Forres Central

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Rex McIntosh (Incumbent) 943 78.4
Liberal Democrats Angela Cameron26021.6
Majority68356.8
Turnout 1,20344.3
Independent hold

Forres East

PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Iain Young (Incumbent) 643 47.8
Independent Lorna Creswell40029.8
SNP Jimmy Dingwall20615.3
Liberal Democrats Sheila Cameron957.1
Majority24318.0
Turnout 1,34454.4
Conservative hold

Forres West & Altyre

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alastair Urquhart (Incumbent) 673 77.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Main19322.3
Majority48055.4
Turnout 86640.1
Independent hold

Glenlivet

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Bob Wilson (Incumbent) 607 59.0
SNP Michael McConachie42141.0
Majority18618.0
Turnout 1,02843.8
Independent hold

Heldon & Laich

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Hogg (Incumbent) 810 66.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Bullock20717.0
SNP Alastair Main20316.6
Majority60349.4
Turnout 1,22053.0
Independent hold

Innes

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Eddie Coutts (Incumbent) 637 48.6
SNP Graeme McDonald36527.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Cromar26320.1
Independent Kenneth Stuart463.5
Majority27220.8
Turnout 1,31150.5
Independent hold

Keith

PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Linda Gorn (Incumbent) 477 45.5
SNP Rhona Paterson27326.0
Independent Edwin Henderson17116.3
Labour Mary McGregor12812.2
Majority20419.5
Turnout 1,04944.2
Liberal Democrats hold

Lennox

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent George McIntyre 506 40.7
SNP Mike Watt33627.0
Independent Robert Innes21317.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Reid1209.7
Independent William Graham685.5
Majority17013.7
Turnout 1,24352.1
Independent gain from SNP

Lhanbryde & Birnie

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Roma Hossack 687 61.4
Labour Stephen McBean26723.9
Liberal Democrats Donald Cameron16514.7
Majority42037.5
Turnout 1,11948.2
Independent hold

Lossiemouth East

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Tom Bothwell 802 68.7
SNP Iain Allan36631.3
Majority43637.4
Turnout 1,16849.1
Independent hold

Lossiemouth West

PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Joyce Stewart 522 52.8
Independent Ian Frame46647.2
Majority565.6
Turnout 98838.2
SNP gain from Independent

New Elgin East

PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Divers 579 55.1
SNP Graham Leadbitter 35333.6
Scottish Socialist Alexander MacGillivary11911.3
Majority22621.5
Turnout 1,05142.9
Labour hold

New Elgin West

PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Robert Burns 535 52.1
Labour Muriel Ettles (Incumbent)49147.9
Majority444.2
Turnout 1,02542.2
SNP gain from Labour

Rathford

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Ron Shepherd (Incumbent) 607 47.4
Independent Daniel Cook53041.4
SNP Margaret Hamilton14411.2
Majority776.0
Turnout 1,28155.4
Independent hold

Rural Keith & Rothes

PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP Pearl Paul (Incumbent) 581 54.4
Independent Gordon Henderson25223.6
Labour Shuna Dicks13512.6
Liberal Democrats James Milton1009.4
Majority32930.8
Turnout 1,06847.7
SNP hold

Speyside

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Edward Aldridge (Incumbent) 982 73.2
SNP Peter Farquharson36026.8
Majority68246.4
Turnout 1,34251.6
Independent hold

Aftermath

Buckie West by-election

On 1 July 2004 a by-election was held in the Buckie West ward after the death of independent councillor Bill Jappy. [4] It was won by independent candidate Joseph Mackay. [4]

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joseph Mackay 552 63.6
SNP Gordon McDonald19622.6
Conservative Ian Moir8910.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Holms313.6
Majority35641.0
Independent hold

Source: [5]

August 2004 Speyside by-election

On 12 August 2004 a by-election was held in the Speyside ward. [6]

PartyCandidateVotes%
SNP - 286 30.8
Independent -24426.3
Independent -18720.1
Conservative -12113.0
Independent -919.8
Majority424.5
SNP gain from Independent

November 2004 Speyside by-election

On 11 November 2004 a by-election was held in the Speyside ward. [6]

PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent - 383 37.6
Conservative -24223.8
Independent -23222.8
Independent -999.7
Liberal Democrats -626.1
Majority14113.8
Independent gain from SNP

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