2003 Preston City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2003 Preston council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independent in light grey and Socialist Alliance in light red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003. Preston UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2003 Preston council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independent in light grey and Socialist Alliance in light red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2003.

This article details the results of Elections to Preston City Council held in May 2003

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Preston Council is elected "in thirds", which means in 2002 the entire council was up for election and in subsequent years one councillor from the three-member wards and one councillor from selected two-member wards defend their seat. In these result tables, the share of the vote is blank as the 2002 elections cannot be fairly compared. Any gain or loss can be recorded as each year the councillors are defending their ward results.

For more results see Preston local elections

Ward Results

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Tyson60554.3
Labour Mark Routledge50945.6
Majority96
Turnout 1,13033

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nerys Eaves63753.7
Conservative David Johnston54946.3
Majority88
Turnout 1,19622

College

Preston City Council Elections: College ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Truby67655.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Turner37730.8
Labour Paul Jackson17114.0
Majority299
Turnout 1,18638

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
No descriptionJoyce Cartright87064.9
Labour Javed Iqbal30622.8
Conservative Peter McElhone16512.3
Majority564
Turnout 1,35636

Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marie Francoise Milne86962.9
Labour Marcus Quick25618.5
Liberal Democrats Gregory Vickers25618.5
Majority613
Turnout 1,38627

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Horton1,59262.9
Liberal Democrats John Porter63626.1
Labour Alan Woods2138.7
Majority956
Turnout 2,44746

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Pringle594
Liberal Democrats William Shannon501
Conservative Kathryn Calder432
Conservative Susan Hudson430
Labour Alan Foster336
Labour Ian Walton292
Majority162 & 71
Turnout 2,590 [votes]46

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Rawlinson57138.5
Liberal Democrats David Bastable52635.4
Conservative Jane Balshaw38826.1
Majority45
Turnout 1,14927

Lea

Preston City Council Elections: Lea ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Brown65248.9
Conservative Pilar Maria Sanz-Moreno49337.0
Labour Marie Johnson18914.2
Majority159
Turnout 1,34230

Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francesco de Molfetta65071.43
Conservative Yvonne Driver26028.57
Majority390
Turnout 91024

Preston Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Cartright84278.8
Labour John Houghton22621.2
Majority616
Turnout 1,07835

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Rollo67465.2
Conservative Paul Balshaw35934.8
Majority315
Turnout 1,04619

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bhikhu Patel57747.6
Liberal Democrats Mavis Cooper33127.3
Conservative Ann-Marie Hunter30525.1
Majority246
Turnout 1,22526

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Fazackerley96059.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Newsham34621.5
Labour Terrence Mattinson30118.7
Majority614
Turnout 1,61131

St George's

Preston City Council Elections: St George's ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Thomas Hull41162.7
Conservative Gulam Hussain Mulla24537.3
Majority16625.3
Turnout 65620.7

St Matthew's

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthew's ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Hall78872.5
Conservative Thomas George Whalley29927.5
Majority489
Turnout 1,11223

Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre Ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Socialist Alliance Michael Lavalette 54637.81
Labour Musa Ahmed Jiwa44030.47
Conservative Julian Sedgewick22815.79
Liberal Democrats Liam Pennington22015.24
Majority1061.34
Turnout 1,44428.0
Socialist Alliance gain from Labour Swing

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Brooks79150.9
Conservative Margaret McManus76449.1
Majority27
Turnout 1,57130
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

University

Preston City Council Elections: University ward 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Swindells27859.0
Conservative Andrew Dowellian19341.0
Majority85
Turnout 47622.0

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