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2003 Scottish local elections

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Field	Value
election_name	2003 Scottish local elections
country	Scotland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1999 Scottish local elections
previous_year	1999
next_election	2007 Scottish local elections
next_year	2007
seats_for_election	All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
election_date
turnout	49.6%
image1
leader1	Jack McConnell
party1	Scottish Labour
popular_vote1	611,843
percentage1	32.6%
seats1	509
seat_change1	42
swing1	3.7%
image2
leader2	John Swinney
party2	Scottish National Party
popular_vote2	451,660
percentage2	24.1%
seats2	181
seat_change2	23
swing2	4.6%
image5
leader5	David McLetchie
party5	Scottish Conservatives
seats5	122
seat_change5	14
popular_vote5	282,895
percentage5	15.1%
swing5	1.6%
image4
leader4	Jim Wallace
party4	Scottish Liberal Democrats
seats4	175
seat_change4	18
popular_vote4	272,057
percentage4	14.5%
swing4	1.9%
map_image	Scottish council areas 2003.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	Colours denote the winning party with outright control
map2_image	Scottish local elections, 2003 (largest party).svg
map2_size	250px
map2_caption	Colours denote the party with the most seats
map3_image	Scottish local elections, 2003 (Ward results).svg
map3_size	250px
map3_caption	Colours denote party of the elected councillor for each ward

||leader4 = Jim Wallace

The 2003 Scottish local elections were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.

This was the last election for local government in Scotland to use the first past the post electoral system.

Boundary changes

Minor council boundary took place to better reflect certain areas:

Transfer of properties at Blackburn from Aberdeen City Council to Aberdeenshire Council
Transfer of an area of land at West Farm, Broxburn from City of Edinburgh Council to West Lothian Council
Transfer of an area of land and properties at Ardoch Sewage Works from Argyll & Bute Council to West Dunbartonshire Council
Transfer of an area of land at Braehead from Glasgow City Council to Renfrewshire Council

Results

|- !colspan=2|Parties !Votes !Votes % !+/- !Wards !Net Gain/Loss |- | |611,843||32.6||−3.7%||509||−42 |- | |451,660||24.1||−4.6%||181||−23 |- | |282,895||15.1||+1.6%||122||+14 |- | |272,057||14.5||+1.9%||175||+18 |- | |189,749||10.1||+3.0%||230||+39 |- |67,533||3.6||+2.0%||4||−6 |- !colspan=2|Total!!1,875,737!! !! !! 1,222!! |}

Councils

Council	[1999 result](1999-scottish-local-elections)	Control before election
(if different)	2003 result	Details	Aberdeen City	Aberdeenshire	Angus	Argyll and Bute	Clackmannanshire	Dumfries and Galloway	Dundee City	East Ayrshire	East Dunbartonshire	East Lothian	East Renfrewshire	City of Edinburgh	Falkirk	Fife	Glasgow City	Highland	Inverclyde	Midlothian	Moray	Na h-Eileanan Siar	North Ayrshire	North Lanarkshire	Orkney	Perth and Kinross	Renfrewshire	Scottish Borders	Shetland	South Ayrshire	South Lanarkshire	Stirling	West Dunbartonshire	West Lothian
	NOC		[Details](2003-aberdeen-city-council-election)
			[Details](2003-aberdeenshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-angus-council-election)
			[Details](2003-argyll-and-bute-council-election)
			[Details](2003-clackmannanshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-dumfries-and-galloway-council-election)
			[Details](2003-dundee-city-council-election)
			[Details](2003-east-ayrshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-east-dunbartonshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-east-lothian-council-election)
			[Details](2003-east-renfrewshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-city-of-edinburgh-council-election)
			[Details](2003-falkirk-council-election)
	Labour Minority	(Lab)	[Details](2003-fife-council-election)
			[Details](2003-glasgow-city-council-election)
			[Details](2003-highland-council-election)
	NOC		[Details](2003-inverclyde-council-election)
			[Details](2003-midlothian-council-election)
			[Details](2003-moray-council-election)
			[Details](2003-comhairle-nan-eilean-siar-election)
			[Details](2003-north-ayrshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-north-lanarkshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-orkney-islands-council-election)
			[Details](2003-perth-and-kinross-council-election)
			[Details](2003-renfrewshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-scottish-borders-council-election)
			[Details](2003-shetland-islands-council-election)
	NOC		[Details](2003-south-ayrshire-council-election)
		(Lab minority)	[Details](2003-south-lanarkshire-council-election)
(Lab minority)			[Details](2003-stirling-council-election)
	NOC (Ind+SNP+SSP)		[Details](2003-west-dunbartonshire-council-election)
			[Details](2003-west-lothian-council-election)

References

[http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Council-Elections-2003.pdf p. 102]
Scottish Government. (7 January 2002). "Boundary changes agreed". scotland.gov.uk.
Labour [[minority administration]]

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