Election Name: | 2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2007 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2007 |
Seats For Election: | All 42 seats to Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
Image1: | Con |
Leader1: | Paul Bettison |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Little Sandhurst & Wellington |
Last Election1: | 30 seats |
Seats1: | 35 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,621 |
Percentage1: | 50.1% |
Swing1: | 5.1% |
Leader2: | Austin McCormack |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Ran in Wildridings & Central (lost) |
Last Election2: | 10 seats |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 7,774 |
Percentage2: | 28.6% |
Swing2: | 2.1% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Image3: | LD |
Leader3: | N/A |
Leaders Seat3: | N/A |
Last Election3: | 0 seats |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 4,121 |
Percentage3: | 15.2% |
Swing3: | 5.0% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2003 Bracknell Forest Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003, to elect all 42 councillors in 18 wards for Bracknell Forest Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections in England as part of the 2003 United Kingdom local elections. Due to a boundary review there had been a change in ward boundaries, along with an increase in size from 40 members elected in 2000. The Conservative Party secured a third term in office, increasing its majority, whilst the opposition Labour Party lost its group leader. The Liberal Democrats re-entered the council for the first time at an all-out council election since 1995, and the first at which the eurosceptic UK Independence Party stood a candidate.