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Local Election Results 2003

Renfrewshire

Whole council up for election.

Other results for Renfrewshire: 2007 2012 2017
By-elections for Renfrewshire (may be incomplete): 7th December 2006 (Elderslie) — 17th March 2011 (Paisley S.) — 11th August 2016 (Renfrew S. & Gallowhill)

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Consolidated results — Renfrewshire 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Scottish National Party 26167 39.3% 15
Labour 24536 36.8% 21
Liberal Democrat 6457 9.7% 3
Conservative 5900 8.9% 1
Scottish Socialist Party 3141 4.7% 0
Independent 421 0.6% 0

Arkleston and Newmains

Robert McGerty Lab 765 44.2%
Catherine McEwan SNP 751 43.4%
Douglas Canning SSP 119 6.9%
Peter Welsh LD 95 5.5%

Bishopton

Iain Langlands C 1093 49.0%
Bill Robertson SNP 628 28.1%
Anne Donnachie Lab 511 22.9%

Blackhall and Hawkhead

Celia Lawson SNP 902 59.0%
Victoria Bain Lab 473 30.9%
Robert Muir SSP 155 10.1%

Blythswood

Derek MacKay SNP 952 64.2%
Roy Hutchison Lab 405 27.3%
James Halfpenny SSP 67 4.5%
Margaret McLellan C 58 3.9%

Brediland

John McDowell Lab 590 46.0%
Archibald Ashcroft SNP 371 28.9%
Mark Hollywood LD 189 14.7%
Billy McNaughton SSP 84 6.5%
Ian Dryburgh C 50 3.9%

Bridge of Weir North and Craigends

Allan Noon SNP 798 43.1%
John McDonald Lab 615 33.2%
John Motherwell C 438 23.7%

Bridge of Weir South and Brookfield

Carol Puthucheary SNP 1242 63.9%
Thomas Begg C 431 22.2%
Mary Galbraith Lab 272 14.0%

Castlehead

James Mitchell SNP 982 54.3%
David Lavery Lab 478 26.4%
Allison Cook C 239 13.2%
Margaret McDonough LD 110 6.1%

Deanside

Alexander Murin Lab 751 43.5%
William Perrie SNP 746 43.2%
Ronald Kane C 128 7.4%
Brian O'Malley LD 101 5.9%

Elderslie

Jean Goldie Lab 1060 58.9%
Rubina Kerr SNP 406 22.6%
Elizabeth Speirs C 184 10.2%
Sara Craig LD 150 8.3%

Erskine Central

James Harte Lab 781 43.9%
James McQuade SNP 630 35.4%
Stewart Campbell C 143 8.0%
Lindsay Cunningham LD 120 6.7%
Brian Murphy SSP 106 6.0%

Erskine South East and Inchinnan

Iain Nicolson SNP 998 44.9%
John Ross Lab 680 30.6%
Philip Lardner C 437 19.7%
Anne Hanley LD 106 4.8%

Erskine West

Robert McNally Lab 820 44.5%
Andrew Paterson SNP 620 33.7%
John Anderson C 286 15.5%
David Fraser SSP 116 6.3%

Ferguslie

Terence Kelly Lab 407 47.5%
Andrew Doyle SNP 384 44.8%
Anne Bradley LD 66 7.7%

Foxbar

Lorraine Cameron SNP 923 57.9%
Christopher Gilmour Lab 539 33.8%
John Boyd LD 131 8.2%

Gallowhill and Whitehaugh

Brian Lawson SNP 1128 53.3%
Tracy Hall Lab 611 28.8%
John McGurk LD 237 11.2%
Sean Hurl SSP 142 6.7%

Glenburn North

Bill Martin SNP 1029 62.1%
Evelyn Campbell Lab 360 21.7%
James McIntosh LD 107 6.5%
Miriam Vashwani SSP 83 5.0%
Terrence Speirs C 77 4.6%

Glenburn South

Richard Vassie SNP 1105 61.3%
Edward Devine Lab 475 26.3%
Jacqueline McCarthy SSP 110 6.1%
Peter Dickman LD 65 3.6%
Peter Black C 49 2.7%

Houston and Langbank

Fiona Nicolson SNP 710 42.5%
Richard Taylor C 400 24.0%
Jean McGuinness Lab 334 20.0%
Iain Barclay LD 226 13.5%

Johnstone Castle

John Hood Lab 787 51.9%
Tracie McGee SNP 590 38.9%
Helen Mathie C 138 9.1%

Johnstone Central

John Kenny Lab 859 55.6%
Frances Ashcroft SNP 333 21.6%
Neil Lennon SSP 167 10.8%
Rebecca Brady LD 94 6.1%
Ena McKean C 92 6.0%

Johnstone Cochranemill

James Harkins Lab 973 61.4%
Stephen McGee SNP 472 29.8%
Paul Wilson SSP 140 8.8%

Johnstone West

Iain McMillan Lab 1050 71.2%
Lyndsay Cameron SNP 424 28.8%

Kilbarchan

Ian Taylor SNP 777 43.4%
Thomas Stevenson Lab 546 30.5%
John McIntyre C 318 17.8%
John Heron LD 149 8.3%

Linwood East

Anne Hall Lab 1010 60.0%
James McManus SNP 307 18.2%
William Coats SSP 261 15.5%
Sandra Jelfs LD 106 6.3%

Linwood West

Ronald Burns Lab 804 53.5%
Audrey Doig SNP 536 35.7%
Alan Jelfs LD 163 10.8%

Lochfield

Marie McGurk LD 859 41.3%
Caroline Martin SNP 582 28.0%
Ian McCormack Lab 438 21.0%
Ann Moohan C 124 6.0%
Henry Pfaff SSP 79 3.8%

Lochwinnoch and Howwood

Alastair Nimmo SNP 1230 53.1%
Sandra McCall Lab 648 28.0%
George McEwan C 314 13.6%
Michael Daly SSP 123 5.3%

Lounsdale and Millarston

Mark Macmillan Lab 638 39.8%
David McCartney SNP 533 33.2%
Allan Heron LD 189 11.8%
George Baillie C 135 8.4%
Daniel Williamson SSP 109 6.8%

Moorpark

David Mylet SNP 729 51.3%
Donnie Smith Lab 587 41.3%
Derek Flood SSP 105 7.4%

Paisley Central

Barbara Adams Lab 517 43.6%
Michael Loftus SNP 363 30.6%
Gerard McCartney SSP 167 14.1%
Alan Armstrong LD 103 8.7%
Adele Gardiner C 37 3.1%

Parkmains

Sam Mullin Lab 954 53.4%
John Canavan SNP 421 23.6%
Fiona Lawson SSP 159 8.9%
Oonagh Harper C 145 8.1%
Valerie McGuire LD 108 6.0%

Ralston

Nan MacGregor LD 1600 67.6%
Alasdair Russell SNP 302 12.8%
Ann Henderson Lab 290 12.3%
Stewart Connell C 174 7.4%

St James

John Green Lab 493 58.1%
Kenneth MacLaren SNP 231 27.2%
Sean Cudden SSP 125 14.7%

Sandyford

Richard Manser Lab 732 55.5%
Thomas Dyer SNP 586 44.5%

Saucel and Hunterhill

Roy Glen Lab 484 32.3%
Paul Mack Ind 421 28.1%
John Connell SNP 394 26.3%
Henry Bradley LD 81 5.4%
Fiona Macdonald SSP 77 5.1%
Heather Hamilton C 41 2.7%

Seedhill

Rayleen Kelly Lab 447 37.1%
Iain Hogg SSP 437 36.2%
Jennifer Adam SNP 322 26.7%

Shortroods

Thomas Williams Lab 547 46.9%
Robert Sharkey SNP 395 33.8%
Ian Henderson SSP 131 11.2%
Michael Hanley LD 94 8.1%

Stanely

Eileen McCartin LD 1208 61.2%
Eileen Clark SNP 263 13.3%
Paul Thomson Lab 249 12.6%
Sheila Fulton C 176 8.9%
Charles Collins SSP 79 4.0%

Townhead

William McGuinness SNP 1072 58.9%
Georgina Hunter Lab 556 30.5%
James McQueen C 193 10.6%

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