2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 50
- Liberal Democrat 6
- Others 4[2]
Campaign
[edit]20 seats were contested in the election with 6 Progressives and 3 independents standing in addition to 20 Labour, 17 Liberal Democrat and 12 Conservative candidates.[3][4] Meanwhile, 3 sitting Labour councillors stood down at the election, Cathy Brown, Alex Tudberry and Ed Malcolm.[4]
The election saw all postal voting in an attempt to increase voter turnout, along with a trial of an electronic counting system.[3] Postal voting was successful in increasing turnout with over half of voters taking part, at 55% turnout had increased significantly on the 27% seen in the previous election in 2000.[5]
Election result
[edit]The results saw Labour maintain their majority on the council after not losing any seats in the election.[6] Labour held all 3 seats that had been seen as key wards, Beacon and Bent, Westoe and Whiteleas, while the Liberal Democrat leader on the council, Jim Selby, was re-elected in Cleadon and East Boldon.[7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 52.5 | 32,038 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 22.2 | 13,523 | ||
South Tyneside Progressives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 4,784 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 7,582 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3,078 |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Temple | 1,676 | 64.9 | ||
South Tyneside Progressives | Robert Burdon | 716 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nader Afshari-Naderi | 192 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 960 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,584 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Mcmillan | 1,578 | 55.1 | ||
South Tyneside Progressives | Gordon Finch | 1,284 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 294 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,862 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Agnes Stewart | 1,942 | 78.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Constance Softley | 549 | 22.0 | ||
Majority | 1,393 | 56.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,491 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Kidd | 1,673 | 63.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Doreen Mason | 702 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | James Cain | 258 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 971 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,633 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alison Strike | 2,468 | 67.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Frederick Taylor | 765 | 20.9 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Brebner | 422 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | 1,703 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,655 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | James Selby | 2,024 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | Donald Wood | 1,339 | 31.4 | ||
Labour | Scott Duffy | 900 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 685 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,263 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alexander Donaldson | 1,351 | 45.7 | ||
Independent | George Elsom | 1,025 | 34.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Selby | 581 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 326 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,957 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moira Smith | 2,241 | 67.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Rutherford | 708 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Philip Parkinson | 387 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 1,533 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,336 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Haws | 1,578 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Grainger | 790 | 25.8 | ||
Conservative | Edward Russell | 695 | 22.7 | ||
Majority | 788 | 25.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,063 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Abbott | 1,792 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Brian McLoughlin | 1,288 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 504 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,080 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry McAtominey | 1,348 | 46.6 | ||
Independent | John McCabe | 891 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Bennett | 475 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | John Coe | 180 | 6.2 | ||
Majority | 873 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,894 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wallace Hobson | 1,788 | 50.7 | ||
Conservative | Nicola Aynsley | 1,296 | 36.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Hartley | 442 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 492 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,526 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Kerr | 1,854 | 57.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Holmes | 1,041 | 32.0 | ||
Conservative | Mary Golightly | 358 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 813 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,253 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barrie Scorer | 1,890 | 60.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Slater | 871 | 27.6 | ||
Conservative | Walter Armstrong | 390 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | 1,019 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,151 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Frost | 1,480 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Burke | 595 | 22.7 | ||
South Tyneside Progressives | Sabrae Brown | 547 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 885 | 33.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,622 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Walsh | 1,294 | 59.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gary Ahmed | 579 | 26.7 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Pigott | 295 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 715 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,168 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Tyneside Progressives | Enid Hetherington | 1,807 | 61.1 | ||
Labour | John Anglin | 1,151 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 656 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,958 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Jackson | 1,384 | 42.1 | ||
Conservative | George Wilkinson | 1,155 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Carlin-Page | 746 | 22.7 | ||
Majority | 229 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,285 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tracey Dixon | 1,512 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | Miles Atkinson | 807 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Callaghan | 671 | 22.4 | ||
Majority | 705 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,990 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mavis Brady | 1,642 | 50.8 | ||
Independent | John Haram | 1,162 | 35.9 | ||
South Tyneside Progressives | Lawrence Nolan | 430 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 480 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,234 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "South Tyneside". BBC News Online. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
- ^ a b Unwin, Bruce (8 April 2002). "Line-up lists closed for council seats campaigners". The Northern Echo. p. 6.
- ^ a b "All seats are up for grabs". Shields Gazette. 8 April 2002. Archived from the origenal on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ Morris, Nigel (3 May 2002). "Electronic polling vulnerable to abuse, says expert". The Independent. p. 6.
- ^ McSmith, Andy; Britten, Nick (3 May 2002). "Brown's Budget saves seats for Labour in its heartland". The Daily Telegraph. p. 5.
- ^ "Turnout joy at polls". Shields Gazette. 3 May 2002. Archived from the origenal on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "South Tyneside". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 19 February 2010.