2003 Aberdeenshire Council election
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Elections to the Aberdeenshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This was the last election to use the first-past-the-post voting system across 68 single member wards.
Background
[edit]Previous election
[edit]At the previous election in 1999, the Liberal Democrats won 28 seats, falling 7 short of an overall majority. The Scottish National Party (SNP) won 23 seats, falling 12 short an overall majority. Independents won 10, and the Conservatives won 7, both also falling well short of an overall majority.
Party | Seats | Vote share |
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Liberal Democrats | 28 | 32.8% |
SNP | 23 | 29.4% |
Independent | 10 | 14.3% |
Conservative | 7 | 18.4% |
Source:[1]
Composition
[edit]There were several changes to the composition of the council during the 1999–2003 term.
Party | 1999 seats | Dissolution |
---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 28 | 27 |
SNP | 23 | 22 |
Independent | 10 | 10 |
Conservative | 7 | 9 |
Source:[2]
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Liberal Democrats | 28 | ![]() |
41.2 | 33.5 | 27,953 | ![]() | |||
SNP | 18 | ![]() |
26.5 | 27.6 | 23,068 | ![]() | |||
Conservative | 11 | ![]() |
16.2 | 21.0 | 17,511 | ![]() | |||
Independent | 11 | ![]() |
16.2 | 14.5 | 12,086 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.3 | 2,743 | ![]() | |||
Scottish Socialist | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 189 | New |
Aftermath
[edit]By-elections
[edit]Huntly East by-election
[edit]On 9 June 2005 a by-election was held in the Huntly East ward. The Scottish Conservative's Moira Ingleby held the seat.[6][7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Moira Ingleby | 419 | 34.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Anderson | 360 | 29.5 | |
SNP | Robert Ness | 224 | 18.3 | |
Independent | Hamish Jolly | 181 | 14.8 | |
Labour | Bryan Begg | 38 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 59 | 4.8 | ||
Conservative hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Council Elections 1999" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Local elections". British Broadcasting Corporation. May 2003. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Scottish Council Elections 2003" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Aberdeenshire Council - Elections" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. May 2003. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Huntly East Ward - Aberdeenshire". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Election of Member to Aberdeenshire Council for the Huntly East ward" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 27 July 2024.