2002 Hull City Council election

Map of the results of the 2002 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independents in light grey.

The 2002 Hull City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. ^[1] The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. ^[2]

Campaign

Hull was seen as one of the key contests in the 2002 local elections with the Liberal Democrats seen as the main challengers to Labour. ^[3] Labour had run Hull continuously since 1945, apart from a brief period from 1969 to 1971 when the Conservatives had taken control, but they were seen as vulnerable in this election. ^[3] As well as the Liberal Democrats, who with 10 seats were the main opposition before the election, the Conservatives stood in 31 of the 59 seats that were being contested. ^[3] Divisions within the local Labour party also meant some councillors stood in the election as independents. ^[3]

The Labour administration received criticism from the opposition and by the district auditor for the poor quality of services provided in Hull. ^[3] The opposition also attacked Labour for their use of the £255 million recently gained by Hull council after the part sale of Kingston Communications. ^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with Labour falling from 44 seats before the election to only 24 afterwards. ^[4]

Hull Local Election Result 2002 ^{[2] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	29			+19	49.2	46.1	51,802
	Labour	24			-20	40.7	39.1	43,957
	Independent	4			0	6.8	6.3	7,131
	Conservative	2			0	3.4	7.1	8,015
	Green	0			0	0.0	0.7	789
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.3	377
	Socialist Alternative	0			0	0.0	0.2	208
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0.0	0.1	153

Ward results

Avenue (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simone Butterworth	1,670
	Liberal Democrats	John Robinson	1,441
	Liberal Democrats	David Woods	1,421
	Labour	Glennis Lee	962
	Labour	Nicholas Robinson	874
	Labour	Brian Wadforth	715
	Green	Louise Muston	361
	Green	Raymond Atkin	281
	Socialist Alternative	Ernest Roustoby	208
	Conservative	Patrick Belding	189
	Conservative	Basil Bulmer	186
	Conservative	Sheila Airey	169
Turnout			8,477

Beverley (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Gough	1,524
	Liberal Democrats	David McCobb	1,510
	Labour	Gordon Caselton	640
	Labour	David Stevens	565
	Conservative	John Abbot	395
	Conservative	Andrew Forster	380
Turnout			5,014

Boothferry (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ellis	1,591
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Toon	1,488
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Woods	1,468
	Labour	Michael Whiting	851
	Labour	Roy Windle	798
	Labour	Charles Glover	784
	Conservative	Diane Bradley	364
	Conservative	Kathleen Percy	300
	Conservative	Jonathan Fry	287
Turnout			7,931

Bransholme East (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nadene Burton	1,981
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Harrison	1,004
	Labour	Harold Neilson	459
	Labour	Harry Woodford	440
	Conservative	Jean Fenwick	37
	Conservative	Janet Baxter	34
Turnout			3,955

Bransholme West ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Bird	663	62.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Harrison	312	29.2
	Socialist Alliance	Patricia Cain-Penrose	94	8.8
Majority			351	32.8
Turnout			1,069

Bricknell (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fareham	1,436
	Conservative	Andrew Percy	1,341
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Oglesby	841
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Welton	779
	Labour	Susan Wiley	500
	Labour	Andrew Dorton	485
Turnout			5,382

Derringham (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Jarvis	1,320
	Independent	John Considine	1,128
	Independent	Clare Page	996
	Labour	Brian Wilkinson	753
	Labour	John Shipley	703
	Labour	Kay Vandenbriele	664
	UKIP	John Cornforth	279
	Liberal Democrats	David Green	228
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Kelly	185
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Evans	174
	Conservative	Peter White	167
	Conservative	Zena Rowley	157
Turnout			6,754

Drypool (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Toker	1,683
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Kemp	1,540
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Obridge	1,534
	Labour	Nellie Stephenson	912
	Labour	John Shields	874
	Labour	Brian Smelt	874
Turnout			7,417

Holderness (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Baker	1,753
	Liberal Democrats	John Nicholson	1,662
	Liberal Democrats	Katharine Hancock	1,642
	Labour	James Mulgrove	926
	Labour	John Ranby	767
	Labour	Neil Perkins	743
	Conservative	Albert Greendale	271
Turnout			7,764

Ings (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Clark	1,139
	Labour	Garry White	1,110
	Labour	Brian Petch	1,071
	Liberal Democrats	James Morrell	902
	Liberal Democrats	George Taylor	881
	Liberal Democrats	Mervyn Taylor	830
Turnout			5,933

Kings Park (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Garland	998
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Minns	867
	Labour	William Haughey	397
	Labour	John Nicholson	335
	Conservative	Wayne Hanson	53
	Conservative	David Whellan	38
Turnout			2,688

Longhill (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Hewitt	1,081
	Labour	Ann Stanley	1,038
	Labour	John Black	975
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Watkinson	705
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Holdstock	644
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wilcox	568
	Independent	Peter Martin	228
	Independent	Barrie Goforth	129
Turnout			5,368

Marfleet (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Kendrew	1,057
	Labour	Sheila Waudby	921
	Labour	Brenda Petch	843
	Liberal Democrats	Allen Healand	428
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Dibnah	414
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Kay	375
Turnout			4,038

Myton (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Branson	1,167
	Labour	Daren Hale	1,102
	Labour	Colin Inglis	1,079
	Liberal Democrats	Mirian Benson	470
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Turner	353
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Sloan	338
	Conservative	Richard McConnell	233
Turnout			4,742

Newington (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Bradley	623
	Labour	Katrina Peat	595
	Labour	Kathryn Lavery	577
	Independent	David Harris	394
	Independent	Ivor Davies	343
	Independent	George Harker	305
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Whiting	241
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wrigley	239
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Wrigley	221
	Conservative	Reginald Britton	139
	Conservative	David Thompson	108
Turnout			3,785

Newland (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ross	1,013
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Collinson	1,008
	Labour	Daniel Brown	548
	Labour	Patrick Walker	482
	Green	James Russell	147
	Conservative	Peter Caswell	134
	Conservative	Ramesh Chhabra	101
Turnout			3,433

Orchard Park and Greenwood (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terence Geraghty	900
	Labour	Steven Bayes	822
	Labour	Trevor Larsen	771
	Independent	Tony Fee	721
	Labour	David Playle	672
	Independent	Louis Barron	609
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Brown	336
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Whiting	253
Turnout			5,084

Pickering (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Wastling	1,133
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Dibnah	1,063
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Godden	1,031
	Labour	Julie Lowery	1,016
	Labour	Malcolm Fields	966
	Labour	Tracy Windle	964
	Conservative	Colin Baxter	246
	Conservative	Antony Cox	237
	Conservative	John Sharp	229
	Independent	Michael Nash	58
Turnout			6,943

St Andrew's (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadine Fudge	500
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Penna	497
	Labour	Norah Ransford	461
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Toon	447
	Conservative	Robert Cook	81
Turnout			1,986

Southcoates East (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Gemmell	697
	Labour	Thomas McVie	651
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hull	298
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Walker	298
	Socialist Alliance	Keith Ellis	59
Turnout			2,003

Southcoates West (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Brady	682
	Labour	Mary Glew	543
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Flower	350
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rossington	340
Turnout			1,915

Sutton (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hepton	1,641
	Liberal Democrats	Kalvin Neal	1,638
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Neal	1,628
	Labour	Kenneth Turner	911
	Labour	John Webster	898
	Labour	Nigel Welton	816
	Conservative	Peter Abraham	170
	Conservative	Norman Hall	170
	Conservative	Andrew Dunlin	164
Turnout			8,036

University (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Randall	973
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Randall	950
	Labour	Rodney Evans	658
	Labour	John Stanley	621
	Conservative	Helen Horrobin	101
	Conservative	Stanley Thompson	98
	UKIP	Benjamin Green	49
	UKIP	Tineke Robinson	49
Turnout			3,499

References

1. "Kingston-upon-Hull". BBC News Online . Retrieved 25 October 2009.
2. "Election results; Local Elections". The Times . 3 May 2002. p. 6. ISSN   0140-0460.
3. Hurst, Greg (16 April 2002). "Lib Dems seek gains in Labour stronghold". The Times . p. 11. ISSN   0140-0460.
4. Morris, Nigel (3 May 2002). "Local Elections: Results - Cabinet big guns suffer setbacks on home turf". The Independent . p. 6. ISSN   0951-9467.
5. "Local Elections: Results". The Guardian . 3 May 2002. p. 9. ISSN   0261-3077.
6. "Kingston upon Hull". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2009.