# 2003 Dundee City Council election

The 2003 Dundee City Council election was held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

## Results

2003 Dundee City Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| SNP | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 37.9 | 34.1 | 17,677 |
| Labour | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 17,656 |
| Conservative | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.2 | 14.9 | 7,728 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.9 | 9.9 | 5,152 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1,817 |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1,814 |

## Ward results

Ardler :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Keenan | 631 | 52.2 | +6.1 |
| | SNP | John M White | 399 | 33.0 | −6.0 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Pamela A Cathro | 91 | 7.5 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christina S Marshall | 75 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 19.2 | +12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1209 | 50.40 | +4.64 |
Balgay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Bob Duncan | 915 | 40.6 |
| | Labour | Betty Ward | 892 | 39.5 |
| | Conservative | Maurice C Golden | 215 | 9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald R MacDonald | 213 | 9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2256 | 57.52 |
Balgillo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roderick A J Wallace | 1,140 | 43.2 |
| | SNP | Stewart Hosie | 898 | 34.1 |
| | Labour | Derek Easson | 437 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret K Romberg | 143 | 5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | 9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2633 | 53.34 |
Balgowan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Rikki Beattle | 811 | 44.9 |
| | Labour | Colin P Rennie | 709 | 39.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth G Stansfield | 146 | 8.1 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Patricia Hadrysiak | 132 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1808 | 46.54 |
Barnhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bruce D Mackie | 1,158 | 48.7 |
| | SNP | Robert A Piggot | 625 | 26.3 |
| | Labour | William C Lawson | 372 | 15.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane S C Milroy | 213 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 22.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2380 | 57.92 |
Baxter Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Elizabeth F Fordyce | 706 | 41.4 |
| | Labour | Patricia Barr | 501 | 29.4 |
| | Conservative | Donald E Hay | 285 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason J Van Der Velde | 138 | 8.1 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Michael O Kelleher | 69 | 4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1705 | 45.96 |
Bowbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christopher J Hind | 607 | |
| | SNP | David Bowes | 545 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Pamela H Manley | 120 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth G Dick | 97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1384 | 39.77 |
Brackens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ian Borthwick | 1,306 | |
| | SNP | Henry Whitcombe | 339 | |
| | Labour | John P McKiddie | 296 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Alan Boylan | 114 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 967 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2065 | 50.16 |
Broughty Ferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles A Webster | 820 | |
| | SNP | Kenneth J N Guild | 767 | |
| | Labour | Alex Perry | 453 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian G Boyack | 207 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2257 | 53.19 |
Camperdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John R Letford | 840 | |
| | SNP | Stewart R Hunter | 665 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Andrew Armstrong | 93 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Newell | 71 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher McKinlay | 56 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1730 | 45.29 |
Claverhouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Andrew F H Dawson | 747 | |
| | Labour | Brian Gordon | 658 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew D Judson | 82 | |
| | Conservative | Gladys E A Ross | 56 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1548 | 46.20 |
Craigiebank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | John Corrigan | 989 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm S May | 799 | |
| | Conservative | Colin E Stewart | 277 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | George B Jones | 139 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2221 | 60.70 |
Douglas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Regan | 827 | |
| | SNP | Kenneth H Lynn | 743 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Philip A Stott | 86 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer A Barnes | 72 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alice McCall | 68 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1802 | 45.76 |
East Port :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | William Dawson | 536 | |
| | Labour | Neil Glen | 527 | |
| | Conservative | John Doig | 128 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda J Stott | 119 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Mark Walker | 94 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1418 | 36.58 |
Fairmuir :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Helen W Wright | 1,017 | |
| | SNP | Anna Easton | 504 | |
| | Conservative | Doris M Cowan | 153 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Kevin McQuillan | 84 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Crispin Stansfield | 67 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1847 | 50.48 |
Hilltown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fiona M Grant | 615 | |
| | SNP | Thomas J Dempsey | 517 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Harvey Duke | 125 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Dickinson | 90 | |
| | Conservative | William D Cowan | 55 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1409 | 36.87 |
Law :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julia M Sturrock | 832 | |
| | SNP | Andrew E Jack | 586 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin L Hill | 236 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1678 | 44.96 |
Lochee East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles D P Farquhar | 1,086 | |
| | SNP | Catherine Bowes | 532 | |
| | Conservative | Stephanie J Allen | 112 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Ferrier | 90 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Sarah McDonald | 97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 554 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1947 | 51.52 |
Lochee West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jill Shimi | 856 | |
| | SNP | William D Douglas | 451 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Alan H Manley | 102 | |
| | Conservative | Claire Alexander | 88 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila M Tennant | 59 | |
| | Independent | Stewart Cunningham | 49 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 405 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1613 | 47.75 |
Logie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | James W Barrie | 475 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane-Claire Judson | 425 | |
| | Labour | Richard B McCready | 388 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Roderick MacGregor | 120 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher M Bustin | 95 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1508 | 43.67 |
Longhaugh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Joe Fitzpatrick | 851 | |
| | Labour | George Mason | 643 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Nicholas C Steff | 77 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David A Stansfield | 42 | |
| | Conservative | Lachlan W Webster | 34 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1652 | 42.32 |
Ninewells :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Nigel A Don | 709 | |
| | Labour | George De Gernier | 675 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Shaun Taylor | 111 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David J K Balfour | 100 | |
| | Conservative | Gary C Southwick | 97 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1698 | 46.48 |
Pitkerro :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Christina Roberts | 587 | |
| | Labour | Charles Robertson | 538 | |
| | Independent | Allan Petrie | 462 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret A Scott | 53 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1648 | 41.73 |
Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Neil I C Powrie | 1,365 | |
| | SNP | Wendy L Wrieden | 463 | |
| | Labour | Pritam S Chita | 411 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John R McIntosh | 209 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 902 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2458 | 57.35 |
Stobswell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joe Morrow | 591 | |
| | SNP | James C Duthie | 483 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond A Lawrie | 214 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Derek Milligan | 93 | |
| | Conservative | John M McCraw | 93 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1455 | 40.38 |
Strathmartine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Dick | 717 | |
| | SNP | David S Beattie | 634 | |
| | Labour | Alan Cowan | 523 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas S McLeod | 110 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Colin W Brown | 61 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2051 | 55.27 |
Tay Bridges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fraser MacPherson | 940 | |
| | Labour | Norma M McGovern | 234 | |
| | SNP | Graham A Young | 152 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Mary M Ward | 101 | |
| | Conservative | Ann G L Powrie | 49 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 706 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1484 | 35.96 |
West Ferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek J Scott | 1,189 | |
| | SNP | Anya J Lawrence | 450 | |
| | Labour | Margaret H Marshall | 362 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Beat | 213 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2223 | 55.62 |
Whitfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SNP | Willie Sawers | 598 | |
| | Labour | Ina Paton | 336 | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Brian Hood | 44 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Cowie | 39 | |
| | Conservative | Catherine O Murray | 28 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 262 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1050 | 42.51 |