| Election Name: | 2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | David Acton |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | David Acton |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 32 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seats After1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 30,192 |
| Percentage1: | 35.7% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 28 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seats After2: | 29 |
| Popular Vote2: | 38,792 |
| Percentage2: | 45.9% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,371 |
| Percentage3: | 13.5% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a one-year term of office, expiring in 2004 due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council, to no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 52.3%.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 30,192 (35.7%) | 5.5 | 10 (47.6%) | 1 | 31 (49.2%) | |||||
| Conservative Party | 38,792 (45.9%) | 0.8 | 10 (47.6%) | 1 | 29 (46.0%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 11,371 (13.5%) | 1.5 | 1 (4.8%) | 3 (4.8%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 3,688 (4.4%) | 3.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 398 (0.5%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Socialist Labour Party | 81 (0.1%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 31 | 3 | 29 |