Sheffield Council election, 2003

Sheffield City Council election, 2003

← 2002 1 May 2003 2004 →
One third of seats (29 of 87) to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrat Conservative Seats won 17 12 0 Seat change 6 5 1
Map showing the results of the 2003 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election No Overall Control Majority party after election Labour

No Overall Control

Labour

The 2003 Sheffield Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sheffield City Council. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour took control of the council from no overall control with six gains from the Liberal Democrats.

The election saw a trial of electronic voting in half of the council's wards. Voters in these wards were able to vote by either text message, touch tone phone, internet, post, or use electronic kiosks as well as the normal polling stations. Overall turnout was 29.5%, a half a percent fall on the previous year, a drop negated somewhat by the higher turnout in the wards trialing electronic voting.

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: