2003 Leicester City Council election

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The 2003 Leicester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Leicester City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the total number of seats was reduced from 56 to 54.

Summary[edit]

2003 Leicester City Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 25 Increase 9 46.3 32.8 56,213 +5.6
  Labour 19 Decrease 11 35.2 36.0 61,753 –11.7
  Conservative 9 Decrease 1 16.7 22.5 38,554 +0.3
  Green 1 Increase 1 1.9 4.9 8,410 +2.7
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 2.3 3,932 +1.8
  Socialist Labour 0 Steady 0.0 0.9 1,579 +0.7
  BNP 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 886 N/A
  Socialist Alliance 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 192 N/A

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 21 January 2023.