Table 6: 2003 Council Elections: First Preference Vote Share by Party

Council Con Lab LibDem SNP Ind Aberdeen 11,690 18,456 26,990 17,422 Aberdeenshire 17,512 2,743 29,953 23,068 Angus 5,173 6,136 5,783 6,984 Argyll and Bute 4,829 1,004 5,381 6,264 Clackmannannshire 1,102 8,475 384 7,933 Dumfries and Galloway 18,236 14,640 5,883 8,517 Dundee 6,545 17,286 4,953 17,054 East Ayrshire 5,958 23,480 0 16,827 East Dunbartionshire 9,193 13,813 15,996 5,285 East Lothian 8,561 15,061 5,303 7,132 East Renfrewshire 11,903 12,307 8,052 2,989 Edinburgh 41,847 48,279 47,070 27,426 Falkirk 3,655 21,363 1,002 17,659 Fife 12,591 41,738 31,679 26,107 Glasgow 13,755 87,311 13,886 37,570 Highland 799 7,536 3,986 6,664 Inverclyde 1,999 10,332 13,930 4,844 Midlothian 3,186 13,221 5,149 6,729 Moray 1,229 3,622 2,250 7,194 Na h-Eileanan an lar 0 1,110 0 930 5,014 North Ayshire 9,814 22,519 199 14,465 North Lanarkshire 4,359 61,589 1,259 36,439 Orkney Islands 0 0 0 0 * Perth and Kinross 16,076 5,567 12,645 20,651 Renfrewshire 5,900 24,536 6,457 36,439 Scottish Borders 11,490 559 10,561 4,625 Shetland Islands 0 0 1,343 0 4,312 South Ayrshire 20,657 18,296 0 8,623 South Lanarkshire 15,051 55,173 6,457 26,527 Stirling 10,023 13,120 4,679 7,722 West Dunbartonshire 1,063 16,453 0 11,816 West Lothian 5,321 23,356 4,100 21,185 Scotland Total 279,517 609,081 275,330 443,090 9,346 **This election was run under first-past-the-post however it is useful for comparison** **All candidates in the Orkney Islands were independents and data was unavailable**