2002 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election

The 2002 Great Yarmouth Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Great Yarmouth Borough Council in Norfolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 28
• Labour 20 ^[1]

Election result

Great Yarmouth local election result 2002 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9			-1	56.3	51.2	9,379
	Conservative	7			+1	43.8	43.3	7,935
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	632
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	365

Ward results

Bradwell North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Wainwright	812	54.6
	Conservative	Mary Greenacre	587	39.4
	Green	Sheila Chandler	89	6.0
Majority			225	15.2
Turnout			1,488

Bradwell South and Horton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Howard	776	51.7
	Labour	Christina Rumsby	724	48.3
Majority			52	3.4
Turnout			1,500

Caister North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Smith	560	43.5
	Labour	Sandy Griffiths	557	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Dyer	148	11.5
	Green	Paul Scheller	22	1.7
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,287

Caister South ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Lawley	537	48.9
	Labour	Patrick Hacon	517	47.1
	Green	Susan Myers	44	4.0
Majority			20	1.8
Turnout			1,098

Claydon ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Fitzgerald	625	60.4
	Conservative	Peter Meah	326	31.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Punchard	84	8.1
Majority			299	28.9
Turnout			1,035

Gorleston ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Russell	821	57.7
	Labour	Peter Alexander	424	29.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Lees	177	12.4
Majority			397	27.9
Turnout			1,422

Lichfield and Cobholm ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Wassell	537	78.6
	Conservative	Jason Delf	146	21.4
Majority			391	57.2
Turnout			683

Lothingland ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Thompson	666	57.5
	Labour	Richard Baker	492	42.5
Majority			174	15.0
Turnout			1,158

Magdalen East ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Walker	622	62.1
	Conservative	David Denning	379	37.9
Majority			243	24.2
Turnout			1,001

Magdalen West ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Doe	784	80.7
	Conservative	Jane Hayes	188	19.3
Majority			596	61.4
Turnout			972

Nelson ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Robinson	598	73.8
	Conservative	Joy Cosaitis	170	21.0
	Green	Diane Nottage	42	5.2
Majority			428	52.8
Turnout			810

Northgate ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Easter	752	57.6
	Conservative	Alan Baugh	431	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Harris	89	6.8
	Green	Robert Chandler	34	2.6
Majority			321	24.6
Turnout			1,306

Ormesby ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Reynolds	855	69.6
	Labour	Michael Pettit	206	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Cole	134	10.9
	Green	Paul Orpen	34	2.8
Majority			649	52.8
Turnout			1,229

Regent ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Garrod	506	49.2
	Labour	Jack Barnes	465	45.2
	Green	Andrew Nottage	57	5.5
Majority			41	4.0
Turnout			1,028

St Andrew's ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Hewitt	612	57.4
	Conservative	Patrick Cook	454	42.6
Majority			158	14.8
Turnout			1,066

Yarmouth North ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glen Smith	652	53.1
	Conservative	Desmond Sadler	533	43.4
	Green	Roy Walmsley	43	3.5
Majority			119	9.7
Turnout			1,228

References

1. "Great Yarmouth". BBC News. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
2. "Great Yarmouth". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
3. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library . Retrieved 4 September 2011.