# 2003 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 24
* Liberal Democrat 20
* Conservative 19
* Southport Party 3

## Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2003 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | -1 | 39.1 | 32.0 | 19,162 | +5.9% |
| Labour | 7 | -1 | 30.4 | 30.4 | 18,183 | -8.7% |
| Conservative | 7 | +2 | 30.4 | 26.7 | 16,005 | +1.6% |
| Southport Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 5,470 | -2.2% |
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 790 | +0.1% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 226 | +0.2% |

## Ward results

Ainsdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brenda Porter | 2,274 | 61.3 | +14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Brookfield | 705 | 19.0 | −6.3 |
| | Southport Party | John Lee | 523 | 14.1 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Linda Cluskey | 210 | 5.7 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,569 | 42.3 | +21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,712 | 36.5 | |
Birkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Hands | 1,460 | 49.5 |
| | Conservative | Janet Rowell | 691 | 23.4 |
| | Southport Party | John Law | 636 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | Christopher Holmes | 164 | 5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 769 | 26.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,951 | 31.9 |
Blundellsands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paula Parry | 1,777 | 60.1 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | Jaine Fleetwood | 732 | 24.8 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Brereton | 446 | 15.1 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,045 | 35.3 | +18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,955 | 31.7 | |
Cambridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Mann | 1,331 | 41.6 | +5.2 |
| | Southport Party | Terry Durrance | 1,005 | 31.4 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Dally | 631 | 19.7 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Paul Larkin | 236 | 7.4 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,203 | 32.0 | |
Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Kehoe | 1,372 | 49.6 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Cummins | 1,233 | 44.6 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | James Patterson | 161 | 5.8 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 5.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,766 | 29.7 | |
Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nicholas Fanning | 1,210 | 78.3 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Cross | 335 | 21.7 | +10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 875 | 56.6 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | 17.6 | |
Dukes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Pearson | 1,416 | 47.1 | +7.0 |
| | Southport Party | Brian Birch | 770 | 25.6 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Hibbard | 614 | 20.4 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Phillip Walsh | 208 | 6.9 | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 21.5 | +12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,008 | 30.6 | |
Ford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Cluskey | 1,435 | 78.2 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Fielding | 400 | 21.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,035 | 56.4 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,835 | 19.5 | |
Harington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Storey | 1,770 | 56.4 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Maurice Newton | 753 | 24.0 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Druscilla Haydon | 614 | 19.6 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,017 | 32.4 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,137 | 30.5 | |
Kew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Francis | 1,247 | 48.1 | +19.9 |
| | Southport Party | Anthony Holland | 789 | 30.4 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative | John Lyon-Taylor | 341 | 13.1 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Graham Brannan | 217 | 8.4 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 458 | 17.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,594 | 26.2 | |
Linacre :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doreen Kerrigan | 1,164 | 82.9 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Williams | 240 | 17.1 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 944 | 65.8 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,404 | 15.8 | |
Litherland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Hardy | 997 | 72.7 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Murray | 256 | 18.7 | −1.2 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Michael Brierley | 118 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 741 | 54.0 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,371 | 15.9 | |
Manor (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Neil Douglas | 1,339 | |
| | Conservative | Martyn Barber | 1,218 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Papworth | 1,193 | |
| | Labour | John Walker | 1,178 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Firth | 460 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sara Murray | 380 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,768 | 31.8 |
Meols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Tattersall | 1,330 | 38.8 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | Jamie Halsall | 1,000 | 29.2 | +0.0 |
| | Southport Party | Richard Chapman | 936 | 27.3 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | Constance McCarthy | 158 | 4.6 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,424 | 34.4 | |
Molyneux :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Howe | 1,313 | 45.2 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | James Reardon | 895 | 30.8 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Ridley | 698 | 24.0 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 14.4 | +11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,906 | 28.2 | |
Netherton and Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Maher | 1,077 | 54.7 | −3.6 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Peter Glover | 672 | 34.1 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Cross | 219 | 11.1 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 405 | 20.6 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,968 | 20.9 | |
Norwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Rimmer | 1,263 | 43.8 | +10.0 |
| | Southport Party | Geoffrey Wright | 811 | 28.1 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Deans | 292 | 10.1 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Stephen Jowett | 291 | 10.1 | −0.1 |
| | BNP | Michael McDermott | 226 | 7.8 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 15.7 | +15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,883 | 27.1 | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Byrne | 1,938 | 79.1 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | James McGinnity | 511 | 20.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,427 | 58.2 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,449 | 21.1 | |
Ravenmeols :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Ibbs | 1,430 | 52.8 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Flodman | 883 | 32.6 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Walker | 396 | 14.6 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 547 | 20.2 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,709 | 28.1 | |
St Oswald :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Dowd | 1,672 | 83.0 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Noel Cross | 342 | 17.0 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,330 | 66.0 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,014 | 19.4 | |
Sudell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Mainey | 1,788 | 71.5 | +17.9 |
| | Labour | Daren Veidman | 712 | 28.5 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,076 | 43.0 | +14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,500 | 22.9 | |
Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hill | 1,413 | 51.7 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | Pamela Parry | 908 | 33.2 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Antonio Spatuzzi | 413 | 15.1 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 505 | 18.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,734 | 28.8 | |