The 2003 Cambridge City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Cambridge City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other nationwide local elections.

Results summary

2003 Cambridge City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	2	64.7	14	25	59.5	12,896	41.2	+0.6
	Labour	6	2	35.3	9	15	35.7	8,183	26.1	-3.0
	Conservative	0		0.0	2	2	4.8	7,366	23.5	+2.2
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,491	8.0	+0.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	243	0.8	±0.0
	Socialist Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	137	0.4	-0.1

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Durrant	502	55.2	-3.4
	Conservative	Vivian Ellis	195	21.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Yates	142	15.6	+4.0
	Green	John Collins	71	7.8	+1.6
Majority			307	33.7	-6.4
Turnout			910	19.2	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

Arbury

Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rhodri James	739	36.4	+7.7
	Labour	Ian Kidman	689	33.9	-7.1
	Conservative	Robert Boorman	535	26.3	+0.9
	Green	Peter Pope	70	3.4	-0.2
Majority			50	2.5	—
Turnout			2,033	39.8	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.4

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Howarth	1,226	58.2	+6.8
	Conservative	Rhona Boorman	445	21.1	+0.1
	Labour	Gillian Richardson	271	12.9	-6.0
	Green	Stephen Lawrence	163	7.7	-0.9
Majority			781	37.1	+6.7
Turnout			2,105	30.1	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.4

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Dryden	1,072	43.3	+3.5
	Conservative	Justin Hinchcliffe	1,021	41.2	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Heathcock	311	12.6	+4.4
	Green	Shayne Mitchell	73	2.9	+0.2
Majority			51	2.1	—
Turnout			2,477	45.8	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	5.8

Coleridge

Coleridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Berni Callaghan	742	41.1	-9.5
	Conservative	Martin Hall	571	31.6	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Doherty	254	14.1	-0.3
	Green	Richard Rippin	95	5.3	+0.2
	Socialist Alliance	Simon Sedgwick-Jell	74	4.1	+1.6
	UKIP	Albert Watts	70	3.9	+1.0
Majority			171	9.5	-16.6
Turnout			1,806	31.1	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	8.3

East Chesterton

East Chesterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Adey	912	40.8	+0.3
	Labour	Patricia Johnston	756	33.8	-1.9
	Conservative	Mamunur Rashid	332	14.8	+1.5
	Green	Neil Hewett	157	7.0	+1.6
	UKIP	Marjorie Barr	79	3.5	-1.7
Majority			156	7.0	+2.2
Turnout			2,236	31.6	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	1.1

Market

Market

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dixon	817	56.7	-0.3
	Conservative	James Orpin	240	16.7	+1.2
	Green	Martin Lucas-Smith	213	14.8	+2.7
	Labour	Paul Sales	171	11.9	-3.5
Majority			577	40.0	-1.5
Turnout			1,441	21.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.8

Newnham

Newnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Smith	987	54.3	-1.2
	Conservative	Laurence Tailby	334	18.4	+2.5
	Labour	Miriam Lynn	257	14.1	-4.1
	Green	Anna Gomori-Woodcock	239	13.2	+3.9
Majority			653	35.9	-1.4
Turnout			1,817	23.6	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.9

Petersfield

Petersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Wright	738	35.9	-4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Wilkins	604	29.3	+5.0
	Green	Margaret Wright	481	23.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Daniel Whant	235	11.4	+0.6
Majority			134	6.5	-9.6
Turnout			2,058	26.5	-4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8

Queen Edith's

Queen Edith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Baker	1,497	63.8	+4.0
	Conservative	Keith Henry	395	16.8	-1.2
	Labour	Susan Rosser	242	10.3	-2.8
	Green	Robert Milsom	119	5.1	-1.0
	UKIP	Helene Davies	94	4.0	+1.0
Majority			1,102	47.0	—
Turnout			2,347	38.7	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.6

Romsey

Romsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Coleman	892	43.8	-1.0
	Labour	Paul Gilchrist	789	38.8	-1.3
	Green	Vicky Russell	146	7.2	-1.8
	Conservative	Richard Normington	145	7.1	+1.0
	Socialist Alliance	Diana Minns	63	3.1	N/A
Majority			103	5.0	+0.3
Turnout			2,035	34.0	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	0.2

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