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%.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 29 | +8 | 60.4 | 38.4 | 24,667 | +8.0% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 15 | -6 | 31.3 | 26.1 | 16,768 | -4.3% | |||
Green | 3 | -5 | 6.3 | 18.7 | 11,985 | +0.1% | |||
Ind. Working Class | 1 | +1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 879 | +1.4% | |||
Conservative | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14.6 | 9,359 | -4.9% | |||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 382 | +0.60% | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 | 138 | -0.18% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alexander Hollingsworth | 580 | |||
Labour | Michael McAndrews | 564 | |||
Conservative | Prudence Dailey | 270 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Wynne | 162 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Wyatt | 150 | |||
Green | Raymond Hitchins | 97 | |||
Green | Pallas Reiss | 54 | |||
Turnout | 1,877 | 25.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Valerie Smith | 633 | |||
Labour | Patrick Stannard | 438 | |||
Ind. Working Class | Daphne Kingston | 197 | |||
Conservative | David Brown | 111 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hinnells | 34 | |||
Socialist Alliance | John Lister | 33 | |||
Green | Patrick Lingwood | 22 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander MacFie | 19 | |||
Green | Nuala Young | 18 | |||
Turnout | 1,505 | 22.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Michael Woodin | 420 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Sargent | 355 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Afia Ali | 341 | |||
Green | Linda Losito | 290 | |||
Labour | Timothy Waters | 211 | |||
Labour | Karim Palant | 208 | |||
Conservative | Ann Dykes | 153 | |||
Conservative | Stephan Pritchard | 144 | |||
Turnout | 2,122 | 26.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Brown | 589 | |||
Labour | Peter Johnson | 564 | |||
Conservative | Harry Brack | 205 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Edwards | 186 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Smith | 154 | |||
Green | Alexis Kennedy | 81 | |||
Green | Daniel Rosenberg | 71 | |||
Socialist Alliance | George Roe | 64 | |||
Turnout | 1,914 | 25.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beryl Keen | 693 | |||
Labour | Bryan Keen | 668 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Hammond | 392 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nadeem Khan | 360 | |||
Conservative | Ellen Smith | 210 | |||
Green | Martin Juckes | 157 | |||
Green | Jennifer Linsdell | 146 | |||
Turnout | 2,626 | 35.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Beer | 501 | |||
Labour | David Taylor | 486 | |||
Labour | Mumtaz Fareed | 469 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sajjad-Hussain Malik | 459 | |||
Green | James Kemp | 148 | |||
Green | Ian Wanless | 130 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Wells | 129 | |||
Turnout | 2,322 | 32.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Rundle | 637 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Tall | 597 | |||
Conservative | Richard Jeffery | 459 | |||
Conservative | Joseph Hannigan | 427 | |||
Labour | Kathrin Luddecke | 312 | |||
Labour | Terence Johnson | 306 | |||
Green | Dave Dalton | 150 | |||
Green | Xanthe Bevis | 112 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Tracy Ellicott | 64 | |||
Turnout | 3,064 | 37.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Christian | 552 | |||
Labour | Manawar Jan-Khan | 487 | |||
Conservative | Philip McKearney | 342 | |||
Conservative | Peter Salcombe | 341 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Hall | 210 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Whittaker | 199 | |||
Green | Katherine Wedell | 86 | |||
Green | Tim Pizey | 57 | |||
Turnout | 2,274 | 32.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Price | 961 | |||
Labour | Richard Muir | 836 | |||
Green | Deborah Glass | 649 | |||
Green | Donald O'Neal | 434 | |||
Conservative | Simon Mort | 226 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bones | 139 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Penwarden | 125 | |||
Turnout | 3,370 | 43.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Antony Brett | 464 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Fiyaz Mughal | 426 | |||
Green | Paul Williams | 418 | |||
Green | Laura Merrill | 416 | |||
Conservative | Sean Sullivan | 190 | |||
Conservative | Edmund Sutton | 185 | |||
Labour | Siobhan McAndrew | 143 | |||
Labour | Eleanor Reeves | 125 | |||
Turnout | 2,367 | 30.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Baker | 876 | |||
Labour | Richard Tarver | 791 | |||
Green | Elise Benjamin | 654 | |||
Green | Larry Sanders | 559 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Marsom | 124 | |||
Conservative | Edward Parkin | 118 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Croft | 109 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Madeline Rowe | 102 | |||
Turnout | 3,333 | 41.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susanna Pressel | 1,092 | |||
Labour | Colin Cook | 895 | |||
Green | Sushila Dhall | 325 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hilliard | 320 | |||
Green | Lilia Patterson | 223 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Smithson | 219 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Jones | 166 | |||
Conservative | William Wilson | 154 | |||
Turnout | 3,394 | 39.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Sanders | 724 | |||
Labour | John Tanner | 697 | |||
Conservative | David Leake | 393 | |||
Conservative | John Young | 363 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vicky Potter | 140 | |||
Green | Mark Stevenson | 118 | |||
Green | Gail Percival | 90 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Aidan Thomson | 70 | |||
Turnout | 2,595 | 32.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sabir-Hussain Mirza | 627 | |||
Labour | Daniel Paskins | 621 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hoyle | 519 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Paintin | 462 | |||
Green | Barbara Topley | 111 | |||
Green | David Brooks-Saxl | 89 | |||
Turnout | 2,429 | 29.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Clarkson | 837 | |||
Labour | Roy Darke | 765 | |||
Conservative | Duncan Hatfield | 436 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anjana Tiwari | 400 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Hand | 388 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenji Tiwari | 378 | |||
Green | Judith Chipchase | 167 | |||
Green | Garry Budin | 141 | |||
Turnout | 3,512 | 41.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jean Fooks | 602 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Brown | 586 | |||
Green | Adrian Arbib | 474 | |||
Green | Miranda Carnegie | 422 | |||
Labour | Suzanne Ledwith | 209 | |||
Independent | John Rose | 138 | |||
Labour | Andrew Small | 126 | |||
Turnout | 2,557 | 31.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Molly Florey | 406 | |||
Ind. Working Class | Stuart Craft | 354 | |||
Ind. Working Class | Lee Cole | 328 | |||
Labour | Jane Darke | 308 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Gowers | 70 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Choudhary Zafar | 59 | |||
Green | Susan Tibbles | 44 | |||
Green | Patricia Dickson | 38 | |||
Turnout | 1,607 | 22.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Delia Sinclair | 607 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julian Allison | 552 | |||
Labour | Noorjahan Sayani | 531 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Coats | 418 | |||
Conservative | Peter Logan | 335 | |||
Conservative | George Callaghan | 304 | |||
Green | Sarah Wild | 106 | |||
Green | Susan Miles | 72 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Andrew Gibbons | 70 | |||
Turnout | 2,995 | 37.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Buckingham | 953 | |||
Labour | Edward Turner | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Penwarden | 534 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Bones | 424 | |||
Conservative | Gwendoline Fancutt | 149 | |||
Conservative | Julian Hicks | 142 | |||
Green | Oliver Tickell | 120 | |||
Green | Simon Brook | 107 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Ben Kenward | 60 | |||
Turnout | 3,280 | 41.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sophia Bartleet | 494 | |||
Green | Claire Palmer | 489 | |||
Green | Robert Sykes | 469 | |||
Labour | John Courouble | 467 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Owen Davies | 155 | |||
Conservative | Jean Pocock | 146 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Young | 138 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Stone | 132 | |||
Turnout | 2,490 | 28.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | James Campbell | 628 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Corinna Redman | 628 | |||
Green | Sally Bayley | 330 | |||
Green | Mary Franklin | 324 | |||
Conservative | Ursula Dreydel | 254 | |||
Conservative | Robert Porter | 231 | |||
Labour | Benjamin Harris | 127 | |||
Labour | Tim Boyd | 115 | |||
Turnout | 2,637 | 36.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Craig Simmons | 433 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Abbasi | 429 | |||
Green | Annie Skinner | 390 | |||
Labour | Peter Moss | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Barker | 150 | |||
Conservative | Darren Green | 104 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pieter-Paul Barker | 96 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Angelina Rai | 91 | |||
Turnout | 2,082 | 27.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Armitage | 811 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hollander | 788 | |||
Conservative | Frank Bland | 453 | |||
Green | Sheila Buck | 434 | |||
Green | Malcolm Lee | 412 | |||
Conservative | Jason Tomes | 390 | |||
Labour | Joel Brookfield | 252 | |||
Labour | Benjamin Seifert | 231 | |||
Turnout | 3,771 | 43.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Goddard | 801 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Roaf | 690 | |||
Conservative | Graham Jones | 616 | |||
Conservative | Raoul Cerratti | 578 | |||
Green | Sheila Cameron | 444 | |||
Green | Michael Hamblett | 444 | |||
Labour | Patricia Brown | 244 | |||
Labour | Michael Taylor | 238 | |||
Turnout | 4,055 | 48.0 |
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