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The National Assembly for Wales election, 2003, was the second general election to the National Assembly for Wales. It was held on 1 May 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.
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Party leaders in 2003
- Welsh Labour - Rhodri Morgan
- Plaid Cymru- Ieuan Wyn Jones
- Welsh Conservative - Nicholas Bourne
- Welsh Liberal Democrats - Michael German
- United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) - Jeffrey Titford
National vote
- Overall turnout - 38.2%
First-Past-the-Post results
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 30 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 75 | 40.0 | 340,535 | +2.44 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 5 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 12.5 | 21.2 | 180,185 | -7.22 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.9 | 169,842 | +4.08 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 120,250 | +0.68 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 19,795 | ||
| John Marek Independent Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1.0 | 8,749 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 5,101 | ||
| Tinker Against the Assembly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2,201 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,554 | ||
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1,193 | ||
| Caerphilly Ind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 930 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 410 | ||
| Captain Beany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 289 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 239 | ||
| Annibynnol Cymru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | ||
Swing from Plaid Cymru to Labour of 4.83%
- Total votes cast - 851,387
Additional Member System results
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) | |
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| 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 | 12.7 | |
| Green | 30,028 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| UKIP | 29,427 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| John Marek | 11,008 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | 10,358 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independent Wales | 6,466 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pensioners | 3,968 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BNP | 3,210 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 2,183 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vote 2 Stop The War | 1,729 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Communist | 1,099 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Captain Beany | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | ||
- Total votes cast - 849,552
Assembly Members returned
| Party | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of seats (%) | Share of vote (%) | |
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| Labour | 30 | +2 | 50.0 | 36.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | 12 | -5 | 20.0 | 19.7 | |
| Conservative | 11 | +2 | 18.3 | 19.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 12.5 | |
| John Marek | 1 | +1 | 1.7 | 1.2 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | |
| Total | 60 | 0 | 100 | 100 | |
See also
- Scottish Parliament election, 2003 and United Kingdom local elections, 2003 the same day
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