2003 City of York Council election
Elections to City of York Council were held in 2003. The whole council was up for election. Boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 53 to 47.
The election saw York's Labour Party lose control of the council covering central York for the first time since 1984. The Liberal Democrats won control of the council covering central York for the first time since the Liberal Party had last run the York Corporation in 1899.
The council was made up of 29 Liberal Democrats, 15 Labour, two Green and one independent.
Ward results
Bishopthorpe ward
The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe
Derwent ward
The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, and Kexby
Fulford ward
The parish of Fulford
The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton
Heslington ward
The parish of Heslington
The parish of Heworth Without
The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick
Osbaldwick ward
The parishes of Murton and Osbaldwick
The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Copmanthorpe, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, and Upper Poppleton
The parishes of Clifton Without, Rawcliffe, and Skelton
Strensall ward
The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe
The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake