2003 Scottish local elections

2003 Scottish local elections

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All 1,222 seats to Scottish councils
Turnout	49.6%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Jack McConnell John Swinney Party Labour SNP Seats won 509 181 Seat change 42 23 Popular vote 611,843 451,660 Percentage 32.6% 24.1% Swing 3.7% 4.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jim Wallace David McLetchie Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 175 122 Seat change 18 14 Popular vote 272,057 282,895 Percentage 14.5% 15.1% Swing 1.9% 1.6%
Colours denote the winning party with outright control
Colours denote the party with the most seats
Colours denote party of the elected councillor for each ward

The 2003 Scottish local elections were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary authorities.

This was the last election for local government in Scotland to use the first past the post electoral system.