2003 Derby City Council election

The 2003 Derby City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[1]

2003 Derby Council election
1 May 2003
17 of 51 seats to Derby City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 27 12
Seats won 7 6
Seats after 25 13
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 18,586 18,234
Percentage 31.5% 30.9%
Swing Decrease2 Increase1
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Seats before 11 1
Seats won 5 1
Seats after 12 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 18,039 4,113
Percentage 30.6% 7.0%
Swing Increase1 Steady
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

No overall control

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result
2003 Derby Local Election Result[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 0 2 Decrease2 36.8 31.5 18,586
  Liberal Democrats 6 1 0 Increase1 31.6 30.9 18,234
  Conservative 5 1 0 Increase1 26.3 30.6 18,039
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady 5.3 7.0 4,113

Ward results

Abbey
Location of Abbey ward
Abbey[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Bryan Lowe 1,283 52.5
Labour Michael Fuller 791 32.3
Conservative David Hart 287 11.7
Independent Ronald McKeown 85 3.5
Majority 492 20.2
Turnout 2,446 25.6
Liberal Democrats hold

Allestree
Location of Allestree ward
Allestree[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Balbir Samra 2,132 50.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Jackson 1,053 25.0
Labour David Byrne 1,021 24.3
Majority 1,079 25.7
Turnout 4,206 39.1
Conservative hold

Alvaston
Location of Alvaston ward
Alvaston[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christopher Wynn 1,231 47.5
Conservative Adrian Pegg 536 20.7
Independent Trevlyn Atkinson 417 16.1
Liberal Democrats Cara Copestick 408 15.7
Majority 695 26.8
Turnout 2,592 25.0
Labour hold

Arboretum
Location of Arboretum ward
Arboretum[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Fareed Hussain 1,168 44.8
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Newby 595 22.8
Conservative Shayad Mahmood 535 20.5
Independent Margaret Rooney 309 11.9
Majority 573 22.0
Turnout 2,607 26.1
Labour hold

Blagreaves
Location of Blagreaves ward
Blagreaves[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Robert Troup 2,044 57.5
Labour Stephen Melvin 911 25.6
Conservative Janice Lee 537 15.1
Independent Andries Olivier 61 1.7
Majority 1,133 31.9
Turnout 3,553 36.7
Liberal Democrats hold

Boulton
Location of Boulton ward
Boulton[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ronald Allen 1,316 41.8
Labour Mark Tittley 1,123 35.7
Conservative Sean Conway 521 16.6
Liberal Democrats Eric Ashburner 186 5.9
Majority 193 6.1
Turnout 3,146 31.3
Independent hold

Chaddesden
Location of Chaddesten ward
Chaddesden[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anne MacDonald 1,475 49.2
Conservative Vincent Mills 973 32.5
Liberal Democrats Leslie Alcock 448 14.9
Independent Brian Low 102 3.4
Majority 502 16.7
Turnout 2,998 29.6
Labour hold

Chellaston (2 seats)
Location of Chellaston ward
Chellaston (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ronald Liversedge 1,393
Conservative Julie Hickson 1,274
Labour David Whitehead 1,189
Labour Alan Mullarkey 1,009
Independent David Black 572
Independent Julia Slater 396
Liberal Democrats Christine Yates 290
Liberal Democrats Harjinder Naitta 195
Turnout 6,318 34.2
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Darley
Location of Darley ward
Darley[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Joan Travis 1,406 41.9
Labour Michael Futers 973 29.0
Conservative Graham Else 876 26.1
Independent Graham Leeming 101 3.0
Majority 433 12.9
Turnout 3,356 34.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Derwent
Location of Derwent ward
Derwent[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Suman Gupta 853 43.0
Conservative Franklyn Harwood 719 36.2
Liberal Democrats Rafe Nauen 233 11.7
Independent Mark Bull 179 9.0
Majority 134 6.8
Turnout 1,984 20.7
Labour hold

Littleover
Location of Littleover ward
Littleover[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Michael Carr 2,298 64.4
Conservative Mark Collins 803 22.5
Labour Peter Blount 468 13.1
Majority 1,495 41.9
Turnout 3,569 37.5
Liberal Democrats hold

Mackworth
Location of Mackworth ward
Mackworth[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Veronica Wilsoncroft 1,104 47.5
Conservative Elizabeth Waters 742 31.9
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Brown 479 20.6
Majority 362 15.6
Turnout 2,325 23.9
Labour hold

Mickleover
Location of Mickleover ward
Mickleover (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Margaret Hird 2,558
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Winter 2,516
Conservative Virginia Lemmings 1,468
Conservative Christine Pearn 1,449
Labour Lisa Higginbottom 536
Labour Keith Normington 427
Independent Ivor Cox 96
Turnout 9,050 42.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Normanton
Location of Normanton ward
Normanton[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Amar Nath 1,351 47.6
Liberal Democrats Sean Marshall 1,092 38.5
Conservative Joan Magee 306 10.8
Independent Richard Bull 89 3.1
Majority 259 9.1
Turnout 2,838 28.9
Labour hold

Oakwood
Location of Oakwood ward
Oakwood[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Paul West 1,408 52.1
Labour Phillip Woodhead 900 33.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Clayden 392 14.5
Majority 508 18.8
Turnout 2,700 27.0
Conservative hold

Sinfin
Location of Sinfin ward
Sinfin[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Prem Chera 1,049 53.7
Liberal Democrats Leigh Alcock 367 18.8
Conservative Richard Pearn 282 14.4
Independent Mario Colella 165 8.4
Independent Dorothy Skrytek 90 4.6
Majority 682 34.9
Turnout 1,953 20.6
Labour hold

Spondon
Location of Spondon ward
Spondon[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Peter Berry 1,798 54.0
Labour Frank Kirkland 1,007 30.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick Peat 391 11.7
Independent William Peake 135 4.1
Majority 791 23.8
Turnout 3,331 35.1
Conservative hold

References
  1. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  2. "Local council election results". The Telegraph. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. "Election results; English Councils; Local elections 2003". The Times. 2 May 2003. p. 16.
  4. "Election Results". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
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