Scottish local elections, 2003

Scottish local elections, 2003

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All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
Turnout	49.6%
First party Second party   Leader Jack McConnell John Swinney Party Labour SNP Leader since 22 November 2001 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 David McLetchie Jim Wallace Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 122 175 Seat change 14 18 Popular vote 282,895 272,057 Percentage 15.1 14.5 Swing 1.6 1.9
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

The Scottish local elections, 2003 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.

This was the last election for local government in Scotland to use the first past the post electoral system.

Minor council boundary took place to better reflect certain areas: