2002 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 31 Liberal Democrat 21 Conservative 8 Election result Rochdale local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 12 0 57.1 44.8 21,570 Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 0 33.3 29.5 14,189 Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 9.5 22.7 10,922 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 2.5 1,215 Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0.3 139 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0.2 76 Christian Democrat 0 0 0 0.1 31 Ward results Balderstone Labour Party (UK) 1,261 53.4 Conservative Party (UK) 779 33.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 323 13.7 482 20.4 2,363 Brimrod and Deeplish Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,094 51.9 Labour Party (UK) 845 40.1 Conservative Party (UK) 170 8.1 249 11.8 2,109 Castleton Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,364 50.4 Labour Party (UK) 1,079 39.9 Conservative Party (UK) 261 9.7 285 10.5 2,704 Central and Falinge Labour Party (UK) 1,674 65.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 699 27.3 Conservative Party (UK) 192 7.5 975 38.0 2,565 Healey Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,227 37.4 Labour Party (UK) 1,187 36.1 Conservative Party (UK) 870 26.5 40 1.3 3,284 Heywood North Labour Party (UK) 993 56.7 Conservative Party (UK) 546 31.2 Independent (politician) 213 12.2 447 25.5 1,752 Heywood South Labour Party (UK) 1,685 67.1 Conservative Party (UK) 827 32.9 858 34.2 2,512 Heywood West (2) Labour Party (UK) 1,086 Labour Party (UK) 920 Conservative Party (UK) 302 Conservative Party (UK) 272 2,580 Littleborough Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,340 49.2 Conservative Party (UK) 735 27.0 Labour Party (UK) 649 23.8 605 22.2 2,724 Middleton Central Labour Party (UK) 984 70.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 331 23.7 Socialist Alliance (England) 79 5.7 653 46.9 1,394 Middleton East Labour Party (UK) 1,051 48.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) 864 40.2 Conservative Party (UK) 202 9.4 Christian Democrat 31 1.4 187 8.7 2,148 Middleton North Labour Party (UK) 1,001 60.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) 644 39.1 357 21.8 1,645 Middleton South Labour Party (UK) 1,589 52.4 Conservative Party (UK) 1,072 35.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) 370 12.2 517 17.0 3,031 Middleton West Labour Party (UK) 801 69.2 Conservative Party (UK) 143 12.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 78 6.7 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 76 6.6 Socialist Alliance (England) 60 5.2 658 56.9 1,158 Milnrow and Newhey Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,176 48.7 Labour Party (UK) 647 26.8 Conservative Party (UK) 590 24.5 529 21.9 2,413 Newbold Labour Party (UK) 1,260 65.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 417 21.8 Conservative Party (UK) 238 12.4 843 44.0 1,915 Norden and Bamford Conservative Party (UK) 1,881 53.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,112 31.9 Labour Party (UK) 494 14.2 769 22.0 3,487 Smallbridge Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,562 39.2 Labour Party (UK) 1,422 35.7 Independent (politician) 1,002 25.1 140 3.5 3,986 Spotland Liberal Democrats (UK) 1,274 60.6 Labour Party (UK) 538 25.6 Conservative Party (UK) 292 13.9 736 35.0 2,104 Wardle Conservative Party (UK) 1,550 68.3 Labour Party (UK) 404 17.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 314 13.8 1,146 50.5 2,268 External links BBC report of 2002 Rochdale election result 2002 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002