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Local Election Results 2003

Sandwell

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Sandwell: 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
By-elections for Sandwell (may be incomplete): 19th September 2002 (Smethwick) — 25th November 2004 (Old Warley) — 28th June 2007 (Charlemont with Grove Vale) — 6th December 2007 (Princes End) — 24th January 2008 (Newton) — 1st October 2009 (Wednesbury S.) — 18th November 2010 (Wednesbury N.) — 9th July 2015 (Newton) — 10th September 2015 (Blackheath) — 15th July 2021 (Tividale) — 27th October 2022 (Wednesbury S.)

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Consolidated results — Sandwell 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 27739 47.0% 17
Conservative 16897 28.6% 3
Liberal Democrat 6261 10.6% 2
British National Party 3483 5.9% 2
Socialist Labour Party 2487 4.2% 0
Freedom Party 1219 2.1% 0
2003 Community Party 732 1.2% 0
Green Party 150 0.3% 0
UK Independence Party 69 0.1% 0

Abbey

Robert Piper Lab 1544 56.1%
Ewart Johnson C 638 23.2%
Roger Prior LD 490 17.8%
Jasvinder Singh SocLab 81 2.9%

Blackheath

Robert Price Lab 1200 51.9%
Mary Docker C 1056 45.7%
Rajinder Singh SocLab 54 2.3%

Bristnall

Richard Young Lab 1292 56.0%
John McHard C 896 38.8%
Sukhjinder Clair SocLab 119 5.2%

Charlemont

Anthony Ward C 1153 40.3%
Anthony Underhill LD 922 32.2%
Victoria Handy Lab 740 25.9%
Nirmala Devi SocLab 47 1.6%

Cradley Heath and Old Hill

John Southall Lab 1316 61.2%
Susan Bennett C 835 38.8%

Friar Park

Geoffrey Lewis Lab 935 59.9%
Gaynor Skeldon C 444 28.4%
Yvonne Reed LD 183 11.7%

Great Barr

Mary Wilson LD 1188 40.9%
Robert White C 942 32.4%
Sharron Devonport Lab 774 26.7%

Great Bridge

David Watkins BNP 772 31.5%
Fred Perry 2003CP 732 29.9%
Bob Patel Lab 674 27.5%
Diane Meacham C 273 11.1%

Greets Green and Lyng

Robert Badham Lab 1024 54.5%
Rosemarie Campbell C 537 28.6%
Philip Roberts LD 317 16.9%

Hateley Heath

John Blyth Lab 930 44.0%
Rachel Cheeseman LD 865 41.0%
Mark Elliott C 270 12.8%
Chuhar Singh SocLab 47 2.2%

Langley

Martin Prestidge Lab 1395 48.4%
Roland Hill C 750 26.0%
Alan Hipkiss BNP 643 22.3%
Bahadur Shankar SocLab 93 3.2%

Newton

Joyce Underhill LD 1341 44.6%
Simon Hackett Lab 1232 40.9%
Valerie Ward C 386 12.8%
Baldeesh Singh SocLab 50 1.7%

Old Warley

Terri Grainger C 1453 54.2%
Brian Caddick Lab 1228 45.8%

Oldbury

Mahboob Hussain Lab 1619 55.1%
David Hadley C 756 25.7%
Christopher Reed LD 291 9.9%
Atma Matharu SocLab 270 9.2%

Princes End

John Salvage BNP 754 37.0%
Elaine Giles Lab 717 35.1%
Margaret Dixon C 365 17.9%
Alison Aitken-Jones Freedom 135 6.6%
Kevin Walker UKIP 69 3.4%

Rowley

Iris Boucher Lab 1398 60.3%
Joanne Hadley C 859 37.1%
Amarjit Takhar SocLab 61 2.6%

St Pauls

Bawa Dhallu Lab 1467 52.6%
Hari Randhawa SocLab 860 30.8%
Manjit Lall C 461 16.5%

Smethwick

Keith Davies Lab 1258 60.9%
John Patterson C 563 27.3%
Boota Singh SocLab 243 11.8%

Soho and Victoria

Darren Cooper Lab 995 73.1%
Salahadin Adrwish C 203 14.9%
Malcolm Connigale SocLab 163 12.0%

Tipton Green

Syeda Khatun Lab 1724 42.0%
Stephen Edwards Freedom 1084 26.4%
Ian Davies C 633 15.4%
Terence Taylor BNP 526 12.8%
Surinder Sandhu SocLab 134 3.3%

Tividale

Maria Crompton Lab 1079 41.4%
Carl Butler BNP 788 30.2%
Steven Hockley C 459 17.6%
Diane Gorton LD 281 10.8%

Wednesbury North

Elaine Costigan C 1429 62.6%
Peter Allen Lab 702 30.8%
John Macefield Grn 150 6.6%

Wednesbury South

George Turton Lab 1158 51.9%
Jean Nugent C 943 42.2%
Karam Singh SocLab 131 5.9%

West Bromwich Central

Mohinder Tagger Lab 1338 54.7%
Norman Lawley C 593 24.2%
Sandra Berisford LD 383 15.6%
Barinder Sandhu SocLab 134 5.5%

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