2003 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2003 Bolsover District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of BolsoverDistrict Council in Derbyshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
Labour won 31 of the 37 seats on the council to keep a 25-seat majority on the council.[2] Of the other 6 seats, 4 were won by independents, while the remaining 2 seats were taken by the Whitwell Residents Association, which won both seats in Whitwellward.[2] Overall turnout at the election was about 30%, reaching a high of 42.4% in Elmton-with-Creswell.[2]