2002 Stroud District Council election

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The 2002 Stroud District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 4. [1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [2]

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Election result

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 24 seats, 4 seats short of having a majority. [3] The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council after Labour lost seats. [4] Overall turnout in the election was 39.83%. [5]

Stroud local election result 2002 [5] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 29+556.941.526,705-4.2
  Labour 12-623.528.918,592+2.4
  Liberal Democrats 4-17.816.310,471-3.9
  Green 407.810.46,693+5.5
  Independent 2-23.92.41,533+0.5
  UKIP 0000.6365+0.1

Ward results

Amberley and Woodchester [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Glanfield 480 53.9
Green Sheila Macfadyen16018.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Edmunds13415.1
Labour John Appleton11613.0
Majority32036.0
Turnout 89050.9
Berkeley Vale (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Winter 659
Conservative Benjamin Francis 619
Labour David Shaw600
Labour Michael Denning572
Turnout 2,45039.3
Bisley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Fleming 436 49.3
Green Steven Penny38843.9
UKIP Anthony Gardiner606.8
Majority485.4
Turnout 88450.9
Cainscross (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Eccles 961 53.4
Labour Andrew Read 815 45.3
Labour Anthony Shortt 716 39.8
Conservative Norma Rodman38421.3
Liberal Democrats Darren Jones37420.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Lloyd-Jones33418.6
Independent Graham Stanley32918.3
Liberal Democrats Hilary Howe32818.2
Conservative Ann Kendall32117.8
Conservative Ralph Kenber28215.7
Green Philip Williams1337.4
Green Martin Jakes1126.2
Turnout 1,80035.4
Cam East (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hudson 537 39.5
Labour Miranda Clifton 520 38.2
Conservative William Fearnley-Whittingstall50437.0
Labour William Hamilton44432.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Hartley34325.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Pearce32924.2
Turnout 1,36141.2
Cam West (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dennis Andrewartha 631 50.0
Labour John Fowles 485 38.4
Liberal Democrats John Dapling44935.6
Labour Daryl Matthews37229.5
Conservative Gail Fearnley-Whittingstall24219.2
Conservative Desmond Lashbrook18714.8
Turnout 1,26338.4
Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Williams 273 52.3
Labour Ronald Nichols14828.4
Green David Michael10119.3
Majority12523.9
Turnout 52237.7
Chalford (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Fellows 941 49.6
Conservative Susan Fellows 887 46.8
Conservative Elizabeth Peters 743 39.2
Labour David Taylor52227.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara Brown48725.7
Labour Jamila Gavin47324.9
Green David Wood39921.0
Green Catherine Shuckburgh35218.6
Green Mark Epton23212.2
UKIP Leslie Banstead19210.1
Turnout 1,89738.4
Coaley and Uley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Janet Wood 574 54.2
Conservative Caroline Chisolm35233.2
Labour George East716.7
Green Janet Griffiths635.9
Majority22220.9
Turnout 1,06057.6
Dursley (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil Allen 723 41.1
Labour Hilary Fowles 683 38.8
Conservative Loraine Patrick 600 34.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Marsh57332.5
Labour Paul Denney54831.1
Liberal Democrats Veronica Harding52830.0
Labour Paul Mapplebeck52529.8
Conservative Terence Morgan49928.3
Liberal Democrats Patrick Blitz49728.2
Turnout 1,76138.5
Eastington and Standish [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Stephens 282 47.5
Conservative Thomas James22838.4
Green Valerie Hicken8414.1
Majority549.1
Turnout 59439.8
Farmhill and Paganhill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sheffie Mohammed 292 55.6
Labour Andy Treacher8215.6
Conservative Catherine James7414.1
Liberal Democrats Deborah Sutherland5510.5
Green Annabel Caddle224.2
Majority21040.0
Turnout 52530.2
Hardwicke (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Littleton 711 63.4
Conservative David Tomlins 641 57.2
Labour Catherine Moore39535.2
Turnout 1,12131.2
Kingswood [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hemming 408 72.7
Conservative Brenda Lock15327.3
Majority25545.5
Turnout 56136.4
Minchinhampton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorcas Binns 888 61.2
Conservative Elisabeth Bird 874 60.3
Labour Martin Alder35624.6
Green Oscar Hull1409.7
UKIP Adrian Blake1137.8
Labour David Griffiths1137.8
Green Elizabeth Cranston1117.7
Turnout 1,45036.4
Nailsworth (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sybil Bruce 777 38.4
Conservative Mohammed Akhtar 716 35.3
Conservative John Jeffreys 668 33.0
Labour Keith Norbury59129.2
Green Sue Limb 57128.2
Labour John Lewis56527.9
Labour Audrey Smith55527.4
Green Lydia Eeles52125.7
Green James Hepburn43721.6
Liberal Democrats Collen Rothwell28914.3
Turnout 2,02641.5
Over Stroud [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Durrans 240 41.0
Conservative Linda Jeffreys23640.3
Green Kate Corder10918.6
Majority40.7
Turnout 58541.0
Painswick (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stephenson-Oliver 1,129 65.8
Conservative Barbara Tait 1,101 64.1
Green Wendy Fontaine31518.3
Labour Henrietta Nichols25114.6
Labour John Rhodes23413.6
Turnout 1,71750.4
Rodborough (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Blackshaw 544 41.9
Conservative Nigel Cooper 488 37.6
Labour Roger Brown43633.6
Labour Helen Hughes41732.1
Green Carol Kambites18814.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Fisk18314.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian Walker-Smith15111.6
Green Ewout Granberg1249.5
Turnout 1,29936.7
Severn (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Jones 755 50.3
Conservative Norman Smith 725 48.3
Liberal Democrats John Howe45730.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Stayte40927.2
Labour John Greenwood31921.2
Labour Geoffrey Wheeler23615.7
Turnout 1,50242.5
Slade [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gwendoline Belcher 236 42.7
Labour Charles Townley17531.6
Conservative Laurence Carmichael14225.7
Majority6111.0
Turnout 55333.1
Stonehouse (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leslie Williams 1,045 58.8
Labour Mattie Ross 1,024 57.6
Labour Christopher Brine 982 55.3
Conservative Philip Bevan55931.5
Conservative Lawrence Hall43424.4
Conservative Prudence Vernon35319.9
Green John Harris20011.3
Green Sally Pickering20011.3
Green Pamela May18210.2
Turnout 1,77731.9
The Stanleys (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Studdert-Kennedy 609 41.7
Conservative Raymond Apperley 556 38.0
Labour Lesley Williams52736.0
Liberal Democrats Phillip Herbert40527.7
Independent Elizabeth Stanley19413.3
Labour Thomas Williams17311.8
Green Peter Adams15210.4
Turnout 1,46242.7
Thrupp [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Whiteside 339 39.7
Conservative Roy Nicholas29834.9
Labour John Howgate21725.4
Majority414.8
Turnout 85447.8
Trinity [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green John Marjoram 367 69.0
Labour Marta Cock13325.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson326.0
Majority23444.0
Turnout 53246.7
Uplands [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Townley 206 36.1
Conservative Rodger Cuddington15827.7
Independent Donald Peters14425.2
Green Henry Leveson-Gower6311.0
Majority488.4
Turnout 57133.1
Upton St Leonards [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Beard 444 57.4
Green Gillian Stott17522.6
Labour John Bell15419.9
Majority26934.8
Turnout 77342.9
Vale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Wride 536 77.6
Labour Stephen Turner15522.4
Majority38155.1
Turnout 69148.1
Valley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Tobias Green 217 37.5
Labour Charles Burling15827.3
Conservative Sylvia Kania11219.3
Liberal Democrats Barrie Pierce9215.9
Majority5910.2
Turnout 57.934.9
Wotton-under-Edge (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats June Cordwell 1,159 62.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Galbraith 1,077 57.9
Conservative Sidney Gowers 998 53.6
Liberal Democrats Ethel Woodhead74740.1
Conservative Daniel Lord62233.4
Conservative Sarah Munoz-Echverria50727.2
Turnout 1,86137.6

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  2. ↑ "Full results". Financial Times . 4 May 2002. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections 2002: Complete rethink as wards change". Birmingham Post . 29 April 2002. p. 4.
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