Stroud District Council election, 2002

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The 2002 Stroud 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]

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

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Gloucestershire County of England

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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]

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights. Labour is a full member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance, and holds observer status in the Socialist International. As of 2017, the party was considered the "largest party in Western Europe" in terms of party membership, with more than half a million members.

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

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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 Democrat 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 Glanfield48053.9
Green Sheila Macfadyen16018.0
Liberal Democrat Margaret Edmunds13415.1
Labour John Appleton11613.0
Majority32036.0
Turnout 89050.9
Berkeley Vale (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Winter659
Conservative Benjamin Francis619
Labour David Shaw600
Labour Michael Denning572
Turnout 2,45039.3
Bisley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Daniel Fleming43649.3
Green Steven Penny38843.9
UKIP Anthony Gardiner606.8
Majority485.4
Turnout 88450.9
Cainscross (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Robert Eccles961
Labour Andrew Read815
Labour Anthony Shortt716
Conservative Norma Rodman384
Liberal Democrat Darren Jones374
Liberal Democrat Graham Lloyd-Jones334
Independent Graham Stanley329
Liberal Democrat Hilary Howe328
Conservative Ann Kendall321
Conservative Ralph Kenber282
Green Philip Williams133
Green Martin Jakes112
Turnout 5,08935.4
Cam East (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Hudson537
Labour Miranda Clifton520
Conservative William Fearnley-Whittingstall504
Labour William Hamilton444
Liberal Democrat Charles Hartley343
Liberal Democrat Keith Pearce329
Turnout 2,67741.2
Cam West (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Dennis Andrewartha631
Labour John Fowles485
Liberal Democrat John Dapling449
Labour Daryl Matthews372
Conservative Gail Fearnley-Whittingstall242
Conservative Desmond Lashbrook187
Turnout 2,36638.4
Central [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Williams27352.3
Labour Ronald Nichols14828.4
Green David Michael10119.3
Majority12523.9
Turnout 52237.7
Chalford (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Fellows941
Conservative Susan Fellows887
Conservative Elizabeth Peters743
Labour David Taylor522
Liberal Democrat Barbara Brown487
Labour Jamila Gavin473
Green David Wood399
Green Catherine Shuckburgh352
Green Mark Epton232
UKIP Leslie Banstead192
Turnout 5,22838.4
Coaley and Uley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Janet Wood57454.2
Conservative Caroline Chisolm35233.2
Labour George East716.7
Green Janet Griffiths635.9
Majority22220.9
Turnout 1,06057.6
Dursley (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Basil Allen723
Labour Hilary Fowles683
Conservative Loraine Patrick600
Liberal Democrat Brian Marsh573
Labour Paul Denney548
Liberal Democrat Veronica Harding528
Labour Paul Mapplebeck525
Conservative Terence Morgan499
Liberal Democrat Patrick Blitz497
Turnout 5,17638.5
Eastington and Standish [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kenneth Stephens28247.5
Conservative Thomas James22838.4
Green Valerie Hicken8414.1
Majority549.1
Turnout 59439.8
Farmhill and Paganhill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Sheffie Mohammed29255.6
Labour Andy Treacher8215.6
Conservative Catherine James7414.1
Liberal Democrat Deborah Sutherland5510.5
Green Annabel Caddle224.2
Majority21040.0
Turnout 52530.2
Hardwicke (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Littleton711
Conservative David Tomlins641
Labour Catherine Moore395
Turnout 1,74731.2
Kingswood [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Paul Hemming40872.7
Conservative Brenda Lock15327.3
Majority25545.5
Turnout 56136.4
Minchinhampton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dorcas Binns888
Conservative Elisabeth Bird874
Labour Martin Alder356
Green Oscar Hull140
UKIP Adrian Blake113
Labour David Griffiths113
Green Elizabeth Cranston111
Turnout 2,59536.4
Nailsworth (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sybil Bruce777
Conservative Mohammed Akhtar716
Conservative John Jeffreys668
Labour Keith Norbury591
Green Margaret Limb571
Labour John Lewis565
Labour Audrey Smith555
Green Lydia Eeles521
Green James Hepburn437
Liberal Democrat Collen Rothwell289
Turnout 5,69041.5
Over Stroud [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Linda Durrans24041.0
Conservative Linda Jeffreys23640.3
Green Kate Corder10918.6
Majority40.7
Turnout 58541.0
Painswick (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Stephenson-Oliver1,129
Conservative Barbara Tait1,101
Green Wendy Fontaine315
Labour Henrietta Nichols251
Labour John Rhodes234
Turnout 3,03050.4
Rodborough (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham Blackshaw544
Conservative Nigel Cooper488
Labour Roger Brown436
Labour Helen Hughes417
Green Carol Kambites188
Liberal Democrat Andrew Fisk183
Liberal Democrat Adrian Walker-Smith151
Green Ewout Granberg124
Turnout 2,53136.7
Severn (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Jones755
Conservative Norman Smith725
Liberal Democrat John Howe457
Liberal Democrat Michael Stayte409
Labour John Greenwood319
Labour Geoffrey Wheeler236
Turnout 2,90142.5
Slade [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Gwendoline Belcher23642.7
Labour Charles Townley17531.6
Conservative Laurence Carmichael14225.7
Majority6111.0
Turnout 55333.1
Stonehouse (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leslie Williams1,045
Labour Mattie Ross1,024
Labour Christopher Brine982
Conservative Philip Bevan559
Conservative Lawrence Hall434
Conservative Prudence Vernon353
Green John Harris200
Green Sally Pickering200
Green Pamela May182
Turnout 4,97931.9
The Stanleys (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nigel Studdert-Kennedy609
Conservative Raymond Apperley556
Labour Lesley Williams527
Liberal Democrat Phillip Herbert405
Independent Elizabeth Stanley194
Labour Thomas Williams173
Green Peter Adams152
Turnout 2,61642.7
Thrupp [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Martin Whiteside33939.7
Conservative Roy Nicholas29834.9
Labour John Howgate21725.4
Majority414.8
Turnout 85447.8
Trinity [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green John Marjoram36769.0
Labour Marta Cock13325.0
Liberal Democrat Paul Hodgkinson326.0
Majority23444.0
Turnout 53246.7
Uplands [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Linda Townley20636.1
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 Beard44457.4
Green Gillian Stott17522.6
Labour John Bell15419.9
Majority26934.8
Turnout 77342.9
Vale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Wride53677.6
Labour Stephen Turner15522.4
Majority38155.1
Turnout 69148.1
Valley [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Tobias Green21737.5
Labour Charles Burling15827.3
Conservative Sylvia Kania11219.3
Liberal Democrat Barrie Pierce9215.9
Majority5910.2
Turnout 57.934.9
Wotton-under-Edge (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat June Cordwell1,159
Liberal Democrat Christopher Galbraith1,077
Conservative Sidney Gowers998
Liberal Democrat Ethel Woodhead747
Conservative Daniel Lord622
Conservative Sarah Munoz-Echverria507
Turnout 5,11037.6

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References

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  2. ↑ "Full results". Financial Times. 2002-05-04. p. 7.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections 2002: Complete rethink as wards change". Birmingham Post. 2002-04-29. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Bristol City Council leader unseated". BBC News Online . 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "Election Results 2002". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16.
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