2003 Portsmouth City Council election

Map of the results of the 2003 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 26.6%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 16
• Conservative 15
• Labour 11

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7	3	0	+3	50.0	35.3	13,281	+5.6%
	Conservative	5	2	2	0	35.7	36.5	13,738	-1.1%
	Labour	2	0	3	-3	14.3	26.0	9,798	-5.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	360	+0.3%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	254	+0.4%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	193	+0.1%

Ward results

Baffins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Goble	1,638	50.1
	Conservative	Neil Pettigrew	1,055	32.2
	Labour	Simon Bramwell	434	13.3
	Green	Sarah Coote	145	4.4
Majority			583	17.9
Turnout			3,272	32.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Southsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Tomes	1,271	41.2
	Labour	Mark Button	1,118	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Couldwell	575	18.6
	Socialist Alliance	Timothy Evans	121	3.9
Majority			153	5.0
Turnout			3,085	28.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Charles Dickens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Wylie	1,123	46.4
	Labour	John McIntyre	874	36.1
	Conservative	Andrew Pursglove	333	13.7
	Independent	Roland Woods	92	3.8
Majority			249	10.3
Turnout			2,422	23.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Copnor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Langford	1,118	47.5
	Labour	Barbara Sparrow	761	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Evans	477	20.2
Majority			357	15.2
Turnout			2,356	23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Mason	1,048	40.6
	Labour	Stephen Reid	936	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	596	23.1
Majority			108	4.3
Turnout			2,580	26.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Drayton and Farlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Sparshatt	1,848	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Whittle	1,157	32.3
	Labour	Sonia Relf	582	16.2
Majority			691	19.2
Turnout			3,587	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Charlton	1,410	48.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Lacey	1,070	36.9
	Labour	June Clarkson	419	14.5
Majority			340	11.7
Turnout			2,899	28.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fratton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Scott	1,102	52.6
	Labour	Beverley Hancock	545	26.0
	Conservative	Peter Ross	450	21.5
Majority			557	26.6
Turnout			2,097	20.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hilsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Thompson	1,281	45.1
	Labour	John Ferrett	1,126	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Mason	435	15.3
Majority			155	5.5
Turnout			2,842	28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Vernon-Jackson	1,547	51.3
	Conservative	Gerald Shimbart	822	27.3
	Labour	Kenneth Ferrett	372	12.3
	Independent	Nigel Sizer	162	5.4
	Green	Andrea Smith	112	3.7
Majority			725	24.0
Turnout			3,015	31.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo Madden	987	46.5
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	717	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Bowden	417	19.7
Majority			270	12.7
Turnout			2,121	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Paulsgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Horne	1,012	51.0
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	659	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Price	211	10.6
	Green	Brian Bundy	103	5.2
Majority			353	17.8
Turnout			1,985	19.7
	Labour hold		Swing

St Jude

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Butler	1,106	45.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Chewter	1,033	42.3
	Labour	Matthew Gummerson	304	12.4
Majority			73	3.0
Turnout			2,443	25.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Stevens	1,487	50.9
	Conservative	Elaine Shimbart	1,033	35.4
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	328	11.2
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Thatcher	72	2.5
Majority			454	15.5
Turnout			2,920	28.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

• 2003 Portsmouth election result
• Full results
• Ward turnouts

Preceded by Portsmouth City Council election, 2002

Portsmouth City Council elections

Succeeded by Portsmouth City Council election, 2004