Local Election Results 2003
Sandwell
One-third of council up for election.
Other results for Sandwell:20022004200620072008201020112012201420152016201820192021202220232024
By-elections for Sandwell (may be incomplete): 19th September 2002 (Smethwick) — 25th November 2004 (Old Warley) — 28th June 2007 (Charlemont with Grove Vale) — 6th December 2007 (Princes End) — 24th January 2008 (Newton) — 1st October 2009 (Wednesbury S.) — 18th November 2010 (Wednesbury N.) — 9th July 2015 (Newton) — 10th September 2015 (Blackheath) — 15th July 2021 (Tividale) — 27th October 2022 (Wednesbury S.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Labour | 27739 | 47.0% | 17 |
| Conservative | 16897 | 28.6% | 3 |
| Liberal Democrat | 6261 | 10.6% | 2 |
| British National Party | 3483 | 5.9% | 2 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 2487 | 4.2% | 0 |
| Freedom Party | 1219 | 2.1% | 0 |
| 2003 Community Party | 732 | 1.2% | 0 |
| Green Party | 150 | 0.3% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party | 69 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Robert Piper | Lab | 1544 | 56.1% |
|---|
| Ewart Johnson | C | 638 | 23.2% |
|---|
| Roger Prior | LD | 490 | 17.8% |
|---|
| Jasvinder Singh | SocLab | 81 | 2.9% |
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| Robert Price | Lab | 1200 | 51.9% |
|---|
| Mary Docker | C | 1056 | 45.7% |
|---|
| Rajinder Singh | SocLab | 54 | 2.3% |
|---|
| Richard Young | Lab | 1292 | 56.0% |
|---|
| John McHard | C | 896 | 38.8% |
|---|
| Sukhjinder Clair | SocLab | 119 | 5.2% |
|---|
| Anthony Ward | C | 1153 | 40.3% |
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| Anthony Underhill | LD | 922 | 32.2% |
|---|
| Victoria Handy | Lab | 740 | 25.9% |
|---|
| Nirmala Devi | SocLab | 47 | 1.6% |
|---|
| John Southall | Lab | 1316 | 61.2% |
|---|
| Susan Bennett | C | 835 | 38.8% |
|---|
| Geoffrey Lewis | Lab | 935 | 59.9% |
|---|
| Gaynor Skeldon | C | 444 | 28.4% |
|---|
| Yvonne Reed | LD | 183 | 11.7% |
|---|
| Mary Wilson | LD | 1188 | 40.9% |
|---|
| Robert White | C | 942 | 32.4% |
|---|
| Sharron Devonport | Lab | 774 | 26.7% |
|---|
| David Watkins | BNP | 772 | 31.5% |
|---|
| Fred Perry | 2003CP | 732 | 29.9% |
|---|
| Bob Patel | Lab | 674 | 27.5% |
|---|
| Diane Meacham | C | 273 | 11.1% |
|---|
| Robert Badham | Lab | 1024 | 54.5% |
|---|
| Rosemarie Campbell | C | 537 | 28.6% |
|---|
| Philip Roberts | LD | 317 | 16.9% |
|---|
| John Blyth | Lab | 930 | 44.0% |
|---|
| Rachel Cheeseman | LD | 865 | 41.0% |
|---|
| Mark Elliott | C | 270 | 12.8% |
|---|
| Chuhar Singh | SocLab | 47 | 2.2% |
|---|
| Martin Prestidge | Lab | 1395 | 48.4% |
|---|
| Roland Hill | C | 750 | 26.0% |
|---|
| Alan Hipkiss | BNP | 643 | 22.3% |
|---|
| Bahadur Shankar | SocLab | 93 | 3.2% |
|---|
| Joyce Underhill | LD | 1341 | 44.6% |
|---|
| Simon Hackett | Lab | 1232 | 40.9% |
|---|
| Valerie Ward | C | 386 | 12.8% |
|---|
| Baldeesh Singh | SocLab | 50 | 1.7% |
|---|
| Terri Grainger | C | 1453 | 54.2% |
|---|
| Brian Caddick | Lab | 1228 | 45.8% |
|---|
| Mahboob Hussain | Lab | 1619 | 55.1% |
|---|
| David Hadley | C | 756 | 25.7% |
|---|
| Christopher Reed | LD | 291 | 9.9% |
|---|
| Atma Matharu | SocLab | 270 | 9.2% |
|---|
| John Salvage | BNP | 754 | 37.0% |
|---|
| Elaine Giles | Lab | 717 | 35.1% |
|---|
| Margaret Dixon | C | 365 | 17.9% |
|---|
| Alison Aitken-Jones | Freedom | 135 | 6.6% |
|---|
| Kevin Walker | UKIP | 69 | 3.4% |
|---|
| Iris Boucher | Lab | 1398 | 60.3% |
|---|
| Joanne Hadley | C | 859 | 37.1% |
|---|
| Amarjit Takhar | SocLab | 61 | 2.6% |
|---|
| Bawa Dhallu | Lab | 1467 | 52.6% |
|---|
| Hari Randhawa | SocLab | 860 | 30.8% |
|---|
| Manjit Lall | C | 461 | 16.5% |
|---|
| Keith Davies | Lab | 1258 | 60.9% |
|---|
| John Patterson | C | 563 | 27.3% |
|---|
| Boota Singh | SocLab | 243 | 11.8% |
|---|
| Darren Cooper | Lab | 995 | 73.1% |
|---|
| Salahadin Adrwish | C | 203 | 14.9% |
|---|
| Malcolm Connigale | SocLab | 163 | 12.0% |
|---|
| Syeda Khatun | Lab | 1724 | 42.0% |
|---|
| Stephen Edwards | Freedom | 1084 | 26.4% |
|---|
| Ian Davies | C | 633 | 15.4% |
|---|
| Terence Taylor | BNP | 526 | 12.8% |
|---|
| Surinder Sandhu | SocLab | 134 | 3.3% |
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| Maria Crompton | Lab | 1079 | 41.4% |
|---|
| Carl Butler | BNP | 788 | 30.2% |
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| Steven Hockley | C | 459 | 17.6% |
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| Diane Gorton | LD | 281 | 10.8% |
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| Elaine Costigan | C | 1429 | 62.6% |
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| Peter Allen | Lab | 702 | 30.8% |
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| John Macefield | Grn | 150 | 6.6% |
|---|
| George Turton | Lab | 1158 | 51.9% |
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| Jean Nugent | C | 943 | 42.2% |
|---|
| Karam Singh | SocLab | 131 | 5.9% |
|---|
| Mohinder Tagger | Lab | 1338 | 54.7% |
|---|
| Norman Lawley | C | 593 | 24.2% |
|---|
| Sandra Berisford | LD | 383 | 15.6% |
|---|
| Barinder Sandhu | SocLab | 134 | 5.5% |
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