The 2003 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of
Maidstone Borough Council in
Kent,
England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under
no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
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Liberal Democrat 21
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Conservative 21
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Labour 10
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Independent 3
Background
Before the election no party had a majority on the council with the
Liberal Democrats on 21 seats, the
Conservatives 19,
Labour 12 and 3
independents.
The Conservatives stood in all 18 seats which were being contested, the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties each put up 17 candidates, the
United Kingdom Independence Party 10 and there were 2 independent candidates.
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Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 30.8%.[
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Ward results
References
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2003
2003 English local elections
2003
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