2003_Rochdale_Council_election
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour: 30;
- Liberal Democrat: 22; and
- Conservative: 8.
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 10 | -1 | 50.0 | 37.8 | 15,167 | -7.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 8 | +1 | 40.0 | 36.1 | 14,475 | +6.6 | |||
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 25.6 | 10,248 | +2.9 | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 163 | +0.2 | |||
Christian Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 24 | +0.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frank Greenwood | 806 | 49.7 | -3.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Greenwood | 484 | 29.9 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Sawle | 331 | 20.4 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 322 | 19.8 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,621 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Rowen | 1,505 | 70.3 | +18.4 | |
Labour | Nicholas Maher | 481 | 22.5 | -17.6 | |
Conservative | William Hobhouse | 154 | 7.2 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 1,024 | 47.8 | +36.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,140 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Flynn | 1,205 | 56.2 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Jack Butterworth | 647 | 30.2 | -9.7 | |
Conservative | Ronald Crossley | 292 | 13.6 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 558 | 26.0 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,144 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Sharif | 1,509 | 60.6 | +33.3 | |
Labour | Colin Thompson | 809 | 32.5 | -32.8 | |
Conservative | Linda Butler | 174 | 7.0 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 700 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,492 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Angela Robinson | 729 | 61.0 | -9.6 | |
Conservative | Craig Matthews | 266 | 22.2 | +22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Irene Cooper | 201 | 16.8 | -6.9 | |
Majority | 463 | 38.8 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,196 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Murphy | 782 | 47.9 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marie Welsby | 572 | 35.1 | -5.1 | |
Conservative | Gary Matthews | 253 | 15.5 | +6.1 | |
Christian Democratic Party | Christine West | 24 | 1.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 210 | 12.8 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,631 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Surinder Biant | 1,101 | 36.3 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Bailey | 1,053 | 34.8 | -2.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 876 | 28.9 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,030 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 899 | 43.7 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Lord | 703 | 34.2 | +7.2 | |
Labour | David Finlay | 455 | 22.1 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 196 | 9.5 | -12.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,057 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Irene Davidson | 1,020 | 53.2 | +4.5 | |
Labour | John Ingham | 467 | 24.3 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Allan Marshall | 432 | 22.5 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 553 | 28.9 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,919 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christine Akram | 864 | 50.0 | +28.2 | |
Labour | David Felton | 599 | 34.7 | -31.1 | |
Conservative | Michael Butler | 265 | 15.3 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 265 | 15.3 | -28.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,728 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jane Gartside | 1,876 | 67.5 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ted Sullivan | 905 | 32.5 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 971 | 35.0 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,781 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Davies | 982 | 66.2 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 502 | 33.8 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 480 | 32.4 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,484 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ian Robertson | 736 | 53.2 | -7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Haynes | 354 | 25.6 | -13.5 | |
Conservative | Paul Spilling | 294 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Majority | 382 | 27.6 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,384 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Shah Wazir | 2,189 | 55.8 | +16.6 | |
Labour | Abdul Chowdry | 1,732 | 44.2 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 457 | 11.6 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,921 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Linda Robinson | 1,281 | 62.5 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Gerard Heatherington | 769 | 37.5 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 512 | 25.0 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,050 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donna Martin | 1,386 | 52.8 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Mary Fitzsimons | 1,237 | 47.2 | +11.8 | |
Majority | 149 | 5.6 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,623 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Norman Smith | 1,535 | 83.4 | +22.8 | |
Labour | Stefan Cholewka | 305 | 16.6 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 1,230 | 66.8 | +31.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,840 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joyce Wright | 1,168 | 61.8 | -6.5 | |
Labour | Mike Radanovic | 390 | 20.6 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Heaford | 333 | 17.6 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 778 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,891 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan McCarthy | 775 | 70.1 | ||
Conservative | Neil Brockbank | 330 | 29.9 | ||
Majority | 445 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,105 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Murtaza | 704 | 67.7 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Denise Matthews | 173 | 16.6 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Philip Burke | 163 | 15.7 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 531 | 51.1 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,040 |
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