2002 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election July 2026 December 2013 thumb|Results of the 2002 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 that increased the number of seats by four. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Three seats in Thistleberry ward were vacant until a by-election in June. Election result Newcastle-under-Lyme local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 29 -1 50.9 42.1 27,775 Liberal Democrats (UK) 18 +5 31.6 29.8 19,700 Conservative Party (UK) 10 +1 17.5 26.9 17,729 The Caring Party 0 0 0 0.9 606 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.3 198 Independent (politician) 0 -1 0 0 0 Ward results Audley and Bignall End (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Wemyss 874 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Cornes 834 Labour Party (UK) Edward Boden 786 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Wilkes 770 Labour Party (UK) Dennis McIntosh 641 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Gibbs 622 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Edwards 328 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Rushton 193 Conservative Party (UK) Vera Rushton 173 5,221 Bradwell (3) Labour Party (UK) Trevor Hambleton 749 Labour Party (UK) John Tatton 730 Labour Party (UK) Tom Meir 697 Conservative Party (UK) Michelle Degg 270 Liberal Democrats (UK) Shirley Coxon 243 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Humphreys 234 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Parfitt 205 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Timmis 152 3,280 Butt Lane (3) Labour Party (UK) Mavis Lench 588 Labour Party (UK) John Evans 566 Labour Party (UK) John Macmillan 551 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paula Earl 367 Liberal Democrats (UK) Silvia Burgess 362 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Parsons 340 Conservative Party (UK) Betty Cartwright 136 Conservative Party (UK) John Harper 128 Conservative Party (UK) Nicola Pattison 120 3,158 Chesterton (3) Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Caddy 635 Labour Party (UK) John Billington 612 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Phillips 565 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Moore 234 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Wain 207 Conservative Party (UK) Russell Pattison 191 Conservative Party (UK) Price Roberts 182 2,626 Clayton (2) Labour Party (UK) Colin Brooks 525 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Heames 518 Labour Party (UK) Vince Byatt 505 Conservative Party (UK) William Heames 466 Liberal Democrats (UK) Julian Colclough 144 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Cookson 139 2,297 Cross Heath (3) Labour Party (UK) Gillian Williams 792 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Butler 766 Labour Party (UK) John Williams 711 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Finney 394 Liberal Democrats (UK) Leo Hamburger 254 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Cork 199 Conservative Party (UK) Luciana Flackett 174 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas James 163 3,453 Halmerend (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) David Becket 614 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gavin Webb 573 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Riley 343 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Cooper 327 Labour Party (UK) Trevor Sproston 311 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Tagg 285 2,453 Holditch (2) Labour Party (UK) Betty Blaise 499 Labour Party (UK) Vic Finnemore 430 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Wemyss 125 Conservative Party (UK) Eleanor Moore 83 Conservative Party (UK) Phyllis James 81 1,218 Keele (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Robin Studd 445 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wenslie Naylon 429 Labour Party (UK) Theresa James 155 Labour Party (UK) Brian O'Rourke 143 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Campbell 89 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Flynn 84 1,345 Kidsgrove (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Maxfield 752 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Astle 698 Labour Party (UK) Martin Bentley 596 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Hall 579 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ephriam Daniels 558 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Fogg 546 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Heath 97 Conservative Party (UK) Michael James 90 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Watts 81 3,997 Knutton and Silverdale (2) Labour Party (UK) Maureen Maddox 456 Labour Party (UK) David Leech 392 The Caring Party Derrick Huckfield 252 The Caring Party Stephanie Wilcox 144 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Durber 73 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Davies 71 Conservative Party (UK) David Heath 56 1,444 Loggerheads and Whitmore (3) Conservative Party (UK) Charles Holland 1,166 Conservative Party (UK) Freda Myatt 1,078 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Ince 1,050 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Becket 292 Labour Party (UK) Anne Farrelly 243 Labour Party (UK) Doris Boden 209 Labour Party (UK) Victor Wilson 178 4,216 Madeley (2) Labour Party (UK) Ashley Howells 758 Labour Party (UK) William Sinnott 537 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Davies 385 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bryan Kirkham 369 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Matthews 328 2,377 May Bank (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Muffi Fox 836 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Coxon 763 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Johnson 724 Labour Party (UK) Michael Clarke 678 Labour Party (UK) Margaret McQuillan 483 Labour Party (UK) Roy Taylor 458 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Dunn 329 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Thornber 261 Conservative Party (UK) Marjorie Thornber 232 4,764 Newchapel (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Hortense Lowndes 330 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Bowyer 313 Labour Party (UK) Gillian Burnett 270 Labour Party (UK) Frank Penell 260 Conservative Party (UK) Nora Salt 221 Conservative Party (UK) Carl Thomson 196 1,590 Porthill (2) Labour Party (UK) Bertram Lawton 394 Labour Party (UK) Colin Higginson 390 Conservative Party (UK) John Cooper 363 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Lewis 249 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Dunning 160 Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Adams 138 1,694 Ravenscliffe (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Lewis 420 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Astle 410 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Slater 394 Labour Party (UK) Edmund Chrzanowski 379 Conservative Party (UK) Edith Greatbach 115 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Heath 90 1,808 Seabridge (3) Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Fear 713 Conservative Party (UK) David Nixon 692 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hailstones 677 Labour Party (UK) Richard Gorton 569 Labour Party (UK) Cynthia Taylor 485 Labour Party (UK) Harry Matthews 468 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kelly Dale 235 Liberal Democrats (UK) Craig Ridgway 220 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hans Liebeck 189 4,248 Silverdale and Parksite (2) Labour Party (UK) Elaine Blake 480 Labour Party (UK) George Cairns 369 The Caring Party George Tweedie 110 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Naylon 105 Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Studd 101 The Caring Party Geoffrey Cubley 100 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Titterton 100 Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Trickett 82 1,447 Talke (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Raymond Slater 657 Liberal Democrats (UK) Arthur Amos 648 Labour Party (UK) Lynda Griffiths 358 Labour Party (UK) Robina Macmillan 314 Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Titterton 75 Conservative Party (UK) Pauline Trickett 63 2,115 Town (2) Labour Party (UK) Albert Clarke 556 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Clarke 534 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Malkin 486 Labour Party (UK) Stephen James 427 Conservative Party (UK) Winston Cooper 131 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Howard 110 2,244 Westlands (3) Conservative Party (UK) Glennis Deakin 1,166 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Moss 1,122 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Flynn 1,034 Labour Party (UK) Laura Stoddard 401 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Dugdale 337 Labour Party (UK) Peter Munn 336 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hilary Jones 331 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Willson 308 Labour Party (UK) Ike Williams 300 5,335 Wolstanton (3) Labour Party (UK) Michael Foy 580 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Worsey 549 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pamela Patten 538 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Cornes 495 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Hambleton 446 Labour Party (UK) Sheridon Lamb 445 Green Party of England and Wales Ann Beirne 198 Conservative Party (UK) David Cooper 186 Conservative Party (UK) John Vernon 124 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Trickett 117 3,678 References 2002 Newcastle-under-Lyme election result 2002 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 2002