2002 Worcester City Council election

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The 2002 Worcester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority, but the Conservatives provided the leader of the council after gaining 5 seats in the 2000 election. [3] Both the Conservatives and Labour had 15 seats, along with 5 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat. [4] The election saw 12 seats being contested with Labour defending 7, the Conservatives 3 and the Liberal Democrats and Independents 1 each. [3] Labour only contested 11 of the seats after their candidate in Claines ward was dropped by the party over a letter he wrote to the local paper. [5]

Election result

The results saw Worcester remain a hung council but with the Conservatives becoming clearly the largest party. [6] They gained 3 seats from Labour in All Saints, St Clement and St Martin wards. [6]

Worcester Local Election Result 2002 [2] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 630+350.044.49,857
  Labour 403-333.338.18,455
  Liberal Democrats 10008.311.52,545
  Independent 10008.36.01,330

Ward results

All Saints [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Altaf95656.8
Labour Nazrul Islam72643.2
Majority23013.6
Turnout 1,682
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bedwardine [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Prodger1,09359.8
Labour David Candler52128.5
Liberal Democrats Iain MacBriar21311.7
Majority57231.3
Turnout 1,827
Conservative hold Swing
Claines [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Askin1,46558.2
Conservative William Elsy1,05141.8
Majority41416.4
Turnout 2,516
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holy Trinity [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berry55557.5
Conservative Lucy Hodgson25626.5
Independent Adrian Hughes15516.0
Majority29931.0
Turnout 966
Labour hold Swing
Nunnery [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Francis74944.9
Labour Dawn-Marie Turner66539.9
Conservative Gerard Francomb25315.2
Majority845.0
Turnout 1,667
Independent hold Swing
St Barnabas [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Barlow69679.2
Conservative Mumtaz Ali18320.8
Majority51358.4
Turnout 879
Labour hold Swing
St Clement [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry MacKenzie-Williams1,03450.1
Labour Andrew Watson1,02949.9
Majority50.2
Turnout 2,063
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St John [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marc Baylis80552.5
Independent Colin Layland42627.8
Conservative Colin Phillips30219.7
Majority37924.7
Turnout 1,533
Labour hold Swing
St Martin [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Imray1,50451.3
Labour June Tyler1,42948.7
Majority752.6
Turnout 2,933
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St Nicholas [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Turner89954.9
Conservative David Tibbutt73945.1
Majority1609.8
Turnout 1,638
Labour hold Swing
St Peter [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Tarbuck1,41251.7
Labour Pauline Smith75927.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Griffiths56020.5
Majority65323.9
Turnout 2,731
Conservative hold Swing
St Stephen [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Jones1,07461.3
Labour Ali Asghar37121.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Smith30717.5
Majority70340.1
Turnout 1,752
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Worcester". BBC News Online . Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 "Labour control on a knife-edge; Mail focus on the May 2 local council elections". Birmingham Mail . 12 April 2002. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Probert, Sarah (30 April 2002). "Local Elections 2002: Balance of power teeters on knife-edge". Birmingham Post . p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Labour in spin over axing". Malvern Gazette. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. 1 2 Smith, Sue (3 May 2002). "Local Election Results 2002: Protest's healthy majority". Birmingham Mail . p. 17.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Worcester". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
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