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National Assembly for Wales election, 2003
The National Assembly for Wales election, 2003 was the second general election to the National Assembly for Wales . It was held on 1 May 2003 .The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party , whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned. Having won thirty seats Labour chose to govern without a coalition partner.[ 1]
This election also saw the returning of John Marek as an independent member of the Assembly.
Party leaders in 2003
National vote
Results map of the 2003 National Assembly election (constituency results).
First-Past-the-Post results
Welsh Assembly election, 2003
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Labour
30
4
1
+3
75
40.0
340,535
+2.44
Plaid Cymru
5
0
4
-4
12.5
21.2
180,185
-7.22
Conservative
1
0
0
0
2.5
19.9
169,842
+4.08
Liberal Democrats
3
0
0
0
7.5
14.1
120,250
+0.68
UKIP
0
0
0
0
0
2.3
19,795
John Marek Independent Party
1
0
0
+1
0
1.0
8,749
Independent
0
0
0
0
0
0.5
5,101
Tinker Against the Assembly
0
0
0
0
0
0.3
2,201
Socialist Alliance
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
1,554
Socialist Alternative
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
1,193
Caerphilly Ind
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
930
Socialist Labour
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
410
Captain Beany
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
289
ProLife Alliance
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
239
Annibynnol Cymru
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
114
Swing from Plaid Cymru to Labour of 4.83%
Total votes cast - 851,387
Additional Member System results
File:WelshAssemblyRegions 2003.jpg Results map of the 2003 National Assembly election (regional list results).
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style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservative Party" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Welsh Liberal Democrats" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="United Kingdom Independence Party" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EE1C25;" data-sort-value="Socialist Labour Party (UK)" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2e3b74;" data-sort-value="British National Party" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #333333;" data-sort-value="ProLife Alliance" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F93822;" data-sort-value="Communist Party of Britain" |
Party
Votes
Seats
Loss/Gain
Share of Vote (%)
Labour
310,658
0
-1
36.6
Plaid Cymru
167,653
7
-1
19.7
Conservative
162,725
10
+2
19.2
Liberal Democrats
108,013
3
0
12.7
Green
30,028
0
0
3.5
UKIP
29,427
0
0
3.5
John Marek
11,008
0
0
1.3
Socialist Labour
10,358
0
0
Independent Wales
6,466
0
0
Pensioners
3,968
0
0
BNP
3,210
0
0
ProLife Alliance
2,183
0
0
Vote 2 Stop The War
1,729
0
0
Communist
1,099
0
0
Captain Beany
1,027
0
0
Total votes cast - 849,552
Assembly Members returned
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style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Welsh Conservative Party" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Welsh Liberal Democrats" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6D3177;" data-sort-value="United Kingdom Independence Party" |
See also
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