Derby City Council election, 2002

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The 2002 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes since the last election in 2000 had increased the number of seats by 7. [1] The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

Derby City and Unitary authority area in England

Derby is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, of which it was traditionally the county town. At the 2011 census, the population was 248,700. Derby gained city status in 1977.

Derby City Council local government authority for Derby in England

Derby City Council is the local government unitary authority for Derby, a city in the East Midlands region of England. It is composed of 51 councillors, three for each of the 17 electoral wards of Derby. Currently there is no overall control of the council, with the Labour Party being the biggest party. The acting council chief executive is Christine Durrant. Carole Mills will take over as Chief Executive from August 2018.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

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Election result

Derby Local Election Result 2002 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 27-252.938.058,230
  Liberal Democrat 12+623.528.443,462
  Conservative 11+321.631.648,502
  Independent 102.02.03,098

Ward results

Abbey (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Maurice Burgess1,512
Liberal Democrat Ann Jackman1,464
Liberal Democrat Bryan Lowe1,307
Labour Michael Fuller1,071
Labour Michael Walker964
Labour Jogindar Johal908
Conservative Valerie Clare365
Conservative Adrian Pegg349
Conservative Douglas Sice314
Turnout 8,254
Allestree (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roy Webb2,726
Conservative Philip Hickson2,621
Conservative John Leatherbarrow2,529
Labour Thomas Bradley1,274
Labour David Byrne1,159
Labour Keith Normington920
Liberal Democrat Roger Jackson721
Liberal Democrat Robin Pratt559
Liberal Democrat John-Paul Keane488
Turnout 12,997
Alvaston (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jonathan Bayliss1,489
Labour Alan Graves1,219
Labour Christopher Wynn1,136
Conservative Pauline Jennings664
Liberal Democrat Cara Copestick605
Conservative Colin Pallett573
Conservative Barry Pearn542
Liberal Democrat Audrey Savage424
Liberal Democrat William Savage383
Turnout 7,035
Arboretum (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abdul Rehman1,463
Labour Ashiq Hussain1,356
Labour Fareed Hussain1,338
Conservative Ahmad Javed893
Conservative Mohammed Yaqub770
Conservative Christopher Charlesworth759
Liberal Democrat Paul Whitaker592
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Rashid477
Liberal Democrat Divine Mensah461
Turnout 8,109
Blagreaves (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ruth Skelton2,330
Liberal Democrat Ann Crosby2,170
Liberal Democrat Robert Troup2,086
Labour Lisa Higginbottom1,148
Labour Pat Hill1,113
Labour Mouhammad Daullah980
Conservative Janice Lee592
Conservative Margaret Sandford493
Conservative Tafseer Iqbal425
Turnout 11,337
Boulton (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ronald Blanksby1,406
Labour Barbara Jackson1,214
Independent Ronald Allen1,144
Labour Hardyal Dhindsa1,134
Independent Anthony Bethell1,027
Independent Melvyn Borrington927
Conservative Sean Conway734
Conservative David Jennings556
Conservative Matlub Hussain453
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Cowley305
Liberal Democrat Craig Head228
Liberal Democrat Hilary Edwards212
Turnout 9,340
Chaddesden (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sara Bolton1,587
Labour John Ahern1,573
Labour Anne MacDonald1,555
Conservative John Taylor1,000
Conservative Vincent Mills991
Conservative Harold Johnson889
Liberal Democrat Les Alcock438
Liberal Democrat Leigh Alcock322
Liberal Democrat Terrence Payne300
Turnout 8,655
Chellaston (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Willitts1,351
Conservative Lesley Skelton1,336
Labour David Whitehead1,319
Conservative Nicholas Van Grudgings1,262
Labour Elizabeth Woolley947
Labour Mnjit Mann874
Liberal Democrat Eric Ashburner379
Liberal Democrat Michael Hardy343
Liberal Democrat Christine Yates334
Turnout 8,145
Darley (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Martin Repton1,375
Labour Valerie Beech1,366
Labour Michael Futers1,343
Conservative Simon Hart1,194
Conservative Graham Else1,169
Conservative Balbir Samra995
Liberal Democrat Joan Travis697
Liberal Democrat Simon King680
Liberal Democrat Bezz Berry673
Turnout 9,492
Derwent (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Roberts1,093
Labour Margaret Redfern981
Labour Suman Gupta820
Conservative Philip Lucas518
Conservative Kevin Pearn434
Conservative Christopher Ballantyne364
Liberal Democrat Rafe Nauen300
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Hartley290
Liberal Democrat Susan Troup222
Turnout 5,022
Littleover (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Lucy Care2,695
Liberal Democrat Leslie Allen2,448
Liberal Democrat Michael Carr2,408
Conservative Alan Griffiths742
Labour Alan Mullarkey692
Conservative Virginia Lemmings690
Conservative Dennis Horgan671
Labour Joe Naitta590
Labour Masud Akhtar580
Turnout 11,519
Mackworth (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Raymond Baxter1,496
Labour Richard Gerrard1,275
Labour Loony Wilsoncroft1,145
Conservative Frank Harwood633
Conservative Gay Evans615
Conservative Richard Pearn592
Liberal Democrat Lor Brown402
Liberal Democrat Philip Clayden328
Liberal Democrat Stuart Handley308
Turnout 6,794
Mickleover (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Anders Hanson3,077
Liberal Democrat Hilary Jones2,953
Liberal Democrat Margaret Hird2,953
Conservative Christine Pearn1,320
Conservative Keith Webley1,285
Conservative Julie Hadjiska1,249
Labour Philip Taylor687
Labour Steven Poyser601
Labour Lennin Shillingford568
Turnout 14,761
Normanton (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christopher Williamson1,712
Labour Ashok Kalia1,576
Labour Amar Nath1,566
Conservative Mohammad Ali854
Conservative Amjid Ibrahim801
Conservative Jawaid Iqbal735
Liberal Democrat Glenda Howcroft549
Liberal Democrat Lloyd Newby528
Liberal Democrat Jhameel Sharif460
Turnout 8,781
Oakwood (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Pauline Latham1,362
Conservative Richard Smalley1,341
Conservative Paul West1,341
Labour Jack Andrews941
Labour Janet Till912
Labour Philip Woodhead911
Liberal Democrat Charles Baker419
Liberal Democrat Patricia Turner242
Liberal Democrat David Turner228
Turnout 7,697
Sinfin (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robin Turner1,180
Labour Hardial Dhamrait1,004
Labour Prem Chera1,001
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Driscoll419
Liberal Democrat Margaret Skelton366
Conservative Grace Smith360
Conservative David Hart356
Conservative Mohammed Adris306
Liberal Democrat Narinder Singh278
Turnout 5,270
Spondon (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Brown1,824
Conservative Evonne Berry1,818
Conservative Peter Berry1,746
Labour Michael Byrne1,316
Labour Richard Morgan1,236
Labour Leon Taylor1,116
Liberal Democrat Patrick Peat536
Liberal Democrat Ian Care289
Liberal Democrat Robert Charlesworth274
Turnout 10,155

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References

  1. ↑ "Derby". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  2. ↑ "Full results". Financial Times. 2002-05-04. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Derby". Andrew Teale. Archived from the original on 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
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