2002 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2002 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. The 2002 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council in Merseyside, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/135.stm St Helens BBC News 22 February 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 33 Liberal Democrats 15 Conservative 5 Socialist Labour 1Local Elections: Town keeps it in the family 3 May 2002 Liverpool Echo NewsBankTriumph for Nancy! Bianchi Stefania 10 May 2002 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank Background Before the election Labour held a 16-seat majority on the council,Election candidates prepare to do battle Woodhead Jane 10 April 2002 Liverpool Echo NewsBank with 18 seats being contested in 2002.Town halls may have new leaders in weeks Kelly Andy 11 April 2002 Liverpool Daily Post NewsBank Among the councillors who were defending seats at the election was the Liberal Democrat group leader Brian Spencer.Can e-voting shift balance of power? Kelly Andy 2 May 2002 Liverpool Daily Post NewsBank In an attempt to increase turnout, primary school children in the 2 wards with the lowest turnout in previous elections, Blackbrook and West Sutton were given balloons with the date of election printed on them to remind their parents of the election date.Floating voters! Beard Elizabeth 2 May 2002 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank Access to polling places had also been improved and there was greater publicity about the availability of postal voting, which led to 5,086 requests for postal votes compared to 1,100 at the last election in 2000.Hi-tech voting to boost Mersey poll Woodhead Jane Hernon, Ian 2 May 2002 Liverpool Echo NewsBank Election result Labour held control of the control with 33 councillors after losing 1 seat to the Conservatives. The Conservative gain came in Windle, where Nancy Ashcroft joined her husband as a councillor for the ward. This took the Conservatives to 5 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats remained on 15 seats. Overall turnout at the election was 26.4% and ranged between a low of 19.3% in West Sutton and a high of 36.93% in Rainford. St Helens local election result 2002Election results – Local Elections 3 May 2002 The Times NewsBank 6http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2002/45/ Local Election Results 2002 Local Elections Archive Project 22 February 2015 Labour Party (UK) 11 0 1 -1 61.1 47.6 17,126 +2.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 5 0 0 0 27.8 34.4 12,365 +1.4% Conservative Party (UK) 2 1 0 +1 11.1 17.6 6,338 -3.7% Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 99 -0.2% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 32 +0.1% Ward results Billinge and Seneley Green Labour Party (UK) Bessie Griffin 1,530 59.8 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Black 589 23.0 -10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Langley 439 17.2 +3.7 941 36.8 +16.4 2,558 24.9 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) Blackbrook Labour Party (UK) Linda Maloney 928 63.4 -0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Dunn 393 26.9 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Judith Collins 142 9.7 -4.0 535 36.6 -5.5 1,463 21.0 +6.6 Labour Party (UK) Broad Oak Labour Party (UK) Ken Pinder 928 55.7 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alec Mills 654 39.2 -5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Foster 85 5.1 +1.3 274 16.4 +9.2 1,667 25.2 +3.2 Labour Party (UK) Eccleston Liberal Democrats (UK) Teresa Sims 2,064 71.3 +6.4 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Glover 415 14.3 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) William Highcock 415 14.3 -5.8 1,649 57.0 +12.2 2,894 34.0 +5.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Grange Park Labour Party (UK) Terence Hanley 851 51.9 +1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Evans 446 27.2 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) John Willis 245 14.9 -8.8 Socialist Labour Party (UK) Michael Perry 99 6.0 +2.8 405 24.7 -2.3 1,641 21.9 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) HaydockNewton Local Election Results 2002 Magill Pete 3 May 2002 Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside Counties Publications NewsBank Labour Party (UK) William Swift 1,387 63.2 -0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Sheldon 507 23.1 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Winstanley 299 13.6 -2.3 880 40.1 -3.6 2,193 24.3 +6.2 Labour Party (UK) Marshalls Cross Liberal Democrats (UK) John Beirne 1,047 69.6 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) Michael Glover 418 27.8 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Jill Jones 39 2.6 -0.7 629 41.8 +1.8 1,504 25.3 +2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Moss Bank Liberal Democrats (UK) Carole Kavanagh 1,495 56.4 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) Barbara Jakubiak 1,005 37.9 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Cunliffe 152 5.7 -0.4 490 18.5 +2.7 2,652 32.5 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Newton East Liberal Democrats (UK) Neil Taylor 1,325 59.4 -6.1 Labour Party (UK) Charles Banks 747 33.5 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Harvey 160 7.2 +0.5 578 25.9 -11.8 2,232 29.4 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Newton West Labour Party (UK) Keith Deakin 1,202 61.8 +11.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Crowther 512 26.3 -15.3 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Perks 232 11.9 +3.6 690 35.5 +27.0 1,946 23.5 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) Parr and Hardshaw Labour Party (UK) Mark Arnold 897 72.1 +1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Noreen Knowles 238 19.1 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Madeleine Wilcock 77 6.2 -4.0 Independent (politician) David Round 32 2.6 +2.6 659 53.0 +1.3 1,244 21.1 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) Queens Park Labour Party (UK) Richard McCauley 897 54.8 +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Ronan 596 36.4 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Charmain Pyke 143 8.7 -4.5 301 18.4 -4.4 1,636 23.4 +5.2 Labour Party (UK) Rainford Conservative Party (UK) Tony Brown 1,544 60.4 -8.5 Labour Party (UK) David Wood 797 31.2 +5.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Topping 215 8.4 +3.0 747 29.2 -13.9 2,556 36.9 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Rainhill Labour Party (UK) Lee Myers 1,517 59.1 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Mackie 629 24.5 -5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Knowles 419 16.3 +4.8 888 34.6 +5.8 2,565 26.7 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Sutton and Bold Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Spencer 1,202 58.8 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) Derek Maylor 744 36.4 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Holt 97 4.7 +0.2 458 22.4 +11.7 2,043 27.4 +1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thatto Heath Labour Party (UK) Patricia Robinson 1,061 68.8 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carol Pearl 318 20.6 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Woodcock 164 10.6 -3.4 743 48.2 -1.4 1,543 21.5 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) West Sutton Labour Party (UK) Frank Robinson 784 64.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Darren Makin 291 24.0 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Spriggs 140 11.5 493 40.6 1,215 19.3 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) Windle Conservative Party (UK) Nancy Ashcroft 1,186 49.3 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Almond 1,018 42.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gary Pulfer 204 8.5 168 7.0 2,408 34.9 +6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections between 2002 and 2003 Marshalls Cross by-election 19 September 2002https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/sep/20/byelections.uk Tories make shock gain from SNP 20 September 2002 The Guardian 22 February 2015 Liberal Democrats (UK) 813 72.3 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) 275 24.5 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) 36 3.2 +0.6 538 47.9 +6.1 1,124 18.9 -6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) References Saint Helens 2002 Category:2000s in 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