Aberdeen City Council election, 2003

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Aberdeen City Council election, 2003
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  1999 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2007  

All 43 seats to Aberdeen City Council
22 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour SNP
Seats won 20 14 6

  Fourth party
 
Party Conservative
Seats after 3

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The 43 single-member wards

Council Leader after election

TBD

The 2003 Aberdeen City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Aberdeen City Council. The election was the last one using the established 43 single member wards using the plurality (first past the post), before the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004.

Aberdeen City Council Place

Aberdeen City Council represents the Aberdeen City council area of Scotland.

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004

The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, inter alia, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.

The results saw the council turn from Labour control to no overall control, with the Liberal Democrats being the largest party.

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, the term no overall control refers to a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats; and is analogous to a hung parliament. Of the 310 councils who had members up for election in the 2007 local elections, 85 resulted in a NOC administration.

Election results

Aberdeen City Local Election Result 2003 [1] [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 20Increase2.svg8 35.4 26,990
  Labour 14Decrease2.svg8 24.2 18,456
  SNP 6Increase2.svg3 23.0 17,522
  Conservative 3Decrease2.svg3 15.3 11,690
  Scottish Socialist 0 1.7 1,269
  Independent 0 0.5 376
  National Front 0 0.1 44

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References

  1. "Elections Database 1974 - May 2003". Aberdeen City Council. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2003/427/