All of the 55 Councillor seats for Suffolk Coastal were up for election on Thursday 3 May 2003. This was held on the same day as other local council elections across England. The elections were held after boundary changes. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 49.5 | 14,816 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 32.7 | 9,794 | |||
Labour | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 11.2 | 3,356 | |||
Green | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1,501 | ||
Independent | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.7 | 207 | ||
Firefighters Against Cuts | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.5 | 156 | ||
UKIP | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0.3 | 78 |
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