2003 Inverclyde Council election

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as other Scottish Local Government elections and the Scottish Parliament Election.

Results

2003 Inverclyde Council election result^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	13	5	0	5	65.0	42.6	13,930	8.6
Labour	6	0	6	5	30.0	31.3	10,232	7.2
Independent	1	1	0	1	5.0	3.5	1,137	3.4
SNP	0	0	0		0.0	14.8	4,844	6.9
Conservative	0	0	1	1	0.0	6.1	1,999	1.0
Scottish Socialist	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	568	New

Ward 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Fyfe	1,097	44.7	+30.7
	Conservative	Helen Calvert	970	39.5	−10.9
	SNP	Margaret McLeese	225	9.2	−4.8
	Labour	Joseph McIlwee	162	6.6	−15.0
Majority			127	5.2
Turnout			2454
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ward 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Robertson	557	39.3	−11.1
	SNP	James MacLeod	444	31.3	−0.9
	Independent	Joseph Doherty	249	17.5	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Hawthorne	137	9.7	−1.3
	Conservative	Hugh Miller	32	2.3	+2.3
Majority			113	8.0	−14.6
Turnout			1,419
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Tucker	632	38.7	+23.8
	Labour	Daniel Morrison	615	37.6	−18.4
	SNP	Sylvia O'Neill	343	21.0	−8.1
	Conservative	Frederick Gallaher	44	2.7	+2.7
Majority			17	1.1
Turnout			1,634
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ward 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hill	667	43.4	+15.9
	Labour	Helen O'Rourke	561	36.5	+9.7
	SNP	Ross McKibben	279	18.2	+6.6
	Conservative	John Hunter	30	2.0	−0.4
Majority			106	6.9	−20.4
Turnout			1,537
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Stewart	787	42.4	+17.4
	Labour	Margaret Morrison	674	36.4	−10.8
	SNP	James Grieve	344	18.6	−3.9
	Conservative	Elaine Gallaher	49	2.6	−2.6
Majority			113	6.0
Turnout			1,854
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ward 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen McCabe	661	51.3	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Burns	308	23.9	+6.6
	SNP	Francis McFadyen	154	12.0	+12.0
	Scottish Socialist	John McLachlan	126	9.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Robert Dick	39	3.0	+3.0
Majority			353	27.4	−2.5
Turnout			1,288
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael McCormick	690	50.1	+50.1
	Labour	James O'Rourke	467	33.9	−28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Shepherd	128	9.3	−4.0
	SNP	James Riddell	91	6.6	−18.1
Majority			223	16.2
Turnout			1,376
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Ward 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Moran	499	50.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Deighan	317	31.9	+7.3
	SNP	William Wilson	177	17.8	−7.5
Majority			182	18.4	−6.4
Turnout			993
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Roach	793	52.8	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	George Byng	488	32.5	+6.6
	SNP	Stephen Hilton	220	14.7	−4.7
Majority			182	20.3	−16.5
Turnout			1501
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Archibald Snoddy	682	42.2	+7.0
	Labour	Alexander McGhee	554	34.2	−1.0
	SNP	Louis Docherty	235	14.5	−6.2
	Scottish Socialist	Patricia McCafferty	147	9.1	+9.1
Majority			128	8.0
Turnout			1,618
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ward 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Nimmo	1,036	58.1	+8.0
	Labour	William Quigg	506	28.4	−3.9
	SNP	Charles McGregor	240	13.5	−4.1
Majority			530	29.7	+11.9
Turnout			1,782
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Gallacher	516	39.6	+7.3
	Labour	Yvonne Robertson	477	36.6	−6.8
	SNP	Fraser Kelly	179	13.7	−10.5
	Scottish Socialist	Elizabeth Roders	132	10.1	+10.1
Majority			39	3.0
Turnout			1,304
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ward 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iain McKenzie	576	43.9	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Allan McGraw	395	30.1	+4.6
	SNP	Paul Docherty	179	13.6	−11.9
	Scottish Socialist	David Landels	163	12.4	+12.4
Majority			181	13.8	−15.7
Turnout			1,313
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick McCormick	469	39.2	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Wilson	417	34.9	+17.2
	SNP	Patrick Gillan	266	22.2	−10.6
	Independent	Peter Campbell	44	3.7	+1.1
Majority			52	4.3	−9.9
Turnout			1196
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Luciano Rebecchi	864	59.4	+4.4
	Labour	Kevin Mulholland	407	28.0	−5.2
	SNP	Cirstaidh Park	183	12.6	−5.8
Majority			457	31.4	+16.2
Turnout			1454
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Mitchell	1,158	59.6	+0.0
	Labour	Christina Boyd	382	19.7	−4.8
	SNP	Keith Brooks	226	11.6	−4.2
	Conservative	Wilma Strachan	176	9.1	+9.1
Majority			776	39.9	+4.8
Turnout			1,942
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Blair	1,349	61.5	−0.2
	Labour	James McLaughlin	402	18.3	−2.3
	SNP	Anne Thomson	278	12.7	−5.0
	Conservative	James Strachan	166	7.6	+7.6
Majority			947	43.2	+2.1
Turnout			2,195
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George White	805	44.6	+0.8
	Labour	Terence Loughran	576	31.9	+0.1
	SNP	John Crowther	315	17.4	−7.0
	Conservative	Hamilton Cunningham	110	6.1	+6.1
Majority			229	12.7	+0.7
Turnout			1,806
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Hunter	1,032	51.4	+5.9
	Labour	James Bradley	419	20.9	−1.1
	SNP	Neil MacGillivray	315	15.7	−2.4
	Conservative	Harry Osborn	240	12.0	−2.4
Majority			613	30.5	+7.0
Turnout			2,006
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Forbes	1,115	54.7	+8.5
	Labour	William Gallacher	475	23.3	−6.6
	SNP	Ian Ramsay	305	15.0	−8.8
	Conservative	William Carrick	143	7.0	+7.0
Majority			640	31.4	+15.1
Turnout			2,038
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

^ "Local Election Results 2003". Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "RESULTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.