2002 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
2002 UK local government election
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Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 26
- Liberal Democrat 21
- Conservative 16
- Southport Party 3
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 9 | +3 | 39.1 | 31.7 | 22,547 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | -4 | 26.1 | 28.8 | 20,455 | ||||
| Conservative | 5 | -2 | 21.7 | 25.1 | 17,832 | ||||
| Southport Party | 3 | +3 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 8,007 | ||||
| Socialist Alternative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 822 | ||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 750 | ||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 491 | ||||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 159 | ||||
Ward results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Ridge | 1,831 | 46.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Carla Hayde | 1,002 | 25.3 | ||
| Southport Party | John Leech | 866 | 21.9 | ||
| Labour | Linda Cluskey | 196 | 4.9 | ||
| Green | Laurence Rankin | 68 | 1.7 | ||
| Majority | 829 | 20.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,963 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Brodie-Browne | 1,376 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Dally | 1,275 | |||
| Conservative | Ralph Gregson | 1,157 | |||
| Southport Party | Richard Chapman | 976 | |||
| Conservative | Jeremy Myers | 887 | |||
| Labour | James Baldwin | 284 | |||
| Green | William Bethnuin | 272 | |||
| Independent | Terry Durrance | 257 | |||
| Labour | David Stott | 236 | |||
| Turnout | 6,720 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Roberts | 1,770 | 50.9 | ||
| Labour | Pamela Parry | 1,166 | 33.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | William Brereton | 539 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 604 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,475 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Party | David Cobham | 1,345 | 36.7 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Price | 1,336 | 36.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Dally | 733 | 20.0 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Maher | 255 | 7.0 | ||
| Majority | 9 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 3,669 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carol Gustafson | 1,468 | 47.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Kehoe | 1,444 | 46.4 | ||
| Conservative | James Patterson | 203 | 6.5 | ||
| Majority | 24 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,115 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Rice | 1,681 | 77.9 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Nuttall | 245 | 11.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Cross | 232 | 10.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,436 | 66.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,158 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald Watson | 1,386 | 40.1 | ||
| Southport Party | David McLaughlan | 1,083 | 31.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Shavaksha | 658 | 19.0 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Holmes | 239 | 6.9 | ||
| Green | Lola Sieve | 89 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 303 | 8.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,455 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Moncur | 1,828 | 78.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Garry Fielding | 503 | 21.6 | ||
| Majority | 1,325 | 56.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,331 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sydney Whitby | 1,918 | 54.4 | ||
| Labour | Maurice Newton | 888 | 25.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Druscilla Haydon | 722 | 20.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,030 | 29.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,528 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Party | James Grundy | 1,271 | 42.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Bamber | 838 | 28.2 | ||
| Conservative | John Lyon-Taylor | 470 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Jowett | 290 | 9.8 | ||
| Green | John Glendenning | 105 | 3.5 | ||
| Majority | 433 | 14.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,974 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon Friel | 1,463 | 83.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Williams | 298 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,165 | 66.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,761 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Tweed | 1,411 | 80.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Murray | 351 | 19.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,060 | 60.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,762 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Jakub | 1,750 | 47.7 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Papworth | 1,249 | 34.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Firth | 540 | 14.7 | ||
| Independent | Robert Wright | 126 | 3.4 | ||
| Majority | 501 | 13.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,665 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southport Party | Margaret Brown | 1,318 | 33.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Tattersall | 1,272 | 32.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jamie Halsall | 1,159 | 29.2 | ||
| Labour | John Seale | 218 | 5.5 | ||
| Majority | 46 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,967 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Colbert | 1,342 | 39.9 | ||
| Labour | Timothy Hale | 1,238 | 36.8 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Brown | 785 | 23.3 | ||
| Majority | 104 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,365 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Martin | 1,510 | 58.3 | ||
| Socialist Alternative | Peter Glover | 822 | 31.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Cross | 256 | 9.9 | ||
| Majority | 688 | 26.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,588 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Sumner | 1,164 | 33.8 | ||
| Southport Party | Geoffrey Wright | 1,148 | 33.4 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Bigley | 619 | 18.0 | ||
| Labour | Constance McCarthy | 350 | 10.2 | ||
| BNP | Michael McDermott | 159 | 4.6 | ||
| Majority | 16 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,440 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robbie Fenton | 2,199 | 71.5 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Williams | 659 | 21.4 | ||
| Green | Andrew Hoban | 216 | 7.0 | ||
| Majority | 1,540 | 50.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,074 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vincent Platt | 1,663 | 50.6 | ||
| Labour | Paul Flodman | 1,243 | 37.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Drake | 379 | 11.5 | ||
| Majority | 420 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,285 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Burke | 2,117 | 84.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sara Murray | 388 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,729 | 69.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,505 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Roy Connell | 1,729 | 53.6 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Kermode | 795 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | William Newton | 592 | 18.4 | ||
| Independent | David Jones | 108 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 934 | 28.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,224 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Giles Blundell | 1,262 | 41.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tonkiss | 1,215 | 40.0 | ||
| Conservative | Theresa Rossiter | 562 | 18.5 | ||
| Majority | 47 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,039 | ||||