2002 Hartlepool Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election October 2019 December 2013 Elections to Hartlepool Borough Council in the ceremonial county of County Durham in England 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/66.stm Hartlepool 3 May 2009 BBC Online At the same time an election took place for a directly elected mayor, which was won by independent candidate Stuart Drummond. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1965569.stm Monkey mascot elected mayor 8 May 2009 3 May 2002 BBC Online Mayoral election Campaign Five candidates stood in the election for mayor, one each from the three main political parties and two independents. The Labour candidate for mayor was Leo Gillen, a local businessman who had led the campaign in favour of introducing a directly elected mayor. Council of despair for the elected mayor: Tony Blair's principal idea for reinvigorating local government is running out of steam in the face of establishment Financial Times 19 1 February 2002 The Liberal Democrats selected the leader of the council since 2000, Arthur Preece, as their candidate for mayor, while the Conservatives chose councillor Stephen Close. Councillor's bid to be mayor The Northern Echo 6 19 March 2002 The first independent candidate, Stuart Drummond, was better known as H'Angus the Monkey the official mascot for the local football team Hartlepool United F.C. Nick Loughlin Mayor candidate who really gives a monkey's The Northern Echo 1 4 April 2002 The other independent candidate was Ian Cameron, another local businessman. Arifa Akbar POLITICS LOCAL ELECTIONS: Mascot may make a monkey out of bookies at the polls; HARTLEPOOL The Independent 9 2 May 2002 Drummond campaigned on a pledge to give free bananas to all school pupils under 11 in Hartlepool. He received backing from the football club who paid his deposit John Innes Monkey business in local election The Scotsman 11 5 April 2002 and he promised that he would attempt to keep a local sports centre open, improve sporting facilities, tackle crime Chris Tighe Hartlepool's monkey means business as he climbs up poll: Mayoral bid by football mascot raises serious issues. The Financial Times 22 27 April 2002 and reduce the number of councillors. His candidacy began as something of a joke but became more serious as he attracted support during the campaign. Voters make a monkey of mainstream parties The Financial Times 7 3 May 2002 A supplementary voting system was used in the mayoral election with second preferences being used if no candidate received over half of the vote. Katie Relton World: Follow the rules for smooth election day The Northern Echo 6 19 April 2002 A local bookmaker initially made Drummond a 100–1 outsider in the mayoral election but soon had to suspend betting after receiving a lot of bets from local people. Nick Loughlin Punters make a monkey of bookie The Northern Echo 1 24 April 2002 Results Stuart Drummond won the mayoral election defeating the Labour candidate Leo Gillen on second preferences. Drummond said that his victory was due to disillusionment with local politicians and said that he was serious about doing a good job for Hartlepool as mayor. Oliver Wright Monkey business turns serious for Hartlepool The Times 13 4 May 2002 Local Member of Parliament Peter Mandelson praised Drummond on his victory and described him as being "very committed". Patrick Hennessy Club mascot makes a monkey out of Tony Blair's mayor dream Evening Standard 8 3 May 2002 However other political opponents described the results as having made Hartlepool "a laughing stock". Hartlepool Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2002/rp02-033.pdf Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002 House of Commons Library 9 May 2002 16 January 2013 Independent (politician) Stuart Drummond 7395 5696 29.1 1699 52.2% Labour Party (UK) Leo Gillen 7395 5438 27.8 1324 47.8% Independent (politician) Ian Cameron 7395 5174 26.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Arthur Preece 7395 1675 8.6 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Close 16234 1561 8.0 Independent (politician) Council election In the previous election in 2000 the Labour Party had lost control of the council which since then had been run by a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. No time to put a monkey on election result The Northern Echo 7 6 April 2002 Elections took place in 16 of the 17 wards with only Greatham ward not holding an election. Most attention was on the mayoral election but there was a large swing of 14.2% to Labour in the council election. However they were only able to gain one seat in Seaton ward from the Conservatives. Colin Tapping Labour suffers disappointment in triplicate at mayoral elections The Northern Echo 9 4 May 2002 After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 23 Liberal Democrat 12 Conservative 8 Independent 4 Results Hartlepool local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 9 +1 56.3 49.4 9,550 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 -1 18.8 24.7 4,768 Conservative Party (UK) 2 -1 12.5 18.3 3,529 Independent (politician) 2 +1 12.5 4.8 934 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0.0 2.8 540 Ward results Brinkburn http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/locals02.html Local Council Elections: 2 May 2002 3 May 2009 Andrew Teale https://web.archive.org/web/20090723093152/http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/locals02.html 23 July 2009 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Lauderdale 698 61.5 Labour Party (UK) Alison Lilley 437 38.5 262 23.0 1,135 Brus Labour Party (UK) Denis Waller 559 62.9 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher McKenna 205 23.1 Independent (politician) Mary Power 125 14.1 354 39.8 889 Dyke House Labour Party (UK) Sandra Fenwick 640 68.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynn Thompson 290 31.2 350 37.6 930 Elwick Independent (politician) Stan Kaiser 288 48.1 Conservative Party (UK) Hilary Thompson 214 35.7 Labour Party (UK) Ron Watts 97 16.2 74 12.4 599 Fens Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Rayner 865 62.1 Labour Party (UK) George English 527 37.9 338 24.2 1,392 Grange Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Ferriday 911 58.0 Labour Party (UK) Alan Walker 661 42.0 250 16.0 1,572 Hart Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Burey 762 57.9 Labour Party (UK) Alice Savage 555 42.1 207 15.8 1,317 Jackson Labour Party (UK) Carl Richardson 683 70.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheila Bruce 282 29.2 401 41.6 965 Owton Labour Party (UK) Anthony Groom 504 70.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Fox 215 29.9 289 40.2 719 Park Conservative Party (UK) George Morris 970 52.4 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Belcher 882 47.6 88 4.8 1,852 Rift House Labour Party (UK) Iain Wright 725 50.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Foreman 716 49.7 9 0.6 1,441 Rossmere Labour Party (UK) Michael Johnson 777 67.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Howard Smith 286 24.7 United Kingdom Independence Party David Pascoe 97 8.4 491 42.3 1,160 St Hilda Independent (politician) Stephen Allison 521 38.1 Labour Party (UK) Patrick Price 484 35.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Kelly 364 26.6 37 2.7 1,369 Seaton Labour Party (UK) Michael Turner 778 52.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Young 704 47.5 74 5.0 1,482 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Stranton Labour Party (UK) Mary Fleet 415 58.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Whitham 290 41.1 225 17.8 705 Throston Labour Party (UK) Stephen Wallace 826 46.0 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Addison 525 29.3 United Kingdom Independence Party Eric Wilson 443 24.7 301 16.7 1,794 References Hartlepool 2002 Category:Mayoral elections in England Category:2000s in County Durham Category:May 2002 in the United Kingdom