2003 Midlothian Council election

Elections to Midlothian Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the last one using the 18 single-member wards using the plurality (first past the post) system of election.^[1]

Results by ward.

Labour retained their dominance of the council, with the Liberal Democrats forming the second largest party on the council.

Election results

Midlothian local election result 2003^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15				83.3	44.6	13,221
	Liberal Democrats	2				11.1	17.4	5,149
	Independent	1				5.6	2.1	611
	SNP	0				0.0	23.0	6,829
	Conservative	0				0.0	10.7	3,186
	Scottish Socialist	0				0.0	1.4	414
	Green	0				0.0	0.9	261

Ward results