Welsh Assembly Election, 2003 - Definition and Overview

The second election to the Welsh Assembly was held on May 1, 2003. The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party, whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned.

This election also saw the returning of John Marek as an independent member of the Assembly.

Contents

1 National Vote

1.1 First-Past-the-Post results
1.2 Additional Members System Results

2 Party Leaders in 2003

3 Related Links:

National Vote

Overall turnout - 38.2%

First-Past-the-Post results

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Labour	340,535	30	+3	40.0
Plaid Cymru	180,185	5	-4	21.12
Conservative	169,842	1	0	19.9
Liberal Democrats	120,250	3	0	14.1
Others	40,575	1	+1	4.8

Total votes cast - 851,387

Additional Members System Results

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Labour	310,658	0	-1	36.6
Plaid Cymru	167,653	7	-1	19.7
Conservative	162,725	10	+2	19.2
Liberal Democrats	108,013	3	0	12.5
Others	100,503	0	0	11.8

Total votes cast - 849,552

Labour - 30 AMs returned (+2)
Plaid Cymru - 12 AMs returned (-5)
Conservative - 11 AMs returned (+2)
Liberal Democrat - 6 AMs returned (no change)
Others - 1 AM returned (+1)

Party Leaders in 2003

Labour - Rhodri Morgan
Plaid Cymru- Ieuan Wyn Jones
Conservative - Nick Bourne
Liberal Democrat - Mike German