2003 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Stockport Council Election 2003
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  2002 1 May 2003 2004  

21 Seats up for Election
 First partySecond party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before3319
Seats won105
Seats after3417
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Seats before83
Seats won31
Seats after93
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg

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Map showing the results of the 2003 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and white the Heald Green Ratepayers.

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control and this was the last Stockport local elections before the ward boundary changes came into effect for the 2004 local elections. [1]

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Ward Results

Bramhall East Ward

Bramhall East Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Holt 2,770 58.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola Joy Livings167035.2−5.1
Labour Keith Fenwick3026.4+0.5
Majority1,10023.2+9.3
Turnout 4,74237.1−6.5
Conservative hold Swing

Bramhall West Ward

Bramhall West Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Smith 2,636 48.2 +2.3
Conservative Christopher Hugh Davenport2,57347.1−1.8
Labour Gary Raymond Smith1893.5−0.1
UKIP David Michael Perry671.20
Majority631.1N/A
Turnout 546547.0−2.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bredbury Ward

Bredbury Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon.C 1,886 66.9 −1.9
Labour McCarron, R.B.47216.7+0.6
Conservative Priestly, K.A.46016.3+1.1
Majority1,41450.2−2.5
Turnout 2,81823.9−3.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brinnington Ward

Brinnington Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Macalister C. 907 74.4 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Moss J.19015.6+2.9
Conservative Sidderley A.12210.0+0.8
Majority71758.8−3.7
Turnout 1,21916.9−6.2
Labour hold Swing

Cale Green Ward

Cale Green Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Abrams J. 1,214 52.4 +1.7
Labour Mcguire J.90739.2−2.4
Conservative Berridge E. Ms.1958.4+0.7
Majority30713.3+4.2
Turnout 2,81825.6−2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Ward

Cheadle Ward [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Carter 2,024 53.5 +4.5
Conservative Louis Eric Livesley1,40237.1−0.8
Labour David Heywood3579.40
Majority62216.4+5.3
Turnout 378332.5−3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme North Ward

Cheadle Hulme North Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Pantall 1,722 58.1 +4.5
Conservative Patricia Ann Leck88930.0−4.1
Labour Steve Bennett35311.9−0.3
Majority83328.1+8.5
Turnout 296425.6−4.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cheadle Hulme South Ward

Cheadle Hulme South Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bodsworth 1,895 53.1 −1.1
Conservative David Samuel Lawson1,36238.2+0.2
Labour Roger Cooper3128.7+1.0
Majority53314.9−1.3
Turnout 356931.8−5.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Davenport Ward

Davenport Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Miller 1,212 48.1 +2.2
Conservative Keith Labrey85333.9−6.7
Liberal Democrats John Malcolm White45418.0+8.9
Majority35914.3+9.0
Turnout 2,51927.8−8.0
Labour hold Swing

Edgeley Ward

Edgeley Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Harding 1,437 58.7 −13.4
Liberal Democrats Alisdair Macdonald Gould38915.9+4.1
BNP Ricahrd Chadfield31813.0+13.0
Conservative Beryl Charlesworth2108.6−3.0
Green Iain Alexander Lindsay-Dunn963.9−0.5
Majority1,04842.8−17.5
Turnout 2,45026.5−0.7
Labour hold Swing

Great Moor Ward

Great Moor Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Eric Pyle 1,456 53.5 +0.6
Labour Susan Ball58721.6−0.8
Conservative Neil Menzies44616.4−3.8
UKIP Keith Ryan1244.6+4.6
Green Ken Pease1063.9−0.6
Majority86931.9+1.4
Turnout 2,71924.8−3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hazel Grove Ward

Hazel Grove Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Corris 2,193 59.4 +6.1
Conservative Thomas Anthony Dunstan1,22333.1−5.8
Labour Terence Morley2757.5−0.3
Majority97026.3+12.0
Turnout 3,69129.9−9.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heald Green Ward

Heald Green Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Heald Green Ratepayers Derek Whitehead 2,461 76.8 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Carter2999.3+2.2
Conservative Haley Davenport2457.6−0.5
Labour Stephen William Moran1996.2−0.5
Majority2,16267.5−2.5
Turnout 3,20431.7−3.9
Heald Green Ratepayers hold Swing

Heaton Mersey Ward

Heaton Mersey Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bryan Malcolm Lees 1,468 38.1 +9.3
Labour Muhammad Junejo1,45137.7−11.4
Liberal Democrats Ronald Arthur Axtell65917.1+8.2
Green Anthony Eric Hardman2717.0−6.2
Majority170.4N/A
Turnout 3,84931.9−6.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Heaton Moor Ward

Heaton Moor Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony O'Neill 1,633 47.9 +2.9
Labour John Paul Humphries1,07031.4−6.4
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Rule35710.5+2.0
UKIP Gerald Price1935.7+1.8
Green Janet Cuff1584.6+0.3
Majority56316.5+9.3
Turnout 3,41133.8−5.0
Conservative hold Swing

Manor Ward

Manor Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Derbyshire 1,400 53.8 +7.1
Labour Brigitte Lechner89534.4−5.6
Conservative Barry Charlesworth1907.3+1.6
Green Ruth Lindsay-Dunn1154.4+0.1
Majority50519.4+12.7
Turnout 2,60027.8−6.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple North Ward

Marple North Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bispham 1,962 65.7 +5.0
Conservative William Morley-Scott77025.8+3.3
Labour Gwendoline Mary Scott2538.5−1.7
Majority1,19239.9+8.4
Turnout 2,98532.0−5.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marple South and High Lane Ward

Marple South and High Lane Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Baker 2,100 52.4 +1.9
Conservative John Leck1,58539.6−2.7
Green Graham Douglas Reid1754.4+0.9
Labour Christopher John Shaw1473.7−0.2
Majority51512.9+4.9
Turnout 4,00741.6−1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Reddish North Ward

Reddish North Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Scott 1,492 67.1 −2.3
Conservative Kathleen May Southwell42819.3+1.5
Liberal Democrats David Matthews30213.6+0.8
Majority1,06447.9−3.8
Turnout 2,22218.7−3.3
Labour hold Swing

Reddish South Ward

Reddish South Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Kidd 1,461 67.1 −2.6
Conservative Stephen Burt39218.0+1.4
Liberal Democrats Patrick Buttle32414.9+1.2
Majority1,06949.1−4.0
Turnout 2,17720.1−4.6
Labour hold Swing

Romiley Ward

Romiley Ward [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Loftus 1,617 57.4 −2.3
Conservative Glyn Idris Jones70024.8−0.8
Labour Charles John Hughes35612.6−2.1
Green Geoffrey Keith Entwistle1445.1+5.1
Majority91732.6+1.4
Turnout 2,81725.8−4.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. "LGBCE | Stockport | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Election results for Bramhall East, 1 May 2003". democracy.stockport.gov.uk. 1 May 2003.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.