The 2003 Hull Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Hull City Council

Hull City Council

Hull City Council is the governing body for the unitary authority and city of Kingston upon Hull. It was created in 1972 as the successor to the Corporation of Hull, which was also known as Hull Corporation....

 in England

England

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. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control

No overall control

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.

The council had fallen from Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 control in the 2002 election

Hull Council election, 2002

The 2002 Hull Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1...

 after the Liberal Democrats made big gains. The 2003 election saw controversy over a proposal to demolish 2,500 council houses in Hull, which had seen some Liberal Democrat cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 members sacked and other councillor

Councillor

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s leave the party. The results saw Labour make 4 gains to become the largest party on the council once again, which enabled them to form the administration on the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour
  Labour Party (UK)
  The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
  
   28
• Liberal Democrat 21
• Independent
  Independent (politician)
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   8
• Conservative
  Conservative Party (UK)
  The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
  
  2

Election result

Ward results

No elections were held in Bricknell, Southcoates East, Southcoates West and St Andrews wards.