2003 West Lothian Council election

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2003 West Lothian Council election
  1999 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2007  

All 32 seats to West Lothian Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour SNP
Last election20 seats, 45.1%11 seats, 41.6%
Seats won1812
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote25,35621,184
Percentage43.5%36.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.6%Decrease2.svg 5.3%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Last election1 seat, 8.6%0 seats, 0.2%
Seats won11
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote5,3901,463
Percentage9.2%2.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.6%Increase2.svg 2.3%

West Lothian Council election, 2003.svg
The 32 single member wards

Elections to West Lothian Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the last to use the FPTP based ward system, and saw Labour retaining their majority on the council.

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Results

2003 West Lothian Council election result
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 18Decrease2.svg 256.343.525,356Decrease2.svg 1.6
  SNP 12Increase2.svg 137.536.321,184Decrease2.svg 5.3
  Conservative 1Steady2.svg3.19.25,390Increase2.svg 0.6
  Independent 1Increase2.svg 13.12.51,463Increase2.svg 2.3
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.07.04,100Increase2.svg 2.5
  Scottish Socialist 000Steady2.svg0.01.4842New

Source: [1]

Ward results

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References

  1. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 15 August 2024.