2002 Liverpool City Council election

2002 Liverpool City Council election

2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
33 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards 50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 66
• Labour 26
• Liberal 2
• Independent 1
• Others 4

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	20			-6	57.1	50.3	46,773
	Labour	14			+6	40.0	35.4	32,917
	Liberal	1			0	2.9	5.5	5,138
	Conservative	0			0	0	4.2	3,904
	Green	0			0	0	2.0	1,889
	Independent	0			0	0	1.7	1,588
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.4	360
	Socialist Labour	0			0	0	0.3	282
	BNP	0			0	0	0.2	148

Ward results

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Anderson	1,001	65.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clein	232	15.3
	Green	Peter Cranie	165	10.8
	Conservative	Diane Watson	73	4.8
	Liberal	Arthur Carroll	50	3.3
Majority			769	50.5
Turnout			1,521

Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Gould	1,766	50.7
	Labour	Jack Johnson	944	27.1
	Green	Alexander Rudkin	287	8.2
	Conservative	Alma McGing	280	8.0
	Independent	Cathy Hancox	207	5.9
Majority			822	23.6
Turnout			3,484

Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas	2,050	55.2
	Labour	Laurence Freeman	716	19.3
	Conservative	Mark Bill	536	14.4
	Liberal	Christopher Hulme	300	8.1
	Green	Eleanor Martin	113	3.0
Majority			1,334	35.9
Turnout			3,715

Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kiron Reid	1,633	55.5
	Labour	Kevin Doran	733	24.9
	Independent	Michael Butler	521	17.7
	Socialist Alliance	Lesley Mahmood	55	1.9
Majority			900	30.6
Turnout			2,942

Arundel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Clein	1,299	53.7
	Labour	Neville Bann	712	29.4
	Green	Donald Ross	185	7.6
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Foulkes	138	5.7
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	86	3.6
Majority			587	24.3
Turnout			2,420

Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Prendergast	1,159	63.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Wright	482	26.4
	Liberal	Beryl Ackers	184	10.1
Majority			677	37.1
Turnout			1,825

Broadgreen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Irving	1,690	60.2
	Labour	Anthony Murphy	847	30.2
	Liberal	Maria Langley	109	3.9
	Socialist Alliance	John Ralph	90	3.2
	Conservative	Keith Sutton	73	2.6
Majority			843	30.0
Turnout			2,809

Childwall (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Jones	2,754
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones	2,453
	Labour	Janet Kent	689
	Labour	Sheila Murphy	689
	Conservative	Neville Liddell	239
	Conservative	George Powell	183
	Green	Terry Ezra	139
	Green	Anne Saunders	107
	Liberal	Francis Porter	104
Turnout			7,357

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hurst	4,041	74.3
	Labour	Joe Roberts	880	16.2
	Green	Jenna Hegarty	273	5.0
	Conservative	Paul Harrison	244	4.5
Majority			3,161	58.1
Turnout			5,438

Clubmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Williams	1,202	45.1
	Liberal	Paul Jones	816	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Woodruff	645	24.2
Majority			386	14.5
Turnout			2,663

County

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Afford	1,565	57.1
	Labour	Patrick Delahunty	1,087	39.7
	Liberal	Roger Webb	88	3.2
Majority			478	17.4
Turnout			2,740

Croxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Hines	2,653	68.9
	Labour	Victor Moffatt	862	22.4
	Conservative	Geoffrey Brandwood	222	5.8
	Liberal	Barbara Pickstock	114	3.0
Majority			1,791	46.5
Turnout			3,851

Dingle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Allen	1,442
	Liberal Democrats	John Coyne	1,422
	Labour	Cathy Hawkes	1,265
	Labour	Emma Reed	1,192
	Conservative	David Patmore	92
	Socialist Alliance	Mark O'Brien	77
	Liberal	David O'Brien	70
Turnout			5,560

Dovecot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Killeen	1,183	48.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hulme	1,022	42.0
	Liberal	Tracey Hawksford	158	6.5
	Conservative	June Brandwood	72	3.0
Majority			161	6.6
Turnout			2,435

Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Corbett	675	55.4
	Independent	Douglas Kidd	279	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanore Clein	146	12.0
	Conservative	John Watson	55	4.5
	Green	John Whitelegg	43	3.5
	Liberal	George Roberts	21	1.7
Majority			396	32.5
Turnout			1,219

Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Rotheram	1,754	68.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Poole	661	25.8
	Liberal	Deborah Mayes	148	5.8
Majority			1,093	42.6
Turnout			2,563

Gillmoss

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Bailey	1,861	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Sidorczuk	1,371	38.3
	Liberal	Frances Fall	178	5.0
	Conservative	Brian Jones	94	2.6
	Socialist Labour	Kai Anderson	79	2.2
Majority			490	13.6
Turnout			3,583

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gideon Ben-Tovim	962	72.0
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Butler	210	15.7
	Green	Jean Hill	103	7.7
	Conservative	Catherine Hurst	36	2.7
	Liberal	Deborah Tilston	25	1.9
Majority			752	56.3
Turnout			1,336

Grassendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Fraenkel	2,857	67.9
	Labour	Catherine Dooley	761	18.1
	Conservative	Carl Cross	383	9.1
	Green	Vera Jones	160	3.8
	Liberal	Susan O'Brien	48	1.1
Majority			2,096	49.8
Turnout			4,209

Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1,008	51.0
	Labour	Michael Fox	871	44.1
	Conservative	Francis Dunne	55	2.8
	Liberal	Michael Williams	42	2.1
Majority			137	6.9
Turnout			1,976

Melrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dowling	1,299	60.0
	Independent	Alfie Hincks	456	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Seddon	288	13.3
	Liberal	James Richardson	126	5.8
Majority			843	39.0
Turnout			2,169

Netherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Walton	996	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Marshall	674	37.8
	Socialist Labour	Alan Fogg	83	4.7
	Conservative	Joyce Carrosa	28	1.6
Majority			322	18.1
Turnout			1,781

Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Firth	1,640	65.7
	Labour	David Minahan	665	26.6
	Conservative	Francis Stevens	102	4.1
	Liberal	Christopher Lenton	91	3.6
Majority			975	39.1
Turnout			2,498

Picton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Herbert Herrity	1,384	63.3
	Labour	Angela Glanville	653	29.9
	Green	Jennifer Andrew	102	4.7
	Conservative	Ann Temple	47	2.2
Majority			731	33.4
Turnout			2,186

Pirrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Prayle	1,180	57.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Gaskell	583	28.5
	Liberal	Charles Mayes	120	5.9
	Conservative	Mark Cotterell	118	5.8
	Socialist Labour	Violet Shaw	48	2.3
Majority			597	29.1
Turnout			2,049

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Roderick	1,505	59.1
	Labour	Barbara Murray	756	29.7
	BNP	Raymond Malone	148	5.8
	Liberal	Irene Mayes	90	3.5
	Conservative	Grahame Harden	47	1.8
Majority			749	29.4
Turnout			2,546

Smithdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard White	711	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Airey	517	36.1
	Independent	Michael Lane	125	8.7
	Liberal	John Moore	35	2.4
	Green	Simon Holgate	28	2.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Watkin	18	1.3
Majority			194	13.5
Turnout			1,434

Speke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Carrick	634	49.2
	Liberal Democrats	George Smith	627	48.6
	Conservative	Denise Nuttall	28	2.2
Majority			7	0.6
Turnout			1,289

Tuebrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hazel Williams	2,051	71.5
	Labour	Elizabeth Thomas	445	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Woods	263	9.2
	Conservative	Alistair Furze	59	2.1
	Green	Nadia Greger	51	1.8
Majority			1,606	56.0
Turnout			2,869

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Keaveney	1,069	56.4
	Labour	Christopher Nezianya	683	36.0
	Socialist Labour	James Hackett	72	3.8
	Conservative	Derek Nuttall	48	2.5
	Liberal	Iain Woodward	25	1.3
Majority			386	20.4
Turnout			2,049

Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Kennedy	1,187	87.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sean McHugh	119	8.8
	Conservative	Martyn Barber	25	1.8
	Green	Anja Ploger	25	1.8
Majority			1,068	78.7
Turnout			1,356

Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Lang	2,080	62.2
	Labour	Michael Langan	1,165	34.8
	Liberal	Linda Roberts	100	3.0
Majority			915	27.4
Turnout			3,345

Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Collinge	2,622	66.6
	Conservative	Stephen Fitzsimmons	661	16.8
	Labour	Richard Keenan	498	12.7
	Green	Naomi Rose	108	2.7
	Liberal	Vivienne Woodward	45	1.1
Majority			1,961	49.8
Turnout			3,934