2002 West Lancashire District Council election

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The 2002 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. [1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from Labour. [2]

Contents

After the election the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative 30+8
Labour 24-7
Independent 0-2

Campaign

Before the election Labour had 25 seats on the council, compared to 23 for the Conservatives. [3] All the seats were being contested for the first time since 1974 after boundary changes had taken place. [4] Among the candidates there was a record number of Independents at 12, with 6 of them having defected from Labour. [4]

Issues in the election including transport, housing and leisure facilities. [5] The Labour Party said they were the only party that had the experience to run the council and pledged to remove charges for pensioners for pest control. [5] However the Conservatives pledged to improve services, increase recycling, keep parking charges low, form partnerships with private firms to improve facilities, while making efficiency savings. [5]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council after winning 30 seats compared to 24 for Labour. [4] The Conservatives won the seats in Ormskirk, while Labour held the seats in Skelmersdale. [4] However the former Labour chairman of the council, Andrew Johnson, was defeated in the election in Aughton and Downholland ward after his former seat of Downholland was merged with the more Conservative Aughton in the boundary changes. [4] All of the Independent candidates were defeated in the election, which saw an overall turnout of 32.5%. [4]

West Lancashire Local Election Result 2002 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 30+855.647.526,397
  Labour 24-844.440.022,256
  Independent 0-20.011.56,378
  Green 000.00.8454
  Socialist Alliance 000.00.293

Ward results

Ashurst

Ashurst (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Duffy728
Labour Donna Duffy726
Labour Ann Rice656
Independent Marie McElhinney382
Independent Patrick McElhinney349
Conservative James Coomber219
Socialist Alliance Lyndsey Shipstone93
Turnout 3,153

Aughton and Downholland

Aughton and Downholland (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David O'Toole1,085
Conservative Una Atherley1,069
Conservative David Westley985
Labour Andrew Johnson780
Turnout 3,919

Aughton Park

Aughton Park (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Grant879
Conservative Geoffrey Roberts790
Labour Gordon Rankin322
Turnout 1,991

Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe (1) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Taylor44062.2
Labour Paul Cotterill26737.8
Majority17324.4
Turnout 707

Birch Green

Birch Green (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Pendleton410
Labour Jane Roberts320
Independent John Hiley165
Conservative Florence Kean56
Turnout 951

Burscough East

Burscough East (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Walter Carter582
Conservative Florence Westley582
Labour Anne Carter580
Conservative Susan Murrin-Bailey546
Turnout 2,290

Burscough West

Burscough West (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Draper732
Labour Cynthia Dereli713
Conservative Richard Shepherd633
Conservative Graham Rhys Jones607
Turnout 2,685

Derby

Derby (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Greenall811
Conservative Adrian Owens750
Conservative David Swiffen734
Labour Noel Delaney610
Labour Elizabeth Rafferty571
Green Anne Doyle321
Turnout 3,797

Digmoor

Digmoor (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Aldridge609
Labour Anne Maguire461
Independent Ian Givens139
Conservative Malcolm Barron85
Turnout 1,294

Halsall

Halsall (1) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Stephenson43173.8
Labour Dorothy Rimmer15326.2
Majority27847.6
Turnout 584

Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Hesketh-with-Becconsall (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Ashcroft607
Conservative Martin Forshaw592
Independent Gail Hodson295
Independent Lesley Standish-Gore285
Labour Susan Jones113
Turnout 1,892

Knowsley

Knowsley (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Hopley1,059
Conservative Peter Lea1,010
Conservative Robert Bailey913
Labour Margaret Pinnington635
Labour Richard Nolan541
Turnout 4,158

Moorside

Moorside (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Carson423
Labour Susan Riley415
Independent Ronald Ford144
Independent Karl Taraldsen128
Turnout 1,110

Newburgh

Newburgh (1) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Vincent53372.2
Labour Jacqueline Citarella20527.8
Majority32844.4
Turnout 738

North Meols

North Meols (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Baldock549
Conservative Jill Baldock548
Independent Joan Draper383
Labour Shan France304
Turnout 1,784

Parbold

Parbold (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Waterworth935
Conservative May Blake920
Labour David McKay305
Turnout 2,160

Rufford

Rufford (1) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Colling37475.3
Labour Christopher Cheetham12324.7
Majority25150.6
Turnout 497

Scarisbrick

Scarisbrick (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cropper755
Conservative Margaret Edwards695
Labour Paul Gray281
Turnout 1,731

Scott

Scott (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Gains722
Labour Francis Williams710
Conservative Cyril Ainscough656
Labour John Hodson636
Conservative Leslie Yeates587
Independent John Fillis463
Independent David Braid187
Turnout 3,961

Skelmersdale North

Skelmersdale North (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Bullen514
Labour Jane McDermott498
Independent Joan Morrison368
Independent Alan Spears301
Turnout 1,681

Skelmersdale South

Skelmersdale South (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Cavanagh754
Labour Sydney Jones728
Labour Doreen Saxon703
Independent Joan Britton520
Independent Sharon Wright329
Conservative Susan Cropper140
Green Martin Lowe133
Turnout 3,307

Tanhouse

Tanhouse (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Pendleton374
Labour William Roberts321
Independent David Gibson163
Conservative Irene O'Donnell129
Turnout 987

Tarleton

Tarleton (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hodge986
Conservative John Mee939
Conservative Rosemary Evans833
Independent John Hodson625
Independent Roy Hiscock583
Independent Nadine Ashcroft569
Labour Denise Francis131
Turnout 4,666

Up Holland

Up Holland (3) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Burke940
Labour Margaret Skilling837
Labour Anthony Rice796
Conservative Ruth Pollock615
Turnout 3,188

Wrightington

Wrightington (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Gartside661
Conservative Carolyn Evans659
Labour Derek Thompson542
Labour David Phythian485
Turnout 2,347

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