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Local Election Results 2003

Moray

Whole council up for election. One Independent councillor was elected unopposed.

Other results for Moray: 2007 2012 2017 2022
By-elections for Moray (may be incomplete): 1st July 2004 (Buckie W.) — 12th August 2004 (Speyside) — 11th November 2004 (Speyside) — 14th February 2008 (Elgin City S.) — 11th November 2010 (Forres) — 7th March 2013 (Heldon & Laich) — 30th January 2014 (Buckie) — 11th December 2014 (Elgin City N.) — 26th March 2015 (Buckie) — 1st October 2015 (Heldon & Laich) — 13th July 2017 (Elgin City N.) — 21st November 2019 (Keith & Cullen) — 3rd November 2022 (Buckie)

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Consolidated results — Moray 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Independent 14084 49.3% 16
Scottish National Party 7194 25.2% 3
Labour 3622 12.7% 5
Liberal Democrat 2250 7.9% 1
Conservative 1229 4.3% 1
Scottish Socialist Party 175 0.6% 0

Buckie Central

John Leslie Lab 406 41.2%
Joe Mackay Ind 316 32.0%
Gordon McDonald SNP 264 26.8%

Buckie East and Findochty

Sinclair Longmore Ind 406 36.5%
Linda McDonald SNP 355 31.9%
David Anderson C 263 23.7%
Gordon Holm LD 88 7.9%

Buckie West

Bill Jappy Ind 682 67.7%
Ian Hamilton SNP 326 32.3%

Burghsea

Eric McGillivray Ind 636 43.4%
Alastair MacKenzie Ind 353 24.1%
Cath Millar Ind 204 13.9%
Angus Munro SNP 170 11.6%
Allison Bullock LD 103 7.0%

Elgin - Bishopmill East

Sandy Keith Lab 794 67.5%
Donald Morrison SNP 282 24.0%
Mary McLintock LD 101 8.6%

Elgin - Bishopmill West

Alan Burgess Lab 431 35.1%
Norman McKay Ind 330 26.9%
Elaine Cooper SNP 203 16.5%
David Terron C 187 15.2%
Peter Horton LD 78 6.3%

Elgin - Cathedral

Ronald Sim Lab 391 46.4%
Hamish McDonald SNP 259 30.8%
Alexander Thomson C 136 16.2%
Norma Anderson SSP 56 6.7%

Elgin - Central West

Alastair Bisset Ind 919 70.2%
Caroline Dunn SNP 391 29.8%

Fife - Keith and Strathisla

Percy Watt Ind 838 75.0%
Keith Alderson SNP 279 25.0%

Finderne

Jeff Hamilton Ind unop.

Forres Central

Rex McIntosh Ind 943 78.4%
Angela Cameron LD 260 21.6%

Forres East

Iain Young C 643 47.8%
Lorna Creswell Ind 400 29.8%
Jimmy Dingwall SNP 206 15.3%
Sheila Cameron LD 95 7.1%

Forres West and Altyre

Alasdair Urquhart Ind 673 77.7%
Elizabeth Main LD 193 22.3%

Glenlivet

Bob Wilson Ind 607 59.0%
Michael McConachie SNP 421 41.0%

Heldon and Laich

John Hogg Ind 810 66.4%
Peter Bullock LD 207 17.0%
Albert Main SNP 203 16.6%

Innes

Eddie Coutts Ind 637 48.6%
Graeme McDonald SNP 365 27.8%
Peter Cromar LD 263 20.1%
Kenneth Stuart Ind 46 3.5%

Keith

Linda Gorn LD 477 45.5%
Rhona Paterson SNP 273 26.0%
Edwin Henderson Ind 171 16.3%
Mary McGregor Lab 128 12.2%

Lennox

George McIntyre Ind 506 40.7%
Mike Watt SNP 336 27.0%
Robert Innes Ind 213 17.1%
Michael Reid LD 120 9.7%
William Graham Ind 68 5.5%

Lhanbryde and Birnie

Roma Hossack Ind 687 61.4%
Stephen McBean Lab 267 23.9%
Donald Cameron LD 165 14.7%

Lossiemouth East

Tom Bothwell Ind 802 68.7%
Iain Allan SNP 366 31.3%

Lossiemouth West

Joyce Stewart SNP 522 52.8%
Ian Frame Ind 466 47.2%

New Elgin East

John Divers Lab 579 55.1%
Graham Leadbitter SNP 353 33.6%
Alexander MacGillivary SSP 119 11.3%

New Elgin West

Robert Burns SNP 535 52.1%
Muriel Ettles Lab 491 47.9%

Rathford

Ron Shepherd Ind 607 47.4%
Daniel Cook Ind 530 41.4%
Margaret Hamilton SNP 144 11.2%

Rural Keith and Rothes

Pearl Paul SNP 581 54.4%
Gordon Henderson Ind 252 23.6%
Shuna Dicks Lab 135 12.6%
James Milton LD 100 9.4%

Speyside

Edward Aldridge Ind 982 73.2%
Peter Farquharson SNP 360 26.8%

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