St Helens Council election, 2003

Elections to St Helens Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

St Helens Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	11			-1	57.9	48.4	32,246	+0.8%
	Liberal Democrat	6			0	31.6	33.3	22,209	-1.1%
	Conservative	2			+1	10.5	17.2	11,430	-0.4%
	Independent	0			0	0	0.9	581	+0.8%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	168	+0.3%

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alma Atherton	2,686	59.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Vera Stanton	1,072	23.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Langley	728	16.2	-1.0
Majority			1,614	36.0	-0.8
Turnout			4,486

Blackbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Smith	2,046	62.7	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dunn	791	24.2	-2.7
	Conservative	Joan Foster	426	13.1	+3.4
Majority			1,255	38.5	+2.0
Turnout			3,263

Broad Oak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Shields	1,885	64.2	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Mills	890	30.3	-8.9
	Conservative	Mark Collins	163	5.5	+0.4
Majority			995	33.9	+17.4
Turnout			2,938

Eccleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Evans	3,197	66.2	-5.1
	Labour	Jean West	844	17.5	+3.2
	Conservative	William Highcock	788	16.3	+2.0
Majority			2,353	48.7	-8.3
Turnout			4,829

Grange Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Glover	1,639	49.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	1,192	36.2	+9.0
	Conservative	Michael Marriott	461	14.0	-0.9
Majority			447	13.6	-11.1
Turnout			3,292

Haydock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Richardson	2,325	52.9	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Sheldon	1,632	37.2	+14.1
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	435	9.9	-3.7
Majority			693	15.7	-24.4
Turnout			4,392

Marshalls Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Topping	1,477
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Mills	1,421
	Labour	Michael Glover	807
	Labour	Derek Maylor	689
	Conservative	Barbara Johnson	198
Turnout			4,592

Moss Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ferry	2,026	47.0	-9.4
	Labour	Barbara Jakubiak	1,859	43.1	+5.2
	Conservative	John Cunliffe	425	9.9	+4.2
Majority			167	3.9	-14.6
Turnout			4,310

Newton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Astbury	1,827	48.3	-11.1
	Labour	Mark Rahaman	1,588	42.0	+8.5
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	370	9.8	+2.6
Majority			239	6.3	-19.6
Turnout			3,785

Newton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leon Maguire	2,293	60.5	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Virginia Taylor	950	25.1	-1.2
	Conservative	Catherine Perks	547	14.4	+2.5
Majority			1,343	35.4	-0.1
Turnout			3,790

Parr and Hardshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffery Molyneux	1,731	69.2	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	419	16.7	-2.4
	Conservative	Madeline Wilcock	185	7.4	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Leslie Teeling	168	6.7	+6.7
Majority			1,312	52.5	-0.5
Turnout			2,503

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McLachlan	1,962	61.2	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Ronan	857	26.7	-9.7
	Conservative	Charmain Pyke	386	12.0	+3.3
Majority			1,105	34.5	+16.1
Turnout			3,205

Rainford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parr	2,045	57.1	-3.3
	Labour	David Wood	1,233	34.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Pulfer	302	8.4	+0.0
Majority			812	22.7	-6.5
Turnout			3,580

Rainhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph DeAsha	2,479	57.2	-1.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	903	20.8	-3.7
	Independent	Neil Thompson	581	13.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Noreen Knowles	469	10.8	-5.5
Majority			1,676	36.4	+1.8
Turnout			4,332

Sutton and Bold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Topping	2,086	56.4	-2.4
	Labour	Philip Wiseman	1,380	37.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Jill Jones	231	6.2	+1.5
Majority			706	19.1	-3.3
Turnout			3,697

Thatto Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Seddon	2,090	63.8	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Pearl	812	24.8	+4.2
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	375	11.4	+0.8
Majority			1,278	39.0	-9.2
Turnout			3,277

West Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wiseman	1,580	62.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Marise Roberts	663	26.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Ian Hunt	290	11.4	-0.1
Majority			917	36.2	-4.3
Turnout			2,533

Windle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Roughley	2,130	57.1	+7.8
	Labour	Susan Murphy	1,130	30.3	-12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Katrina Young	470	12.6	+4.1
Majority			1,000	26.8	+19.8
Turnout			3,730

References

^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/268.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-18.

Preceded by St Helens Council election, 2002	St Helens local elections	Succeeded by St Helens Council election, 2004