2003 Wellingborough Borough Council election

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2003 Wellingborough Borough Council election
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  1999 1 May 2003 2007  

All 36 seats in the Wellingborough Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last election1520
Seats won279
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote11,9067,352
Percentage56.434.8

Wellingborough UK local election 2003 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2003 Wellingborough Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2003 Borough Council of Wellingborough election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Borough Council of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, England, UK. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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References

  1. "Borough Council election results 2003". Borough Council of Wellingborough. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.