2002 Worcester City Council election

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

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]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 3 0 +3 50.0 44.4 9,857
  Labour 4 0 3 -3 33.3 38.1 8,455
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 8.3 11.5 2,545
  Independent 1 0 0 0 8.3 6.0 1,330

Ward results
All Saints[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammed Altaf 956 56.8
Labour Nazrul Islam 726 43.2
Majority 230 13.6
Turnout 1,682
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Bedwardine[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Prodger 1,093 59.8
Labour David Candler 521 28.5
Liberal Democrats Iain MacBriar 213 11.7
Majority 572 31.3
Turnout 1,827
Conservative hold Swing
Claines[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Askin 1,465 58.2
Conservative William Elsy 1,051 41.8
Majority 414 16.4
Turnout 2,516
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Holy Trinity[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Berry 555 57.5
Conservative Lucy Hodgson 256 26.5
Independent Adrian Hughes 155 16.0
Majority 299 31.0
Turnout 966
Labour hold Swing
Nunnery[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Francis 749 44.9
Labour Dawn-Marie Turner 665 39.9
Conservative Gerard Francomb 253 15.2
Majority 84 5.0
Turnout 1,667
Independent hold Swing
St Barnabas[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Barlow 696 79.2
Conservative Mumtaz Ali 183 20.8
Majority 513 58.4
Turnout 879
Labour hold Swing
St Clement[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry MacKenzie-Williams 1,034 50.1
Labour Andrew Watson 1,029 49.9
Majority 5 0.2
Turnout 2,063
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St John[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marc Baylis 805 52.5
Independent Colin Layland 426 27.8
Conservative Colin Phillips 302 19.7
Majority 379 24.7
Turnout 1,533
Labour hold Swing
St Martin[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Imray 1,504 51.3
Labour June Tyler 1,429 48.7
Majority 75 2.6
Turnout 2,933
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St Nicholas[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raymond Turner 899 54.9
Conservative David Tibbutt 739 45.1
Majority 160 9.8
Turnout 1,638
Labour hold Swing
St Peter[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Tarbuck 1,412 51.7
Labour Pauline Smith 759 27.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Griffiths 560 20.5
Majority 653 23.9
Turnout 2,731
Conservative hold Swing
St Stephen[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Jones 1,074 61.3
Labour Ali Asghar 371 21.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Smith 307 17.5
Majority 703 40.1
Turnout 1,752
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Worcester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.
  3. "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.
  6. Smith, Sue (3 May 2002). "Local Election Results 2002: Protest's healthy majority". Birmingham Mail. p. 17.
  7. "Worcester". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
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