2002 Manchester City Council election

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Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 2002. One third of the council - alongside a vacancy in Moss Side - was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. The Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". Overall turnout rose to 24.4% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1] [2]

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Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2601-182.351.440,188+2.3%
  Liberal Democrats 610+117.630.724,048-1.5%
  Conservative 00000.09.17,152-2.9%
  Green 00000.06.14,747+0.1%
  Socialist Alliance 00000.01.2915+1.2%
  Independent Labour 00000.00.8625+0.8%
  Independent 00000.00.6498+0.4%
  Socialist Labour 00000.00.160-0.1%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 76-1
Liberal Democrats 22+1
Independent Labour 10
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mavis Smitheman94266.2-10.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Durrell19613.8+4.5
Green Diane Norton16911.9+6.4
Conservative Ann Hodkinson1178.2-0.6
Majority74652.4-14.6
Turnout 1,42416.5+3.2
Labour hold Swing -7.3

Baguley

Baguley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Paul Andrews1,21966.0+0.6
Conservative Ralph Ellerton32317.5-2.5
Liberal Democrats William Fisher23112.5+0.2
Green Gareth Pittam734.0+1.8
Majority89648.5+3.1
Turnout 1,84621.0+2.7
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Leech 1,61961.3+5.1
Labour Beth Morgan68926.1+0.4
Green Robin Goater1826.9+3.4
Conservative Thomas Bumby1505.7-6.4
Majority93035.2+4.6
Turnout 2,64024.7+3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.3

Benchill

Benchill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Isobel Freeman*76569.9+0.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Bradshaw16515.1+1.5
Conservative Joyce Kaye10910.0-2.3
Green Hannah Berry565.1+3.5
Majority60054.8-0.9
Turnout 1,09515.4+3.7
Labour hold Swing -0.4

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Loughman*1,00148.0+2.2
Liberal Democrats Elaine Boyes87942.1-6.3
Independent Labour Fred Bates793.8+3.8
Conservative Christine Birchenough693.3-1.8
Independent John Hulse311.5+1.5
Green Susan Fairweather271.3+0.6
Majority1225.8+3.2
Turnout 2,08629.6+4.4
Labour hold Swing +4.2

Blackley

Blackley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Lyons*1,46272.0+15.7
Liberal Democrats Carol Connell30415.0-11.8
Conservative Daniel Bunting1999.8-4.6
Green Adam Higgin663.2+0.7
Majority1,15857.0+27.5
Turnout 2,03124.7+4.0
Labour hold Swing +13.7

Bradford

Bradford [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Swannick*1,33260.8+10.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Trafford75334.4-7.5
Conservative Brian Birchenough703.2-2.6
Green Antony Quinn351.6-0.1
Majority57926.4+17.7
Turnout 2,19031.6+7.6
Labour hold Swing +8.8

Brooklands

Brooklands [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glynn Evans*1,37558.8+8.0
Conservative John Kenny71130.4-8.9
Liberal Democrats Karen Farnen1687.2+0.1
Green Nicola Brooks853.6+0.8
Majority66428.4+16.9
Turnout 2,33927.5+4.5
Labour hold Swing +8.4

Burnage

Burnage [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Taylor*1,33046.3+0.9
Liberal Democrats John Cameron1,21142.1+15.2
Conservative Peter Schofield2438.5-9.2
Green Michael Shaw913.2-6.8
Majority1194.1-14.4
Turnout 2,87528.5+6.6
Labour hold Swing -7.1

Central

Central [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Battle*1,05349.0+13.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Rothery87340.6-15.8
Conservative Geoffrey Berg1265.9+1.3
Green Stephen Walford783.6+0.8
Independent Jason Ripley200.9+0.4
Majority1808.4-12.1
Turnout 2,15019.9+0.9
Labour hold Swing +14.5

Charlestown

Charlestown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eugene Curley*1,36360.7+3.7
Liberal Democrats Rodney Isherwood78635.0-2.3
Green Claudia French964.3-1.4
Majority57725.7+6.0
Turnout 2,24525.3+5.7
Labour hold Swing +3.0

Cheetham

Cheetham [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Pagel*1,70250.9-1.1
Liberal Democrats Qassim Afzal1,53946.0+1.1
Green Joe Sheedy1053.10
Majority1634.9-2.2
Turnout 3,34636.0+0.2
Labour hold Swing -1.1

Chorlton

Chorlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Selby*1,71644.7-2.8
Liberal Democrats Antony Bethell72819.0+4.1
Conservative Daniel Valentine59315.5-5.2
Green Michelle Valentine50313.1-3.8
Socialist Alliance Heather Rose2987.8+7.8
Majority98825.7-1.1
Turnout 3,83832.0+5.0
Labour hold Swing -3.4

Crumpsall

Crumpsall [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Spinks*1,64461.6-4.8
Conservative Adrian Hutchinson39314.7-5.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Steele39214.7+5.1
Green Angela Hall1154.3+0.7
Socialist Alliance Karen Reissmann632.4+2.4
Socialist Labour Mervyn Drage602.2+2.2
Majority1,25146.9+0.9
Turnout 2,66728.3+3.7
Labour hold Swing +0.4

Didsbury

Didsbury [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Fisher1,65838.0-6.5
Labour Geoffrey Bridson*1,50834.5+2.9
Conservative Peter Hilton54612.5-7.1
Independent Fergus Kilroy44710.2+10.2
Green Michael Daw2094.8+0.5
Majority1503.4-9.5
Turnout 4,36837.0+2.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -4.7

Fallowfield

Fallowfield [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Morrison*1,23860.2-2.1
Liberal Democrats Howard Totty39119.0+5.7
Conservative Simon Davenport25712.5-4.4
Green Bruce Bingham1698.2+0.7
Majority84741.2-4.2
Turnout 2,05517.3+3.5
Labour hold Swing -3.9

Gorton North

Gorton North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Helsby*1,34151.0+4.9
Labour Richard Unwin95836.4-4.5
Conservative Lisa Boardman2509.5+3.5
Socialist Alliance James Martin431.6+1.6
Green Roisin MacDowell381.4-0.3
Majority38314.6+9.5
Turnout 2,63026.6+1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.7

Gorton South

Gorton South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Bridges*1,13354.3-6.9
Labour Martin Rathfelder78137.5+5.0
Green Penelope Collins874.2+1.4
Conservative Rosemary Bishop844.0+0.5
Majority35216.9-11.8
Turnout 2,08522.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -5.9

Harpurhey

Harpurhey [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Karney* 1,014 66.4 +2.7
Liberal Democrats David Gordon19412.7-4.7
Socialist Alliance Kay Phillips1449.4+9.4
Conservative David Timson1449.4-6.4
Green Darren Milton312.0-1.2
Majority82053.7+7.4
Turnout 1,52719.0+3.7
Labour hold Swing +3.7

Hulme

Hulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Murphy*68047.9-4.7
Green Vanessa Hall59742.0+4.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Armstrong1238.7+8.7
Conservative David Conway201.4-5.3
Majority835.8-9.3
Turnout 1,42014.8+4.2
Labour hold Swing -4.6

Levenshulme

Levenshulme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Whitmore*1,55755.0-3.6
Labour Michael Amesbury86130.4+1.8
Green Michael Brennan1635.8+0.1
Socialist Alliance Sabrina Nutter1304.6+4.6
Conservative Raymond Wattenbach1184.2-2.0
Majority69624.6-5.4
Turnout 2,82927.2+2.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.7

Lightbowne

Lightbowne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Franklin*1,36571.4+6.8
Conservative Howard Varney26113.6+13.6
Liberal Democrats Kevin Morley25813.5-14.5
Green Matthew Payne291.5-6.0
Majority1,10457.7+21.1
Turnout 1,91323.0+3.8
Labour hold Swing -3.4

Longsight

Longsight [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zeke Ukairo1,52154.6-7.5
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali81029.1+19.2
Green Spencer Fitzgibbon2559.1-7.1
Conservative Karen Abbad2027.2-4.2
Majority71125.5-20.4
Turnout 2,78820.4+2.3
Labour hold Swing -13.3

Moss Side

Moss Side [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Cox1,51075.8+0.6
Labour Roy Walters*1,419
Liberal Democrats Pamela Davis1758.8+0.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Hodgkin115
Conservative Mary Barnes1135.7-4.5
Green Bernard Ekbery1045.2-0.8
Green Jonathan Rummery98
Socialist Alliance Robert Turnbull904.5+4.5
Conservative Joyce Haycock72
Majority1,24467.0+2.0
Turnout 1,99222.3+6.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +0.2

Moston

Moston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Shaw*1,43763.0+3.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Brettle56624.8-7.9
Green Barry McAtarsney1807.9+4.9
Socialist Labour Kenneth Barr984.3-0.7
Majority87138.2+11.6
Turnout 2,28124.1+6.5
Labour hold Swing +5.8

Newton Heath

Newton Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Hitchen97550.3-20.0
Independent Labour Stephen Cooper54628.1+28.1
Conservative Albert Walsh21010.8-5.3
Liberal Democrats Ann Rodgers1336.9-2.8
Green Rachel Harper763.9-0.1
Majority42922.1-32.1
Turnout 1,94023.0+8.0
Labour hold Swing -24.0

Northenden

Northenden [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Cowell*1,32456.3+5.4
Conservative Jane Percival52022.1-2.6
Liberal Democrats James Mawer32113.7+1.2
Green Lance Crookes1867.9-4.0
Majority80434.2+7.9
Turnout 2,35123.6+4.0
Labour hold Swing +4.0

Old Moat

Old Moat [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Fender*1,74650.2+3.1
Liberal Democrats Yasmin Zalzala1,35238.9-4.8
Green Brian Candeland1965.6+2.4
Conservative Elliot Gold1855.3+1.0
Majority39411.3+7.9
Turnout 3,47926.6+0.6
Labour hold Swing +3.9

Rusholme

Rusholme [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne*1,30448.9+15.4
Liberal Democrats Lynne Williams1,05239.4-18.7
Conservative Barbara Goodall1616.0+1.8
Green Christopher Middleton1505.6+2.0
Majority2529.4-15.2
Turnout 2,66721.3-1.0
Labour hold Swing +17.0

Sharston

Sharston [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Barrett*97466.5+3.8
Conservative Carol Roberts23416.0-3.7
Liberal Democrats David Kierman18412.6-1.0
Green Simon Sobrero724.9-0.9
Majority74050.5+7.4
Turnout 1,46419.0+4.1
Labour hold Swing +3.7

Whalley Range

Whalley Range [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Stone*1,59549.9-6.4
Liberal Democrats John Grant95329.8+19.9
Conservative Nicholas Davis35911.2-16.0
Green Mary Candeland2909.1+2.5
Majority64220.1-9.0
Turnout 3,19731.0+4.2
Labour hold Swing -13.1

Withington

Withington [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Audrey Jones*1,82261.5+0.2
Labour Kate Torkington71724.2+1.2
Green June Buchan1786.0-1.7
Conservative Jonathan Smith1525.1-3.0
Socialist Alliance Toby Gibbons963.2+3.2
Majority1,10537.3-1.0
Turnout 2,96523.7+1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.5

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Newman1,08771.9+2.6
Liberal Democrats Derek Mellor18612.3-0.6
Conservative Ruby Raynor18312.1-2.4
Green Ashleigh Vincent563.7+0.4
Majority90159.6+4.9
Turnout 1,51218.6+4.3
Labour hold Swing +1.6

By-election between 2002 and 2003

Benchill By-Election 13 June 2002 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Wilmott44070.5+0.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Bradshaw8513.6-1.5
Conservative Adrian Hutchinson6710.7+0.7
Socialist Labour Mervyn Drage325.1+5.1
Majority35556.9+2.1
Turnout 6248.8-6.6
Labour hold Swing +1.0

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