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2003 Manchester City Council election
← 2002 1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) 2004 →
34 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Richard Leese Simon Ashley Vanessa Hall
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seat Crumpsall Gorton South Hulme
Last election 26 seats,
51.4% 		6 seats,
30.7% 		0 seats,
6.1%
Seats before 76 22 0
Seats won 21 12 1
Seats after 71 27 1
Seat change Decrease5 Increase5 Increase1
Popular vote 31,296 25,261 4,528
Percentage 44.8% 36.2% 6.5%
Swing Decrease6.6% Increase5.5% Increase0.4%
Map of results of 2003 election
Leader of the Council before election

Richard Leese
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Richard Leese
Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election as well as a vacancy in Benchill, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. Turnout was down slightly to 22.2%, with Labour retaining overall control of the council. The election saw the Greens winning their first seat, and half a dozen Liberal Democrat gains resulting in Labour's majority being the lowest in twenty years. The three Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour".[1][2]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 31,296 (44.8%)
Decrease 6.6 21 (61.7%)
21 / 34
 Decrease 5 77 (71.7%)
71 / 99
Liberal Democrats 25,261 (36.2%)
Increase 5.5 12 (35.3%)
12 / 34
 Increase 5 27 (27.3%)
27 / 99
Green Party 4,528 (6.5%)
Increase 0.4 1 (2.9%)
1 / 34
 Increase 1 1 (1.0%)
1 / 99
Conservative Party 6,951 (10.0%)
Increase 0.9 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent Labour 781 (1.1%)
Increase 0.3 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Decrease 1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Socialist Alliance 840 (1.0%)
Decrease 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
BNP 219 (0.3%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 66 (0.1%)
Decrease 0.5 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent Liberal 16 (0.0%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 34
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99


↓
1 71 27

Ward results

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Ardwick

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Ardwick[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Priest* 806 66.1 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Ilias Kazantzis 202 16.6 +2.8
Green Hannah Berry 109 8.9 −3.0
Conservative Raymond Wattenbach 102 8.4 +0.2
Majority 604 49.5 −2.9
Turnout 1,219 14.9 −1.6
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Baguley

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Baguley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Edward McCulley* 905 60.1 −5.9
Conservative Christopher Barlow 324 21.5 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Mary Gallagher 210 13.9 +1.4
Green Gareth Pittam 67 4.4 +0.4
Majority 581 38.6 −9.9
Turnout 1,506 17.2 −3.8
Labour hold Swing -4.9

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Trafford 1,376 59.9 −1.4
Labour Beth Morgan 621 27.0 +0.9
Conservative James Sharman 143 6.2 +0.5
Green John Cummings 80 3.5 −3.4
Socialist Alliance Claire Aze 77 3.4 +3.4
Majority 755 32.9 −2.3
Turnout 2,297 21.9 −2.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.1

Benchill

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Benchill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Cross 592 70.4 +0.5
Labour Richard Unwin 564
Liberal Democrats William Fisher 102 12.1 −3.0
Conservative Joyce Kaye 85 10.1 +0.1
Conservative Carol Roberts 82
Liberal Democrats Richard Vann 67
Green Peter Powell 62 7.4 +2.3
Green Stephen Walford 50
Majority 462 58.3 +3.5
Turnout 841 12.8 −2.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Beswick and Clayton

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Beswick and Clayton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Carmody* 883 49.9 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Elaine Boyes 748 42.3 +0.2
Conservative Christine Birchenough 66 3.7 +0.4
Independent Labour Fred Bates 41 2.3 −1.5
Green Susan Fairweather 31 1.8 +0.5
Majority 135 7.6 +1.8
Turnout 1,769 26.4 −3.2
Labour hold Swing +0.8

Blackley

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Blackley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Trotman* 1,163 68.7 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Connell 248 14.6 −0.4
Conservative Gerard Hopkins 207 12.2 +2.4
Green Robin Goater 75 4.4 +1.2
Majority 915 54.0 −3.0
Turnout 1,693 21.1 −3.6
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Bradford

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Bradford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Longsden 989 61.7 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Fairhurst* 518 32.3 −2.1
Conservative Brian Birchenough 66 4.1 +0.9
Green Elvis Presley 30 1.9 +0.3
Majority 471 29.4 +3.0
Turnout 1,603 23.9 −7.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +1.5

Brooklands

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Brooklands[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Susan Murphy* 957 50.7 −8.1
Conservative Jane Percival 562 29.8 −0.6
Liberal Democrats John Ellis 228 12.1 +4.9
Green Birgit Vollm 76 4.0 +0.4
Independent Honor Donnelly 66 3.5 +3.5
Majority 395 20.9 −7.5
Turnout 1,889 22.5 −5.0
Labour hold Swing -3.7

Burnage

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Burnage[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Cameron 1,758 60.8 +18.7
Labour Michael Green* 914 31.6 −14.7
Conservative Peter Schofield 142 4.9 −3.6
Green Michael Shaw 79 2.7 −0.5
Majority 844 29.2 +25.1
Turnout 2,893 29.1 +0.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +16.7

Central

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Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Rothery 1,041 49.9 +9.3
Labour Richard Carrothers 836 40.1 −8.9
Conservative Nicholas Davis 108 5.2 −0.7
Green Steven Durrant 91 4.4 +0.8
Independent Labour Derek Froggatt 11 0.5 +0.5
Majority 205 9.8 +1.4
Turnout 2,087 16.5 −3.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +9.1

Charlestown

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Charlestown[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eric Hobin* 1,043 54.1 −6.6
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood 498 25.8 −9.2
Conservative Marilyn Hopkins 302 15.7 +15.7
Green Mark Gilbert 84 4.4 +0.1
Majority 545 28.3 +2.6
Turnout 1,927 22.0 −3.3
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Cheetham

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Cheetham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal 1,522 49.4 +3.4
Labour Imran Rizvi* 1,305 42.4 −8.5
Conservative Adrian Glasspole 143 4.6 +4.6
Green Charlotte Daws 110 3.6 +0.5
Majority 217 7.0 +2.1
Turnout 3,080 33.0 −3.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +5.9

Chorlton

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Chorlton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Newman* 1,288 39.3 −5.4
Liberal Democrats Howard Totty 770 23.5 +4.5
Conservative Giles Campbell 487 14.9 −0.6
Green Michael Daw 470 14.3 +1.2
Socialist Alliance Heather Rose 263 8.0 +0.2
Majority 518 15.8 −9.9
Turnout 3,278 28.0 −4.0
Labour hold Swing -4.9

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cornelius Keegan 1,323 57.0 −4.6
Liberal Democrats David Gordon 477 20.6 +5.9
Conservative Garvan Walshe 350 15.1 +0.4
Green Joseph Richardson 158 6.8 +2.5
Socialist Alliance Karen Reissmann 12 0.5 −1.9
Majority 846 36.5 −10.4
Turnout 2,320 25.1 −3.2
Labour hold Swing -5.2

Didsbury

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Didsbury[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Sandiford* 2,116 51.8 +13.8
Labour Geoffrey Bridson 1,257 30.8 −3.7
Conservative Peter Hilton 491 12.0 −0.5
Green Kathryn Brownbridge 223 5.5 +0.7
Majority 859 21.0 +17.6
Turnout 4,087 34.9 −2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +8.7

Fallowfield

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Fallowfield[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernice Reid* 853 48.3 −11.9
Liberal Democrats John-Paul Wilkins 494 28.0 +9.0
Conservative William Langton 239 13.5 +1.0
Green Bruce Bingham 180 10.2 +2.0
Majority 359 20.3 −20.9
Turnout 1,766 15.0 −2.3
Labour hold Swing -10.4

Gorton North

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Gorton North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Pearcey* 1,155 50.7 −0.3
Labour Allan Grafton 842 36.9 +0.5
Conservative Lisa Boardman 223 9.8 +0.3
Green Victoria Bodgers 60 2.6 +1.2
Majority 313 13.7 −0.9
Turnout 2,280 24.0 −2.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.4

Gorton South

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Gorton South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Ashley* 1,242 61.2 +6.9
Labour Martin Rathfelder 630 31.0 −6.5
Green Penelope Collins 93 4.6 +0.4
Conservative Rosemary Bishop 65 3.2 −0.8
Majority 612 30.1 +13.2
Turnout 2,030 24.0 +1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.7

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Fairweather 835 67.8 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Rob Brettle 222 18.0 +5.3
Conservative Sebastian Chowdhury 129 10.5 +1.1
Green Darren Milton 45 3.7 +1.7
Majority 613 49.8 −3.9
Turnout 1,231 16.2 −2.8
Labour hold Swing -1.9

Hulme

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Hulme[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Vanessa Hall 678 43.3 +1.3
Labour John Flanagan* 667 42.6 −5.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Turvey 160 10.2 +1.5
Conservative Vincent Pierce 45 2.9 +1.5
Independent Liberal Charles Lyn-Lloyd 16 1.0 +1.0
Majority 11 0.7 −5.1
Turnout 1,566 16.0 +1.2
Green gain from Labour Swing +3.3

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Hennigan* 1,625 60.8 +5.8
Labour Michael Amesbury 667 25.0 −5.4
Green Sean Hughes 153 5.7 −0.1
Conservative Ann Hodkinson 128 4.8 +0.6
Socialist Alliance Sabrina Nutter 100 3.7 −0.9
Majority 958 35.8 +11.2
Turnout 2,673 26.1 −1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.6

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Murphy* 1,177 70.5 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Allen 213 12.8 −0.7
Conservative Howard Varney 198 11.9 −1.7
Green Matthew Payne 82 4.9 +3.4
Majority 964 57.7 +0.0
Turnout 1,670 20.0 −3.0
Labour hold Swing -0.1

Longsight

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Longsight[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali 1,152 44.6 +15.5
Labour Sajjad Hussain* 1,000 38.7 −15.9
Green Spencer Fitzgibbon 255 9.9 +0.8
Conservative Karen Abbad 177 6.8 −0.4
Majority 152 5.9 −19.6
Turnout 2,584 20.0 −0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +15.7

Moss Side

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Moss Side[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Locita Brandy 1,182 72.2 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Shirley Inniss 234 14.3 +5.5
Conservative Joyce Haycock 116 7.1 +1.4
Green Brian Sheedy 104 6.4 +1.2
Majority 948 57.9 −9.1
Turnout 1,636 18.8 −3.5
Labour hold Swing -4.5

Moston

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Moston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Cooper* 1,366 62.7 −0.3
Conservative Gerald Freedman-Goldberger 507 23.3 +23.3
Liberal Democrats Kevin Morley 198 9.1 −15.7
Green Barry McAtarsney 109 5.0 −2.9
Majority 859 39.4 +1.2
Turnout 2,180 23.1 −1.0
Labour hold Swing -11.8

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Wilson 774 38.7 −11.6
Independent Labour Damien O'Connor* 729 36.5 +36.5
BNP Derek Adams 219 11.0 +11.0
Conservative Albert Walsh 162 8.1 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Derrick Mellor 71 3.6 −3.3
Green Rachel Harper 44 2.2 −1.7
Majority 45 2.3 −19.8
Turnout 1,999 24.9 +1.9
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing -24.0

Northenden

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Northenden[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Kane* 1,112 57.7 +1.4
Conservative Ralph Ellerton 359 18.6 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Marguerite Goldsmith 285 14.8 +1.1
Green Lance Crookes 171 8.9 +1.0
Majority 753 39.1 +4.9
Turnout 1,927 19.6 −4.0
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Old Moat

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Old Moat[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeffrey Smith* 1,322 46.5 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Zalzala 1,141 40.2 +1.3
Green Brian Candeland 209 7.4 +1.8
Conservative Gary Kaye 169 5.9 +0.6
Majority 181 6.4 −4.9
Turnout 2,841 22.5 −4.1
Labour hold Swing -2.5

Rusholme

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Rusholme[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams 1,850 64.8 +25.4
Labour Zafar Mir* 722 25.3 −23.6
Conservative Barbara Goodall 138 4.8 −1.2
Socialist Alliance Mary Ainslie 76 2.7 +2.7
Green Christopher Middleton 69 2.4 −3.2
Majority 1,128 39.5 +30.1
Turnout 2,855 23.0 +1.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +24.5

Sharston

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Sharston[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Joyce Keller* 755 65.3 −1.2
Conservative John Kenny 171 14.8 −1.2
Liberal Democrats David Kierman 161 13.9 +1.3
Green Richard Gee 70 6.1 +1.2
Majority 584 50.5 −0.0
Turnout 1,157 15.0 −4.0
Labour hold Swing -0.0

Whalley Range

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Whalley Range[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Grant 1,491 49.1 +19.3
Labour Christopher Paul 1,024 33.7 −16.2
Green Mary Candeland 276 9.1 +0.0
Conservative Richard West 248 8.2 −3.0
Majority 467 15.4 −4.7
Turnout 3,039 30.6 −0.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +17.7

Withington

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Withington[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brendon Jones* 1,621 61.6 +0.1
Labour Gerard Collier 593 22.5 −1.7
Socialist Alliance Rachel Green 149 5.7 +2.5
Conservative Stuart Penketh 145 5.5 +0.4
Green Bushra Hussain 125 4.7 −1.3
Majority 1,028 39.0 +1.7
Turnout 2,633 21.6 −2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.9

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Neil* 890 71.8 −0.1
Conservative Ruby Raynor 154 12.4 +0.3
Liberal Democrats John Reyes 132 10.7 −1.6
Green Clifford Saffer 63 5.1 +1.4
Majority 736 59.4 −0.2
Turnout 1,239 15.7 −2.9
Labour hold Swing -0.2

References

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  1. ^ Manchester Evening News, 2 May 2003.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Manchester 2003 council election results". manchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 July 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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