# 2003 Chester City Council election

The 2003 Chester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Summary
### Election result

2003 Chester City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 38.1 | 13 | 21 | 35.0 | 6,765 | 30.3 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | 7 | | 33.3 | 13 | 20 | 33.3 | 6,334 | 28.4 | –6.0 |
| | Conservative | 5 | 1 | 23.8 | 13 | 18 | 30.0 | 7,423 | 33.2 | –6.1 |
| | Independent | 1 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1,211 | 5.4 | +4.3 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 1.5 | N/A |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 0.9 | N/A |
| | CPA | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 75 | 0.3 | N/A |

## Ward results
### Barrow

Barrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Johnson* | 465 | 78.0 | +6.0 |
| | Labour | Benjamin Page | 68 | 11.4 | –6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Lockwood | 63 | 10.6 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 66.6 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 596 | 41.3 | –2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,442 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 | |

### Blacon Hall

Blacon Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Price* | 758 | 66.0 | –8.8 |
| | UKIP | Desmond Dodd | 164 | 14.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Charles Isaac | 150 | 13.1 | –12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 76 | 6.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 51.7 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,148 | 21.3 | –0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,401 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Blacon Lodge

Blacon Lodge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Reginald Jones* | 557 | 73.7 | –5.1 |
| | UKIP | Leslie Ingram | 113 | 14.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Yakan | 86 | 11.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 444 | 58.7 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 756 | 19.4 | –4.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,892 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Boughton

Boughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Rudd* | 449 | 52.8 | –6.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Drinkwater | 243 | 28.6 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James McCabe | 94 | 11.0 | –1.7 |
| | Green | Helen Counsell | 65 | 7.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 24.2 | –7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 851 | 30.9 | –4.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,757 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.0 | |

### Boughton Heath

Boughton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Farrell* | 713 | 53.2 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Stewart | 500 | 37.3 | –1.4 |
| | Labour | Ethel Price | 126 | 9.4 | –5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 15.9 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,339 | 43.6 | +7.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,071 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.1 | |

### Christleton

Christleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Boughton* | 691 | 56.0 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katrina Hughes | 378 | 30.6 | ±0.0 |
| | Labour | Christine Davies | 165 | 13.4 | –1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 25.4 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,234 | 36.7 | –4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,071 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 | |

### College

College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janet Black* | 385 | 43.0 | –9.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Mead | 223 | 24.9 | ±0.0 |
| | Conservative | Trudy Ryall-Harvey | 200 | 22.3 | –0.8 |
| | Green | Stephen Dorrans | 87 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 18.1 | –9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 895 | 19.2 | –0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,659 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 | |

### Curzon & Westminster

Curzon & Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Short* | 927 | 64.9 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Zoe Langmead | 260 | 18.2 | –6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Jones | 241 | 16.9 | +5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 667 | 46.7 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,428 | 42.1 | –1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,390 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 3.5 | |

### Elton

Elton (2 seats due to by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Barry Cowper* | 519 | 80.3 |
| | Labour | Mark Peterson | 452 | 70.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Merrill | 321 | 49.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,292 | 39.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,304 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hoole All Saints

Hoole All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Nuttall* | 459 | 59.8 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Hilary Harrison | 171 | 22.3 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | John Burke | 66 | 8.6 | N/A |
| | CPA | Peter Fabian | 47 | 6.1 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Jill Pears | 25 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 37.5 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 768 | 30.4 | –11.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,525 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.1 | |

### Hoole Groves

Hoole Groves :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beverly Eaton | 658 | 43.7 | –14.4 |
| | Labour | Alexander Black | 606 | 40.3 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | Christina Alexander | 161 | 10.7 | –0.8 |
| | Green | Helen Trask | 52 | 3.5 | N/A |
| | CPA | Stephen Allen | 28 | 1.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 3.5 | –25.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,505 | 48.9 | +4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,080 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 12.6 | |

### Huntington

Huntington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Moore* | 250 | 33.3 | –9.7 |
| | Independent | Mark Williams | 194 | 25.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Alexandra van der Zwan | 190 | 25.3 | –6.6 |
| | Labour | Ann Treloar | 90 | 12.0 | –13.1 |
| | UKIP | Allan Weddell | 26 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 7.5 | –3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 750 | 49.3 | +6.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,520 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Kelsall

Kelsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Fairhurst | 767 | 52.0 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Tilley* | 624 | 42.3 | –3.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Cornwell | 85 | 5.8 | –1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 9.7 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,476 | 51.8 | –0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,850 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | 4.2 | |

### Lache Park

Lache Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Challen* | 712 | 56.9 | –3.7 |
| | Conservative | Max Drury | 291 | 23.3 | –16.1 |
| | Independent | Arthur Harada | 143 | 11.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline McCabe | 105 | 8.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 33.7 | +12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,251 | 28.6 | +0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,366 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 6.3 | |

### Malpas

Malpas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Ebben | 628 | 58.9 | –14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Flannery | 348 | 32.6 | +18.3 |
| | Labour | Margaret Violet | 90 | 8.4 | –3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 26.3 | –33.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,066 | 33.3 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,198 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | 16.6 | |

### Mickle Trafford

Mickle Trafford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Parker* | 512 | 79.1 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Brian Roberts | 80 | 12.4 | –13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vera Roberts | 55 | 8.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 432 | 66.8 | +17.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 647 | 37.3 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,736 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.0 | |

### Newton Brook

Newton Brook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jordan* | 526 | 47.7 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Karen Bardsley | 381 | 34.5 | –9.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Griffiths | 196 | 17.8 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 13.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,103 | 36.4 | –2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,031 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.8 | |

### Tattenhall

Tattenhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Haynes* | 874 | 87.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Anthony Pegrum | 121 | 12.2 | –0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 753 | 75.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 995 | 32.8 | –4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,035 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Upton Grange

Upton Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Bain* | 864 | 51.6 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Roose | 547 | 32.7 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Brenda Southward | 264 | 15.8 | –3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 317 | 18.9 | ±0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,675 | 33.6 | –5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,984 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.0 | |

### Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Proctor* | 859 | 54.9 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Moore-Dutton | 526 | 33.6 | –7.0 |
| | Labour | Sara Barnsley | 180 | 11.5 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 21.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,726 | 34.9 | –3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,483 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.9 | |