2003 Scottish local elections

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.

2003 Scottish local elections
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
Turnout49.6%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jack McConnell John Swinney
Party Labour SNP
Seats won 509 181
Seat change 42 23
Popular vote 611,843 451,660
Percentage 32.6% 24.1%
Swing 3.7% 4.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jim Wallace David McLetchie
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 175 122
Seat change 18 14
Popular vote 272,057 282,895
Percentage 14.5% 15.1%
Swing 1.9% 1.6%
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.

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