Main article: 2002 United Kingdom local elections
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The 2002 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 31 | 1 | |
Conservative | 20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 |
Election results
Overall election result
Overall result compared with 2000.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election results, 2002 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 36.4 | 28,747 | 5.7 | ||||||
Conservative | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27.3 | 35.3 | 27,887 | 5.4 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22.7 | 26.2 | 20,738 | 0.4 | ||||||
Green | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1,453 | 1.0 | |||||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 181 | N/A |
Ward results
Bebington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Denise Realey | 1,884 | 46.7 | 5.3 | |
Conservative | Patricia Jones | 1,478 | 36.7 | 9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Turner | 493 | 12.2 | 2.2 | |
Green | Michael Harper | 175 | 4.3 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 406 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,775 | ||||
Turnout | 37.4 | 3.1 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 7.2 |
Bidston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Nock | 1,119 | 73.7 | 0.4 | |
Independent | Kathryn Shaughnessy | 181 | 11.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John Tomlinson | 110 | 7.2 | 3.3 | |
Conservative | David May | 108 | 7.1 | 6.1 | |
Majority | 938 | 61.8 | 1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,176 | ||||
Turnout | 21.2 | 7.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Birkenhead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Christian | 1,481 | 80.4 | 9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Williams | 234 | 12.7 | 1.7 | |
Conservative | Barbara Poole | 126 | 6.8 | 5.0 | |
Majority | 1,247 | 67.7 | 8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,975 | ||||
Turnout | 18.5 | 3.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.1 |
Bromborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Niblock | 2,047 | 56.1 | 10.1 | |
Labour | Audrey Moore | 1,183 | 32.4 | 3.3 | |
Conservative | Kathryn Hodson | 349 | 9.6 | 6.1 | |
Green | Perle Sheldricks | 72 | 2.0 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 864 | 23.7 | 13.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,117 | ||||
Turnout | 32.8 | 4.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 6.7 |
Clatterbridge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Jennings | 3,019 | 51.0 | 14.0 | |
Conservative | Brian Cummings | 1,770 | 29.9 | 11.9 | |
Labour | Joseph Walsh | 1,023 | 17.3 | 1.9 | |
Green | Ann Jones | 106 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 1,249 | 21.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,941 | ||||
Turnout | 42.5 | 6.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 13.0 |
Claughton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Foulkes | 1,775 | 56.2 | 2.3 | |
Conservative | Brian Stewart | 704 | 22.3 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Doyle | 561 | 17.8 | 1.3 | |
Green | Joyce Hogg | 119 | 3.8 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 1,071 | 33.9 | 5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,475 | ||||
Turnout | 27.5 | 5.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Eastham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Thomas Harney | 2,743 | 69.7 | 1.8 | |
Labour | June Williams | 719 | 18.3 | 3.4 | |
Conservative | Marcus Darby | 376 | 9.6 | 6.4 | |
Green | Brian Gibbs | 95 | 2.4 | 1.3 | |
Majority | 2,024 | 51.5 | 0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,235 | ||||
Turnout | 35.0 | 2.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Egerton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jerry Williams | 1,652 | 65.5 | 10.5 | |
Conservative | Cyrus Ferguson | 415 | 16.5 | 7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Lloyd | 315 | 12.5 | 2.1 | |
Green | Catherine Page | 140 | 5.6 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 1,237 | 49.0 | 17.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,826 | ||||
Turnout | 23.3 | 5.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.8 |
Heswall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hodson | 3,010 | 64.3 | 7.5 | |
Labour | John McElnay | 747 | 16.0 | 2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Jackson | 703 | 15.0 | 3.8 | |
Green | Cecil Bowler | 222 | 4.7 | 1.6 | |
Majority | 2,263 | 48.3 | 9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,494 | ||||
Turnout | 34.7 | 3.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Hoylake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerry Ellis | 3,100 | 65.6 | 2.8 | |
Labour | Ron Johnston | 1,003 | 21.2 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Wilkins | 620 | 13.1 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 2,097 | 44.4 | 9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,848 | ||||
Turnout | 36.8 | 5.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Leasowe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Iris Coates | 1,436 | 58.1 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Vida Wilson | 808 | 32.7 | 6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Uriel | 227 | 9.2 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 628 | 25.4 | 4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,797 | ||||
Turnout | 25.2 | 7.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 |
Liscard
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hawkins | 1,569 | 48.5 | 9.7 | |
Conservative | Leah Fraser | 1,335 | 41.3 | 4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Thomas | 328 | 10.1 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 234 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,127 | ||||
Turnout | 29.0 | 5.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.1 |
Moreton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Leslie Spencer | 1,622 | 47.7 | 8.2 | |
Labour | Ann McLachlan | 1,465 | 43.1 | 7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric Copestake | 316 | 9.3 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 157 | 4.6 | 15.8 | ||
Registered electors | 9,971 | ||||
Turnout | 34.1 | 5.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.0 |
New Brighton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patrick Hackett | 1,692 | 47.1 | 11.2 | |
Conservative | John Laing | 1,475 | 41.0 | 10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Codling | 427 | 11.9 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 217 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,736 | ||||
Turnout | 30.6 | 5.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.8 |
Oxton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 1,810 | 54.7 | 2.1 | |
Labour | Mary Smith | 785 | 23.7 | 5.5 | |
Conservative | Leonard Moore | 590 | 17.8 | 3.1 | |
Green | Percy Hogg | 124 | 3.7 | 0.4 | |
Majority | 1,025 | 31.0 | 4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,677 | ||||
Turnout | 28.3 | 2.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Prenton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Thornton | 2,153 | 53.4 | 2.1 | |
Labour | Gerard Allen | 1,001 | 24.8 | 6.5 | |
Conservative | Ian McKellar | 879 | 21.8 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 1,152 | 28.6 | 2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,596 | ||||
Turnout | 34.8 | 5.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.3 |
Royden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laurence Jones | 2,405 | 42.8 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Gardiner | 2,350 | 41.8 | 6.3 | |
Labour | Dennis Woods | 762 | 13.6 | 5.5 | |
Green | Garnette Bowler | 102 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 55 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,006 | ||||
Turnout | 43.2 | 2.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.4 |
Seacombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Salter | 1,630 | 66.1 | 10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ellett | 574 | 23.3 | 7.7 | |
Conservative | David Hearn | 263 | 10.7 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 1,056 | 42.8 | 18.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,843 | ||||
Turnout | 22.8 | 1.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.2 |
Thurstaston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jacqueline McKelvie | 2,552 | 55.6 | 8.4 | |
Labour | David Kean | 1,278 | 27.8 | 5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Wall | 568 | 12.4 | 2.0 | |
Green | Shirley Johnson | 193 | 4.2 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 1,274 | 27.7 | 14.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,744 | ||||
Turnout | 36.0 | 4.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.2 |
Tranmere
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Davies | 1,250 | 74.7 | 6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Blaylock | 169 | 10.1 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Hartley | 150 | 9.0 | 6.6 | |
Green | Stuart Harvey | 105 | 6.3 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 1,081 | 64.6 | 11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,785 | ||||
Turnout | 19.1 | 4.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.9 |
Upton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John George | 2,041 | 51.1 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | David Stitcher | 1,508 | 37.8 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Beazer | 444 | 11.1 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 533 | 13.3 | 0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,341 | ||||
Turnout | 32.4 | 8.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Wallasey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lesley Rennie | 2,864 | 61.7 | 10.3 | |
Labour | Alexander Nuttall | 1,252 | 27.0 | 8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Uriel | 527 | 11.4 | 1.5 | |
Majority | 1,612 | 34.7 | 19.2 | ||
Registered electors | 12,281 | ||||
Turnout | 37.8 | 5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.6 |
Changes between 2000 and 2002
Prenton by-election 2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Francis Doyle | 1,764 | 63.3 | 9.9 | |
Conservative | Ian McKellar | 634 | 22.7 | 0.9 | |
Labour | Gerard Allen | 389 | 14.0 | 10.8 | |
Majority | 1,130 | 40.6 | 12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,596 | ||||
Turnout | 24.0 | 10.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.0 |
Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
- Incumbent councillor for Bebington ward.
References
- ^ "Local Election - 02 May 2002 Summary". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "Local Election Results 2002 Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Local Election - 02 May 2002". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Bebington Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Denise Realey". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Bidston Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Birkenhead Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Bromborough Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Steve Niblock". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Councillor Kathy Hodson". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Clatterbridge Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Alan Jennings". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Councillor Joe Walsh". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Claughton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Steve Foulkes". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Eastham Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Tom Harney". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "Egerton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Jerry Williams". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Heswall Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Andrew Hodson". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Hoylake Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Gerry Ellis". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Councillor Bob Wilkins". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "Leasowe Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Liscard Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Leah Fraser". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Moreton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Ann McLachlan". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "New Brighton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Pat Hackett". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Oxton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Stuart Kelly". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Prenton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Royden Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Gill Gardiner". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Seacombe Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor John Salter". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Thurstaston Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Tranmere Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Bill Davies". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "Upton Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Wallasey Ward — Wirral". Local Elections Archive Project.
- "Councillor Lesley Rennie". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
- "Local Election - 05 February 2003 Prenton ward". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 December 2018.