2003 Rossendale Borough Council election

Main article: Rossendale Borough Council elections

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 17
• Conservative 17
• Liberal Democrat 1
• Independent 1

Election result

Rossendale local election result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	5	0	+5	75.0	50.8	6,753	+6.1%
	Labour	2	0	6	-6	16.7	39.5	5,248	-14.1%
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1	8.3	9.8	1,299	+9.8%

Ward results

Cribden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Young	285	34.5
	Labour	Hugh McCaw	274	33.2
	Conservative	Kenneth Slaughter	266	32.2
Majority			11	1.3
Turnout			825	30.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Facit and Shawforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Steen	422	53.1
	Labour	Thomas Aldred	372	46.9
Majority			50	6.2
Turnout			794	28.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Greenfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Starkey	678
	Conservative	Alison Tickner	644
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Long	540
	Labour	Dorothy Atkinson	335
	Labour	Jennifer Shilliday	236
Turnout			2,433	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Greensclough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Challinor	693	55.7
	Labour	Bernadette O'Connor	551	44.3
Majority			142	11.4
Turnout			1,244	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hareholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Unsworth	661	50.4
	Conservative	Susan Popland	650	49.6
Majority			11	0.8
Turnout			1,311	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey and Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Barnes	404	54.4
	Labour	Ronald Pickup	338	45.6
Majority			66	8.8
Turnout			742	26.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Helmshore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Pawson	694	49.2
	Labour	Stuart Brannigan	473	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Pilling	244	17.3
Majority			221	15.7
Turnout			1,411	31.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Irwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Steen	566	57.6
	Labour	William Pearson	416	42.4
Majority			150	15.2
Turnout			982	27.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emily Haworth	559	50.4
	Labour	Denise Hancock	551	49.6
Majority			8	0.8
Turnout			1,110	27.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Whitewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amanda Robertson	646	50.8
	Conservative	Christopher Wadsworth	625	49.2
Majority			21	1.6
Turnout			1,271	30.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Thorne	552	46.9
	Labour	Adrian Lythgoe	395	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Marx	230	19.5
Majority			157	13.3
Turnout			1,177	27.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

• 2003 Rossendale election result
• Ward results
• First-ever Lib-Dem holds sway