2002 Coventry City Council election

The 2002 Coventry City Council election to the Coventry City Council was held on 3 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Labour	11	0	4	-4
Conservative	6	4	0	+4
Socialist	1	0	0	0
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0
Independent	0	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0	0	0.00

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	35	20	15	11	31
	Conservative	15	13	2	6	19
	Socialist	3	2	1	1	3
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	0	1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0
Total		54	36	18	18	54

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gazey	2,349	57.53%
	Labour	Beverley Patton	1,205	29.51%
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Penlington	529	12.96%
Majority			1144	28.02%
Turnout			4083
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Chater	1,834	52.00%
	Conservative	Linda Reece	1,400	39.69%
	Socialist	Rebecca Tustain	293	8.31%
Majority			434	12.31%
Turnout			3257
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Foster	1,666	52.00%
	Labour	Marilyn Mutton	1,245	38.86%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent McKee	501	15.64%
Majority			421	13.14%
Turnout			3204
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2002 Coventry City Council election

Election results

Council Composition

Ward results

References

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Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Taylor	2,479	50.44%
	Labour	Lindsley Harvard	1,528	31.09%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Dyke	659	13.41%
	Socialist	Pearl Chick	249	5.07%
Majority			951	19.35%
Turnout			4915
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Malkiat Auluck	2,010
	Conservative	Shabbir Ahmed	1,617
	Socialist	Lakshman Hensman	213
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Brian Patton	1,387
	Conservative	Ian Jamie	890
	Socialist	Martha Young	381
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Lancaster	2,017
	Conservative	Harjinder Sehmi	1,028
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sheila Collins	1,664
	Conservative	Heather Rutter	764
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sewards	341
	Socialist	Martin Reynolds	243
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John McNicholas	1,394
	Conservative	Margaret Rigby	988
	Socialist	Jane Ashwell	397
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Benefield	337
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keiran Mulhall	1,347
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Simpson	609
	Conservative	David Chapman	545
	Marxist	David Anderson	131
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gary Ridley	1,354
	Labour	Eric Linton	1,293
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lewis	584
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Socialist	David Nellist	1,417
	Labour	James O'Boyle	1,022
	Conservative	Jane Westerman	237
Majority
Turnout
	Socialist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sucha Bains	1,666
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Field	1,655
	Conservative	James Griffin	306
Majority			11
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Blundell^[3]^[4]	2,163
	Labour	Christopher Youett	961
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Lockett	765
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Arthur Waugh	1,281
	Conservative	Nigel Lee	1,098
	Socialist	Mary Manley	364
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Hillier	1,685
	Labour	John Fletcher	1,580
	Socialist	Mark Power	450
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christian Cliffe	2,168
	Labour	Joseph Clifford	1,653
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Howarth	705
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Suzanna Dixon	1,373
	Labour	Colleen Fletcher	1,521
	Liberal Democrats	Wiliam Haymes	619
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing