# 2003 Hull City Council election

The 2003 Hull City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The council had fallen from Labour control in the 2002 election after the Liberal Democrats made big gains. The 2003 election saw controversy over a proposal to demolish 2,500 council houses in Hull, which had seen some Liberal Democrat cabinet members sacked and other councillors leave the party. The results saw Labour make 4 gains to become the largest party on the council once again, which enabled them to form the administration on the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Labour 28
* Liberal Democrat 21
* Independent 8
* Conservative 2

## Election result

Hull Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 10 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 52.6 | 44.8 | 16,570 | +5.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 36.8 | 37.3 | 13,823 | -8.8% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 2,658 | +0.9% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2,661 | +0.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 507 | +0.7% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 330 | +0.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 271 | +0.4% |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 167 | +0.4% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 39 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

Avenue :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Woods | 1,449 | 57.9 |
| | Labour | Harold Neilson | 708 | 28.3 |
| | Green | Louise Muston | 180 | 7.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Geoffrey Collier | 167 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 741 | 29.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,504 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Beverley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David McCobb | 1,386 | 61.1 |
| | Labour | John Shields | 542 | 23.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Forster | 339 | 15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 844 | 37.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,267 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Boothferry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Woods | 1,086 | 44.5 |
| | Labour | Michael Whiting | 971 | 39.8 |
| | Conservative | John Sharp | 383 | 15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,440 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Bransholme East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Nadene Burton | 538 | 40.3 |
| | Labour | John Webster | 445 | 33.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dereck Hardman | 274 | 20.5 |
| | BNP | Alan Siddle | 77 | 5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,334 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Bransholme West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Wilson | 823 | 69.2 | +7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Mathieson | 162 | 13.6 | −15.6 |
| | BNP | Richard Brown | 119 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| | Independent | Robert Harrison | 86 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 661 | 55.6 | +22.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,190 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Derringham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Clare Page | 720 | 35.5 |
| | Labour | Brian Wadforth | 663 | 32.7 |
| | UKIP | John Cornforth | 271 | 13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Oglesby | 194 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Cook | 181 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,029 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Drypool :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gary Wareing | 1,312 | 53.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Obridge | 996 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | Alan Winzor | 158 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,466 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Holderness :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Uzzell | 1,131 | 45.2 |
| | Labour | Rilba Jones | 1,105 | 44.2 |
| | Conservative | Albert Greendale | 266 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,502 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Ings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Philip Webster | 1,486 | 51.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frederick Healand | 1,164 | 40.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hanson | 226 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,876 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Kings Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Minns | 716 | 55.6 |
| | Labour | Daniel Brown | 363 | 28.2 |
| | Independent | Katharina Hancock | 152 | 11.8 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Airey | 56 | 4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 27.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,287 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Longhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Black | 1,221 | 63.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Walker | 395 | 20.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Brown | 188 | 9.8 |
| | Green | Raymond Atkin | 110 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 826 | 43.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,914 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Marfleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brenda Petch | 1,335 | 75.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Uzzell | 438 | 24.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 897 | 50.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,773 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Myton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin Inglis | 1,154 | 57.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Miriam Benson | 489 | 24.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard McConnell | 150 | 7.4 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Fields | 130 | 6.4 |
| | Green | Peter Grayley | 93 | 4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | 32.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,016 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Newington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathryn Lavery | 650 | 53.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Harris | 457 | 37.4 |
| | Conservative | David Thompson | 116 | 9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,223 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Newland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Collinson | 587 | 44.6 |
| | Labour | Rodney Evans | 506 | 38.5 |
| | Conservative | Basil Bulmer | 106 | 8.1 |
| | Green | James Russell | 77 | 5.9 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Carl Wagner | 39 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,315 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Orchard Park and Greenwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Trevor Larsen | 1,095 | 52.0 |
| | Independent | Tony Fee | 387 | 18.4 |
| | Independent | Louis Barron | 358 | 17.0 |
| | BNP | David Hannam | 134 | 6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Williams | 132 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 708 | 33.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,106 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Pickering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Julie Lowery | 1,045 | 45.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Godden | 790 | 34.4 |
| | Independent | Peter Mawer | 239 | 10.4 |
| | Conservative | Reginald Britton | 173 | 7.5 |
| | Independent | Glenn Dickinson | 48 | 2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,295 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Sutton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kenneth Turner | 1,146 | 46.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kalvin Neal | 1,145 | 46.1 |
| | Conservative | Colin Baxter | 194 | 7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,485 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
University :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Randall | 832 | 47.7 |
| | Labour | John Nicholson | 741 | 42.4 |
| | Conservative | David Whellan | 125 | 7.2 |
| | Green | Gertrude Garton | 47 | 2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,745 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
No elections were held in Bricknell, Southcoates East, Southcoates West and St Andrews wards.