Sheffield City Council election, 2003
The 2003 Sheffield Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sheffield City Council. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour took control of the council from no overall control with six gains from the Liberal Democrats.[1]
The election saw a trial of electronic voting in half of the council's wards.[2] Voters in these wards were able to vote by either text message, touch tone phone, internet, post, or use electronic kiosks as well as the normal polling stations.[2] Overall turnout was 29.5%, a half a percent fall on the previous year, a drop negated somewhat by the higher turnout in the wards trialing electronic voting.[3]
Election result
Sheffield Local Election Result 2003 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 17 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 58.6 | 41.0 | 45,473 | -3.3% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 12 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 41.4 | 36.0 | 39,951 | -0.4% | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14.3 | 15,907 | +0.8% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 6,797 | +2.8% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 989 | +0.9% | ||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 525 | -0.2% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 389 | -0.1% | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 237 | -0.2% | ||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 109 | +0.0% | ||
Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 87 | -0.0% |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 43 | 49 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 42 | 37 | |||
Conservatives | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 0 | 11 |
Ward results
Beauchief[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Sangar | 2,522 | 52.1 | -0.1 | |
Labour | William Breakell | 1,297 | 26.8 | -3.8 | |
Conservative | Gordon Gregory | 675 | 13.9 | +1.0 | |
Green | Christina Hespe | 335 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 1,225 | 25.3 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,829 | 34.0 | -2.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Birley[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Bryan Lodge | 2,392 | 65.5 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Judith Webster | 814 | 22.3 | -13.7 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 415 | 11.4 | +5.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 28 | 0.8 | |||
Majority | 1,578 | 43.2 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,621 | 26.0 | -8.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Brightside[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Webster | 1,859 | 57.4 | -14.1 | |
BNP | Christopher Hartigan | 587 | 18.1 | +18.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Reynolds | 373 | 11.5 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Patrick Maloney | 297 | 9.2 | -5.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Brian Fischer | 109 | 3.4 | -0.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 1,272 | 39.3 | -16.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,225 | 28.7 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.1 | |||
Broomhill[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Janice Sidebottom | 2,100 | 51.9 | -3.4 | |
Labour | Terence Cooper | 704 | 17.4 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | Matthew Wilson | 663 | 16.4 | +2.1 | |
Green | Gillian Booth | 561 | 13.9 | +2.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 1,396 | 34.5 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,028 | 26.3 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Burngreave[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Stephen Jones | 1,347 | 53.3 | -7.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joanna Hoogvelt | 508 | 20.1 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Bryan | 239 | 9.4 | +2.2 | |
Green | Christopher Sissons | 215 | 8.5 | +2.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | Alison Brown | 203 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 839 | 33.2 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,512 | 28.9 | -0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Castle[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Patricia Midgley | 1,402 | 64.7 | -5.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Coleman | 316 | 14.6 | +1.7 | |
Green | Graham Wroe | 273 | 12.6 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Young | 166 | 7.7 | +0.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 1,086 | 50.1 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,157 | 26.9 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
Chapel-Green[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Graham Oxley | 2,056 | 45.5 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Sheila Tyler | 1,885 | 41.7 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Miles Waters | 343 | 7.6 | -0.6 | |
Green | Craig Scaman | 204 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 171 | 3.8 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,488 | 24.7 | -1.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Darnall[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mary Lea | 1,907 | 51.0 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Shaffaq | 1,053 | 28.2 | -0.1 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 335 | 9.0 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Gordon Millward | 290 | 7.7 | -0.6 | |
Green | Linda Duckenfield | 130 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 854 | 22.8 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,715 | 28.3 | +4.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | -1.1 | |||
Dore[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Hill | 3,278 | 47.9 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Michael Waters | 2,401 | 35.0 | -2.9 | |
Labour | David Crosby | 926 | 13.5 | +2.9 | |
Green | Dawn Biram | 216 | 3.1 | +0.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 877 | 12.8 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,821 | 46.3 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Ecclesall[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Sylvia Duckley | 3,698 | 52.1 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | Sidney Cordle | 2,112 | 29.8 | -1.1 | |
Labour | John Darwin | 788 | 11.1 | -0.3 | |
Green | Gemma Lock | 471 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 1,586 | 22.4 | -3.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,069 | 47.3 | +6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
Firth Park[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mohammad Khan | 1,585 | 57.4 | -22.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anthony Holmes | 569 | 20.6 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Neville Paling | 307 | 11.1 | +2.8 | |
Green | Steven Marshall | 288 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 1,016 | 36.8 | -32.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,749 | 25.4 | -0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.4 | |||
Hallam[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Leonard Hesketh | 3,338 | 49.7 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Ryder | 1,985 | 29.6 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Dennis Brown | 977 | 14.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | Robert Murphy | 391 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 1,353 | 20.1 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,691 | 46.0 | -0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Handsworth[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Marjorie Barker | 2,209 | 60.9 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gail Smith | 418 | 11.5 | +0.1 | |
BNP | Derek Hutchinson | 402 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 293 | 8.1 | -2.1 | |
Independent Labour | Elsie Smith | 237 | 6.6 | -7.3 | |
UKIP | Charlotte Schofield | 54 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 1,791 | 49.4 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,613 | 26.0 | -0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Heeley[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Theresa Hainey | 1,442 | 37.1 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Raja Shaffique | 1,339 | 34.4 | -9.5 | |
Green | Robert Unwin | 511 | 13.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Trevor Grant | 383 | 9.8 | +4.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Richard Pitt | 202 | 5.2 | +0.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 103 | 2.6 | -6.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,877 | 31.0 | -3.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Hillsborough[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Janet Bragg | 1,787 | 44.3 | -3.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Vickie Priestley | 1,581 | 39.2 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 378 | 9.4 | -0.4 | |
Green | Christopher McMahon | 271 | 6.7 | +1.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.3 | |||
Majority | 206 | 5.1 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,017 | 29.0 | -1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | -4.3 | |||
Intake[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Campbell | 2,027 | 55.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Frank Taylor | 1,049 | 28.5 | -6.6 | |
Conservative | Philip Kirby | 367 | 9.9 | +2.1 | |
Green | Eamonn Ward | 224 | 6.1 | +2.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 978 | 26.5 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,667 | 26.5 | -3.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Manor[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gillian Furniss | 1,354 | 74.8 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Huntsman | 265 | 14.6 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Andrew Watson | 183 | 10.1 | +0.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 1,089 | 60.2 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,802 | 22.3 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Mosborough[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Christopher Rosling-Josephs | 3,119 | 55.2 | -5.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Terence McElligott | 1,405 | 24.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 1,084 | 19.2 | +0.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 38 | 0.7 | |||
Majority | 1,714 | 30.3 | -10.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,608 | 21.3 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.4 | |||
Nether Edge[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Patricia White | 2,476 | 50.7 | +1.6 | |
Labour | James Lafferty | 1,314 | 26.9 | -2.1 | |
Green | Mervyn Smith | 681 | 13.9 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Quari Siddique | 382 | 7.8 | +0.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 32 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 1,162 | 23.8 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,853 | 39.4 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Nether Shire[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Rippon | 2,103 | 72.7 | -4.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Allan Wisbey | 456 | 15.7 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Marie Weston | 317 | 10.9 | +1.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 1,647 | 56.9 | -7.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,876 | 26.0 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
Netherthorpe[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Stephen Ayris | 1,334 | 41.6 | -3.6 | |
Labour | Rosemary Telfer | 1,044 | 32.5 | -0.6 | |
Green | Bernard Little | 648 | 20.2 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Paul Wallace | 164 | 5.1 | +0.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 290 | 9.0 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,190 | 26.7 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Norton[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Beverley Wright | 1,534 | 45.3 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Auckland | 1,507 | 44.5 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 325 | 9.6 | -0.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 27 | 0.8 | -9.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,366 | 31.5 | -1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Owlerton[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mark Wilde | 2,112 | 73.5 | -3.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Valerie Moffett | 454 | 15.8 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Eric Kirby | 292 | 10.2 | +2.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 1,658 | 57.7 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,858 | 27.6 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Park[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Robson | 1,252 | 71.2 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Louise Truman | 307 | 17.4 | -11.2 | |
Conservative | Amanda Gregory | 102 | 5.8 | +2.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | Terence Wykes | 87 | 4.9 | +0.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 945 | 53.7 | +21.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,748 | 20.0 | -5.1 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Sharrow[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Mohammad Nazir | 1,288 | 42.0 | -14.2 | |
Green | Jillian Creasy | 686 | 22.3 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Haq Nawaz | 678 | 22.1 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Ramsay | 289 | 9.4 | +1.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | Angela Shann | 120 | 3.9 | -0.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | |||
Majority | 602 | 19.7 | -17.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,061 | 27.1 | +4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.1 | |||
South Wortley[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | David Baker | 2,640 | 48.0 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Adele Jagger | 2,002 | 36.4 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Alexander Carroll | 832 | 15.1 | -0.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.5 | |||
Majority | 638 | 11.6 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,474 | 29.1 | -1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Southey Green[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Anthony Damms | 1,707 | 79.5 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Bowden | 241 | 11.2 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | Kevin Mahoney | 181 | 8.4 | +1.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.8 | |||
Majority | 1,466 | 68.3 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,129 | 23.6 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
Stocksbridge[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Davis | 1,383 | 51.8 | -8.8 | |
Labour | Sandra White | 911 | 34.1 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Paula Axelby | 177 | 6.6 | -1.4 | |
Green | Angela Roberts | 175 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.9 | |||
Majority | 472 | 17.7 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,646 | 25.0 | -1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -6.0 | |||
Walkley[3][4][5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Harston | 1,690 | 44.6 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Abdul Khayum | 1,302 | 34.3 | -8.8 | |
Green | Nicola Freeman | 517 | 13.6 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Peter Smith | 265 | 7.0 | +2.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 388 | 10.2 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,774 | 28.9 | -3.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
References
- ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- 1 2 "E-asy way to register your vote". Sheffield Star. 2003-04-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Sheffield 2003 election results (via WayBackMachine)". sheffield.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Local elections: Sheffield, 1st May 2003". Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Sheffield Council Candidates, 2003". Retrieved 2011-11-02.
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