2002 Pendle Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election April 2025 December 2013 Pendle Borough Council elections thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2002 Pendle Borough Council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Conservatives in blue. The 2002 Pendle Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Pendle Borough 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 2.http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/102.stm Pendle BBC News 4 February 2011 The council stayed under no overall control.Full results 4 May 2002 Financial Times 7 Background After the 2000 election Labour was the largest party with 23 of the 51 seats, compared to 19 for the Liberal Democrats and 9 Conservatives.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2002/05/02/Lancashire+Archive/5971039.Pendle___Labour_controlled__all_seats_available_/ Pendle (Labour controlled, all seats available) 2 May 2002 Lancashire Telegraph 5 February 2011 In the early part of 2002 however the gap between Labour and the Liberal Democrats narrowed after Labour councillor Kathleen Shore defected to the Liberal Democrats. The whole council was being elected in 2002 for the first time since 1976 after boundary changes.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2002/04/10/Lancashire+Archive/5975530.How_they_will_line_up_on_May_2/ How they will line up on May 2 10 April 2002 Lancashire Telegraph 5 February 2011 These changes meant 49 seats were contested from 20 wards, with new wards of Blacko and Higherford, Higham and Pendleside and Old Laund Booth being created. Campaign In total 144 candidates stood in the election with the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties standing in most wards, along with 2 candidates from the Socialist Alliance and some independents. Several councillors stood down at the election, including Conservative group leader Roy Clarkson, Liberal Democrat former mayors Ian Gilhespy and Gill Gilhespy and Labour's Tim Ormrod, while Liberal Democrat Lord Tony Greaves stood for the party in Walverden ward. Issues in the election included the handling of proposals for closing residential homes, the proposed demolition of houses in Nelson, the condition of private housing in the area, the selection of the area as part of the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme and policing. The election saw a trial of optional postal voting in an attempt to increase turnout, but there were allegations that the process was being abused.Countdown to May 2: Fraud alert in postal vote experiment: Efforts to counter apathy involve a risk, parties maintain Hencke David Ward, Lucy 22 April 2002 The Guardian 10 The Liberal Democrats claimed that about 900 postal votes in four marginal wards were being sent to common addresses, instead of the voters own address.Postal voting pushes up turnout in local trials 1 May 2002 Financial Times 4 Having the postal vote sent to another address was not illegal, but the Liberal Democrats feared fraud and that people had signed postal ballots without understanding what they were doing. The police made an investigation after one agent for the Liberal Democrats requested it, with the allegations also being looked into by the Electoral Commission.Politics: Police investigate postal vote complaints Waugh Paul 25 May 2002 The Independent 8 Election result The results saw the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties both finish on 19 seats, while the Conservatives won 11.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2002/05/03/Lancashire+Archive/5970699.Parties_tie_for_council_leadership/ Parties tie for council leadership 3 May 2002 Lancashire Telegraph 5 February 2011 With the number of seats having been reduced by 2, Labour lost 3 seats, the Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat and the Conservatives gained 2 seats. The closest result came in Walverden ward, where it took 8 recounts before the final result was declared, with Labour winning the second seat in the ward by 2 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Following the election Labour group leader Azhar Ali remained leader of the council, after winning a 19 to 18 vote over Liberal Democrat group leader Alan Davies at the full council meeting.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/archive/2002/05/18/Lancashire+Archive/5967788.Leader_holds_on_to_post_by_single_vote/ Leader holds on to post by single vote 18 May 2002 Lancashire Telegraph 5 February 2011 Pendle local election result 2002http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/2002_Results_Borough.html Election results Pendle Borough Council 4 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210203/http://www.pendle.gov.uk/election_results/2002_Results_Borough.html 6 June 2014Election results; Local Election 4 May 2002 The Times 16 Liberal Democrats (UK) 19 -1 38.8 38.6 27,067 +6.1% Labour Party (UK) 19 -3 38.8 32.5 22,761 -3.9% Conservative Party (UK) 11 +2 22.4 27.7 19,411 -2.5% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.8 536 -0.1% Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0.5 316 +0.5% Ward results Barrowford (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Allan Vickerman 840 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Beckett 761 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Crossley 742 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Simpson 667 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kay Coates 658 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Eyre 615 Labour Party (UK) Susan Nike 359 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Hargreaves 275 Labour Party (UK) Robert Oliver 262 5,179 47.7 Blacko and Higherford Conservative Party (UK) Shelagh Derwent 569 81.8 Labour Party (UK) Helen Ingham 67 9.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christel Abbiss 60 8.6 502 72.1 696 52.0 Boulsworth (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Josephine Belbin 901 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Davies 831 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Robertson 828 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Calvert 392 Conservative Party (UK) James Farnell 305 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Ryder 299 Labour Party (UK) Deborah Gray 241 Labour Party (UK) Robert Parsons 241 Labour Party (UK) Martin Wilson 205 4,243 41.2 Bradley (3) Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Iqbal 1,052 Labour Party (UK) Frederick Hartley 1,047 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Nasim 995 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Munir 885 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sonia Robinson 861 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Stopforth 800 Conservative Party (UK) Eric King 155 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Chadwick 153 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Myers 132 6,080 52.1 Brierfield (3) Labour Party (UK) Frank Clifford 845 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Allen 840 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Jabbar 838 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Jackson 818 Conservative Party (UK) Hussnain Ashraf 804 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Wren 796 Liberal Democrats (UK) William Lawrence 227 Liberal Democrats (UK) Khalid Mehmood 147 Liberal Democrats (UK) Iain Carlos 145 5,460 56.2 Clover Hill (3) Labour Party (UK) Colin Waite 675 Labour Party (UK) Neil Akrigg 640 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Shore 596 Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Ansar 577 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Foster 545 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nadeem Malik 444 Conservative Party (UK) Audrey Emmott 330 Conservative Party (UK) Marian Taylor 300 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Jackson 286 4,393 43.4 Coates (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Bell 1,082 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marjorie Adams 1,020 Liberal Democrats (UK) Allan Buck 989 Labour Party (UK) Paul Hanson 383 Conservative Party (UK) David Poole 185 Conservative Party (UK) Joyce Myers 179 3,838 39.8 Craven (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) David Whipp 1,056 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Norcross 973 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marlene Hill-Crane 879 Labour Party (UK) Frank Neal 622 Conservative Party (UK) Keith Harrison 254 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Davison 239 Conservative Party (UK) Beverley Harrison 235 4,258 43.2 Earby (3) Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Tennant 939 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemary Carroll 861 Conservative Party (UK) Morris Horsfield 861 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doris Haigh 795 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Haigh 748 Liberal Democrats (UK) Claire Day 689 Labour Party (UK) William Skinner 278 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Wilkinson 236 5,407 45.4 Foulridge Conservative Party (UK) Carol Belshaw 352 54.7 Labour Party (UK) Jillian Smith 188 29.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michelle Birtwell 104 16.1 164 25.5 644 47.5 Higham and Pendleside Conservative Party (UK) John Nutter 567 76.7 Labour Party (UK) Sheila Wicks 172 23.3 395 53.5 739 53.7 Horsfield (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Sharon Davies 618 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dorothy Lord 593 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Kerrigan 566 Labour Party (UK) Paul Broughton 423 Labour Party (UK) David Johns 406 Labour Party (UK) Keith Hutson 356 Independent (politician) Peter Nowland 301 Conservative Party (UK) Janet Riley 207 Conservative Party (UK) Alexandra Thompson 192 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Myers 162 3,824 36.3 Marsden (2) Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Ormrod 473 Labour Party (UK) Gary Rowland 455 Independent (politician) Leonard Atkinson 235 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Landriau 232 Conservative Party (UK) Victoria Landriau 201 Liberal Democrats (UK) David French 100 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doris Stanworth 80 1,776 38.2 Old Laund Booth Liberal Democrats (UK) John David 639 84.6 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Bevan 116 15.4 523 69.3 755 62.7 Reedley (3) Conservative Party (UK) Pauline McCormick 1,255 Conservative Party (UK) Willie Clegg 1,155 Conservative Party (UK) Tonia Barton 1,071 Labour Party (UK) Robert Allen 681 Labour Party (UK) Mohammed Hanif 599 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Martin 559 Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Greaves 258 Liberal Democrats (UK) Frances Myers 215 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Whipp 198 5,991 56.2 Southfield (3) Labour Party (UK) Sheena Dunn 787 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Latif 681 Labour Party (UK) Azhar Ali 673 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wildman 350 Conservative Party (UK) Jack Marshall 344 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Thornton 310 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rukhsar Ahmed 193 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Ashraf 159 Conservative Party (UK) Javed Nasim 158 3,655 37.5 Vivary Bridge (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) David Clegg 617 Labour Party (UK) David Whalley 608 Labour Party (UK) Frank Allanson 510 Labour Party (UK) David Foat 502 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Jackson 479 Conservative Party (UK) Smith Benson 290 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Porter 281 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Riley 249 Socialist Alliance (England) Kevin Bean 149 3,685 35.6 Walverden (2) Labour Party (UK) George Adam 566 Labour Party (UK) Judith Robinson 546 Liberal Democrats (UK) Qadeer Ahmed 544 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Greaves 478 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara King 186 Conservative Party (UK) Ann Tattersall 165 2,485 52.0 Waterside (3) Liberal Democrats (UK) Edwina Sargeant 626 Labour Party (UK) Anne Doult 499 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Robinson 492 Labour Party (UK) Ian Tweedie 442 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adrian Statham 437 Labour Party (UK) Ann Moulton 431 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Jackson 168 Socialist Alliance (England) Richard MacSween 167 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Wood 165 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Mitchell 151 3,578 36.7 Whitefield (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Mahboob Ahmed 900 Labour Party (UK) Asjad Mahmood 846 Liberal Democrats (UK) Abdul Malik 795 Labour Party (UK) Mohammad Arshad 680 Conservative Party (UK) Michelle Ainsworth 105 Conservative Party (UK) Ijaz Ahmed 79 3,405 70.1 References Category:2002 English local elections 2002 Category:2000s in Lancashire