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The 2003 Gateshead Council election was held on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Local elections )〕 After the election, the composition of the council was *Labour 46 *Liberal Democrat 19 *Liberal 1〔 ==Campaign== The Labour party feared that the Iraq War would cause them to lose ground in the election, after even their own councillors in Gateshead had passed a motion in February opposing the war. Labour hoped to separate the election from national issues by focusing on the council's record including the fact that council was rated as excellent in national league tables. The Liberal Democrats focused their attacks on the level of Council Tax including the 9.8% rise for Gateshead in 2003. The main battleground was seen as being in Winlaton ward which the Liberal Democrats had won in the 2000 election but Labour had retained in 2002.〔 As well as the two main parties on the council, the Conservatives contested all wards, while the British National Party put up 8 candidates and the Green party 3 candidates.〔 As in the previous election in 2002 the election was held under all postal voting.〔 As a result overall turnout was 54.67% in Gateshead, which was the third highest turnout in the 2003 United Kingdom local elections with only the elections in Hertfordshire and Copeland seeing a higher turnout. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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