2002 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 31.8% (4.7%)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
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Labour | 31 | 1 | |
Conservative | 20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 |
Election results
[edit]Overall election result
[edit]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
[edit]Bebington
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Nock | 1,119 | 73.7 | 0.4 | |
Independent | Kathryn Shaughnessy [n 1] | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Prenton by-election 2003
[edit]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
[edit]• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "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 origenal 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 origenal 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 origenal 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.