2002 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election December 2013 April 2026 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/122.stm Sefton 2009-12-17 BBC News Online After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 26 Liberal Democrat 21 Conservative 16 Southport Party 3 Election result Sefton local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 9 +3 39.1 31.7 22,547 Liberal Democrats (UK) 6 -4 26.1 28.8 20,455 Conservative Party (UK) 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 Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 1.1 750 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.7 491 British National Party 0 0 0 0.2 159 Ward results Ainsdale Conservative Party (UK) Michael Ridge 1,831 46.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carla Hayde 1,002 25.3 Southport Party John Leech 866 21.9 Labour Party (UK) Linda Cluskey 196 4.9 Green Party of England and Wales Laurence Rankin 68 1.7 829 20.9 3,963 Birkdale (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Iain Brodie-Browne 1,376 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Dally 1,275 Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Gregson 1,157 Southport Party Richard Chapman 976 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Myers 887 Labour Party (UK) James Baldwin 284 Green Party of England and Wales William Bethnuin 272 Independent (politician) Terry Durrance 257 Labour Party (UK) David Stott 236 6,720 Blundellsands Conservative Party (UK) Robert Roberts 1,770 50.9 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Parry 1,166 33.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Brereton 539 15.5 604 17.3 3,475 Cambridge Southport Party David Cobham 1,345 36.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Price 1,336 36.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Dally 733 20.0 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Maher 255 7.0 9 0.3 3,669 Church Labour Party (UK) Carol Gustafson 1,468 47.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Kehoe 1,444 46.4 Conservative Party (UK) James Patterson 203 6.5 24 0.7 3,115 Derby Labour Party (UK) John Rice 1,681 77.9 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Nuttall 245 11.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dennis Cross 232 10.8 1,436 66.5 2,158 Dukes Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Watson 1,386 40.1 Southport Party David McLaughlan 1,083 31.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Shavaksha 658 19.0 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Holmes 239 6.9 Green Party of England and Wales Lola Sieve 89 2.6 303 8.8 3,455 Ford Labour Party (UK) Ian Moncur 1,828 78.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Garry Fielding 503 21.6 1,325 56.8 2,331 Harington Conservative Party (UK) Sydney Whitby 1,918 54.4 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Newton 888 25.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Druscilla Haydon 722 20.5 1,030 29.2 3,528 Kew Southport Party James Grundy 1,271 42.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Bamber 838 28.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Lyon-Taylor 470 15.8 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Jowett 290 9.8 Green Party of England and Wales John Glendenning 105 3.5 433 14.5 2,974 Linacre Labour Party (UK) Gordon Friel 1,463 83.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Williams 298 16.9 1,165 66.2 1,761 Litherland Labour Party (UK) Paul Tweed 1,411 80.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Murray 351 19.9 1,060 60.2 1,762 Manor Labour Party (UK) Michael Jakub 1,750 47.7 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Papworth 1,249 34.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Firth 540 14.7 Independent (politician) Robert Wright 126 3.4 501 13.6 3,665 Meols Southport Party Margaret Brown 1,318 33.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Tattersall 1,272 32.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jamie Halsall 1,159 29.2 Labour Party (UK) John Seale 218 5.5 46 1.1 3,967 Molyneux Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Colbert 1,342 39.9 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Hale 1,238 36.8 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Brown 785 23.3 104 3.1 3,365 Netherton and Orrell Labour Party (UK) David Martin 1,510 58.3 Socialist Alternative Peter Glover 822 31.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hilary Cross 256 9.9 688 26.5 2,588 Norwood Liberal Democrats (UK) David Sumner 1,164 33.8 Southport Party Geoffrey Wright 1,148 33.4 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Bigley 619 18.0 Labour Party (UK) Constance McCarthy 350 10.2 British National Party Michael McDermott 159 4.6 16 0.4 3,440 Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Robbie Fenton 2,199 71.5 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Williams 659 21.4 Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Hoban 216 7.0 1,540 50.1 3,074 Ravenmeols Conservative Party (UK) Vincent Platt 1,663 50.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Flodman 1,243 37.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Drake 379 11.5 420 12.8 3,285 St Oswald Labour Party (UK) William Burke 2,117 84.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sara Murray 388 15.5 1,729 69.0 2,505 Sudell Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Connell 1,729 53.6 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Kermode 795 24.7 Conservative Party (UK) William Newton 592 18.4 Independent (politician) David Jones 108 3.3 934 28.9 3,224 Victoria Labour Party (UK) Giles Blundell 1,262 41.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Tonkiss 1,215 40.0 Conservative Party (UK) Theresa Rossiter 562 18.5 47 1.5 3,039 References Category:2002 English local elections 2002 Category:2000s in Merseyside