St Helens Council election, 2002

Elections to St Helens Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

St Helens Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 11 -1 61.1 47.6 17,126
  Liberal Democrat 5 0 27.8 34.4 12,365
  Conservative 2 +1 11.1 17.6 6,338
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0.3 99
  Independent 0 0 0 0.1 32

Ward results

Billinge and Seneley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bessie Griffin 1,530 59.8
Conservative Elizabeth Black 589 23.0
Liberal Democrat Christine Langley 439 17.2
Majority 941 36.8
Turnout 2,558
Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Maloney 928 63.4
Liberal Democrat Matthew Dunn 393 26.9
Conservative Judith Collins 142 9.7
Majority 535 36.5
Turnout 1,463
Broad Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Pinder 928 55.7
Liberal Democrat Alec Mills 654 39.2
Conservative Joan Foster 85 5.1
Majority 274 16.5
Turnout 1,667
Eccleston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Teresa Sims 2,064 71.3
Labour Stephen Glover 415 14.3
Conservative William Highcock 415 14.3
Majority 1,649 57.0
Turnout 2,894
Grange Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Hanley 851 51.9
Liberal Democrat David Evans 446 27.2
Conservative John Willis 245 14.9
Socialist Labour Michael Perry 99 6.0
Majority 405 24.7
Turnout 1,641
Haydock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Swift 1,387 63.2
Liberal Democrat Eric Sheldon 507 23.1
Conservative Keith Winstanley 299 13.6
Majority 880 40.1
Turnout 2,193
Marshalls Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Beirne 1,047 69.6
Labour Michael Glover 418 27.8
Conservative Jill Jones 39 2.6
Majority 629 41.8
Turnout 1,504
Moss Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Carole Kavanagh 1,495 56.4
Labour Barbara Jakubiak 1,005 37.9
Conservative John Cunliffe 152 5.7
Majority 490 18.5
Turnout 2,652
Newton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Neil Taylor 1,325 59.4
Labour Charles Banks 747 33.5
Conservative Margaret Harvey 160 7.2
Majority 578 25.9
Turnout 2,232
Newton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Deakin 1,202 61.8
Liberal Democrat David Crowther 512 26.3
Conservative Catherine Perks 232 11.9
Majority 690 35.5
Turnout 1,946
Parr and Hardshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Arnold 897 72.1
Liberal Democrat Noreen Knowles 238 19.1
Conservative Madeleine Wilcock 77 6.2
Independent David Round 32 2.6
Majority 659 53.0
Turnout 1,244
Queens Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard McCauley 897 54.8
Liberal Democrat Lesley Ronan 596 36.4
Conservative Charmain Pyke 143 8.7
Majority 301 18.4
Turnout 1,636
Rainford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Brown 1,544 60.4
Labour David Wood 797 31.2
Liberal Democrat Stephen Topping 215 8.4
Majority 747 29.2
Turnout 2,556
Rainhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Myers 1,517 59.1
Conservative Jonathan Mackie 629 24.5
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Knowles 419 16.3
Majority 888 34.6
Turnout 2,565
Sutton and Bold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Brian Spencer 1,202 58.8
Labour Derek Maylor 744 36.4
Conservative Stephen Holt 97 4.7
Majority 458 22.4
Turnout 2,043
Thatto Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Robinson 1,061 68.8
Liberal Democrat Carol Pearl 318 20.6
Conservative Barbara Woodcock 164 10.6
Majority 743 48.2
Turnout 1,543
West Sutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Robinson 784 64.5
Liberal Democrat Darren Makin 291 24.0
Conservative Henry Spriggs 140 11.5
Majority 493 40.5
Turnout 1,215
Windle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nancy Ashcroft 1,186 49.3
Labour Geoffrey Almond 1,018 42.3
Liberal Democrat Gary Pulfer 204 8.5
Majority 168 7.0
Turnout 2,408

References

  1. ^ "St Helens". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/135.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-18. 
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