2003 South Lanarkshire Council election

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council (67 seats) were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

2003 South Lanarkshire Council election
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 67 seats to South Lanarkshire Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour SNP Conservative
Last election 54 10 2
Seats won 52 7 3
Seat change 2 3 1
Popular vote 55,818 31,152 15,323
Percentage 49.1 27.4 13.5
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 0 1
Seats won 3 2
Seat change 3 1
Popular vote 3,651 5,336
Percentage 3.2 4.7
Results by ward
Council Leader before election

Eddie McAvoy
Labour

 Elected Council Leader

Eddie McAvoy
Labour

Main article: 2003 Scottish local elections

Election results
South Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2003[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 52 2 77.6 49.1 55,818 13,959
  SNP 7 3 10.4 27.4 31,152 15,008
  Conservative 3 1 4.5 13.5 15,323 1,007
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 1.5 4.7 5,336 2,564
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 2.1 2,386
  Independent 3 3 3.2 3,651 3,250

Ward results

Clydesdale
Lanark North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Mary McNeill 761 39.6
Conservative Alistair Campbell 656 34.1
SNP Carolyn Park 349 18.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Waddell 157 8.2
Majority 105 5.5
Lanark South
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Brian Reilly 802 46.2
SNP Frank Gunning 550 31.7
Conservative Patrick Ross-Taylor 384 22.1
Majority 252 14.5
Lesmahagow
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alexander McInnes 1,010 55.8
SNP David Smart 684 37.8
Conservative Grace Parton 116 6.4
Majority 326 18.0
Blackwood
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Archibald Manson 910 54.0
Labour Esther Serrels 662 39.2
Conservative Louise Hodgson 116 6.9
Majority 248 14.7
Clyde Valley
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Elizabeth Rush 521 33.4
SNP Thomas Ashburn 515 33.0
Conservative Alex Allison 329 21.1
Liberal Democrats David Hill 195 12.5
Majority 6 0.4
Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Thomas McAlpine 1,166 64.6
Conservative John Lyon 485 26.9
Labour Angela McGranachan 155 8.6
Majority 681 37.7
Duneaton/Carmichael
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alexander Forrest 878 55.5
SNP Thomas Mitchell 441 27.9
Labour Michael Derrington 263 16.6
Majority 437 27.6
Carstairs/Carnwath
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Beverly Gauld 831 55.5
Labour Lindy Barbour 428 28.6
Conservative Elizabeth Ross-Taylor 239 16.0
Majority 403 26.9
Douglas
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Daniel Meikle 1,661 65.2
SNP Lindsay Addison 804 31.6
Conservative David Parton 82 3.2
Majority 857 33.6
Carluke/Whitehill
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Eileen Logan 1,276 63.9
SNP Stuart Moffat 509 25.5
Conservative Donald Hopkins 211 10.6
Majority 767 38.4
Carluke/Crawforddyke
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William Ross 1,114 60.4
SNP John Allen 537 29.1
Conservative Henry Ross-Taylor 192 10.4
Majority 577 31.3
Forth
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Ian Gray 920 46.6
Labour John Roberts 745 37.7
Conservative David Taylor 310 15.7
Majority 175 8.9
Law/Carluke
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP David Shearer 979 49.2
Labour Edward Wright 793 39.9
Conservative James Young 216 10.9
Majority 186 9.4

East Kilbride
Long Calderwood
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anthony Carlin 892 54.7
SNP John Lowe 631 38.7
Conservative Malcolm Gauld 108 6.6
Majority 261 16.0
Calderglen
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Young 959 51.2
Labour John Cairney 732 39.1
SNP James Wardhaugh 181 9.7
Majority 227 12.1
Blacklaw
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Anne Maggs 1,082 56.5
Labour John Quinn 559 29.2
Conservative Ian Harrow 273 14.3
Majority 523 27.3
Morrishall
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan Dick 949 54.4
Conservative Agnes Cameron 623 35.7
SNP Stephen McKellar 171 9.8
Majority 326 18.7
Maxwellton
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christopher Thomson 929 52.0
SNP John McKenna 649 36.3
Conservative Ian McCulloch 208 11.6
Majority 280 15.7
East Mains
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alice Mitchell 898 47.2
SNP Clare Keane 831 43.6
Conservative Helen McCallum 175 9.2
Majority 67 3.5
West Mains
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William McNab 994 73.4
SNP Scot MacQueen 203 15.0
Conservative Isabella Perratt 157 11.6
Majority 791 58.4
Duncanrig
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stewart Crawford 946 54.8
SNP John MacQueen 449 26.0
Scottish Socialist Mark Sands 205 11.9
Conservative Jean Davidson 125 7.2
Majority 497 28.8
Westwoodhill
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Graham Scott 914 57.4
SNP Hugh Gavin 567 35.6
Conservative Anne Stewart 112 7.0
Majority 347 21.8
Headhouse
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Pat Watters 849 50.7
SNP Diane McAnsh 492 29.4
Scottish Socialist John Shaw 201 12.0
Conservative Patricia Harrow 131 7.8
Majority 357 21.3
Heatheryknowe
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gerry Convery 876 55.4
SNP Graeme Macklin 464 29.3
Scottish Socialist Theresa Barr 150 9.5
Conservative Gavin Douglas 91 5.8
Majority 412 26.1
Greenhills
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Archie Buchanan 1,003 66.4
Labour Marcel Legowski 358 23.7
Scottish Socialist Catherine Pedersen 107 7.1
Conservative Moira Brown 42 2.8
Majority 645 42.7
Whitehills
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Docherty 905 56.5
SNP Douglas Edwards 627 39.1
Conservative Kenneth Lawton 71 4.4
Majority 278 17.3
Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Party Candidate Votes %
SNP David Watson 883 52.3
Labour John Timoney 563 33.3
Conservative John Steel 133 7.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Linskey 110 6.5
Majority 320 18.9
Mossneuk/Kittoch
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Michael McCann 1,017 54.6
SNP John Anderson 558 29.9
Conservative Margaret McCulloch 289 15.5
Majority 459 24.6
Stewartfield
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Carol Hughes 989 51.7
SNP Elaine McDougall 548 28.6
Conservative Margaret Lang 377 19.7
Majority 441 23.0
Lindsay
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Gerald Docherty 836 41.6
SNP John Anderson 800 39.8
Conservative Matthew Ferguson 374 18.6
Majority 36 1.8
Avondale North
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour James Malloy 767 37.4
Conservative Carol Ballard 531 25.9
SNP William Holman 501 24.4
Liberal Democrats George Stewart 251 12.2
Majority 236 11.5
Avondale South
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Hector MacDonald 843 41.7
Labour Peter Duff 557 27.5
SNP Alan Stevenson 441 21.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies 182 9.0
Majority 286 14.1

Rutherglen and Cambuslang
Bankhead[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Eddie McAvoy (incumbent) 1,022 56.8
SNP Mary Donnelly 269 14.9
Liberal Democrats Charles Clark 203 11.3
Conservative Graeme Livingstone 158 8.8
Scottish Socialist David Stevenson 147 8.2
Majority 753 41.8
Burgh[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Brian McKenna (incumbent) 875 52.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Jackson 243 14.6
SNP Linda Douglas 240 14.5
Scottish Socialist Gerard McMahon 176 10.6
Conservative Thomas Rooney 125 7.5
Majority 632 38.1
Cairns[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Pam Clearie (incumbent) 908 60.0
SNP John Higgins 335 22.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Young 271 17.9
Majority 573 37.8
Cambuslang Central[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bob Rooney (incumbent) 959 58.9
SNP Clare McColl 240 14.7
Conservative Ronald Muir 156 9.6
Liberal Democrats Karen McCallum 147 9.0
Scottish Socialist Paul Drown 127 7.8
Majority 719 44.1
Cathkin/Springhall[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Russell Clearie (incumbent) 965 54.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Bryce 310 17.4
Conservative Allan Kenneth 184 10.3
SNP Marion Lennox 170 9.6
Scottish Socialist David McClemont 148 8.3
Majority 655 36.9
Eastfield[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John McGuinness (incumbent) 1,020 53.8
SNP Gordon Clark 278 14.7
Conservative Jean Miller 235 12.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 233 12.3
Scottish Socialist Alan Buchanan 130 6.9
Majority 742 39.1
Fernhill[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia Osborne 644 43.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret McLellan 500 33.9
SNP Euan Fergusson 136 9.2
Scottish Socialist John Starrs 115 7.8
Conservative James Nixon 83 5.6
Majority 144 9.7
Hallside[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Davy Keirs (incumbent) 1,332 59.7
SNP Margaret Fox 489 21.9
Liberal Democrats John Rodgers 221 9.9
Scottish Socialist Lorraine Sharp 189 8.5
Majority 843 37.8
Kirkhill/Whitlawburn[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David Baillie 609 36.1
Labour Patrick McKenna (incumbent) 574 34.0
Conservative Moya MacAskill 201 11.9
SNP William McIntyre 189 11.2
Scottish Socialist Stephanie Sharp 116 6.9
Majority 35 2.1
Rutherglen West[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Denis McKenna (incumbent) 835 60.7
SNP Anne Higgins 233 16.9
Scottish Socialist Alistair Fulton 166 12.1
Liberal Democrats John McLellan 141 10.2
Majority 602 43.8
Spittal/Blairbeth[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William McCaig (incumbent) 971 64.6
Liberal Democrats David Crowe 336 22.4
Conservative Robina Muir 148 9.8
Independent Gordon Jamieson 47 3.1
Majority 635 42.3
Stonelaw[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Gretel Ross (incumbent) 1,012 54.6
Labour Andrew Moffat 357 19.3
Conservative Malcolm MacAskill 214 11.5
SNP Sherwood Shea 175 9.4
Scottish Socialist David Sharp 95 5.1
Majority 655 35.3
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References
  1. Local Elections 2003 - South Lanarkshire, Local Elections Archive Project
  2. Bankhead, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  3. Burgh, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  4. Cairns, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  5. Cambuslang Central, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  6. Cathkin/Springhall, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  7. Eastfield, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  8. Fernhill, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  9. Hallside, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  10. Kirkhill/Whitlawburn, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  11. Rutherglen West, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  12. Spittal/Blairbeth, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  13. Stonelaw, Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
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