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The 2003 Scottish local elections were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.
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All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 49.6%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours denote the party with the most seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours denote party of the elected councillor for each ward |
This was the last election for local government in Scotland to use the first past the post electoral system.
Minor council boundary took place to better reflect certain areas:[2]
Parties | Votes | Votes % | +/- | Wards | Net Gain/Loss | |
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Labour | 611,843 | 32.6 | −3.7% | 509 | −42 | |
SNP | 451,660 | 24.1 | −4.6% | 181 | −23 | |
Conservative | 282,895 | 15.1 | +1.6% | 122 | +14 | |
Liberal Democrats | 272,057 | 14.5 | +1.9% | 175 | +18 | |
Independent | 189,749 | 10.1 | +3.0% | 230 | +39 | |
Other | 67,533 | 3.6 | +2.0% | 4 | −6 | |
Total | 1,875,737 | 1,222 |
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