2002 Derby City Council election

2002 Derby Council election
all 51 seats to Derby City Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Labour ;	Council control after election; Labour ;

Last updated May 03, 2024

The 2002 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes since the last election in 2000 had increased the number of seats by 7.^[1] The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Election result

2002 Derby Local Election Result^[3]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	27	2	52.9	38.0	58,230
Liberal Democrats	12	6	23.5	28.4	43,462
Conservative	11	3	21.6	31.6	48,502
Independent	1		2.0	2.0	3,098

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Burgess	1,512
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Jackman	1,464
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Lowe	1,307
	Labour	Michael Fuller	1,071
	Labour	Michael Walker	964
	Labour	Jogindar Johal	908
	Conservative	Valerie Clare	365
	Conservative	Adrian Pegg	349
	Conservative	Douglas Sice	314
Turnout			8,254

Allestree

Allestree (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roy Webb	2,726
	Conservative	Philip Hickson	2,621
	Conservative	John Leatherbarrow	2,529
	Labour	Thomas Bradley	1,274
	Labour	David Byrne	1,159
	Labour	Keith Normington	920
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jackson	721
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Pratt	559
	Liberal Democrats	John-Paul Keane	488
Turnout			12,997

Alvaston

Alvaston (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jonathan Bayliss	1,489
	Labour	Alan Graves	1,219
	Labour	Christopher Wynn	1,136
	Conservative	Pauline Jennings	664
	Liberal Democrats	Cara Copestick	605
	Conservative	Colin Pallett	573
	Conservative	Barry Pearn	542
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Savage	424
	Liberal Democrats	William Savage	383
Turnout			7,035

Arboretum

Arboretum (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Abdul Rehman	1,463
	Labour	Ashiq Hussain	1,356
	Labour	Fareed Hussain	1,338
	Conservative	Ahmad Javed	893
	Conservative	Mohammed Yaqub	770
	Conservative	Christopher Charlesworth	759
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Whitaker	592
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rashid	477
	Liberal Democrats	Divine Mensah	461
Turnout			8,109

Blagreaves

Blagreaves (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Skelton	2,330
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Crosby	2,170
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Troup	2,086
	Labour	Lisa Higginbottom	1,148
	Labour	Pat Hill	1,113
	Labour	Mouhammad Daullah	980
	Conservative	Janice Lee	592
	Conservative	Margaret Sandford	493
	Conservative	Tafseer Iqbal	425
Turnout			11,337

Boulton

Boulton (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ronald Blanksby	1,406
	Labour	Barbara Jackson	1,214
	Independent	Ronald Allen	1,144
	Labour	Hardyal Dhindsa	1,134
	Independent	Anthony Bethell	1,027
	Independent	Melvyn Borrington	927
	Conservative	Sean Conway	734
	Conservative	David Jennings	556
	Conservative	Matlub Hussain	453
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Cowley	305
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Head	228
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Edwards	212
Turnout			9,340

Chaddesden

Chaddesden (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sara Bolton	1,587
	Labour	John Ahern	1,573
	Labour	Anne MacDonald	1,555
	Conservative	John Taylor	1,000
	Conservative	Vincent Mills	991
	Conservative	Harold Johnson	889
	Liberal Democrats	Les Alcock	438
	Liberal Democrats	Leigh Alcock	322
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Payne	300
Turnout			8,655

Chellaston

Chellaston (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Paul Willitts	1,351
	Conservative	Lesley Skelton	1,336
	Labour	David Whitehead	1,319
	Conservative	Nicholas Van Grudgings	1,262
	Labour	Elizabeth Woolley	947
	Labour	Mnjit Mann	874
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Ashburner	379
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hardy	343
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Yates	334
Turnout			8,145

Darley

Darley (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Martin Repton	1,375
	Labour	Valerie Beech	1,366
	Labour	Michael Futers	1,343
	Conservative	Simon Hart	1,194
	Conservative	Graham Else	1,169
	Conservative	Balbir Samra	995
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Travis	697
	Liberal Democrats	Simon King	680
	Liberal Democrats	Bezz Berry	673
Turnout			9,492

Derwent

Derwent (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Roberts	1,093
	Labour	Margaret Redfern	981
	Labour	Suman Gupta	820
	Conservative	Philip Lucas	518
	Conservative	Kevin Pearn	434
	Conservative	Christopher Ballantyne	364
	Liberal Democrats	Rafe Nauen	300
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Hartley	290
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Troup	222
Turnout			5,022

Littleover

Littleover (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Care	2,695
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Allen	2,448
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Carr	2,408
	Conservative	Alan Griffiths	742
	Labour	Alan Mullarkey	692
	Conservative	Virginia Lemmings	690
	Conservative	Dennis Horgan	671
	Labour	Joe Naitta	590
	Labour	Masud Akhtar	580
Turnout			11,519

Mackworth

Mackworth (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Raymond Baxter	1,496
	Labour	Richard Gerrard	1,275
	Labour	Loony Wilsoncroft	1,145
	Conservative	Frank Harwood	633
	Conservative	Gay Evans	615
	Conservative	Richard Pearn	592
	Liberal Democrats	Lor Brown	402
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Clayden	328
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Handley	308
Turnout			6,794

Mickleover

Mickleover (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Anders Hanson	3,077
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	2,953
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Hird	2,953
	Conservative	Christine Pearn	1,320
	Conservative	Keith Webley	1,285
	Conservative	Julie Hadjiska	1,249
	Labour	Philip Taylor	687
	Labour	Steven Poyser	601
	Labour	Lennin Shillingford	568
Turnout			14,761

Normanton

Normanton (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Chris Williamson	1,712
	Labour	Ashok Kalia	1,576
	Labour	Amar Nath	1,566
	Conservative	Mohammad Ali	854
	Conservative	Amjid Ibrahim	801
	Conservative	Jawaid Iqbal	735
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Howcroft	549
	Liberal Democrats	Lloyd Newby	528
	Liberal Democrats	Jhameel Sharif	460
Turnout			8,781

Oakwood

Oakwood (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pauline Latham	1,362
	Conservative	Richard Smalley	1,341
	Conservative	Paul West	1,341
	Labour	Jack Andrews	941
	Labour	Janet Till	912
	Labour	Philip Woodhead	911
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Baker	419
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Turner	242
	Liberal Democrats	David Turner	228
Turnout			7,697

Sinfin

Sinfin (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robin Turner	1,180
	Labour	Hardial Dhamrait	1,004
	Labour	Prem Chera	1,001
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Driscoll	419
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Skelton	366
	Conservative	Grace Smith	360
	Conservative	David Hart	356
	Conservative	Mohammed Adris	306
	Liberal Democrats	Narinder Singh	278
Turnout			5,270

Spondon

Spondon (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Colin Brown	1,824
	Conservative	Evonne Berry	1,818
	Conservative	Peter Berry	1,746
	Labour	Michael Byrne	1,316
	Labour	Richard Morgan	1,236
	Labour	Leon Taylor	1,116
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Peat	536
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Care	289
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charlesworth	274
Turnout			10,155

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References

↑ "Derby". BBC News Online . Retrieved 27 September 2009.
↑ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.
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[full-2] "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.

[local-3] "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.

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