2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

20 seats were contested in the election with 6 Progressives and 3 independents standing in addition to 20 Labour, 17 Liberal Democrat and 12 Conservative candidates. [3] [4] Meanwhile, 3 sitting Labour councillors stood down at the election, Cathy Brown, Alex Tudberry and Ed Malcolm. [4]

The election saw all postal voting in an attempt to increase voter turnout, along with a trial of an electronic counting system. [3] Postal voting was successful in increasing turnout with over half of voters taking part, at 55% turnout had increased significantly on the 27% seen in the previous election in 2000. [5]

Election result

The results saw Labour maintain their majority on the council after not losing any seats in the election. [6] Labour held all 3 seats that had been seen as key wards, Beacon and Bent, Westoe and Whiteleas, while the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Jim Selby, was re-elected in Cleadon and East Boldon. [7]

South Tyneside Local Election Result 2002 [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1700085.052.532,038
  Liberal Democrats 200010.022.213,523
 South Tyneside Progressives10005.07.84,784
  Conservative 0000012.47,582
  Independent 000005.03,078

Ward results

All Saints [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Temple1,67664.9
South Tyneside ProgressivesRobert Burdon71627.7
Liberal Democrats Nader Afshari-Naderi1927.4
Majority 96037.2
Turnout 2,584
Labour hold Swing
Beacon and Bents [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Mcmillan1,57855.1
South Tyneside ProgressivesGordon Finch1,28444.9
Majority 29410.2
Turnout 2,862
Labour hold Swing
Bede [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Agnes Stewart1,94278.0
Liberal Democrats Constance Softley54922.0
Majority 1,39356.0
Turnout 2,491
Labour hold Swing
Biddick Hall [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Kidd1,67363.5
Liberal Democrats Doreen Mason70226.7
Conservative James Cain2589.8
Majority 97136.8
Turnout 2,633
Labour hold Swing
Boldon Colliery [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Strike2,46867.5
Liberal Democrats Frederick Taylor76520.9
Conservative Gerald Brebner42211.5
Majority 1,70346.6
Turnout 3,655
Labour hold Swing
Cleadon and East Boldon [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Selby2,02447.5
Conservative Donald Wood1,33931.4
Labour Scott Duffy90021.1
Majority 68516.1
Turnout 4,263
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Cleadon Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Donaldson1,35145.7
Independent George Elsom1,02534.7
Liberal Democrats David Selby58119.6
Majority 32611.0
Turnout 2,957
Labour hold Swing
Fellgate and Hedworth [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Moira Smith2,24167.2
Liberal Democrats Charles Rutherford70821.2
Conservative Philip Parkinson38711.6
Majority 1,53346.0
Turnout 3,336
Labour hold Swing
Harton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Haws1,57851.5
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Grainger79025.8
Conservative Edward Russell69522.7
Majority 78825.7
Turnout 3,063
Labour hold Swing
Hebburn Quay [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Abbott1,79258.2
Labour Brian McLoughlin1,28841.8
Majority 50416.4
Turnout 3,080
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hebburn South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry McAtominey1,34846.6
Independent John McCabe89130.8
Liberal Democrats Sheila Bennett47516.4
Conservative John Coe1806.2
Majority 87315.8
Turnout 2,894
Labour hold Swing
Horsley Hill [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wallace Hobson1,78850.7
Conservative Nicola Aynsley1,29636.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Hartley44212.5
Majority 49213.9
Turnout 3,526
Labour hold Swing
Monkton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Kerr1,85457.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Holmes1,04132.0
Conservative Mary Golightly35811.0
Majority 81325.0
Turnout 3,253
Labour hold Swing
Primrose [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barrie Scorer1,89060.0
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Slater87127.6
Conservative Walter Armstrong39012.4
Majority 1,01932.4
Turnout 3,151
Labour hold Swing
Refendyke [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Frost1,48056.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Burke59522.7
South Tyneside ProgressivesSabrae Brown54720.9
Majority 88533.7
Turnout 2,622
Labour hold Swing
Tyne Dock and Simonside [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Walsh1,29459.7
Liberal Democrats Gary Ahmed57926.7
Conservative Patricia Pigott29513.6
Majority 71533.0
Turnout 2,168
Labour hold Swing
West Park [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
South Tyneside ProgressivesEnid Hetherington1,80761.1
Labour John Anglin1,15138.9
Majority 65622.2
Turnout 2,958
Westoe [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Jackson1,38442.1
Conservative George Wilkinson1,15535.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Carlin-Page74622.7
Majority 2296.9
Turnout 3,285
Labour hold Swing
Whitburn and Marsden [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracey Dixon1,51250.6
Conservative Miles Atkinson80727.0
Liberal Democrats Ronald Callaghan67122.4
Majority 70523.6
Turnout 2,990
Labour hold Swing
Whiteleas [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mavis Brady1,64250.8
Independent John Haram1,16235.9
South Tyneside ProgressivesLawrence Nolan43013.3
Majority 48014.9
Turnout 3,234
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "South Tyneside". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 Unwin, Bruce (8 April 2002). "Line-up lists closed for council seats campaigners". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
  4. 1 2 "All seats are up for grabs". Shields Gazette . 8 April 2002. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Morris, Nigel (3 May 2002). "Electronic polling vulnerable to abuse, says expert". The Independent. p. 6.
  6. ↑ McSmith, Andy; Britten, Nick (3 May 2002). "Brown's Budget saves seats for Labour in its heartland". The Daily Telegraph. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Turnout joy at polls". Shields Gazette . 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "South Tyneside". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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