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2003 Moray Council election
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All 26 seats to Moray Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independent Labour SNP
Last election 15 seats, 36.9% 6 seats, 20.5% 2 seats, 30.4%
Seats won 16 5 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 14,084 3,622 7,194
Percentage 49.3% 12.7% 25.2%
Swing Increase 12.4% Decrease 7.8% Decrease 5.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 2 seats, 8.3% 1 seats, 3.8%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 2,250 1,229
Percentage 7.9% 4.3%
Swing Decrease 0.4% Increase 0.5%

The 2003 Moray Council election was held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This was the last election to use the first-past-the-post voting system across 26 single member wards.

Background

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Further information: 1999 Moray Council election

The 1999 election to the Moray Council saw the Independent group on the council expand by 13 seats, with the SNP losing 11. It is of note that the number of seats grew from 18 in 1995 to 26 in 1999.

1999 Moray Council election results
Party Seats Vote share
Independent 15 36.9%
Labour 6 20.5%
SNP 2 30.4%
Liberal Democrat 2 8.3%
Conservative 1 3.8%

Source:[1]

Results

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2003 Moray Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 16 2 1 Increase 1 61.5 49.3 14,084 Increase 12.4
  Labour 5 0 1 Decrease 1 19.2 12.7 3,622 Decrease 7.8
  SNP 3 2 1 Increase 1 11.5 25.2 7,194 Decrease 5.2
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 1 Decrease 1 3.8 7.9 2,250 Decrease 0.4
  Conservative 1 0 0 Steady 3.8 4.3 1,229 Increase 0.5
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 175 New
Total 26 28,554

Source:[2][3]

Ward results

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Buckie Central

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Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Leslie (Incumbent) 406 41.2
Independent Joe Mackay 316 32.0
SNP Gordon McDonald 264 26.8
Majority 90 9.2
Turnout 986 40.9
Labour hold

Buckie East & Findochty

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Sinclair Longmore (Incumbent) 406 36.5
SNP Linda McDonald 355 31.9
Conservative David Anderson 263 23.7
Liberal Democrats Gordon Holm 88 7.9
Majority 51 4.6
Turnout 1,112 44.3
Independent hold

Buckie West

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent William Jappy (Incumbent) 682 67.7
SNP Ian Hamilton 326 32.3
Majority 356 35.4
Turnout 1,008 41.3
Independent hold

Burghsea

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Eric McGillivray 636 43.4
Independent Alastair MacKenzie 353 24.1
Independent Cath Millar 204 13.9
SNP Angus Munro 170 11.6
Liberal Democrats Allison Bullock 103 7.0
Majority 283 19.3
Turnout 1,466 54.4
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Cathedral

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Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ronald Sim 391 46.4
SNP Hamish McDonald 259 30.8
Conservative Alexander Thomson 136 16.2
Scottish Socialist Norma Anderson 56 6.7
Majority 132 15.6
Turnout 842 36.7
Labour hold

Central West

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Alastair Bisset (Incumbent) 919 70.2
SNP Caroline Dunn 391 29.8
Majority 528 40.4
Turnout 1,310 50.1
Independent hold

Elgin-Bishopmill East

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Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alexander Keith (Incumbent) 794 67.5
SNP Donald Morrison 282 24.0
Liberal Democrats Mary McLintock 101 8.6
Majority 512 43.5
Turnout 1,167 43.5
Labour hold

Elgin-Bishopmill West

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Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Alan Burgess (Incumbent) 431 35.1
Independent Norman McKay 330 26.9
SNP Elaine Cooper 203 16.5
Conservative David Terron 187 15.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Horton 78 6.3
Majority 101 8.2
Turnout 1,229 46.1
Labour hold

Fife-Keith & Strathisla

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Percy Watt (Incumbent) 838 75.0
SNP Keith Alderson 279 25.0
Majority 559 50.0
Turnout 1,117 45.8
Independent hold

Finderne

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Geoffrey Hamilton Unopposed
Independent hold

Forres Central

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Rex McIntosh (Incumbent) 943 78.4
Liberal Democrats Angela Cameron 260 21.6
Majority 683 56.8
Turnout 1,203 44.3
Independent hold

Forres East

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Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Iain Young (Incumbent) 643 47.8
Independent Lorna Creswell 400 29.8
SNP Jimmy Dingwall 206 15.3
Liberal Democrats Sheila Cameron 95 7.1
Majority 243 18.0
Turnout 1,344 54.4
Conservative hold

Forres West & Altyre

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Alastair Urquhart (Incumbent) 673 77.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Main 193 22.3
Majority 480 55.4
Turnout 866 40.1
Independent hold

Glenlivet

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Bob Wilson (Incumbent) 607 59.0
SNP Michael McConachie 421 41.0
Majority 186 18.0
Turnout 1,028 43.8
Independent hold

Heldon & Laich

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent John Hogg (Incumbent) 810 66.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Bullock 207 17.0
SNP Alastair Main 203 16.6
Majority 603 49.4
Turnout 1,220 53.0
Independent hold

Innes

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Eddie Coutts (Incumbent) 637 48.6
SNP Graeme McDonald 365 27.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Cromar 263 20.1
Independent Kenneth Stuart 46 3.5
Majority 272 20.8
Turnout 1,311 50.5
Independent hold

Keith

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Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Linda Gorn (Incumbent) 477 45.5
SNP Rhona Paterson 273 26.0
Independent Edwin Henderson 171 16.3
Labour Mary McGregor 128 12.2
Majority 204 19.5
Turnout 1,049 44.2
Liberal Democrats hold

Lennox

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent George McIntyre 506 40.7
SNP Mike Watt 336 27.0
Independent Robert Innes 213 17.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Reid 120 9.7
Independent William Graham 68 5.5
Majority 170 13.7
Turnout 1,243 52.1
Independent gain from SNP

Lhanbryde & Birnie

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Roma Hossack 687 61.4
Labour Stephen McBean 267 23.9
Liberal Democrats Donald Cameron 165 14.7
Majority 420 37.5
Turnout 1,119 48.2
Independent hold

Lossiemouth East

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Tom Bothwell 802 68.7
SNP Iain Allan 366 31.3
Majority 436 37.4
Turnout 1,168 49.1
Independent hold

Lossiemouth West

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Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Joyce Stewart 522 52.8
Independent Ian Frame 466 47.2
Majority 56 5.6
Turnout 988 38.2
SNP gain from Independent

New Elgin East

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Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Divers 579 55.1
SNP Graham Leadbitter 353 33.6
Scottish Socialist Alexander MacGillivary 119 11.3
Majority 226 21.5
Turnout 1,051 42.9
Labour hold

New Elgin West

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Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Robert Burns 535 52.1
Labour Muriel Ettles (Incumbent) 491 47.9
Majority 44 4.2
Turnout 1,025 42.2
SNP gain from Labour

Rathford

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ron Shepherd (Incumbent) 607 47.4
Independent Daniel Cook 530 41.4
SNP Margaret Hamilton 144 11.2
Majority 77 6.0
Turnout 1,281 55.4
Independent hold

Rural Keith & Rothes

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Party Candidate Votes %
SNP Pearl Paul (Incumbent) 581 54.4
Independent Gordon Henderson 252 23.6
Labour Shuna Dicks 135 12.6
Liberal Democrats James Milton 100 9.4
Majority 329 30.8
Turnout 1,068 47.7
SNP hold

Speyside

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Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Edward Aldridge (Incumbent) 982 73.2
SNP Peter Farquharson 360 26.8
Majority 682 46.4
Turnout 1,342 51.6
Independent hold

Aftermath

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Buckie West by-election

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On 1 July 2004 a by-election was held in the Buckie West ward after the death of independent councillor Bill Jappy.[4] It was won by independent candidate Joseph Mackay.[4]

Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Joseph Mackay 552 63.6
SNP Gordon McDonald 196 22.6
Conservative Ian Moir 89 10.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Holms 31 3.6
Majority 356 41.0
Independent hold

Source:[5]

August 2004 Speyside by-election

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On 12 August 2004 a by-election was held in the Speyside ward.[6]

Party Candidate Votes %
SNP - 286 30.8
Independent - 244 26.3
Independent - 187 20.1
Conservative - 121 13.0
Independent - 91 9.8
Majority 42 4.5
SNP gain from Independent

November 2004 Speyside by-election

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On 11 November 2004 a by-election was held in the Speyside ward.[6]

Party Candidate Votes %
Independent - 383 37.6
Conservative - 242 23.8
Independent - 232 22.8
Independent - 99 9.7
Liberal Democrats - 62 6.1
Majority 141 13.8
Independent gain from SNP

References

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  1. ^ "Scottish Council Elections 1999" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Scottish Council Elections 2003" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "2004" (PDF). Buckie Heritage. April 13, May 18, June 15, July 6. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  5. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Buckie West Ward - Moray". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b Teale, Andrew. "Speyside Ward - Moray". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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