2003 West Dunbartonshire Council election

2003 West Dunbartonshire Council election
All 22 seats to West Dunbartonshire Council; 12 seats needed for a majority
Council Leader before election; Daniel McCafferty; Independent	Council Leader after election ; Andrew White; Labour

The 2003 West Dunbartonshire Council election were held on the 1 May 2003 and were the third to the unitary authority, which was created along with 28 other local authorities, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. They were also the last held under the single-member constituency first past the post system.

Results

2003 West Dunbartonshire Council election result^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	17	3	0	3	77.3	46.8	16,443	5.4
SNP	3	0	4	4	13.6	33.6	11,816	11.8
Scottish Socialist	1	1	0	1	4.6	10.1	3,538	New
Independent	1	1	1		4.6	6.5	2,273	4.3
Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	3.0	1,063	2.9

Ward results

Ward 1: Whitecrook^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dennis Brogan	1,006	57.95
	Labour	Robert Marshall	416	23.96
	SNP	Donald McKinlay	314	18.09
Majority			590	33.99
Turnout			1,745	53.2
	Independent gain from SNP

Ward 2: Dalmuir/Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gail Casey	616	47.02
	SNP	John Keegan	444	33.89
	Independent	Mary Campbell	250	18.09
Majority			172	13.13
Turnout			1,326	38.1
	Labour hold

Ward 3: Mountblow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jackie Maceira	1,025	52.65
	SNP	William G. Hendrie	712	36.57
	Scottish Socialist	Frank J. Hotchkiss	210	10.78
Majority			313	16.08
Turnout			1,982	51.2
	Labour hold

Ward 4: Parkhall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alistair Macdonald	1,037	62.32
	SNP	William S. Ramsay	422	25.36
	Independent	Lockhart Cameron	205	12.32
Majority			615	36.96
Turnout			1,679	54.4
	Labour hold

Ward 5: Linnvale/Drumry^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew White	696	46.93
	SNP	Alexander Scullion	431	29.06
	Independent	Alexander Doherty	356	24.01
Majority			265	17.87
Turnout			1,499	46.7
	Labour hold

Ward 6: Kilbowie^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Devine	785	53.26
	SNP	James Brown	548	37.18
	Scottish Socialist	Cameron Fyfe	141	9.56
Majority			237	16.08
Turnout			1,496	51.1
	Labour hold

Ward 7: Kilbowie West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denis Agnew	865	58.72
	SNP	Ronald MacDonald	364	24.71
	Scottish Socialist	Thomas Kirkwood	244	16.56
Majority			501	34.01
Turnout			1,486	49.6
	Labour hold

Ward 8: Faifley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Bootland	659	54.69
	SNP	James Finn	382	31.70
	Scottish Socialist	Dawn Brennan	164	13.61
Majority			277	22.99
Turnout			1,219	40.7
	Labour hold

Ward 9: Hardgate^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Douglas McAllister	893	58.83
	SNP	John McDonald	625	41.17
Majority			268	17.66
Turnout			1,542	54.0
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 10: Duntocher^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Duncan McDonald	1,300	73.03
	SNP	Gareth Finn	480	26.97
Majority			820	46.06
Turnout			1,806	52.8
	Labour hold

Ward 11: Bowling/Milton/Old Kilpatrick^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Raymond Young	1,259	58.53
	Labour	William McLaughlin	892	41.47
Majority			367	17.06
Turnout			2,211	55.4
	SNP hold

Ward 12: Dumbarton East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda McColl	778	43.71
	Independent	Alistair Tuach	456	25.62
	SNP	John McNeil	422	23.71
	Scottish Socialist	Helen Hamilton	124	6.96
Majority			322	18.09
Turnout			1,797	56.3
	Labour hold

Ward 13: Barloan/Overtoun^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marie McNair	709	36.49
	SNP	Iain Robertson	688	35.41
	Conservative	Martyn A. McIntyre	350	18.01
	Scottish Socialist	Mark Porciani	194	9.99
Majority			21	1.08
Turnout			1,957	55.0
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 14: Dumbarton North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Calvert	725	57.63
	SNP	James Cormack	348	27.66
	Scottish Socialist	Ian Gartshore	185	14.71
Majority			377	29.97
Turnout			1,274	41.2
	Labour hold

Ward 15: Dumbarton Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James McCallum	815	51.81
	SNP	William Barlow	376	23.90
	Conservative	David Kinniburgh	217	13.80
	Scottish Socialist	Alexander Cunningham	165	10.49
Majority			439	27.91
Turnout			1,590	51.4
	Labour hold

Ward 16: Dumbarton West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Duffy	875	59.13
	SNP	Ann Robertson	294	20.57
	Scottish Socialist	David Logan	260	18.20
Majority			581	40.66
Turnout			1,453	46.4
	Labour hold

Ward 17: Renton/Alexandria South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Scottish Socialist	Jim Bollan	1,074	66.46
	SNP	William Hutchison	542	33.54
Majority			532	32.92
Turnout			1,692	52.0
	Scottish Socialist gain from Independent

Ward 18: Alexandria North/Tullichewan^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Craig McLaughlin	796	50.96
	Labour	Joseph Sheridan	574	36.75
	Scottish Socialist	Louise Robertson	192	12.29
Majority			222	14.21
Turnout			1,585	51.2
	SNP hold

Ward 19: Balloch^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Rooney	734	40.09
	SNP	Ronald McColl	620	33.86
	Conservative	Terence Stables	340	18.57
	Scottish Socialist	Archibald Henderson	137	7.48
Majority			114	6.23
Turnout			1,845	58.9
	Labour gain from SNP

Ward 20: Haldane/Kilmaronock/Jamestown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	Margaret McGregor	854	58.17
	Labour	Alistair Lang	477	32.49
	Scottish Socialist	Harry Holleway	137	9.33
Majority			377	25.68
Turnout			1,506	48.3
	SNP hold

Ward 21: Bonhill East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Flynn	790	63.45
	SNP	Joseph Callaghan	307	24.66
	Scottish Socialist	Les Robertson	148	11.89
Majority			483	38.79
Turnout			1,257	45.9
	Labour hold

Ward 22: Riverside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Connie O'Sullivan	782	46.30
	SNP	James Chirrey	588	34.81
	Scottish Socialist	Anne-Marie Timmoney	163	9.65
	Conservative	David Jardine	156	9.24
Majority			194	11.49
Turnout			1,699	51.7
	Labour hold