2003 Gibraltar general election

2003 Gibraltar general election

28 November 2003
15 of the 17 seats in the House of Assembly 8 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Peter Caruana Joe Bossano Party Social Democrats Alliance Last election 58.35%, 8 seats 40.57%, 7 seats Seats won 8 7 Seat change Popular vote 58,234 44,920 Percentage 51.45% 39.69% Swing 6.90pp 0.88pp
Chief Minister before election Peter Caruana Social Democrats Elected Chief Minister Peter Caruana Social Democrats

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 28 November 2003. They were won by Peter Caruana's Gibraltar Social Democrats (GSD), who took over 50% of the popular vote and 8 of the 15 available seats, making this their third successive win.

Party slogans

Party or alliance		Slogan
	GSD	"Security • Stability • Prosperity"
	GSLP/Libs Alliance	"Our Contract with Gibraltar"

Incumbent MPs (from 2000)

MP		Party	Alliance	Seeking re-election?	Parliamentary Role(s)
	Peter Caruana (since 1991)	GSD	-	Yes	Chief Minister (since 1996)
	Bernard Linares (since 1996)	GSD	-	Yes	Minister for Education, Training, Culture and Health
	Keith Azopardi (since 1996)	GSD	-	No	Minister for Trade, Industry and Telecommunications (2000-2003)
	Joseph Holliday (since 1996)	GSD	-	Yes	Minister for Employment & Training and Buildings & Works
	Ernest Britto (since 1996)	GSD	-	Yes	Minister for Public Services, the Environment, Sports and Leisure (February-September 2000) Minister for Public Services, the Environment, Sport and Youth (2000-2003)
	Hubert Corby (since 1996)	GSD	-	No	Minister for Employment and Consumer Affairs (2000-2003)
	Jaime Netto (since 1996)	GSD	-	Yes	Minister for Housing
	Yvette Del Agua (since 2000)	GSD	-	Yes	Minister for Social Affairs
	Joe Bossano (since 1972)	GSLP (since 1980)	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	Yes	Leader of the Opposition (since 1996)
	Joseph Garcia (since 1991)	LPG	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	Yes	Shadow Minister
	Joseph Baldachino (since 1984)	GSLP	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	No	Shadow Minister
	Maria Montegriffo (since 1984)	GSLP	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	Yes	Shadow Minister
	Reginald Valarino (from 1976-1988; since 2000)	GSLP	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	No	Shadow Minister
	Juan Carlos Perez (since 1988)	GSLP	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	No	Shadow Minister
	Steven Linares (since 2000)	LPG	GSLP-Liberal Alliance	Yes	Shadow Minister

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Gibraltar Social Democrats			58,234	51.45	8	0
	Alliance		Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party	28,382	25.08	5	–2
			Liberal Party of Gibraltar	16,538	14.61	2	New
		Total		44,920	39.69	7	0
	Gibraltar Labour Party			9,445	8.35	0	New
	Reform Party			578	0.51	0	New
Ex officio members						2	–
Total				113,177	100.00	17	0
Total votes				14,610	–
Registered voters/turnout				18,452	79.18
Source: Parliament, Parliament

By candidate

Candidate		Party	Alliance	Votes	Notes
	Peter Caruana	GSD		7998	Elected
	Joseph Holliday	GSD		7398	Elected
	Bernard Linares	GSD		7301	Elected
	Ernest Britto	GSD		7275	Elected
	James Netto	GSD		7117	Elected
	Fabian Vinet	GSD		7105	Elected
	Clive Beltran	GSD		7037	Elected
	Yvette Del Agua	GSD		7003	Elected
	Joseph Bossano	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	6220	Elected
	Joseph Garcia	LPG	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5798	Elected
	Fabian Picardo	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5785	Elected
	Charles Bruzon	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5584	Elected
	Steven Linares	LPG	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5554	Elected
	Maria Montegriffo	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5465	Elected
	Lucio Randall	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5328	Elected
	Steven Marin	GSLP	GSLP–Liberal Alliance	5168
	Daniel Feetham	GLP		2171
	Maurice Xiberras	Independent		1395
	Charles Bishop	GLP		1125
	Christian Montegriffo	GLP		1034
	Joseph Bishop	GLP		1026
	William Pisani	GLP		920
	Kim Karnani Santos	GLP		908
	Louise Gillingwater Pederson	GLP		866
	Lyana Armstrong-Emery	RP		578

External links

• Results of the 2003 Gibraltar Elections