# 2003 Inverclyde Council election

Elections to Inverclyde Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as other Scottish Local Government elections and the Scottish Parliament Election.

## Results

2003 Inverclyde Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 65.0 | 42.6 | 13,930 | 8.6 |
| Labour | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 30.0 | 31.3 | 10,232 | 7.2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 1,137 | 3.4 |
| SNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 14.8 | 4,844 | 6.9 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 1,999 | 1.0 |
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.7 | 568 | New |

## Ward results

Ward 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Fyfe | 1,097 | 44.7 | +30.7 |
| | Conservative | Helen Calvert | 970 | 39.5 | −10.9 |
| | SNP | Margaret McLeese | 225 | 9.2 | −4.8 |
| | Labour | Joseph McIlwee | 162 | 6.6 | −15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2454 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Ward 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Allan Robertson | 557 | 39.3 | −11.1 |
| | SNP | James MacLeod | 444 | 31.3 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | Joseph Doherty | 249 | 17.5 | +17.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Hawthorne | 137 | 9.7 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Hugh Miller | 32 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 8.0 | −14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,419 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ward 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Tucker | 632 | 38.7 | +23.8 |
| | Labour | Daniel Morrison | 615 | 37.6 | −18.4 |
| | SNP | Sylvia O'Neill | 343 | 21.0 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Gallaher | 44 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,634 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ward 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Hill | 667 | 43.4 | +15.9 |
| | Labour | Helen O'Rourke | 561 | 36.5 | +9.7 |
| | SNP | Ross McKibben | 279 | 18.2 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | John Hunter | 30 | 2.0 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | 6.9 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,537 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Stewart | 787 | 42.4 | +17.4 |
| | Labour | Margaret Morrison | 674 | 36.4 | −10.8 |
| | SNP | James Grieve | 344 | 18.6 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Gallaher | 49 | 2.6 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 6.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,854 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ward 6 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen McCabe | 661 | 51.3 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Burns | 308 | 23.9 | +6.6 |
| | SNP | Francis McFadyen | 154 | 12.0 | +12.0 |
| | Scottish Socialist | John McLachlan | 126 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Robert Dick | 39 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 27.4 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,288 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ward 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Michael McCormick | 690 | 50.1 | +50.1 |
| | Labour | James O'Rourke | 467 | 33.9 | −28.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Shepherd | 128 | 9.3 | −4.0 |
| | SNP | James Riddell | 91 | 6.6 | −18.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 223 | 16.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,376 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ward 8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Moran | 499 | 50.3 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Deighan | 317 | 31.9 | +7.3 |
| | SNP | William Wilson | 177 | 17.8 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 18.4 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 993 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ward 9 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Roach | 793 | 52.8 | 3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Byng | 488 | 32.5 | +6.6 |
| | SNP | Stephen Hilton | 220 | 14.7 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 20.3 | −16.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1501 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ward 10 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Archibald Snoddy | 682 | 42.2 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | Alexander McGhee | 554 | 34.2 | −1.0 |
| | SNP | Louis Docherty | 235 | 14.5 | −6.2 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Patricia McCafferty | 147 | 9.1 | +9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 8.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,618 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ward 11 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Nimmo | 1,036 | 58.1 | +8.0 |
| | Labour | William Quigg | 506 | 28.4 | −3.9 |
| | SNP | Charles McGregor | 240 | 13.5 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 530 | 29.7 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,782 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 12 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Gallacher | 516 | 39.6 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Yvonne Robertson | 477 | 36.6 | −6.8 |
| | SNP | Fraser Kelly | 179 | 13.7 | −10.5 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Elizabeth Roders | 132 | 10.1 | +10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,304 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Ward 13 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Iain McKenzie | 576 | 43.9 | −11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan McGraw | 395 | 30.1 | +4.6 |
| | SNP | Paul Docherty | 179 | 13.6 | −11.9 |
| | Scottish Socialist | David Landels | 163 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 181 | 13.8 | −15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,313 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ward 14 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patrick McCormick | 469 | 39.2 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Wilson | 417 | 34.9 | +17.2 |
| | SNP | Patrick Gillan | 266 | 22.2 | −10.6 |
| | Independent | Peter Campbell | 44 | 3.7 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 4.3 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1196 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ward 15 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luciano Rebecchi | 864 | 59.4 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Kevin Mulholland | 407 | 28.0 | −5.2 |
| | SNP | Cirstaidh Park | 183 | 12.6 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | 31.4 | +16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1454 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 16 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Mitchell | 1,158 | 59.6 | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Christina Boyd | 382 | 19.7 | −4.8 |
| | SNP | Keith Brooks | 226 | 11.6 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative | Wilma Strachan | 176 | 9.1 | +9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | 39.9 | +4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,942 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Blair | 1,349 | 61.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | James McLaughlin | 402 | 18.3 | −2.3 |
| | SNP | Anne Thomson | 278 | 12.7 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | James Strachan | 166 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 947 | 43.2 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,195 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | George White | 805 | 44.6 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Terence Loughran | 576 | 31.9 | +0.1 |
| | SNP | John Crowther | 315 | 17.4 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative | Hamilton Cunningham | 110 | 6.1 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 12.7 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,806 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Hunter | 1,032 | 51.4 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | James Bradley | 419 | 20.9 | −1.1 |
| | SNP | Neil MacGillivray | 315 | 15.7 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Harry Osborn | 240 | 12.0 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 613 | 30.5 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,006 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ward 20 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Forbes | 1,115 | 54.7 | +8.5 |
| | Labour | William Gallacher | 475 | 23.3 | −6.6 |
| | SNP | Ian Ramsay | 305 | 15.0 | −8.8 |
| | Conservative | William Carrick | 143 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 640 | 31.4 | +15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,038 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |