Elections to Herefordshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, along with other local elections in England and Scotland. Due to prior boundary reviews, all 38 wards were contested - with each ward electing either one two or three members to the council, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2007. The council remained in no overall control, with the Conservative Party replacing the Liberal Democrats as the largest party on the council, winning 20 out of a total of 56 seats on the council.
The overall turnout was 60.80% with a total of 114,492 valid votes cast. A total of 2,808 ballots were rejected.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
After the election, the composition of the council was:
<span style="color:#6AB023;">G</span> - Green Party <br/> <span style="color:#DDDDDD;">NL</span> - No description
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were first elected in 2000, and these results are therefore compared to that year's polls. All results are listed below:
Andrews previously served as a cllr for Three Elms. Both Haycock and Paton previously stood as BNP candidates.
Makin previously served as cllr for Dinmore Hill
Cllr Goodwin previously served as councillor for Weobley.
Cllr Davies previously served as councillor for Merbach.
Cllr James previously served as councillor for Kington.
This ward previously only elected two members to the council. Both Cllrs Harling and Ashton served in the Ledbury ward, whilst Cllr Rule served as a councillor for Marcle Ridge.
Both Cllrs Burke and Thomas previously served as councillors for Leominster East & South prior to the election.
Cllrs Chappell and Attfield previously served as councillors for Hinton ward, and Cllr Preece served as a councillor for St. Martins prior to the election.
Cllr Guthrie previously served as the councillor for Brumarsh prior to the election.