2003 Aberdeenshire Council election

2003 Aberdeenshire Council election

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All 68 seats to Aberdeenshire Council
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats SNP
Last election 28 seats, 32.8% 23 seats, 29.4%
Seats won 28 18
Seat change Steady Decrease5
Popular vote 27,953 23,068
Percentage 33.5% 27.6%
Swing Increase0.7% Decrease1.8%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Last election 7 seats, 18.4% 10 seats, 14.3%
Seats won 11 11
Seat change Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 17,511 12,086
Percentage 21.0% 14.5%
Swing Increase2.6% Increase0.2%

Elections to the Aberdeenshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. This was the last election to use the first-past-the-post voting system across 68 single member wards.