2002 Oxford City Council election

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Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by three. [1] The Labour Party gained control of the council. [1] The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 29, Liberal Democrat 15, Green 3 and Independent Working Class Association 1. Overall turnout was 34%.

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Election result

Oxford Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 29+860.438.424,667+8.0%
  Liberal Democrats 15-631.326.116,768-4.3%
  Green 3-56.318.711,985+0.1%
  Ind. Working Class 1+12.11.4879+1.4%
  Conservative 0-1014.69,359-4.9%
  Socialist Alliance 0000.60382+0.60%
  Independent 0000.22138-0.18%

Ward results

Barton and Sandhills (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Hollingsworth580
Labour Michael McAndrews564
Conservative Prudence Dailey270
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Wynne162
Liberal Democrats Jane Wyatt150
Green Raymond Hitchins97
Green Pallas Reiss54
Turnout 1,87725.2
Blackbird Leys (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Smith633
Labour Patrick Stannard438
Ind. Working Class Daphne Kingston197
Conservative David Brown111
Liberal Democrats Mark Hinnells34
Socialist Alliance John Lister33
Green Patrick Lingwood22
Liberal Democrats Alexander MacFie19
Green Nuala Young18
Turnout 1,50522.6
Carfax (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Michael Woodin 420
Liberal Democrats Paul Sargent355
Liberal Democrats Afia Ali341
Green Linda Losito290
Labour Timothy Waters211
Labour Karim Palant208
Conservative Ann Dykes153
Conservative Stephan Pritchard144
Turnout 2,12226.0
Churchill (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Brown589
Labour Peter Johnson564
Conservative Harry Brack205
Liberal Democrats Alan Edwards186
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Smith154
Green Alexis Kennedy81
Green Daniel Rosenberg71
Socialist Alliance George Roe64
Turnout 1,91425.1
Cowley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beryl Keen693
Labour Bryan Keen668
Liberal Democrats Charles Hammond392
Liberal Democrats Nadeem Khan360
Conservative Ellen Smith210
Green Martin Juckes157
Green Jennifer Linsdell146
Turnout 2,62635.3
Cowley Marsh (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Beer501
Labour David Taylor486
Labour Mumtaz Fareed469
Liberal Democrats Sajjad-Hussain Malik459
Green James Kemp148
Green Ian Wanless130
Conservative Elizabeth Wells129
Turnout 2,32232.5
Headington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Rundle637
Liberal Democrats Stephen Tall 597
Conservative Richard Jeffery459
Conservative Joseph Hannigan427
Labour Kathrin Luddecke312
Labour Terence Johnson306
Green Dave Dalton150
Green Xanthe Bevis112
Socialist Alliance Tracy Ellicott64
Turnout 3,06437.8
Headington Hill and Northway (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Christian552
Labour Manawar Jan-Khan487
Conservative Philip McKearney342
Conservative Peter Salcombe341
Liberal Democrats Nigel Hall210
Liberal Democrats Mark Whittaker199
Green Katherine Wedell86
Green Tim Pizey57
Turnout 2,27432.3
Hinksey Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Price961
Labour Richard Muir836
Green Deborah Glass649
Green Donald O'Neal434
Conservative Simon Mort226
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bones139
Liberal Democrats Ruth Penwarden125
Turnout 3,37043.0
Holywell (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Antony Brett464
Liberal Democrats Fiyaz Mughal426
Green Paul Williams418
Green Laura Merrill416
Conservative Sean Sullivan190
Conservative Edmund Sutton185
Labour Siobhan McAndrew143
Labour Eleanor Reeves125
Turnout 2,36730.1
Iffley Fields (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Baker876
Labour Richard Tarver791
Green Elise Benjamin654
Green Larry Sanders559
Liberal Democrats Victoria Marsom124
Conservative Edward Parkin118
Conservative Margaret Croft109
Liberal Democrats Madeline Rowe102
Turnout 3,33341.5
Jericho and Osney (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susanna Pressel1,092
Labour Colin Cook895
Green Sushila Dhall325
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hilliard320
Green Lilia Patterson223
Liberal Democrats Michael Smithson219
Conservative Patricia Jones166
Conservative William Wilson154
Turnout 3,39439.5
Littlemore (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Sanders724
Labour John Tanner697
Conservative David Leake393
Conservative John Young363
Liberal Democrats Vicky Potter140
Green Mark Stevenson118
Green Gail Percival90
Liberal Democrats Aidan Thomson70
Turnout 2,59532.1
Lye Valley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sabir-Hussain Mirza627
Labour Daniel Paskins621
Liberal Democrats Robert Hoyle519
Liberal Democrats David Paintin462
Green Barbara Topley111
Green David Brooks-Saxl89
Turnout 2,42929.8
Marston (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Clarkson 837
Labour Roy Darke765
Conservative Duncan Hatfield436
Liberal Democrats Anjana Tiwari400
Conservative Stuart Hand388
Liberal Democrats Kenji Tiwari378
Green Judith Chipchase167
Green Garry Budin141
Turnout 3,51241.0
North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Fooks602
Liberal Democrats Stephen Brown586
Green Adrian Arbib474
Green Miranda Carnegie422
Labour Suzanne Ledwith209
Independent John Rose138
Labour Andrew Small126
Turnout 2,55731.7
Northfield Brook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Molly Florey406
Ind. Working Class Stuart Craft354
Ind. Working Class Lee Cole328
Labour Jane Darke308
Liberal Democrats Bernard Gowers70
Liberal Democrats Choudhary Zafar59
Green Susan Tibbles44
Green Patricia Dickson38
Turnout 1,60722.4
Quarry and Risinghurst (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Delia Sinclair607
Liberal Democrats Julian Allison552
Labour Noorjahan Sayani531
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Coats418
Conservative Peter Logan335
Conservative George Callaghan304
Green Sarah Wild106
Green Susan Miles72
Socialist Alliance Andrew Gibbons70
Turnout 2,99537.2
Rose Hill and Iffley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Buckingham953
Labour Edward Turner791
Liberal Democrats David Penwarden534
Liberal Democrats Pamela Bones424
Conservative Gwendoline Fancutt149
Conservative Julian Hicks142
Green Oliver Tickell 120
Green Simon Brook107
Socialist Alliance Ben Kenward60
Turnout 3,28041.8
St Clement's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sophia Bartleet494
Green Claire Palmer489
Green Robert Sykes469
Labour John Courouble467
Liberal Democrats Owen Davies155
Conservative Jean Pocock146
Conservative Margaret Young138
Liberal Democrats Martin Stone132
Turnout 2,49028.6
St Margaret's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Campbell628
Liberal Democrats Corinna Redman628
Green Sally Bayley330
Green Mary Franklin324
Conservative Ursula Dreydel254
Conservative Robert Porter231
Labour Benjamin Harris127
Labour Tim Boyd115
Turnout 2,63736.5
St Mary's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Craig Simmons433
Labour Mohammed Abbasi429
Green Annie Skinner390
Labour Peter Moss389
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Barker150
Conservative Darren Green104
Liberal Democrats Pieter-Paul Barker96
Socialist Alliance Angelina Rai91
Turnout 2,08227.4
Summertown (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Armitage811
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hollander788
Conservative Frank Bland453
Green Sheila Buck434
Green Malcolm Lee412
Conservative Jason Tomes390
Labour Joel Brookfield252
Labour Benjamin Seifert231
Turnout 3,77143.3
Wolvercote (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Goddard801
Liberal Democrats Susan Roaf690
Conservative Graham Jones616
Conservative Raoul Cerratti578
Green Sheila Cameron444
Green Michael Hamblett444
Labour Patricia Brown244
Labour Michael Taylor238
Turnout 4,05548.0

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