2003 Sheffield City Council election

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2003 Sheffield City Council election
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One third of seats (29 of 87) to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won17120
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg1
Sheffield UK local election 2003 map.png
Map showing the results of the 2003 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

No Overall Control

Majority party after election

Labour

The 2003 Sheffield Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sheffield City Council. One third of the council was up for election, and Labour took control of the council from no overall control, with six gains from the Liberal Democrats. [1]

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The election saw a trial of electronic voting in half of the council's wards. [2] Voters in these wards were able to vote by either text message, touch tone phone, internet, post, or use electronic kiosks as well as the normal polling stations. [2] Overall turnout was 29.5%, a half a per cent fall on the previous year, a drop negated somewhat by the higher turnout in the wards trialing electronic voting. [3]

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1760+658.641.245,473-3.3
  Liberal Democrats 1216-541.436.239,951-0.4
  Conservative 001-1014.415,907+0.8
  Green 000006.26,797+2.8
  BNP 000000.9989N/A
  Socialist Alliance 000000.5525-0.2
  UKIP 000000.4389-0.1
  Independent Labour 000000.2237-0.2
  Socialist Labour 000000.1109±0.0
  Socialist Alternative 000000.187±0.0

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour4349
Liberal Democrats4237
Conservatives21
Total8787
Working majority 0  11 

Ward results

Beauchief [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sangar* 2,522 52.1 -0.1
Labour William Breakell1,29726.8-3.8
Conservative Gordon Gregory67513.9+1.0
Green Christina Hespe3356.9+6.9
Rejected ballots110.2
Majority1,22525.3+3.6
Turnout 4,82934.0-2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.9
Birley [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Lodge 2,392 65.5 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Judith Webster81422.3-13.7
Conservative Evelyn Millward41511.4+5.5
Rejected ballots280.8
Majority1,57843.2+21.2
Turnout 3,62126.0-8.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +10.6
Brightside [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Webster* 1,859 57.4 -14.1
BNP Christopher Hartigan58718.1+18.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Reynolds37311.5+1.8
Conservative Patrick Maloney2979.2-5.2
Socialist Labour Brian Fischer1093.4-0.6
Rejected ballots130.4
Majority1,27239.3-16.0
Turnout 3,22528.7+5.1
Labour hold Swing -16.1
Broomhill [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Sidebottom* 2,100 51.9 -3.4
Labour Terence Cooper70417.4-0.4
Conservative Matthew Wilson66316.4+2.1
Green Gillian Booth56113.9+2.8
Rejected ballots140.3
Majority1,39634.5-3.0
Turnout 4,02826.3+0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.5
Burngreave [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Jones* 1,347 53.3 -7.8
Liberal Democrats Joanna Hoogvelt50820.1+1.0
Conservative Nicholas Bryan2399.4+2.2
Green Christopher Sissons2158.5+2.8
Socialist Alliance Alison Brown2038.0+1.8
Rejected ballots140.5
Majority83933.2-8.9
Turnout 2,51228.9-0.7
Labour hold Swing -4.4
Castle [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Midgley* 1,402 64.7 -5.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Coleman31614.6+1.7
Green Graham Wroe27312.6+3.2
Conservative Michael Young1667.7+0.3
Rejected ballots80.4
Majority1,08650.1-7.1
Turnout 2,15726.9+2.6
Labour hold Swing -3.5
Chapel-Green [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Oxley* 2,056 45.5 -2.9
Labour Sheila Tyler1,88541.7-1.3
Conservative Miles Waters3437.6-0.6
Green Craig Scaman2044.5+4.5
Rejected ballots290.6
Majority1713.8-1.6
Turnout 4,48824.7-1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.8
Darnall [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Lea 1,907 51.0 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed 1,05328.2-0.1
UKIP Jonathan Arnott 3359.0-0.5
Conservative Gordon Millward2907.7-0.6
Green Linda Duckenfield1303.5+3.5
Rejected ballots210.5
Majority85422.8-2.2
Turnout 3,71528.3+4.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -1.1
Dore [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Hill* 3,278 47.9 -0.8
Conservative Michael Waters2,40135.0-2.9
Labour David Crosby92613.5+2.9
Green Dawn Biram2163.1+0.6
Rejected ballots270.4
Majority87712.8+2.1
Turnout 6,82146.3+1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.0
Ecclesall [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Dunkley* 3,698 52.1 -4.9
Conservative Sidney Cordle2,11229.8-1.1
Labour John Darwin78811.1-0.3
Green Gemma Lock4716.6+6.6
Rejected ballots210.3
Majority1,58622.4-3.8
Turnout 7,06947.3+6.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.9
Firth Park [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Khan* 1,585 57.4 -22.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Holmes56920.6+10.0
Conservative Neville Paling30711.1+2.8
Green Steven Marshall28810.4+10.4
Rejected ballots140.5
Majority1,01636.8-32.8
Turnout 2,74925.4-0.1
Labour hold Swing -16.4
Hallam [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leonard Hesketh* 3,338 49.7 -6.3
Conservative Alan Ryder1,98529.6-1.0
Labour Dennis Brown97714.5+1.4
Green Robert Murphy3915.8+5.8
Rejected ballots230.3
Majority1,35320.1-5.3
Turnout 6,69146.0-0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.6
Handsworth [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marjorie Barker* 2,209 60.9 -3.4
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith41811.5+0.1
BNP Derek Hutchinson40211.1+11.1
Conservative Laurence Hayward2938.1-2.1
Independent Labour Elsie Smith2376.6-7.3
UKIP Charlotte Schofield541.5+1.5
Rejected ballots110.3
Majority1,79149.4-3.5
Turnout 3,61326.0-0.8
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Heeley [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Theresa Hainey* 1,442 37.1 +2.5
Labour Raja Shaffique1,33934.4-9.5
Green Robert Unwin51113.1+1.5
Conservative Trevor Grant3839.8+4.5
Socialist Alliance Richard Pitt2025.2+0.9
Rejected ballots110.3
Majority1032.6-6.7
Turnout 3,87731.0-3.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.0
Hillsborough [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Bragg 1,787 44.3 -3.5
Liberal Democrats Vickie Priestley1,58139.2+5.2
Conservative Thomas Seaton3789.4-0.4
Green Christopher McMahon2716.7+1.1
Rejected ballots140.3
Majority2065.1-8.7
Turnout 4,01729.0-1.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.3
Intake [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Campbell 2,027 55.0 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Frank Taylor*1,04928.5-6.6
Conservative Philip Kirby3679.9+2.1
Green Eamonn Ward2246.1+2.6
Rejected ballots160.4
Majority97826.5+8.5
Turnout 3,66726.5-3.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +4.2
Manor [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Furniss* 1,354 74.8 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Huntsman26514.6+0.3
Conservative Andrew Watson18310.1+0.2
Rejected ballots70.4
Majority1,08960.2-1.1
Turnout 1,80222.3+0.5
Labour hold Swing -0.6
Mosborough [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Rosling-Josephs* 3,119 55.2 -5.7
Liberal Democrats Terence McElligott**1,40524.9+5.2
Conservative Shirley Clayton1,08419.2+0.5
Rejected ballots380.7
Majority1,71430.3-10.9
Turnout 5,60821.3-1.0
Labour hold Swing -5.4

Terence McElligot was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward

Nether Edge [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia White* 2,476 50.7 +1.6
Labour James Lafferty1,31426.9-2.1
Green Mervyn Smith68113.9+4.3
Conservative Quari Siddique3827.8+0.4
Rejected ballots320.6
Majority1,16223.8+3.7
Turnout 4,85339.4+0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.8
Nether Shire [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Rippon 2,103 72.7 -4.5
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey45615.7+3.0
Conservative Marie Weston31710.9+1.3
Rejected ballots170.6
Majority1,64756.9-7.6
Turnout 2,87626.0+2.1
Labour hold Swing -3.7
Netherthorpe [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ayris 1,334 41.6 -3.6
Labour Rosemary Telfer1,04432.5-0.6
Green Bernard Little64820.2+3.3
Conservative Paul Wallace1645.1+0.9
Rejected ballots170.5
Majority2909.0-2.9
Turnout 3,19026.7+1.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing -1.5
Norton [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Wright 1,534 45.3 -2.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Auckland*1,50744.5+7.2
Conservative Peter Smith3259.6-0.4
Rejected ballots190.5
Majority270.8-9.6
Turnout 3,36631.5-1.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -4.7
Owlerton [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Wilde* 2,112 73.5 -3.5
Liberal Democrats Valerie Moffett45415.8+2.6
Conservative Eric Kirby29210.2+2.7
Rejected ballots140.5
Majority1,65857.7-6.2
Turnout 2,85827.6+1.6
Labour hold Swing -3.0
Park [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Robson 1,252 71.2 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman30717.4-11.2
Conservative Amanda Gregory1025.8+2.5
Socialist Alternative Terence Wykes874.9+0.5
Rejected ballots100.6
Majority94553.7+21.1
Turnout 1,74820.0-5.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +10.5
Sharrow [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Nazir* 1,288 42.0 -14.2
Green Jillian Creasy68622.3+10.1
Liberal Democrats Haq Nawaz67822.1+3.2
Conservative Ian Ramsay2899.4+1.8
Socialist Alliance Angela Shann1203.9-0.4
Rejected ballots70.2
Majority60219.7-17.5
Turnout 3,06127.1+4.3
Labour hold Swing -12.1
South Wortley [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Baker** 2,640 48.0 +3.2
Labour Adele Jagger2,00236.4-2.7
Conservative Alexander Carroll83215.1-0.6
Rejected ballots290.5
Majority63811.6+5.9
Turnout 5,47429.1-1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.9

David Baker was a sitting councillor for Birley ward

Southey Green [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Damms* 1,707 79.5 -1.7
Liberal Democrats John Bowden24111.2-0.3
Conservative Kevin Mahoney1818.4+1.2
Rejected ballots180.8
Majority1,46668.3-1.3
Turnout 2,12923.6+0.4
Labour hold Swing -0.7
Stocksbridge [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Davis* 1,383 51.8 -8.8
Labour Sandra White91134.1+3.3
Conservative Paula Axelby1776.6-1.4
Green Angela Roberts1756.5+6.5
Rejected ballots250.9
Majority47217.7-12.1
Turnout 2,64625.0-1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.0
Walkley [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Harston* 1,690 44.6 +4.0
Labour Abdul Khayum1,30234.3-8.8
Green Nicola Freeman51713.6+2.6
Conservative Peter Smith2657.0+2.1
Rejected ballots160.4
Majority38810.2+7.6
Turnout 3,77428.9-3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.4

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