2002 Worcester City Council election

The 2002 Worcester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 18
• Labour 12
• Independent 5
• Liberal Democrat 1 ^[2]

Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority, but the Conservatives provided the leader of the council after gaining 5 seats in the 2000 election. ^[3] Both the Conservatives and Labour had 15 seats, along with 5 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat. ^[4] The election saw 12 seats being contested with Labour defending 7, the Conservatives 3 and the Liberal Democrats and Independents 1 each. ^[3] Labour only contested 11 of the seats after their candidate in Claines ward was dropped by the party over a letter he wrote to the local paper. ^[5]

Election result

The results saw Worcester remain a hung council but with the Conservatives becoming clearly the largest party. ^[6] They gained 3 seats from Labour in All Saints, St Clement and St Martin wards. ^[6]

Worcester Local Election Result 2002 ^{[2] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	3	0	+3	50.0	44.4	9,857
	Labour	4	0	3	-3	33.3	38.1	8,455
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	8.3	11.5	2,545
	Independent	1	0	0	0	8.3	6.0	1,330

Ward results

All Saints ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Altaf	956	56.8
	Labour	Nazrul Islam	726	43.2
Majority			230	13.6
Turnout			1,682
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bedwardine ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Prodger	1,093	59.8
	Labour	David Candler	521	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	Iain MacBriar	213	11.7
Majority			572	31.3
Turnout			1,827
	Conservative hold		Swing

Claines ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Askin	1,465	58.2
	Conservative	William Elsy	1,051	41.8
Majority			414	16.4
Turnout			2,516
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Holy Trinity ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berry	555	57.5
	Conservative	Lucy Hodgson	256	26.5
	Independent	Adrian Hughes	155	16.0
Majority			299	31.0
Turnout			966
	Labour hold		Swing

Nunnery ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Francis	749	44.9
	Labour	Dawn-Marie Turner	665	39.9
	Conservative	Gerard Francomb	253	15.2
Majority			84	5.0
Turnout			1,667
	Independent hold		Swing

St Barnabas ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Barlow	696	79.2
	Conservative	Mumtaz Ali	183	20.8
Majority			513	58.4
Turnout			879
	Labour hold		Swing

St Clement ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry MacKenzie-Williams	1,034	50.1
	Labour	Andrew Watson	1,029	49.9
Majority			5	0.2
Turnout			2,063
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St John ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marc Baylis	805	52.5
	Independent	Colin Layland	426	27.8
	Conservative	Colin Phillips	302	19.7
Majority			379	24.7
Turnout			1,533
	Labour hold		Swing

St Martin ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Imray	1,504	51.3
	Labour	June Tyler	1,429	48.7
Majority			75	2.6
Turnout			2,933
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Nicholas ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Turner	899	54.9
	Conservative	David Tibbutt	739	45.1
Majority			160	9.8
Turnout			1,638
	Labour hold		Swing

St Peter ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Tarbuck	1,412	51.7
	Labour	Pauline Smith	759	27.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Griffiths	560	20.5
Majority			653	23.9
Turnout			2,731
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Stephen ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Jones	1,074	61.3
	Labour	Ali Asghar	371	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Smith	307	17.5
Majority			703	40.1
Turnout			1,752
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Worcester". BBC News Online . Retrieved 3 January 2010.
2. "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.
3. "Labour control on a knife-edge; Mail focus on the May 2 local council elections". Birmingham Mail . 12 April 2002. p. 8.
4. Probert, Sarah (30 April 2002). "Local Elections 2002: Balance of power teeters on knife-edge". Birmingham Post . p. 4.
5. "Labour in spin over axing". Malvern Gazette. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Smith, Sue (3 May 2002). "Local Election Results 2002: Protest's healthy majority". Birmingham Mail . p. 17.
7. "Worcester". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 3 January 2010.