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All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 49.6% [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours denote party of the elected councillor for each ward |
The 2003 Scottish local elections were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.
This was the last election for local government in Scotland to use the first past the post electoral system.
Minor council boundary took place to better reflect certain areas: [2]
Parties | Votes | Votes % | +/- | Wards | Net Gain/Loss | |
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Labour | 611,843 | 32.6 | −3.7% | 509 | −42 | |
SNP | 451,660 | 24.1 | −4.6% | 181 | −23 | |
Conservative | 282,895 | 15.1 | +1.6% | 122 | +14 | |
Liberal Democrats | 272,057 | 14.5 | +1.9% | 175 | +18 | |
Independent | 189,749 | 10.1 | +3.0% | 230 | +39 | |
Other | 67,533 | 3.6 | +2.0% | 4 | −6 | |
Total | 1,875,737 | 1,222 |
Preceded by 1999 Scottish local elections |
Scottish local elections | Succeeded by 2007 Scottish local elections |