2003 UK local government election
Elections to Coventry City Council in England were held on 1 May 2003. Nineteen seats were up for election - the usual one third of the council, plus an additional seat in Whoberley ward, which was vacant. The Labour lost majority control of the council, but remained the largest party.
Election result
Coventry Local Election Result 2003 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 5 | -5 | | | | |
| Conservative | 9 | 4 | 0 | +4 | | | | |
| Socialist Alternative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | | | | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | | |
Council Composition
The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:[1]
Party | Previous council | Staying councillors | Seats up for election | Election result | New council |
| Labour | 31 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| Conservative | 19 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| Socialist Alternative | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 54 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
Ward results
Bablake ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Brian Kelsey | 2,139 | | |
| Labour | Gordon Arthur Wright | 1,011 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Napier Penlington | 713 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Binley and Willenhall ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ram Parkash Lakha | 1,386 | | |
| Conservative | Heather Jean Johnson | 1,247 | | |
| Independent | Brian Anthony McCarney | 486 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Samantha Elizabeth Ashby | 230 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cheylesmore ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Linda Ann Reece | 1,840 | | |
| Labour | Raymond Stewart Byers | 1041 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vincent McKee | 563 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Earlsdon ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrew MacDonald Matchet | 2,166 | | |
| Labour | Lindsley Harvard | 1,366 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Edward Dyke | 822 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Anthony Paul Smith | 223 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Foleshill ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Heather Ann Parker | 1,679 | | |
| Conservative | Shabbir Ahmed | 819 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Lakshman Hensman | 348 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Henley ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas Patrick Ruddy | 1,228 | | |
| Conservative | Jean Margaret Tandy | 778 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mandeep Singh Jandu | 302 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Martha Elsie Beatrice Young | 262 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Holbrook ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Joseph Clifford | 1,569 | | |
| Conservative | Harjinder Sehmi | 775 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Nuala Coupe | 701 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Longford ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Arthur Duggins | 1,561 | | |
| Conservative | Harry Maeers | 777 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Brian Sewards | 515 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Lower Stoke ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Philip David Townshend | 1,171 | | |
| Conservative | Margaret Veronica Rigby | 957 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Conrad Benefield | 465 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Jane Ashwell | 345 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Radford ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Anthony Charles Skipper | 1,262 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Simpson | 712 | | |
| Conservative | Ronald John Carr | 605 | | |
| Marxist | David Anderson | 134 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sherbourne ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Heather Rutter | 1,394 | | |
| Labour | Howard Peter Lacy | 1,186 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | William George Haymes | 681 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
St Michael's ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Socialist Alternative | Karen McKay | 1,185 | | |
| Labour | James Matthew O'Boyle | 1,005 | | |
| Conservative | Marc Cedric Howson | 270 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Socialist Alternative hold | Swing | | |
Upper Stoke ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Russell Field | 2,201 | | |
| Labour | David Henry Edwards | 1,294 | | |
| Conservative | Hazel Ann Reece | 244 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Wainbody ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Gary Edward Crookes | 2,194 | | |
| Labour | Christopher Nicholas Youett | 800 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Francis Peter Lockett | 957 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Westwood ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Henry Batten | 1,304 | | |
| Conservative | Nigel Charles Lee | 1,086 | | |
| Independent | James Richard Donnelly | 251 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | James Richard Donnelly | 218 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Whoberley ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joan Ann Griffin | 1,497 | | |
| Conservative | Clifford Leonard Ridge | 1,383 | | |
| Labour | Kevin Barry Maton | 1,043 | | |
| Labour | John French | 1,000 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Arthur Hugh Thomas | 734 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Bridget Basu | 712 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Michael Jeffrey Holton | 268 | | |
| Socialist Alternative | Mark Edward Power | 253 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Woodlands ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Diana Margaret Tuson | 1,827 | | |
| Labour | Jean Jackson | 1,276 | | |
| BNP | Mark Andrew Payne | 1,013 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Howarth | 811 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wyken ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Susanna Ella Dixon | 1,594 | | |
| Labour | Marilyn Ann Mutton | 1,334 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Rees Lewis | 794 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
References
- "Coventry City Council Online [Archive]". 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "BBC News Vote 2003 Coventry". BBC News. Retrieved 3 July 2012.