2002 Colchester Borough Council election

The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1][2]

2002 Colchester Borough Council election
7 May 2002 (2002-05-07)
60 seats (full council)
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Seats before 23 21 15
Seats won 26 24 6
Seat change 3 3 9
Popular vote 29,899 32,459 15,669
Percentage 36.4 39.5 19.1

Election result

Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively.[3] This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 9 seats to only have 6 councillors.[3]

In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame.[4] Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected.[3] Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council.[5]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2002[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 26 3 43.3 36.4 29,899 +3.3
  Conservative 24 3 40.0 39.5 32,459 +0.7
  Labour 6 9 10.0 19.1 15,669 –5.0
  Independent 4 4 6.7 3.7 3,078 +2.1
  Green 0 0 0 1.2 970 New
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0.1 106 New
  Tiptree Residents 0 1 0.0 0.0 0 –2.4

Council composition

The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats are up for election can be found in the following table:[1]

Party Previous council Staying councillors Seats up for election Election result New council
Liberal Democrats 24 0 24 26 26
Conservatives 21 0 21 24 24
Labour 14 0 14 6 6
Tiptree Residents 3 0 3 3 3
Independents 1 0 1 1 1
Greens 0 0 0 0 0
Total 60 0 60 60 60

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.[6][7]

Berechurch
Berechurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terence Sutton 913 50.1 5.8
Liberal Democrats Craig Sutton 900
Liberal Democrats Susan Brooks 875
Labour Dave Harris 661 36.3 3.7
Labour Paul Bishop 613
Labour Christopher Pearson 592
Conservative Elizabeth Lee 249 13.7 2.0
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 239
Conservative Patricia Conville 234
Majority
Turnout 1830 31%
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Birch and Winstree
Birch and Winstree
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kevin Bentley 1,117 62.3
Conservative Peter Crowe 1,046
Liberal Democrats Sharon Coveney 364 20.3
Labour Derek Jones 311 17.4
Majority
Turnout 1,605 39.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Castle
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hall 1,068 56.4 13.5
Liberal Democrats Henry Spyvee 1,044
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Jones 984
Conservative Lynne Dingemans 369 19.5 9.1
Conservative Alison Baxter 357
Conservative Andrew Baxter 357
Labour Lisa Laybourne 268 14.1 12.3
Labour Hugh Thomas 254
Labour Julia Thomas 253
Green Peter Lynn 190 10.0 New
Green Andrew Senter 128
Turnout 1,820 32.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Christ Church
Christ Church
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Cope 559 41.9
Conservative Roger Buston 545 40.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Clifford Hunt 530
Conservative Anthony Hauton 488
Labour Maureen Lee 231 17.3
Turnout 1278 40%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Copford & West Stanway
Copford & West Stanway
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth Blundell 384 75.2
Liberal Democrats Sally Scott 125 24.5
Majority 259 50.7
Turnout 511 35.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Dedham & Langham
Dedham & Langham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Garnett 757 73.7
Liberal Democrats Carolyn West 197 19.2
Labour Geraldine Harris 73 7.1
Majority 560 54.5
Turnout 1029 45.0
Conservative win (new seat)

East Donyland
East Donyland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Raison 286 43.2 9.7
Conservative Patricia Sanderson 246 37.2 6.2
Liberal Democrats Barry Woodward 130 19.6 3.5
Majority 40 6.0
Turnout 662 36.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Fordham & Stour
Fordham & Stour
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Arnold 960 62.0
Conservative Nigel Chapman 917
Liberal Democrats Alexander Scott 341 22.0
Labour Thomas Prosser 248 16.0
Turnout 1,338 33.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Great Tey
Great Tey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Chillingworth 566 65.7 20.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Phillips 295 34.3 11.5
Majority 271 31.5
Turnout 862 40.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Harbour
Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Blandon 674 52.6 12.5
Liberal Democrats Justin Knight 548
Labour David Canning 424 33.1 1.2
Labour Jane Green 392
Conservative Michael Coyne 184 14.4 3.2
Conservative Sandra Ann Rae 165
Majority
Turnout 1286 29.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Highwoods
Highwoods
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Gerard Oxford 665 56.0
Liberal Democrats Beverley Oxford 649
Liberal Democrats Ian Ringer 560
Conservative Sarah McClean 294 24.8
Conservative Alan Blundell 293
Conservative Richard Stevenson 278
Labour Edmund Chinnery 228 19.2
Labour Michael Smith 208
Turnout 1,135 20.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lexden
Lexden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sonia Lewis 1,258 57.6 7.0
Conservative Donald Henshall 1,091
Liberal Democrats Barbara Williamson 688 31.5 1.9
Labour Alan Trudgian 239 10.9 5.1
Turnout 1,889 44%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marks Tey
Marks Tey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Gower 405 64.7 0.7
Labour Edna Salmon 125 20.0 0.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray 96 15.3 0.2
Majority 280 44.7
Turnout 627 31.0
Conservative hold Swing

Mile End
Mile End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Taylor 599 33.7 1.5
Conservative Matthew Eaton 593
Liberal Democrats Anne Turrell 546 30.7 10.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Hayman 529
Conservative Wendy Scattergood 526
Labour Lucy Wood 446 25.1 1.6
Independent John Sutcliffe 187 10.5 New
Majority
Turnout 1309 26%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

New Town
New Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Theresa Higgins 970 57.0 0.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Higgins 948
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fisher 932
Labour Jean Quinn 465 27.3 1.4
Conservative Colin Beattie 267 15.7 1.2
Conservative Glenn Bath 260
Conservative Angus Allan 236
Majority
Turnout 1599 26.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Prettygate
Prettygate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Sheppard 1,015 43.4 4.7
Liberal Democrats John Gray 1,013
Conservative Ronald Levy 996 42.6 6.1
Conservative PeterCrafford 975
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gray 974
Conservative Michael Pearson 940
Labour Andrew Frost 326 13.9 1.3
Turnout 2,239 37.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Pyefleet
Pyefleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Davidson 581 66.9 0.2
Liberal Democrats Wilma Sutton 287 33.1 16.8
Majority 294 33.9
Turnout 875 43.0
Conservative hold Swing

St. Andrew's
St Andrew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Young 851 56.1 1.1
Labour Donald Quinn 818
Labour Tim Young 808
Liberal Democrats John Fellows 323 21.3 0.8
Conservative Anne Allan 238 15.7 5.1
Conservative Susan Burgoyne 213
Conservative Pauline Lucas 203
Socialist Alliance Jeremy Jepps 106 7.0 New
Turnout 1,333 20.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's
St Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Hogg 895 55.3 12.1
Liberal Democrats Helen Chuah 824
Liberal Democrats Barrie Cook 785
Labour Peter Brine 425 26.3 17.1
Labour David Jonas 394
Labour Paul Fryer-Kelsey 385
Conservative Brigitte Beard 299 18.5 4.8
Conservative Richard Lamberth 272
Conservative Allan Doran 257
Turnout 1,594 25.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

St. John's
St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Gamble 1,030 67.8 15.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 919
Conservative Derek Smith 366 24.1 12.6
Conservative Elizabeth Gorman 308
Labour Anna Trudgian 123 8.1 3.1
Turnout 1482 36.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shrub End
Shrub End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Winifred Foster 593 36.2 12.2
Conservative Amanda Arnold 589
Conservative Alan Scattergood 561
Labour Richard Bourne 553 33.8 4.7
Labour Luke Dopson 520
Labour Kim Naish 502
Liberal Democrats Keith Hindle 490 30.0 7.5
Liberal Democrats William Frame 458
Liberal Democrats Susan Waite 452
Turnout 1,608 25.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Stanway
Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Sykes 1,137 53.4 11.5
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Ilott 1,099
Liberal Democrats Leslie Scott-Boutell 1,043
Conservative Jane Collier 730 34.4 10.3
Conservative Jonathan Pyman 717
Conservative Michael Segal 670
Labour Ian Yates 261 12.3 1.1
Turnout 2,029 34.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tiptree
Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Webb 757 33.8 New
Independent John Elliott 620
Independent Anne Burgess 617
Labour Alan Mogridge 569 25.4 7.1
Labour Audrey Spencer 432
Conservative Agnes Cannon 398 17.8 4.9
Conservative Margaret Crowe 398
Conservative John Reeves 354
Independent Helen Bunney 330 14.8 2.0
Green Stella Barnes 183 8.2 New
Turnout 1,689 29.0
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cannon 757 47.2
Conservative Jill Todd 692
Liberal Democrats Una Jones 323 20.1
Labour Gary Griffiths 287 17.9
Green John Withers 238 14.8
Majority
Turnout 1,248 33.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West Mersea
West Mersea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Jowers 1,348 62.2
Conservative John Bouckley 1,184
Conservative Margaret Kimberley 1,136
Labour Bry Mogridge 430 19.8
Liberal Democrats Ronald Baker 389 18.0
Turnout 1,814 31%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wivenhoe Cross
Wivenhoe Cross
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Philip Hawkins 369 44.0
Conservative David Adams 303 36.1
Conservative Kenneth Rogers 290
Labour David Purdy 184
Liberal Democrats John Galpin 167 19.9
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mossop 149
Turnout 658 17.0
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe Quay
Wivenhoe Quay
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Robert Newman 592 32.9
Independent Samuel Davies 567 31.5
Labour Stephen Ford 523
Conservative Eugene Kraft 412 22.9
Conservative Elizabeth Corke 399
Green Christopher Fox 231 12.8
Turnout 1,456 38.0
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. "BBC News Vote 2002 Local Elections". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. "Colchester : Labour suffer and Lib Dem leader goes". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
  4. "Colchester : Leader Bill's out of the Frame". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
  5. "Colchester : Lib Dems' leader returns recharged". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 6 May 2002.
  6. "Election Results". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. "Turnout". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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