South Lanarkshire Council election, 2003

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

Election results

South Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2003[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52					49.1	55,818
	SNP	7					27.4	31,152
	Conservative	3					13.5	15,323
	Liberal Democrats	2					4.7	5,336
	Scottish Socialist	0					2.1	2,386
	Independent	3					3.2	3,651

Ward results

Clydesdale

Lanark North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary McNeill	761	39.6
	Conservative	Alistair Campbell	656	34.1
	SNP	Carolyn Park	349	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Waddell	157	8.2
Majority			105	5.5

Lanark South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Reilly	802	46.2
	SNP	Frank Gunning	550	31.7
	Conservative	Patrick Ross-Taylor	384	22.1
Majority			252	14.5

Lesmahagow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander McInnes	1,010	55.8
	SNP	David Smart	684	37.8
	Conservative	Grace Parton	116	6.4
Majority			326	18.0

Blackwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Archibald Manson	910	54.0
	Labour	Esther Serrels	662	39.2
	Conservative	Louise Hodgson	116	6.9
Majority			248	14.7

Clyde Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Rush	521	33.4
	SNP	Thomas Ashburn	515	33.0
	Conservative	Alex Allison	329	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Hill	195	12.5
Majority			6	0.4

Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Thomas McAlpine	1,166	64.6
	Conservative	John Lyon	485	26.9
	Labour	Angela McGranachan	155	8.6
Majority			681	37.7

Duneaton/Carmichael
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Forrest	878	55.5
	SNP	Thomas Mitchell	441	27.9
	Labour	Michael Derrington	263	16.6
Majority			437	27.6

Carstairs/Carnwath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Beverly Gauld	831	55.5
	Labour	Lindy Barbour	428	28.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Ross-Taylor	239	16.0
Majority			403	26.9

Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Meikle	1,661	65.2
	SNP	Lindsay Addison	804	31.6
	Conservative	David Parton	82	3.2
Majority			857	33.6

Carluke/Whitehill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Logan	1,276	63.9
	SNP	Stuart Moffat	509	25.5
	Conservative	Donald Hopkins	211	10.6
Majority			767	38.4

Carluke/Crawforddyke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Ross	1,114	60.4
	SNP	John Allen	537	29.1
	Conservative	Henry Ross-Taylor	192	10.4
Majority			577	31.3

Forth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ian Gray	920	46.6
	Labour	John Roberts	745	37.7
	Conservative	David Taylor	310	15.7
Majority			175	8.9

Law/Carluke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	David Shearer	979	49.2
	Labour	Edward Wright	793	39.9
	Conservative	James Young	216	10.9
Majority			186	9.4

East Kilbride

Long Calderwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Carlin	892	54.7
	SNP	John Lowe	631	38.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Gauld	108	6.6
Majority			261	16.0

Calderglen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Young	959	51.2
	Labour	John Cairney	732	39.1
	SNP	James Wardhaugh	181	9.7
Majority			227	12.1

Blacklaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Anne Maggs	1,082	56.5
	Labour	John Quinn	559	29.2
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	273	14.3
Majority			523	27.3

Morrishall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dick	949	54.4
	Conservative	Agnes Cameron	623	35.7
	SNP	Stephen McKellar	171	9.8
Majority			326	18.7

Maxwellton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Thomson	929	52.0
	SNP	John McKenna	649	36.3
	Conservative	Ian McCulloch	208	11.6
Majority			280	15.7

East Mains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Mitchell	898	47.2
	SNP	Clare Keane	831	43.6
	Conservative	Helen McCallum	175	9.2
Majority			67	3.5

West Mains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William McNab	994	73.4
	SNP	Scot MacQueen	203	15.0
	Conservative	Isabella Perratt	157	11.6
Majority			791	58.4

Duncanrig
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stewart Crawford	946	54.8
	SNP	John MacQueen	449	26.0
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Sands	205	11.9
	Conservative	Jean Davidson	125	7.2
Majority			497	28.8

Westwoodhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Scott	914	57.4
	SNP	Hugh Gavin	567	35.6
	Conservative	Anne Stewart	112	7.0
Majority			347	21.8

Headhouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Watters	849	50.7
	SNP	Diane McAnsh	492	29.4
	Scottish Socialist	John Shaw	201	12.0
	Conservative	Patricia Harrow	131	7.8
Majority			357	21.3

Heatheryknowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Convery	876	55.4
	SNP	Graeme Macklin	464	29.3
	Scottish Socialist	Theresa Barr	150	9.5
	Conservative	Gavin Douglas	91	5.8
Majority			412	26.1

Greenhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Archie Buchanan	1,003	66.4
	Labour	Marcel Legowski	358	23.7
	Scottish Socialist	Catherine Pedersen	107	7.1
	Conservative	Moira Brown	42	2.8
Majority			645	42.7

Whitehills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Docherty	905	56.5
	SNP	Douglas Edwards	627	39.1
	Conservative	Kenneth Lawton	71	4.4
Majority			278	17.3

Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	David Watson	883	52.3
	Labour	John Timoney	563	33.3
	Conservative	John Steel	133	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Linskey	110	6.5
Majority			320	18.9

Mossneuk/Kittoch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McCann	1,017	54.6
	SNP	John Anderson	558	29.9
	Conservative	Margaret McCulloch	289	15.5
Majority			459	24.6

Stewartfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Hughes	989	51.7
	SNP	Elaine McDougall	548	28.6
	Conservative	Margaret Lang	377	19.7
Majority			441	23.0

Lindsay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Docherty	836	41.6
	SNP	John Anderson	800	39.8
	Conservative	Matthew Ferguson	374	18.6
Majority			36	1.8

Avondale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Malloy	767	37.4
	Conservative	Carol Ballard	531	25.9
	SNP	William Holman	501	24.4
	Liberal Democrats	George Stewart	251	12.2
Majority			236	11.5

Avondale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector MacDonald	843	41.7
	Labour	Peter Duff	557	27.5
	SNP	Alan Stevenson	441	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Benzies	182	9.0
Majority			286	14.1

References

1. ↑ http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2003/document058.html

Preceded by South Lanarkshire Council election, 1999

South Lanarkshire Council elections

Succeeded by South Lanarkshire Council election, 2007

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