2003 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 21.7%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Party		Seats	±
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |	Liberal Democrats	63
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Labour	31
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK, 1989)/meta/color" |	Liberal	3	0
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	Independent	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	22			-2	64.7	49.8	37,194	-0.5%
	Labour	11			+4	29.4	34.2	25,514	-1.2%
	Liberal	1			+1	2.9	6.8	5,066	+1.3%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	1			-1	2.9	1.4	1,034	+1.4%
	Conservative	0			0	0	4.1	3,050	-0.1%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	0			0	0	2.8	2,093	+0.8%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.6	461	+0.2%
	BNP	0			0	0	0.3	242	+0.1%
	Independent	0			-2	0	0	0	-1.7%

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brant *	953	61.3%	-4.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda-Jane Buckle	288	18.5	+3.2
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Peter Cranie	230	14.8	+4.0
	Conservative	John Creagh	55	3.5	-1.3
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	29	1.9	-1.4
Majority			665
Registered electors
Turnout
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Antrobus *	1,394	47.3%	-3.4%
	Labour	Barbara Murray	654	22.2	-4.9
	Liberal	Catherine Hancox	315	10.7	+10.7
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Alexander Rudkin	239	8.1	-0.1
	Conservative	Michael Bunter	235	8.0	+0.0
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Henzel	111	3.8	+3.8
Majority			740	25.1	+1.5
Registered electors
Turnout			2,948	21.1
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Best *	1,599	52.3%	-2.9%
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	603	19.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Mark Bill	536	17.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	185	6.1	-2.0
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Andrew Hoban	134	4.4	+1.4
Majority			996	32.6	-3.3
Registered electors
Turnout			3,057	25.2
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Quinn	1,162	47.0%	-8.5%
	Liberal	Michael Butler	666	27.0	+27.0
	Labour	Sheila Murphy	416	16.8	-8.1
	BNP	Joseph Owens	150	6.1	+6.1
	Socialist Alliance	Lesley Mahmood	47	1.9	+0.0
	Conservative	Alistair Furze	30	1.2	+1.2
Majority			496	20.0	-10.6
Registered electors
Turnout			2,471	24.4
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mirna Juarez *	1,141	61.2%	+7.5%
	Labour	Anthony Murphy	401	21.5	-7.9
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Donald Ross	144	7.7	+0.1
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Foulkes	125	6.7	+1.0
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	53	2.8	-0.6
Majority			740	39.7	+15.4
Registered electors
Turnout			1,864	16.7
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McIntosh	972	66.4%	+2.9%
	Liberal Democrats	James Gaskell	314	21.4	-5.0
	Liberal	Daniel Wood	178	12.2	+2.1
Majority			658	45.0	+7.9
Registered electors
Turnout			1,464	18.1
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Newby	1,244	54.9%	-5.3%
	Labour	Peter Davidson	796	35.1	+4.9
	Socialist Alliance	John Ralph	79	3.5	+0.3
	Conservative	Keith Sutton	77	3.4	+0.8
	Liberal	Deborah Tilston	71	3.1	-0.8
Majority			448	19.8%	-10.2%
Registered electors
Turnout			2,267	19.8%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones	2,344	68.8%
	Labour	Janet Kent	623	18.3
	Conservative	George Powell	213	6.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Anne Saunders	137	4.0
	Liberal	Francis Porter	88	2.6
Majority			1,721	50.5
Registered electors
Turnout			3,405	25.9
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Church

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Bradley *	3,135	80.1%	+6.8%
	Labour	Robert Carney	525	13.4	-2.8
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Eleanor Martin	254	6.5	+1.5
Majority			2,610	66.7	+8.6
Registered electors
Turnout			3,914	26.4%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rochne Gladden	1,155	55.0%	+9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	George Smith	713	33.9	+9.7
	Liberal	Paul Jones	192	9.1	-21.5
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Eric Cartmel	41	2.0	+2.0
Majority			442	21.1	+6.6
Registered electors
Turnout			2,101	23.8
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

County

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Fielding	1,642	64.4%	+7.3%
	Labour	Patrick Delahunty	856	33.6	-6.1
	Liberal	Roger Webb	51	2.0	-1.2
Majority			786	28.8	+11.4
Registered electors
Turnout			2,549	23.7%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Mills *	2,070	66.2%	-2.7%
	Labour	Peter Tuffley	650	20.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	237	7.6	+1.8
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Ian Graham	89	2.8	+2.8
	Liberal	Barbara Pickstock	79	2.5	-0.5
Majority			1,420	45.4	-1.1
Registered electors
Turnout			3,125	23.6%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Coyne	1,489	59.9%
	Labour	Jack Johhnson	880	35.4
	Conservative	David Patmore	74	3.0
	Liberal	David O'Brien	42	1.7
Majority			609	24.5
Registered electors
Turnout			2,485	24.4%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ousby	1,175	50.0%	+8.0%
	Labour	Nicholas Small	967	41.1	-7.5
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	134	5.7	-0.8
	Conservative	Audrey Bowness	75	3.2	+0.2
Majority			208	8.9
Registered electors
Turnout			2,351	25.2%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Everton

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Sullivan	442	54.6%	-0.8%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	Alfred Hincks	229	28.3%	+5.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanore Clein	81	10.0%	-2.0%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Justine Williams	31	3.8%	+0.3%
	Conservative	Catherine Hirst	14	1.7%	-2.8%
	Liberal	Beryl Ackers	13	1.6%	-0.1%
Majority			213	26.3%	-6.2%
Registered electors
Turnout			810	11.8%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Spriggs	1,432	70.5%	+2.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Seddon	463	22.8	-3.0
	Liberal	George roberts	136	6.7	+0.9
Majority			969	47.7	+5.1
Registered electors
Turnout			2,031	18.8%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Cummins	1,444	46.8%	-5.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Moloney *	1,418	45.9%	+7.6%
	Conservative	Brian Jones	103	3.3%	+0.7%
	Liberal	Frances Fall	83	2.7%	-2.3%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Anne Graham	38	1.2%	+1.2%
Majority			26	0.9%	-12.7%
Registered electors
Turnout			3,086	22.8%
Rejected ballots
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Granby

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dean	694	56.9%	-15.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Butler	264	21.7	+6.0
	Socialist Alliance	Madeline Heneghan	99	8.1	+8.1
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Jean Hill	62	5.1	-2.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Watkin	53	4.3	+1.6
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	47	3.9	+2.0
Majority			430	35.2	-21.1
Registered electors
Turnout			1,219	15.3%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Grasswndale

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Scott	2,270	68.3%	+0.4%
	Labour	Catherine Dooley	526	15.8	-2.3
	Conservative	Carl Cross	251	7.6	-1.5
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Jennifer Brown	185	5.6	+1.8
	Liberal	Karen Williams	92	2.8	+1.7
Majority			1,744	52.5	+2.7
Registered electors
Turnout			3,324	27.7
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doran *	1,220	56.7%	+5.7%
	Labour	Michael Fox	742	34.5	-9.6
	BNP	Michael Shell	92	4.3	+4.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Faye Griffiths	45	2.1	+2.1
	Conservative	Francis Dunne	30	1.4	-1.4
	Liberal	James Richardson	23	1.1	-1.0
Majority			478	22.2	+15.3
Registered electors
Turnout			2,152	21.5%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Melrose

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Booth	1,340	85.2%	+25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clein	180	11.4	-1.9
	Liberal	Vivienne Woodward	53	3.4	-2.4
Majority			1,160	73.8	+34.8
Registered electors
Turnout			1,573	17.1
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherley

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Marshall	837	51.7%	+13.9%
	Labour	Oliver Martins	747	46.3	-9.6
	Conservative	Joyce Larrosa	22	1.4	-0.2
	Liberal	Jean Worrall	9	0.6	+0.6
Majority			87	5.4
Registered electors
Turnout			1,612	28.5%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Turner	1,404	68%
	Labour	John McCabe	476	23.2	-3.4
	Liberal	Edith Bamford	100	4.9	+1.3
	Conservative	Francis Stevens	75	3.6	-0.5
Majority			928	45.1	+6.0
Registered electors
Turnout			2,055	20.9%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Picton

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Kemp *	1,465	72.0%	+8.7%
	Labour	Angela Glanville	413	20.3	-9.6
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Jennifer Andrew	113	5.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Ann Temple	43	2.1	-0.1
Majority			1,052	51.7	+18.3
Registered electors
Turnout			2,034	19.0%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie - 2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Cooke	1,038	65%
	Labour	Alan Walker	932	58%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lye	210	13%
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Woods	177	11%
	Conservative	Mark Cotterell	157	11%
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	123	8%
	Conservative	Natalie Linnane	113	7%
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	109	7%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Laura Jackson	61	4%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Gerard Quayle	37	2%
Majority			828
Registered electors
Turnout			2,957	16.2%
Rejected ballots
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St/ Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Oglethorpe	1,280	65.5%	+6.4%
	Labour	Rodger Lafferty	464	23.8	-5.9
	BNP	Raymond Malone	120	6.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Michael Williams	49	2.5	-1.0
	Conservative	Derek Nuttall	40	2.0	+0.2
Majority			816	41.7	+12.3
Registered electors
Turnout			1,953	22.0%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Makinson	893	57.7%	+21.6%
	Labour	Richard Keenan	495	32.0	-17.6
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Simon Holgate	89	5.7	+3.7
	Liberal	John Moore	40	2.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Grahame Harden	32	2.1	+0.8
Majority			398	25.7
Registered electors
Turnout			1,549	18.5
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Speke

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Knight	651	'51.3%	+2.1%
	Liberal Democrats	George Smith	600	47.3	-1.3
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	18	1.4	-0.8
Majority			51	4.0	+3.4
Registered electors
Turnout			1,269	20.6%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christopher Lenton	1,667	71.9%	+0.4%
	Labour	Pamela Thomas	405	17.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Woods	188	8.1	-1.1
	Conservative	June Brandwood	60	2.6	+0.5
Majority			1,262	54.4	-1.6
Registered electors
Turnout			2,320	21.0%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal hold		Swing

Valley

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis O'Donoghue	936	50.8%	-5.6%
	Labour	Christopher Nezianya	768	41.7	+5.7
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Vera Jones	56	3.0	+3.0
	Liberal	Deborah Mayes	50	2.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Norman Coppell	31	1.7	-0.8
Majority			168	9.1	-11.3
Registered electors
Turnout			1,841	26.0%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liverpool Labour Community Party	Pauline Connolly *	805	53.0%	+53.0%
	Labour	Christine Norris	633	41.7%	-45.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McHugh	34	2.2%	-6.6%
	Liberal	Damien Daly	23	1.5%	+1.5%
	Conservative	Alma McGing	12	0.8%	-1.0%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Anja Ploger	12	0.8%	-1.0%
Majority			172	11.3%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,519	29.3%
Rejected ballots
	Liverpool Labour Community Party gain from Labour

Warbreck

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Seddon	1,317	49.6%	-12.6%
	Labour	James Gabriel	1,029	38.8	+4.0
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	307	11.6	+8.6
Majority			288	10.8	-16.6
Registered electors
Turnout			2,653	19.4%
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Mace	2,186	68.4%	+1.8%
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	411	12.9	-3.9
	Labour	Francis Steer	392	12.3	-0.4
	Liberal	Maria Langley	112	3.5	+2.4
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Naomi Rose	96	3.0	+0.3
Majority			1,775	55.5	+5.7
Registered electors
Turnout			3,197	26.6
Rejected ballots
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing