2002 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 2002 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election United Kingdom legislative Popular 2000 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election 2000 2004 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election 2004 31 Labour Party (UK) 27 seats 27 4 12 28 1 21,734 39.9% Conservative Party (UK) 25 seats 25 6 6 24 1 22,439 41.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 7 seats 7 24 2 7 5,137 9.4% The 2002 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/154.stm Walsall BBC News 17 September 2011 Background Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, after Labour had run the council from 1995 to 2000.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1957463.stm Fighting Walsall's 'rotten' image Schaffer David 30 April 2002 BBC News 17 September 2011 The candidates at the election were 20 each from the Labour and Conservative parties, 10 Liberal Democrats, 7 independents, 4 UK Independence Party and 3 Green Party. A significant issue at the election was a report from the Audit Commission in January 2002, which had made many criticisms of the council, with the council having almost been taken over by the national government 2 months before the election. Election result Walsall local election result 2002http://www.walsall.gov.uk/elections/local/results.asp Local Election Results Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council 17 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20030301194153/http://www.walsall.gov.uk/elections/local/results.asp 2003-03-01 http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2002/rp02-033.pdf Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002 House of Commons Library 4 September 2011 Labour Party (UK) 12 +1 60.0 39.9 21,734 Conservative Party (UK) 6 -1 30.0 41.2 22,439 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 10.0 9.4 5,137 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 5.1 2,758 Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 2.0 1,086 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 1.5 841 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.8 460 Ward results Aldridge Central and South Conservative Party (UK) John O'Hare 2,020 58.0 Labour Party (UK) Carol Rose 649 18.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Josephine Levine 474 13.6 Independent (politician) David Boulton 340 9.8 1,371 39.4 3,483 35.6 Aldridge North and Walsall Wood Conservative Party (UK) Keith Sears 1,789 63.7 Labour Party (UK) Violet Upton 1,020 36.3 769 27.4 2,809 27.8 Bentley and Darlaston North Labour Party (UK) Ayshea Johnson 1,431 63.5 Conservative Party (UK) Doris Silvester 821 36.5 610 27.1 2,252 23.3 Birchills-Leamore Labour Party (UK) Joan Barton 1,417 61.8 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Arshad 763 33.3 Socialist Alliance (England) Azra Jabbar 113 4.9 654 28.5 2,293 24.0 Blakenall Labour Party (UK) Robert Robinson 903 59.3 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Venables 303 19.9 Socialist Alliance (England) Peter Smith 135 8.9 Independent (politician) Michael Taylor 106 7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Evans 77 5.1 600 39.4 1,524 19.8 Bloxwich East Labour Party (UK) Kathleen Phillips 1,169 48.3 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Harris 840 34.7 Independent (politician) Annette Taylor 307 12.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Amina Walters 103 4.3 329 13.6 2,419 29.3 Bloxwich West Labour Party (UK) George Worley 1,167 46.4 Conservative Party (UK) Desmond Pitt 975 38.8 Independent (politician) Kerrie Pitt 191 7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Hughes 183 7.3 192 7.6 2,516 27.7 Brownhills Labour Party (UK) John Bird 1,253 53.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Culbert 1,097 46.7 156 6.6 2,350 24.9 Darlaston South Labour Party (UK) Graham Wilkes 1,302 70.2 Conservative Party (UK) Rose Martin 553 29.8 749 40.4 1,855 21.6 Hatherton and Rushall Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Clarke 1,545 51.6 Labour Party (UK) Ann Wilson 1,062 35.5 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Clarke 239 8.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Jenny Mayo 147 4.9 483 16.1 2,993 29.4 Paddock Conservative Party (UK) Barry Sanders 1,860 44.0 Independent (politician) Cecil Wood 896 21.2 Labour Party (UK) Robert Matthews 877 20.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Barker 465 11.0 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Walter 133 3.1 964 22.9 4,231 39.4 Palfrey Labour Party (UK) Waheed Saleem 1,657 45.6 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Arif 1,191 32.8 Socialist Alliance (England) Cyril Leaker 782 21.5 466 12.8 3,630 37.2 Pelsall Conservative Party (UK) Garry Perry 2,516 60.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Linda Dickens 830 19.8 Labour Party (UK) Paul Higgens 736 17.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Anthony Lenton 106 2.5 1,686 40.3 4,188 36.8 Pheasey Labour Party (UK) Martin Harrower 1,021 39.8 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Towe 912 35.6 Independent (politician) Edmund Newman 632 24.6 109 4.2 2,565 36.0 Pleck Labour Party (UK) Norman Matthews 1,356 61.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Dabbs 568 25.7 Independent (politician) Peter Ruston 286 12.9 788 35.7 2,210 29.6 Short Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Eileen Pitt 1,158 53.4 Labour Party (UK) Gareth Walker 626 28.9 Conservative Party (UK) Cerwyn Edwards 383 17.7 532 24.6 2,167 24.0 St. Matthews Labour Party (UK) Richard Worrall 1,484 49.1 Conservative Party (UK) Wahid Ali 1,054 34.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Barker 207 6.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Derek Bennett 133 4.4 Green Party of England and Wales Gerard Hawley 88 2.9 Socialist Alliance (England) Stephanie Peart 56 1.9 430 14.2 3,022 37.0 Streetly Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bird 2,301 65.1 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Charlton 777 22.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Stephen Grey 455 12.9 1,524 43.1 3,533 32.9 Willenhall North Liberal Democrats (UK) Arthur Bentley 1,225 56.8 Labour Party (UK) Carol Creaney 589 27.3 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Turner 343 15.9 636 29.5 2,157 22.8 Willenhall South Labour Party (UK) Harold Withnall 1,238 54.8 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Turner 605 26.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Willoughby 415 18.4 633 28.0 2,258 23.0 References Category:2002 English local elections 2002 Category:2000s in the West Midlands (county)