2002 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 9+339.131.722,547
  Liberal Democrats 6-426.128.820,455
  Conservative 5-221.725.117,832
 Southport Party3+313.011.38,007
 Socialist Alternative0001.2822
  Green 0001.1750
  Independent 0000.7491
  BNP 0000.2159

Ward results

Ainsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Ridge1,83146.2
Liberal Democrats Carla Hayde1,00225.3
Southport PartyJohn Leech86621.9
Labour Linda Cluskey1964.9
Green Laurence Rankin681.7
Majority82920.9
Turnout 3,963
Birkdale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Iain Brodie-Browne1,376
Liberal Democrats Mary Dally1,275
Conservative Ralph Gregson1,157
Southport PartyRichard Chapman976
Conservative Jeremy Myers887
Labour James Baldwin284
Green William Bethnuin272
Independent Terry Durrance257
Labour David Stott236
Turnout 6,720
Blundellsands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Roberts1,77050.9
Labour Pamela Parry1,16633.6
Liberal Democrats William Brereton53915.5
Majority60417.3
Turnout 3,475
Cambridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Southport PartyDavid Cobham1,34536.7
Conservative Robert Price1,33636.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Dally73320.0
Labour Patricia Maher2557.0
Majority90.3
Turnout 3,669
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Gustafson1,46847.1
Liberal Democrats Pauline Kehoe1,44446.4
Conservative James Patterson2036.5
Majority240.7
Turnout 3,115
Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Rice1,68177.9
Conservative Paul Nuttall24511.4
Liberal Democrats Dennis Cross23210.8
Majority1,43666.5
Turnout 2,158
Dukes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Watson1,38640.1
Southport PartyDavid McLaughlan1,08331.3
Liberal Democrats Mary Shavaksha65819.0
Labour Christopher Holmes2396.9
Green Lola Sieve892.6
Majority3038.8
Turnout 3,455
Ford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Moncur1,82878.4
Liberal Democrats Garry Fielding50321.6
Majority1,32556.8
Turnout 2,331
Harington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Whitby1,91854.4
Labour Maurice Newton88825.2
Liberal Democrats Druscilla Haydon72220.5
Majority1,03029.2
Turnout 3,528
Kew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Southport PartyJames Grundy1,27142.7
Liberal Democrats David Bamber83828.2
Conservative John Lyon-Taylor47015.8
Labour Stephen Jowett2909.8
Green John Glendenning1053.5
Majority43314.5
Turnout 2,974
Linacre
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Friel1,46383.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Williams29816.9
Majority1,16566.2
Turnout 1,761
Litherland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Tweed1,41180.1
Liberal Democrats James Murray35119.9
Majority1,06060.2
Turnout 1,762
Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Jakub1,75047.7
Conservative Peter Papworth1,24934.1
Liberal Democrats Edward Firth54014.7
Independent Robert Wright1263.4
Majority50113.6
Turnout 3,665
Meols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Southport PartyMargaret Brown1,31833.2
Liberal Democrats James Tattersall1,27232.1
Conservative Jamie Halsall1,15929.2
Labour John Seale2185.5
Majority461.1
Turnout 3,967
Molyneux
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Colbert1,34239.9
Labour Timothy Hale1,23836.8
Conservative Alan Brown78523.3
Majority1043.1
Turnout 3,365
Netherton and Orrell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Martin1,51058.3
Socialist AlternativePeter Glover82231.8
Liberal Democrats Hilary Cross2569.9
Majority68826.5
Turnout 2,588
Norwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Sumner1,16433.8
Southport PartyGeoffrey Wright1,14833.4
Conservative Mark Bigley61918.0
Labour Constance McCarthy35010.2
BNP Michael McDermott1594.6
Majority160.4
Turnout 3,440
Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robbie Fenton2,19971.5
Labour Sandra Williams65921.4
Green Andrew Hoban2167.0
Majority1,54050.1
Turnout 3,074
Ravenmeols
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vincent Platt1,66350.6
Labour Paul Flodman1,24337.8
Liberal Democrats Timothy Drake37911.5
Majority42012.8
Turnout 3,285
St Oswald
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Burke2,11784.5
Liberal Democrats Sara Murray38815.5
Majority1,72969.0
Turnout 2,505
Sudell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roy Connell1,72953.6
Labour Stephen Kermode79524.7
Conservative William Newton59218.4
Independent David Jones1083.3
Majority93428.9
Turnout 3,224
Victoria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Giles Blundell1,26241.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tonkiss1,21540.0
Conservative Theresa Rossiter56218.5
Majority471.5
Turnout 3,039

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