- Cheltenham Council election, 2002
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The 2002 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seat by 1.[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.[2]
Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain control after winning an extra 10 councillors.[3]
Cheltenham Local Election Result 2002[4][5] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Liberal Democrat 21 +10 52.5 44.3 25,006 +7.6% Conservative 13 -10 32.5 40.9 23,086 -7.0% People Against Bureaucracy Action Group 4 -1 10.0 8.9 4,999 +2.6% Labour 2 0 5.0 5.0 2,804 -3.6% Green 0 0 0 1.0 556 +0.6% Ward results
All Saints (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Christine Franklin 813 Liberal Democrat Stephen Jordan 800 Conservative John Newman 463 Conservative Paul Simons 456 Labour Brenda Moody 116 Turnout 2,648 33.7 Battledown (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul McLain 711 Conservative Hedley Thompson 711 Liberal Democrat Susan Needs 701 Liberal Democrat Alan White 699 Labour David Evans 97 Turnout 2,919 42.6 Benhall & The Reddings (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Nigel Britter 1,082 Liberal Democrat Andrew Rickell 948 Conservative Jacqueline Fletcher 836 Conservative Timothy Harman 720 Turnout 3,586 45.7 Charlton Kings (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jennifer Moreton 981 Conservative Duncan Smith 903 Liberal Democrat Stephen Harvey 715 Liberal Democrat Heather Turner 500 Green Celia Bear 133 Labour Lorna Steers 123 Turnout 3,355 41.6 Charlton Park (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Chaplin 1,179 Conservative John Melville-Smith 1,109 Liberal Democrat John Finnemore 567 Liberal Democrat Anthony Oliver 542 Labour David Addison 93 Turnout 3,490 46.4 College (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Garth Barnes 772 Liberal Democrat Lloyd Surgenor 736 Conservative Penelope Hall 628 Conservative Robert Evans 621 Green Christopher Chatfield 120 Labour Gillian Howells 85 Turnout 2,962 37.6 Hesters Way (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Lydia Bishop 614 Liberal Democrat Wendy Young 584 Conservative Daphne Allen 186 Conservative Lesley Silvester 170 Labour Robert Wells 131 Turnout 1,685 23.0 Lansdown (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Barbara Driver 746 Conservative Diggory Seacome 725 Liberal Democrat Michael Storm 288 Liberal Democrat Martin Horwood 274 Green Keith Bessant 140 Labour Katya Vines 88 Turnout 2,261 30.0 Leckhampton (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Kenneth Buckland 1,186 Conservative Robin MacDonald 1,181 Liberal Democrat Dermot Clarke 977 Liberal Democrat John Coleman 949 Turnout 4,293 55.0 Oakley (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Martin Hale 610 Labour Diana Hale 583 Liberal Democrat Barrie Anderson 254 Liberal Democrat Sandra Wheeler 202 Conservative Clare Huckett 187 Conservative Sophie Preston-Hall 182 Turnout 2,018 26.4 Park (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Garnham 996 Conservative Gerald Gearing 951 Liberal Democrat Michael Pictor 744 Liberal Democrat William Whelan 650 Turnout 3,341 40.0 Pittville (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% People Against Bureaucracy Action Group Diane Hibbert 752 People Against Bureaucracy Action Group David Prince 723 Conservative Gary Bowden 574 Conservative John Hopwood 502 Liberal Democrat Colin Hay 268 Liberal Democrat Kirstie Clish-Green 257 Labour Edward Hemmings 156 Turnout 3,232 40.5 Prestbury (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% People Against Bureaucracy Action Group Leslie Godwin 1,187 People Against Bureaucracy Action Group Malcolm Stennett 1,171 Conservative Martin Locke 488 Conservative Paul Ryder 383 Liberal Democrat Jennifer Jones 202 Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Whalley 99 Green Caroline Griffiths 93 Turnout 3,623 40.7 Springbank (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Christopher Morris 603 Liberal Democrat Simon Wheeler 547 Conservative James Stevenson 196 Conservative Antony Sygerycz 157 Labour Clive Harriss 151 Turnout 1,654 21.9 St. Mark's (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Sandra Holliday 709 Liberal Democrat Clive Lloyd 698 Conservative Michael Horton 301 Conservative Andrew Wall 274 Labour Andre Curtis 157 Turnout 2,139 26.0 St. Paul's (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Andrew McKinlay 523 Liberal Democrat Christopher Coleman 441 Conservative Christopher Anstey 104 Labour William Fawcett 94 Conservative Patrick Corbyn 86 Green Jennifer Stone 70 Turnout 1,318 16.9 St. Peter's (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Pat Thornton 535 Liberal Democrat James Stuart-Smith 462 Conservative Roger Marchant 426 Conservative Robert Bird 333 Labour Robert Irons 152 Turnout 1,908 23.8 Swindon Village (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat James Ledeux 725 Liberal Democrat Robert Jones 699 People Against Bureaucracy Action Group Joanna McVeagh 598 People Against Bureaucracy Action Group Peter Allen 568 Conservative Anthony Fletcher 178 Conservative Terence Gould 170 Turnout 2,938 33.1 Up Hatherley (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Zoe Forbes 1,015 Liberal Democrat David Fidgeon 1,002 Conservative Eric Baylis 708 Conservative Alan Nicholson 589 Turnout 3,314 42.6 Warden Hill (2)[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Rowena Hay 945 Conservative Anne Regan 911 Conservative Christine Ryder 878 Liberal Democrat John Oates 865 Labour Christopher Bailey 168 Turnout 3,767 45.3 References
- ^ "Cheltenham". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/29.stm. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ King, Anthony (2002-05-04). "Popular uprising challenges party elites". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4.
- ^ "Local Elections: Results - Cabinet big guns suffer setbacks on home turf". The Independent. 2002-05-03. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1679408.html. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Borough council elections x 2 seats per ward 2nd May, 2002". Cheltenham Borough Council. http://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/downloads/2002.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16.
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