2002 West Lancashire District Council election

2002 UK local government election October 2019 December 2013 thumb|Results of the 2002 West Lancashire District Council election West Lancashire Borough Council elections The 2002 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/161.stm West Lancashire 18 December 2009 BBC News Online The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from Labour. Election results; Local Election The Times 16 4 May 2002 After the election the composition of the council was: PartySeats  ±  Conservative 30 +8Labour 24 -7Independent 0 -2 Campaign Before the election Labour had 25 seats on the council, compared to 23 for the Conservatives. Jane Woodhead Election candidates prepare to do battle Liverpool Echo 17 10 April 2002 All the seats were being contested for the first time since 1974 after boundary changes had taken place. Local Elections: Tories at the reins; W Lancs . . . Tory gain Liverpool Echo 9 3 May 2002 Among the candidates there was a record number of independents at 12, with 6 of them having defected from Labour. Issues in the election including transport, housing and leisure facilities. Jennifer Wildman So incensed I'm going to vote!; In the third part of our local election series, Jennifer Wildman examines the main issues affecting Sefton and West Lancashire Liverpool Echo 18 24 April 2002 The Labour Party said they were the only party that had the experience to run the council and pledged to remove charges for pensioners for pest control. However the Conservatives pledged to improve services, increase recycling, keep parking charges low, form partnerships with private firms to improve facilities, while making efficiency savings. Election result The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council after winning 30 seats compared to 24 for Labour. The Conservatives won the seats in Ormskirk, while Labour held the seats in Skelmersdale. However the former Labour chairman of the council, Andrew Johnson, was defeated in the election in Aughton and Downholland ward after his former seat of Downholland was merged with the more Conservative Aughton in the boundary changes. All of the independent candidates were defeated in the election, which saw an overall turnout of 32.5%. West Lancashire local election result 2002 http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2002/w.txt West Lancashire 14 April 2010 Local Elections Archive Project Conservative Party (UK) 30 +8 55.6 47.5 26,397 Labour Party (UK) 24 -8 44.4 40.0 22,256 Independent (politician) 0 -2 0 11.5 6,378 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.8 454 Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0.2 93 Ward results Ashurst Ashurst (3) Labour Party (UK) Ian Duffy 728 Labour Party (UK) Donna Duffy 726 Labour Party (UK) Ann Rice 656 Independent (politician) Marie McElhinney 382 Independent (politician) Patrick McElhinney 349 Conservative Party (UK) James Coomber 219 Socialist Alliance (England) Lyndsey Shipstone 93 3,153 Aughton and Downholland Aughton and Downholland (3) Conservative Party (UK) David O'Toole 1,085 Conservative Party (UK) Una Atherley 1,069 Conservative Party (UK) David Westley 985 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Johnson 780 3,919 Aughton Park Aughton Park (2) Conservative Party (UK) Ian Grant 879 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Roberts 790 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Rankin 322 1,991 Bickerstaffe Bickerstaffe (1) Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Taylor 440 62.2 Labour Party (UK) Paul Cotterill 267 37.8 173 24.4 707 Birch Green Birch Green (2) Labour Party (UK) Mary Pendleton 410 Labour Party (UK) Jane Roberts 320 Independent (politician) John Hiley 165 Conservative Party (UK) Florence Kean 56 951 Burscough East Burscough East (2) Labour Party (UK) Walter Carter 582 Conservative Party (UK) Florence Westley 582 Labour Party (UK) Anne Carter 580 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Murrin-Bailey 546 2,290 Burscough West Burscough West (2) Labour Party (UK) John Draper 732 Labour Party (UK) Cynthia Dereli 713 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Shepherd 633 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Rhys Jones 607 2,685 Derby Derby (3) Conservative Party (UK) Paul Greenall 811 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Owens 750 Conservative Party (UK) David Swiffen 734 Labour Party (UK) Noel Delaney 610 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Rafferty 571 Green Party of England and Wales Anne Doyle 321 3,797 Digmoor Digmoor (2) Labour Party (UK) Terence Aldridge 609 Labour Party (UK) Anne Maguire 461 Independent (politician) Ian Givens 139 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Barron 85 1,294 Halsall Halsall (1) Conservative Party (UK) Doreen Stephenson 431 73.8 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Rimmer 153 26.2 278 47.6 584 Hesketh-with-Becconsall Hesketh-with-Becconsall (2) Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Ashcroft 607 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Forshaw 592 Independent (politician) Gail Hodson 295 Independent (politician) Lesley Standish-Gore 285 Labour Party (UK) Susan Jones 113 1,892 Knowsley Knowsley (3) Conservative Party (UK) Valerie Hopley 1,059 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Lea 1,010 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Bailey 913 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Pinnington 635 Labour Party (UK) Richard Nolan 541 4,158 Moorside Moorside (2) Labour Party (UK) Patricia Carson 423 Labour Party (UK) Susan Riley 415 Independent (politician) Ronald Ford 144 Independent (politician) Karl Taraldsen 128 1,110 Newburgh Newburgh (1) Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Vincent 533 72.2 Labour Party (UK) Jacqueline Citarella 205 27.8 328 44.4 738 North Meols North Meols (2) Conservative Party (UK) John Baldock 549 Conservative Party (UK) Jill Baldock 548 Independent (politician) Joan Draper 383 Labour Party (UK) Shan France 304 1,784 Parbold Parbold (2) Conservative Party (UK) William Waterworth 935 Conservative Party (UK) May Blake 920 Labour Party (UK) David McKay 305 2,160 Rufford Rufford (1) Conservative Party (UK) Joan Colling 374 75.3 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Cheetham 123 24.7 251 50.6 497 Scarisbrick Scarisbrick (2) Conservative Party (UK) William Cropper 755 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Edwards 695 Labour Party (UK) Paul Gray 281 1,731 Scott Scott (3) Labour Party (UK) Charles Gains 722 Labour Party (UK) Francis Williams 710 Conservative Party (UK) Cyril Ainscough 656 Labour Party (UK) John Hodson 636 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Yeates 587 Independent (politician) John Fillis 463 Independent (politician) David Braid 187 3,961 Skelmersdale North Skelmersdale North (2) Labour Party (UK) Alan Bullen 514 Labour Party (UK) Jane McDermott 498 Independent (politician) Joan Morrison 368 Independent (politician) Alan Spears 301 1,681 Skelmersdale South Skelmersdale South (3) Labour Party (UK) Richard Cavanagh 754 Labour Party (UK) Sydney Jones 728 Labour Party (UK) Doreen Saxon 703 Independent (politician) Joan Britton 520 Independent (politician) Sharon Wright 329 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Cropper 140 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Lowe 133 3,307 Tanhouse Tanhouse (2) Labour Party (UK) Robert Pendleton 374 Labour Party (UK) William Roberts 321 Independent (politician) David Gibson 163 Conservative Party (UK) Irene O'Donnell 129 987 Tarleton Tarleton (3) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Hodge 986 Conservative Party (UK) John Mee 939 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Evans 833 Independent (politician) John Hodson 625 Independent (politician) Roy Hiscock 583 Independent (politician) Nadine Ashcroft 569 Labour Party (UK) Denise Francis 131 4,666 Up Holland Up Holland (3) Labour Party (UK) Barbara Burke 940 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Skilling 837 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Rice 796 Conservative Party (UK) Ruth Pollock 615 3,188 Wrightington Wrightington (2) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Gartside 661 Conservative Party (UK) Carolyn Evans 659 Labour Party (UK) Derek Thompson 542 Labour Party (UK) David Phythian 485 2,347 References 2002 Category:2002 English local elections Category:2000s in Lancashire