2003 Perth and Kinross Council election

The 2003 Perth and Kinross Council election was held on 1 May 2003, the same day as other Scottish Local Government elections and the Scottish Parliament Election.

2003 Perth and Kinross Council election

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All 41 seats to Perth and Kinross Council 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	54.0% 9.3
First party Second party Third party   Party SNP Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 16 seats 11 seats 6 seats Seats won 15 10 9 Seat change 1 1 3 Popular vote 20,651 16,076 12,645 Percentage 36.1% 28.1% 22.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Labour Independent Last election 6 seats 2 seats Seats won 5 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 5,567 2,236 Percentage 9.7% 3.9%

This was the last election using 41 single member wards, in which the Scottish National Party won the most seats with 15.

Results

2003 Perth and Kinross Council election result^[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	15	1	2	1	36.6	36.1	20,651
	Conservative	10	1	2	1	24.4	28.1	16,076
	Liberal Democrats	9	3	0	3	22.0	22.1	12,645
	Labour	5	0	1	1	12.2	9.7	5,567
	Independent	2	0	0		4.9	3.9	2,236

Ward results

Ward 1 Rannoch & Atholl

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	J Culliven	516	61.1	+17.4
	Conservative	Ms. C Morrison	231	27.4	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	R D McArthur	97	11.5	+3.3
Majority			285	33.7	+18
Turnout			844	60.7	+7.1
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 2 Pitlochry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ms. E J Howie	731	48.0	−5.1
	Independent	Ms.K Scott	484	31.8	+31.8
	Conservative	P Edward	230	15.1	−13.7
	Liberal Democrats	J F A Rankin	79	5.2	−1.8
Majority			247	16.2	−8.1
Turnout			1,524	61.9	−9.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 3 Rattray & Glenshee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Ms. E A Grant	572	50.2	−3.9
	Conservative	R M E Taylor	304	22.7	−8.6
	Independent	Ms. S M Thorne	200	14.9	+14.9
	Labour	Ms. K Barrett	114	8.5	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. A Wilson	48	3.6	+3.6
Majority			368	27.5	−4.7
Turnout			1,338	51.2	−5.3
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 4 Alyth & Old Rattray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	I Miller	1,083	64.3	+18.1
	Conservative	G Suttie	491	29.2	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	J I Reid	109	6.5	+6.5
Majority			592	35.1	+34.8
Turnout			1,683	60.6	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 5 Coupar Angus & Meigle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	A D Grant	801	56.0	+7.6
	Conservative	L R Bushby	443	31.0	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. J Rennie	187	13.1	+13.1
Majority			358	25.0	15.3
Turnout			1,431	53.9	−14.7
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 6 Rosemount

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. S H Bushby	821	53.6	+8.0
	SNP	Ms. C C J Wilson	605	39.5	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	P G Gill	105	6.9	+0.2
Majority			216	14.1	+4.4
Turnout			1,531	61.5	−7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 7 Blairgowrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	R S Ellis	774	63.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Ms. J D Bruce	361	29.7	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. P Carruthers	81	6.7	−2.2
Majority			413	34	+4.6
Turnout			1,216	53.1	−8.3
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 8 Kinclaven & Clunie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	A Telfer	628	41.8	+8.2
	Conservative	Ms B Vaughan	487	32.4	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	J Stewart	389	25.9	+2.7
Majority			141	9.4	+8.9
Turnout			1,504	58.0	−5.2
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 9 Strathtay & Dunkeld

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	A S Barr	750	48.6	+13.2
	Conservative	Ms S G Mannion	600	38.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	W E Freeman	193	12.5	−7.1
Majority			150	9.7	+9
Turnout			1,543	61.0	−7.2
	SNP hold		Swing

War 10 Breadalbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	K I Lyall	864	60.3	+21.8
	Conservative	J M Harding	411	28.7	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	E W Drysdale	157	11.0	+6.7
Majority			453	31.6	+21.3
Turnout			1,432	57.3	−11.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 11 Comrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Crabbie	734	51.9	−4.3
	SNP	A Dillon	497	35.1	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ms D J Guyan	183	12.9	−2.9
Majority			237	16.8	−11.5
Turnout			1,414	61.9	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 12 Crieff North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms. H McDonald	781	55.2	+3.7
	SNP	Ms.M Kelly	374	26.4	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	D E Dewar	260	18.4	+2.6
Majority			317	28.8	+10.0
Turnout			1,415	52.0	−7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 13 Crieff South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms A Cowan	507	38.2	+3.1
	SNP	Ms C A Scally	384	28.9	−17.8
	Labour	Ms M Dingwall	340	25.6	+25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ms N Valentine	97	7.3	−10.8
Majority			123	9.3	−2.3
Turnout			1,328	50.5	−5.6
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing

Ward 14 Strathord & Logiealmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R A Scott	999	60.4	+10.1
	SNP	J L Kelias	380	23.0	+4.0
	Conservative	G G Rees	275	16.6	−7.7
Majority			619	37.4	+11.4
Turnout			1,654	57.5	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 15 Strathalmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	R Lumsden	730	51.7	+14.9
	Conservative	Ms S Nimmo	459	32.5	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ms C F Robertson	224	15.9	+5.4
Majority			271	19.2	+18.3
Turnout			1,413	54.7	−11.4
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 16 Scone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	L D D Simpson	818	49.9	+27.4
	SNP	S McMillan	483	29.5	−1.3
	Conservative	H D D Anderson	339	20.7	−11.5
Majority			335	20.4	+19.0
Turnout			1,640	62.4	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ward 17 Dunsinnan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J E Lloyd	841	55.6	+20.6
	Conservative	J Main	372	24.6	−8.0
	SNP	R MacDonald	300	19.8	+0.4
Majority			469	31.0	+28.6
Turnout			1,513	60.6	−6.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward 18 East Carse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	P L Mulheron	994	63.4	+10.9
	Conservative	R W Last	331	21.1	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	K M Reay	244	15.6	+7.8
Majority			663	42.3	+16.7
Turnout			1,569	55.8	−11.6
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 19 Central Carse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	J K M Hulbert	638	47.8	+1.7
	Conservative	M Roberts	496	37.2	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	M Reay	201	15.1	+1.5
Majority			142	10.6	+4.8
Turnout			1,335	56.0	−8.3
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 20 Barnhill & West Carse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P A Barrett	724	43.9	+22.5
	Conservative	Ms H Stewart	651	39.5	−10.4
	SNP	Ms S E Morrison	273	16.6	−12.1
Majority			73	4.4	−16.8
Turnout			1,847	60.8	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ward 21 Picstonhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Doig	396	28.4	−5.9
	Conservative	Ms A Rees	392	28.1	+5.0
	SNP	Ms R L McEwan	369	26.5	+6.1
	Labour	Ms A A Chatt	236	17.1	−5.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Ward 22 North Inch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ms J H E McEwen	353	38.7	+2.7
	SNP	R Band	270	29.6	−1.2
	Conservative	R Bywalec	203	22.3	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ms C V Whittingham	86	9.4	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 23 Muirton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	G Hunter	393	48.6	+11.4
	Labour	Ms A Howard	189	23.4	−9.6
	Conservative	D Gratty	145	17.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	N S Gellatly	82	10.1	+10.1
Majority			204	25.2	+21.0
Turnout			809	39.3	−6.1
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 24 North Muirton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A A MacLellan	477	43.8	+13.1
	SNP	A Grant	447	41.0	+8.8
	Conservative	Ms C Hastings	99	9.1	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	M J Whittingham	66	6.1	+3.0
Majority			30	2.8	−21.9
Turnout			1,089	42.8	−14.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 25 Hillyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	D M Scott	630	56.5
	Labour	J Kane	313	28.1
	Conservative	R Dewar	111	10.0	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ms E C Barrett	61	5.5	+5.5
Majority			317	28.4	−3.9
Turnout			1,115	40.6	−13.7
	SNP hold		Swing

Ward 26 Ruthven Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A Livingstone	714	51.4	+16.3
	Conservative	Ms Y Clark	284	20.5	−4.4
	SNP	Ms E Angus	239	17.2	−2.4
	Labour	A Gilruth	151	10.9	−8.7
Majority			430	30.9	−20.7
Turnout			1,388	55.5	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 27 North Letham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J McM Flynn	651	57.4	+0.6
	SNP	J Lumsden	339	29.9	−1.9
	Conservative	Ms P Roberts	84	7.4	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ms L Freeman	61	5.4	+1.4
Majority			312	27.5	+2.5
Turnout			1,135	47.4	−10.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 28 South Letham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Gillies	574	51.1	+3.8
	SNP	Ms E C MacLachlan	401	35.7	−3.2
	Conservative	R Fraser	101	9.0	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	W Matheson	48	4.3	−0.2
Majority			173	15.4	+7.0
Turnout			1,124	40.5	−11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 29 Wellshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Stewart	539	42.5	+16.6
	SNP	A J Cook	356	28.1	+3.0
	Labour	Ms L M Ferguson	187	14.7	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	A J Syme	186	14.7	−10.4
Majority			183	14.4	+13.6
Turnout			1,268	48.9	−9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 30 Oakbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W O Wilson	1,281	79.4	+9.0
	Conservative	J McNicol	184	11.4	−0.4
	SNP	T Karczewski	149	9.2	+0.2
Majority			1,097	68.0	+8.2
Turnout			1,614	63.3	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 31 Craigie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	L Caddell	550	33.8	+1.6
	SNP	A M Gadsden	399	24.5	+2.4
	Conservative	J Blackie	373	22.9	−1.6
	Labour	J McCann	304	18.7	−2.4
Majority			151	9.3	+1.6
Turnout			1,626	58.5	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 32 South Inch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	J Coburn	449	40.8	+7.7
	Labour	J Forbes	306	27.8	−12.3
	Conservative	Ms S Stewart	219	19.9	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ms M S Matheson	126	11.5	+3.6
Majority			143	13.0	+6.0
Turnout			1,100	42.2	−7.8
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Ward 33 Moncrieffe & Friarton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M H Lennie	516	41.9	−0.7
	SNP	Ms E J S Lee	383	31.1	+1.0
	Conservative	M Archibald	220	17.9	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	J A Simpson	112	9.1	−0.4
Majority			133	10.8	−1.7
Turnout			1,231	47.6	−13.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ward 34 Earn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Jack	638	41.4	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	K R Spittal	433	28.1	−1.1
	SNP	E G Dow	279	18.1	−7.7
	Labour	P C Noad	192	12.5	−0.3
Majority			205	13.3	+10.3
Turnout			1,542	58.6	−10.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 35 Auchterarder Mid Earn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Mair	675	45.4	+2.0
	SNP	Ms S R M Russell	328	22.0	−4.0
	Independent	Ms K Fyffe	315	21.2	+21.2
	Liberal Democrats	J B Pringle	170	11.4	+2.6
Majority			347	23.4	−6.9
Turnout			1,488	54.6	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 36 Strathallan & Glendevon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Dow	686	43.6	−0.8
	SNP	Ms C A Younger	486	30.9	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ms A G Gaunt	403	25.6	+2.4
Majority			200	12.7	+1.7
Turnout			1,575	53.6	−9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 37 Auchterarder Craig Rosse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Young	582	39.0	+4.8
	SNP	K R A Robertson	527	35.3	+1.2
	Labour	B Kift	225	15.1	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	W Rennie	158	10.6	+1.2
Majority			55	3.7	+3.6
Turnout			1,492	53.7	−7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 38 Abernethy & Glenfarg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ms K Baird	695	51.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	D Skene	330	24.4	+8.1
	SNP	W M Armstrong	325	24.1	−12.9
Majority			365	27.1	+17.4
Turnout			1,350	57.9	−8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ward 39 Milnathort & North Kinross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W B Robertson	923	56.2	+2.4
	SNP	A Bath	329	20.0	−4.0
	Conservative	Ms V Y Parkin	215	13.1	+2.0
	Labour	Ms C D Milliken	176	10.7	−0.4
Majority			594	36.2	+26.5
Turnout			1,643	54.3	−15.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ward 40 Kinross Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G G Hayton	581	47.0	+37.0
	SNP	S Miller	372	30.1	−34.2
	Labour	Ms M P B Lockhart	153	12.4	−0.3
	Conservative	T Paterson	129	10.4	−2.6
Majority			209	16.9	+34.4
Turnout			1,235	51.6	−17.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP		Swing

Ward 41 Kinross-shire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M A Barnacle	945	54.1	+14.9
	SNP	T McHendry	384	22.0	−3.5
	Conservative	M F Parkin	310	17.7	−4.0
	Labour	M C M Twaddle	108	6.2	−7.4
Majority			561	32.1	+18.4
Turnout			1,747	57.3	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing