2003 Rossendale Borough Council election

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

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Rossendale Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 9 5 0 +5 75.0 50.8 6,753 +6.1%
  Labour 2 0 6 -6 16.7 39.5 5,248 -14.1%
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1 8.3 9.8 1,299 +9.8%

Ward results

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Cribden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Young 285 34.5
Labour Hugh McCaw 274 33.2
Conservative Kenneth Slaughter 266 32.2
Majority 11 1.3
Turnout 825 30.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Facit and Shawforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hazel Steen 422 53.1
Labour Thomas Aldred 372 46.9
Majority 50 6.2
Turnout 794 28.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Greenfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Starkey 678
Conservative Alison Tickner 644
Liberal Democrats Catherine Long 540
Labour Dorothy Atkinson 335
Labour Jennifer Shilliday 236
Turnout 2,433 33.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Greensclough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Challinor 693 55.7
Labour Bernadette O'Connor 551 44.3
Majority 142 11.4
Turnout 1,244 30.4
Conservative hold Swing
Hareholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Unsworth 661 50.4
Conservative Susan Popland 650 49.6
Majority 11 0.8
Turnout 1,311 31.3
Labour hold Swing
Healey and Whitworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Barnes 404 54.4
Labour Ronald Pickup 338 45.6
Majority 66 8.8
Turnout 742 26.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Helmshore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Pawson 694 49.2
Labour Stuart Brannigan 473 33.5
Liberal Democrats James Pilling 244 17.3
Majority 221 15.7
Turnout 1,411 31.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Irwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Steen 566 57.6
Labour William Pearson 416 42.4
Majority 150 15.2
Turnout 982 27.5
Conservative hold Swing
Longholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emily Haworth 559 50.4
Labour Denise Hancock 551 49.6
Majority 8 0.8
Turnout 1,110 27.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Whitewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Robertson 646 50.8
Conservative Christopher Wadsworth 625 49.2
Majority 21 1.6
Turnout 1,271 30.2
Labour hold Swing
Worsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce Thorne 552 46.9
Labour Adrian Lythgoe 395 33.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Marx 230 19.5
Majority 157 13.3
Turnout 1,177 27.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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