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2003 Scottish Borders Council election

Elections for the Scottish Borders Council took place on Thursday 1 May 2003, alongside the wider Scottish local elections.

Elections for the Scottish Borders Council took place on Thursday 1 May 2003, alongside the wider Scottish local elections.

No party held a majority, with the largest grouping - local Independents - winning 14 of the council's 34 seats.

Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
14	0	41.2	30.4	12,216	1.2
10	9	29.4	28.6	11,490	11.7
9	5	26.5	26.3	10,561	1.8
1	3	2.9	11.5	4,625	6.6
0	0	0.0	1.9	768	New
0	1	0.0	1.4	559	4.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	779	82.4
	Conservative	166	17.6
613	64.8
945	41.8
	Independent gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	614	57.9
	SNP	446	42.1
168	15.8
1,060	43.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	603	41.8
	SNP	556	38.5
	Conservative	285	19.7
47	3.3
1,444	57.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	450	40.0
	Liberal Democrats	416	37.0
	SNP	258	23.0
34	3.0
1,124	45.9
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	449	38.1
	Liberal Democrats	366	31.0
	Conservative	93	8.3
83	7.1
1,150	47.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	615	55.0
	Conservative	504	45.0
111	10.0
1,119	46.1

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	735	60.2
	Conservative	486	39.8
249	20.4
1,221	44.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Unopposed	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	796	55.2
	Conservative	646	44.8
150	10.4
442	61.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	487	46.3
	SNP	316	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	248	23.6
171	16.2
1,051	46.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	738	61.6
	SNP	460	38.4
278	23.2
1,198	52.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	424	42.0
	Liberal Democrats	389	38.6
	Conservative	196	19.4
35	3.4
1,009	47.7
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	401	42.4
	Liberal Democrats	375	39.6
	SNP	122	12.9
	Conservative	48	5.1
26	2.8
946	45.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	526	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	502	44.1
	Liberal Democrats	110	9.7
24	2.1
1,138	53.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	664	46.7
	Liberal Democrats	369	25.9
	Conservative	299	21.0
	SNP	90	6.3
295	20.8
1,422	59.1
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	728	63.2
	Liberal Democrats	325	28.2
	Conservative	98	8.5
403	35.0
1,151	52.3
	Independent gain from SNP

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	526	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	320	28.8
	Conservative	264	23.8
206	18.6
1,110	50.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	465	29.4
	Independent	415	26.2
	Independent	374	23.6
	Liberal Democrats	328	20.7
50	2.8
1,572	58.3
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Unopposed	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	831	58.5
	Conservative	590	41.5
241	17.0
1,421	56.8

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	729	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	543	42.7
186	14.6
1,272	52.8
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	706	51.0
	Conservative	677	49.0
29	2.0
1,383	56.7

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	618	40.7
	Independent	544	35.8
	Scottish Socialist	143	9.4
	SNP	127	8.4
	Conservative	87	5.7
74	4.9
1,519	55.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	669	46.9
	SNP	514	36.0
	Conservative	243	17.0
155	10.9
1,426	53.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	317	28.3
	Independent	293	20.1
	Independent	261	23.3
	Scottish Socialist	249	22.2
24	2.2
1,120	46.2
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	1,113	94.2
	Conservative	69	5.8
1,044	88.4
1,182	52.8
	Independent gain from SNP

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	SNP	585	65.2
	Conservative	312	34.8
273	30.4
897	41.3

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	462	41.8
	SNP	296	26.8
	Conservative	236	21.4
	Scottish Socialist	110	10.0
166	15.0
1,104	46.9

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	355	38.3
	SNP	271	29.2
	Labour	160	17.2
	Conservative	94	10.1
	Scottish Socialist	48	5.2
84	9.1
928	43.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	862	57.9
	SNP	317	21.3
	Conservative	160	10.7
	Scottish Socialist	150	10.1
545	36.6
1,489	55.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	813	50.4
	Conservative	460	28.5
	Independent	341	21.1
353	21.9
1,614	56.6

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	829	56.0
	SNP	267	18.0
	Conservative	178	12.0
	Labour	139	9.4
	Scottish Socialist	68	4.6
562	38.0
1,481	54.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	971	62.0
	Conservative	335	21.4
	Labour	260	16.6
636	40.6
1,566	57.5

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	722	44.7
	Independent	634	39.3
	Independent	259	16.0
88	5.4
1,615	59.1
	Conservative gain from Independent

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