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.