2003 Rossendale Borough Council election

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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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 950+575.050.86,753+6.1%
  Labour 206-616.739.55,248-14.1%
  Liberal Democrats 110+18.39.81,299+9.8%

Ward results

Cribden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Young28534.5
Labour Hugh McCaw27433.2
Conservative Kenneth Slaughter26632.2
Majority111.3
Turnout 82530.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Facit and Shawforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hazel Steen42253.1
Labour Thomas Aldred37246.9
Majority506.2
Turnout 79428.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Greenfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Starkey678
Conservative Alison Tickner644
Liberal Democrats Catherine Long540
Labour Dorothy Atkinson335
Labour Jennifer Shilliday236
Turnout 2,43333.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Greensclough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Challinor69355.7
Labour Bernadette O'Connor55144.3
Majority14211.4
Turnout 1,24430.4
Conservative hold Swing
Hareholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Unsworth66150.4
Conservative Susan Popland65049.6
Majority110.8
Turnout 1,31131.3
Labour hold Swing
Healey and Whitworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Barnes40454.4
Labour Ronald Pickup33845.6
Majority668.8
Turnout 74226.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Helmshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Pawson69449.2
Labour Stuart Brannigan47333.5
Liberal Democrats James Pilling24417.3
Majority22115.7
Turnout 1,41131.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Irwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Steen56657.6
Labour William Pearson41642.4
Majority15015.2
Turnout 98227.5
Conservative hold Swing
Longholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Emily Haworth55950.4
Labour Denise Hancock55149.6
Majority80.8
Turnout 1,11027.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Whitewell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amanda Robertson64650.8
Conservative Christopher Wadsworth62549.2
Majority211.6
Turnout 1,27130.2
Labour hold Swing
Worsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Thorne55246.9
Labour Adrian Lythgoe39533.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Marx23019.5
Majority15713.3
Turnout 1,17727.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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