2002 Chester City Council election

2002 Chester City Council election
21 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2002 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 2002 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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2002 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	38.1	12	20	33.3	8,811	34.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	28.6	14	20	33.3	6,472	25.3	–5.5
	Conservative	7		33.3	10	17	28.3	10,057	39.3	–0.3
	Independent	0		0.0	3	3	5.0	274	1.1	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lillian Price*	919	74.8	+9.7
	Conservative	Charles Isaac	310	25.2	–0.9
Majority			609	49.6	+10.6
Turnout			1,229	22.2	+3.5
Registered electors			5,537
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Nelson*	743	78.8	+13.5
	Conservative	John Burke	200	21.2	–3.1
Majority			543	57.6	+16.6
Turnout			943	23.9	+4.0
Registered electors			3,943
	Labour hold		Swing	8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Harrison	598	59.7	–0.1
	Conservative	Alexandra van der Zwan	277	27.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Prydderch	127	12.7	–1.8
Majority			321	32.0	N/A
Turnout			1,002	35.4	+1.8
Registered electors			2,831
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bailey*	749	54.1	–3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Katrina Hughes	424	30.6	+16.4
	Labour	Christine Davies	212	15.3	–13.4
Majority			325	23.5	N/A
Turnout			1,385	40.8	+1.2
Registered electors			3,391
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

2002 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Blacon Hall

Blacon Lodge

Boughton

Christleton

City & St. Annes

College

Curzon & Westminster

Elton

Handbridge & St. Marys

Hoole All Saints

Kelsall

Lache Park

Mollington

Newton St. Michaels

Saughall

Tarvin

Tilston

Upton Grange

Upton Westlea

Vicars Cross

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyneth Cooper*	429	56.1	+4.9
	Conservative	Peter Morris	210	27.5	–5.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	90	11.8	+3.2
	Independent	Dora Taylor	36	4.7	–2.5
Majority			219	28.6	+10.4
Turnout			765	28.9	–0.7
Registered electors			2,645
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Rudd*	476	52.0	–2.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Mead	228	24.9	+5.2
	Conservative	Joan Price	211	23.1	–2.7
Majority			248	27.1	–1.7
Turnout			915	20.0	–0.1
Registered electors			4,577
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Poole*	940	64.0	–5.0
	Labour	Zoe Langmead	357	24.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Prydderch	171	11.6	+2.8
Majority			583	39.7	N/A
Turnout			1,468	43.5	–1.6
Registered electors			3,372
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Bennett*	460	55.2	–10.0
	Conservative	Andrew Merrill	289	34.7	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Yakan	84	10.1	N/A
Majority			171	20.5	N/A
Turnout			833	25.3	–5.1
Registered electors			3,289
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Davidson*	926	50.0	+10.3
	Conservative	Philip Edwards	760	41.0	–12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Jones	166	9.0	+1.8
Majority			166	9.0	N/A
Turnout			1,852	54.2	+0.1
Registered electors			3,418
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Thompson	502	53.1	–8.0
	Independent	Steven Howe	238	25.2	N/A
	Labour	Boudewina Meijer	205	21.7	–17.2
Majority			264	27.9	N/A
Turnout			945	41.9	+1.5
Registered electors			2,553
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Castle	707	47.3	+19.0
	Conservative	Hugo Deynem*	687	45.9	+15.6
	Labour	Jill Byrne	102	6.8	–1.0
Majority			20	1.3	N/A
Turnout			1,496	52.0	+10.8
Registered electors			2,877
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Mercer*	773	60.6	+8.4
	Conservative	Max Drury	503	39.4	–1.1
Majority			270	21.2	+9.5
Turnout			1,276	28.5	+2.0
Registered electors			4,474
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Crowe*	465	79.2	+8.1
	Labour	Deborah Forrester-Roberts	70	11.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Mead	52	8.9	–11.4
Majority			395	67.3	+16.4
Turnout			587	38.6	–1.1
Registered electors			1,521
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gaynor Ralph	513	45.3	–2.8
	Labour	Peter Griffiths	404	35.7	+7.0
	Conservative	Miriam Ebo	215	19.0	–4.2
Majority			109	9.6	–9.8
Turnout			1,132	42.7	+3.8
Registered electors			2,650
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9

Saughall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Storrar*	628	54.8	+4.4
	Labour	Thomas Andrews	419	36.6	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Jordan	98	8.6	+2.3
Majority			209	18.3	+11.2
Turnout			1,145	39.3	–7.4
Registered electors			2,912
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

Tarvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Plenderleath*	833	72.1	+1.6
	Labour	Anthony Pegrum	194	16.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hyde	129	11.2	–2.4
Majority			639	55.3	+0.6
Turnout			1,156	34.3	+1.2
Registered electors			3,373
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

Upton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans*	1,000	50.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Gerald Rose	622	31.1	–1.1
	Labour	Brenda Southward	377	18.9	–2.0
Majority			378	18.9	+4.1
Turnout			1,999	39.1	+3.6
Registered electors			5,118
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Ritchie	631	88.6	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Roberts	55	7.7	+2.5
	Labour	Ethel Price	26	3.7	–2.5
Majority			576	80.9	–1.5
Turnout			712	44.0	+1.5
Registered electors			1,616
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Mosley	655	45.9	+5.0
	Labour	Steven Duffus*	588	41.2	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Capstick	183	12.8	–3.8
Majority			67	4.7	N/A
Turnout			1,426	46.5	+11.0
Registered electors			3,069
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Holding*	996	58.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cheetham	947	55.2
	Conservative	Peter Moore-Dutton	459	26.7
	Conservative	Charles Dodman	413	24.1
	Labour	Anne Qualter	271	15.8
	Labour	Sara Barnsley	262	15.3
Turnout			1,716	38.5
Registered electors			4,456
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

v t e Council elections in Cheshire
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See also: Wards, Boundary changes

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