# 2003 Sheffield City Council election

The 2003 Sheffield Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sheffield City Council. One third of the council was up for election, and Labour took control of the council from no overall control, with six gains from the Liberal Democrats.
The election saw a trial of electronic voting in half of the council's wards. Voters in these wards were able to vote by either text message, touch tone phone, internet, post, or use electronic kiosks as well as the normal polling stations. Overall turnout was 29.5%, a half a per cent fall on the previous year, a drop negated somewhat by the higher turnout in the wards trialing electronic voting.

## Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 17 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 58.6 | 41.2 | 45,473 | -3.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 41.4 | 36.2 | 39,951 | -0.4 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14.4 | 15,907 | +0.8 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6,797 | +2.8 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 989 | N/A |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 525 | -0.2 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 389 | -0.1 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 237 | -0.2 |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 109 | ±0.0 |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 87 | ±0.0 |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 43 | 49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 42 | 37 |
| | Conservatives | 2 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Working majority | Working majority | 0 | 11 |

## Ward results

Beauchief :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sangar* | 2,522 | 52.1 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | William Breakell | 1,297 | 26.8 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Gregory | 675 | 13.9 | +1.0 |
| | Green | Christina Hespe | 335 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,225 | 25.3 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,829 | 34.0 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Birley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bryan Lodge | 2,392 | 65.5 | +7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Webster | 814 | 22.3 | −13.7 |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Millward | 415 | 11.4 | +5.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 28 | 0.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,578 | 43.2 | +21.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,621 | 26.0 | −8.0 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.6 | |
Brightside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Webster* | 1,859 | 57.4 | −14.1 |
| | BNP | Christopher Hartigan | 587 | 18.1 | +18.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Reynolds | 373 | 11.5 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Maloney | 297 | 9.2 | −5.2 |
| | Socialist Labour | Brian Fischer | 109 | 3.4 | −0.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,272 | 39.3 | −16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,225 | 28.7 | +5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -16.1 | |
Broomhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Sidebottom* | 2,100 | 51.9 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | Terence Cooper | 704 | 17.4 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Wilson | 663 | 16.4 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Gillian Booth | 561 | 13.9 | +2.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,396 | 34.5 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,028 | 26.3 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.5 | |
Burngreave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Jones* | 1,347 | 53.3 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joanna Hoogvelt | 508 | 20.1 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Bryan | 239 | 9.4 | +2.2 |
| | Green | Christopher Sissons | 215 | 8.5 | +2.8 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Alison Brown | 203 | 8.0 | +1.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 839 | 33.2 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,512 | 28.9 | −0.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.4 | |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Midgley* | 1,402 | 64.7 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Coleman | 316 | 14.6 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Graham Wroe | 273 | 12.6 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Michael Young | 166 | 7.7 | +0.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,086 | 50.1 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,157 | 26.9 | +2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.5 | |
Chapel-Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Oxley* | 2,056 | 45.5 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Sheila Tyler | 1,885 | 41.7 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Miles Waters | 343 | 7.6 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Craig Scaman | 204 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 3.8 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,488 | 24.7 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
Darnall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Lea | 1,907 | 51.0 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaffaq Mohammed | 1,053 | 28.2 | −0.1 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 335 | 9.0 | −0.5 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Millward | 290 | 7.7 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Linda Duckenfield | 130 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 854 | 22.8 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,715 | 28.3 | +4.0 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -1.1 | |
Dore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Hill* | 3,278 | 47.9 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Michael Waters | 2,401 | 35.0 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | David Crosby | 926 | 13.5 | +2.9 |
| | Green | Dawn Biram | 216 | 3.1 | +0.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 877 | 12.8 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,821 | 46.3 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.0 | |
Ecclesall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Dunkley* | 3,698 | 52.1 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Sidney Cordle | 2,112 | 29.8 | −1.1 |
| | Labour | John Darwin | 788 | 11.1 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Gemma Lock | 471 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,586 | 22.4 | −3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,069 | 47.3 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Firth Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Khan* | 1,585 | 57.4 | −22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Holmes | 569 | 20.6 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative | Neville Paling | 307 | 11.1 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Steven Marshall | 288 | 10.4 | +10.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,016 | 36.8 | −32.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,749 | 25.4 | −0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -16.4 | |
Hallam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leonard Hesketh* | 3,338 | 49.7 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Alan Ryder | 1,985 | 29.6 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Dennis Brown | 977 | 14.5 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Robert Murphy | 391 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,353 | 20.1 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,691 | 46.0 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.6 | |
Handsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marjorie Barker* | 2,209 | 60.9 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Smith | 418 | 11.5 | +0.1 |
| | BNP | Derek Hutchinson | 402 | 11.1 | +11.1 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hayward | 293 | 8.1 | −2.1 |
| | Independent Labour | Elsie Smith | 237 | 6.6 | −7.3 |
| | UKIP | Charlotte Schofield | 54 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,791 | 49.4 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,613 | 26.0 | −0.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
Heeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Theresa Hainey* | 1,442 | 37.1 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Raja Shaffique | 1,339 | 34.4 | −9.5 |
| | Green | Robert Unwin | 511 | 13.1 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Grant | 383 | 9.8 | +4.5 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Richard Pitt | 202 | 5.2 | +0.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 2.6 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,877 | 31.0 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.0 | |
Hillsborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Janet Bragg | 1,787 | 44.3 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vickie Priestley | 1,581 | 39.2 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seaton | 378 | 9.4 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Christopher McMahon | 271 | 6.7 | +1.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 5.1 | −8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,017 | 29.0 | −1.3 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -4.3 | |
Intake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Campbell | 2,027 | 55.0 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Taylor* | 1,049 | 28.5 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | Philip Kirby | 367 | 9.9 | +2.1 |
| | Green | Eamonn Ward | 224 | 6.1 | +2.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 978 | 26.5 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,667 | 26.5 | −3.2 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +4.2 | |
Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gillian Furniss* | 1,354 | 74.8 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Huntsman | 265 | 14.6 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Watson | 183 | 10.1 | +0.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,089 | 60.2 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,802 | 22.3 | +0.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.6 | |
Mosborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher Rosling-Josephs* | 3,119 | 55.2 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence McElligott** | 1,405 | 24.9 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Clayton | 1,084 | 19.2 | +0.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 38 | 0.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,714 | 30.3 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,608 | 21.3 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.4 | |
Terence McElligot was a sitting councillor for Darnall ward
Nether Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia White* | 2,476 | 50.7 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | James Lafferty | 1,314 | 26.9 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Mervyn Smith | 681 | 13.9 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | Quari Siddique | 382 | 7.8 | +0.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | 0.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,162 | 23.8 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,853 | 39.4 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
Nether Shire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Rippon | 2,103 | 72.7 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Wisbey | 456 | 15.7 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Marie Weston | 317 | 10.9 | +1.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,647 | 56.9 | −7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,876 | 26.0 | +2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 | |
Netherthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ayris | 1,334 | 41.6 | −3.6 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Telfer | 1,044 | 32.5 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Bernard Little | 648 | 20.2 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Wallace | 164 | 5.1 | +0.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | 9.0 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,190 | 26.7 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.5 | |
Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Beverley Wright | 1,534 | 45.3 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Auckland* | 1,507 | 44.5 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 325 | 9.6 | −0.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27 | 0.8 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,366 | 31.5 | −1.2 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -4.7 | |
Owlerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Wilde* | 2,112 | 73.5 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Moffett | 454 | 15.8 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Eric Kirby | 292 | 10.2 | +2.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,658 | 57.7 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,858 | 27.6 | +1.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.0 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Robson | 1,252 | 71.2 | +9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Truman | 307 | 17.4 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Gregory | 102 | 5.8 | +2.5 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Terence Wykes | 87 | 4.9 | +0.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 945 | 53.7 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,748 | 20.0 | −5.1 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.5 | |
Sharrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammad Nazir* | 1,288 | 42.0 | −14.2 |
| | Green | Jillian Creasy | 686 | 22.3 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haq Nawaz | 678 | 22.1 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Ian Ramsay | 289 | 9.4 | +1.8 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Angela Shann | 120 | 3.9 | −0.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 602 | 19.7 | −17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,061 | 27.1 | +4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.1 | |
South Wortley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Baker** | 2,640 | 48.0 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | Adele Jagger | 2,002 | 36.4 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Carroll | 832 | 15.1 | −0.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 638 | 11.6 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,474 | 29.1 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
David Baker was a sitting councillor for Birley ward
Southey Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Damms* | 1,707 | 79.5 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bowden | 241 | 11.2 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Mahoney | 181 | 8.4 | +1.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,466 | 68.3 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,129 | 23.6 | +0.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.7 | |
Stocksbridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Davis* | 1,383 | 51.8 | −8.8 |
| | Labour | Sandra White | 911 | 34.1 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Paula Axelby | 177 | 6.6 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Angela Roberts | 175 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 472 | 17.7 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,646 | 25.0 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -6.0 | |
Walkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Harston* | 1,690 | 44.6 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Abdul Khayum | 1,302 | 34.3 | −8.8 |
| | Green | Nicola Freeman | 517 | 13.6 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Smith | 265 | 7.0 | +2.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 388 | 10.2 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,774 | 28.9 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +6.4 | |