St Helens Council election, 2003

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Elections to St Helens Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 33
• Liberal Democrat 15
• Conservative 6

[edit] Election result

St Helens Local Election Result 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	11			-1	57.9	48.4	32,246	+0.8%
	Liberal Democrat	6			0	31.6	33.3	22,209	-1.1%
	Conservative	2			+1	10.5	17.2	11,430	-0.4%
	Independent	0			0	0	0.9	581	+0.8%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	168	+0.3%

[edit] Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alma Atherton	2,686	59.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Vera Stanton	1,072	23.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Langley	728	16.2	-1.0
Majority			1,614	36.0	-0.8
Turnout			4,486

Blackbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Smith	2,046	62.7	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dunn	791	24.2	-2.7
	Conservative	Joan Foster	426	13.1	+3.4
Majority			1,255	38.5	+2.0
Turnout			3,263

Broad Oak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Shields	1,885	64.2	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Mills	890	30.3	-8.9
	Conservative	Mark Collins	163	5.5	+0.4
Majority			995	33.9	+17.4
Turnout			2,938

Eccleston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Evans	3,197	66.2	-5.1
	Labour	Jean West	844	17.5	+3.2
	Conservative	William Highcock	788	16.3	+2.0
Majority			2,353	48.7	-8.3
Turnout			4,829

Grange Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Glover	1,639	49.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	1,192	36.2	+9.0
	Conservative	Michael Marriott	461	14.0	-0.9
Majority			447	13.6	-11.1
Turnout			3,292

Haydock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Richardson	2,325	52.9	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Sheldon	1,632	37.2	+14.1
	Conservative	Anthony Rigby	435	9.9	-3.7
Majority			693	15.7	-24.4
Turnout			4,392

Marshalls Cross (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Topping	1,477
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Mills	1,421
	Labour	Michael Glover	807
	Labour	Derek Maylor	689
	Conservative	Barbara Johnson	198
Turnout			4,592

Moss Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Ferry	2,026	47.0	-9.4
	Labour	Barbara Jakubiak	1,859	43.1	+5.2
	Conservative	John Cunliffe	425	9.9	+4.2
Majority			167	3.9	-14.6
Turnout			4,310

Newton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Astbury	1,827	48.3	-11.1
	Labour	Mark Rahaman	1,588	42.0	+8.5
	Conservative	Margaret Harvey	370	9.8	+2.6
Majority			239	6.3	-19.6
Turnout			3,785

Newton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leon Maguire	2,293	60.5	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Virginia Taylor	950	25.1	-1.2
	Conservative	Catherine Perks	547	14.4	+2.5
Majority			1,343	35.4	-0.1
Turnout			3,790

Parr and Hardshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffery Molyneux	1,731	69.2	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Knowles	419	16.7	-2.4
	Conservative	Madeline Wilcock	185	7.4	+1.2
	Socialist Alliance	Leslie Teeling	168	6.7	+6.7
Majority			1,312	52.5	-0.5
Turnout			2,503

Queens Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret McLachlan	1,962	61.2	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Ronan	857	26.7	-9.7
	Conservative	Charmain Pyke	386	12.0	+3.3
Majority			1,105	34.5	+16.1
Turnout			3,205

Rainford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parr	2,045	57.1	-3.3
	Labour	David Wood	1,233	34.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Pulfer	302	8.4	+0.0
Majority			812	22.7	-6.5
Turnout			3,580

Rainhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph DeAsha	2,479	57.2	-1.9
	Conservative	Jonathan Mackie	903	20.8	-3.7
	Independent	Neil Thompson	581	13.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Noreen Knowles	469	10.8	-5.5
Majority			1,676	36.4	+1.8
Turnout			4,332

Sutton and Bold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Topping	2,086	56.4	-2.4
	Labour	Philip Wiseman	1,380	37.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Jill Jones	231	6.2	+1.5
Majority			706	19.1	-3.3
Turnout			3,697

Thatto Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Seddon	2,090	63.8	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Pearl	812	24.8	+4.2
	Conservative	Barbara Woodcock	375	11.4	+0.8
Majority			1,278	39.0	-9.2
Turnout			3,277

West Sutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wiseman	1,580	62.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Marise Roberts	663	26.2	+2.2
	Conservative	Ian Hunt	290	11.4	-0.1
Majority			917	36.2	-4.3
Turnout			2,533

Windle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Roughley	2,130	57.1	+7.8
	Labour	Susan Murphy	1,130	30.3	-12.0
	Liberal Democrat	Katrina Young	470	12.6	+4.1
Majority			1,000	26.8	+19.8
Turnout			3,730

Preceded by St Helens Council election 2002

St Helens local elections

Succeeded by St Helens Council election 2004

Categories: Council elections in North West England | United Kingdom local elections, 2003 | Government in St Helens

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