Colchester Borough Council election, 2002
The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1][2]
Election result
Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively.[3] This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 8 seats to only have 6 councillors.[3]
In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame.[4] Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected.[3] Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council.[5]
Colchester Borough Council Election, 2002[1][2] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Liberal Democrat |
26 |
|
|
+2 |
43.3 |
36.4 |
29,899 |
+3.3% |
|
Conservative |
24 |
|
|
+3 |
40.0 |
39.5 |
32,459 |
+0.7% |
|
Labour |
6 |
|
|
-8 |
10.0 |
19.1 |
15,669 |
-5.0% |
|
Independent |
4 |
|
|
+3 |
6.7 |
3.7 |
3,078 |
-0.2% |
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
970 |
+1.2% |
|
Socialist Alliance |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
106 |
+0.1% |
Council composition
The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats are up for election can be found in the following table:[1]
Party |
Previous council |
Staying councillors |
Seats up for election |
Election result |
New council |
|
Liberal Democrats |
24 |
0 |
24 |
26 |
26 |
|
Conservatives |
21 |
0 |
21 |
24 |
24 |
|
Labour |
14 |
0 |
14 |
6 |
6 |
|
Independents |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
Greens |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
60 |
0 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
Ward results
Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.[6][7]
Because of boundary changes, all results are shown as holds, even though the balance of the council changed. Majorities and percentage share are only shown for wards with a single seat.
Berechurch Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Terence Richard Sutton |
913 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Craig Stuart Sutton |
900 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan Elizabeth Brooks |
875 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Francis Harris |
661 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Paul Anthony Bishop |
613 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Christopher Allan Pearson |
592 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Ann Lee |
249 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter David Burgoyne |
239 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Patricia Elizabeth Conville |
234 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1830 |
31% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Castle Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christopher Basil Hall |
1,068 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
William Henry Foster Spyvee |
1,044 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kenneth Jones |
984 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Lynne Frances Dingemans |
369 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alison Baxter |
357 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Andrew Phillip Baxter |
357 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Lisa Laybourne |
268 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Hugh Leslie Thomas |
254 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Julia Thomas |
253 |
|
|
|
Green |
Peter James Lynn |
190 |
|
|
|
Green |
Andrew Michael Senter |
128 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1820 |
32% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Christ Church Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nicholas Anthony Silverwood Cope |
559 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Roger Buston |
545 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Clifford Hunt |
530 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Hauton |
488 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Maureen Lee |
231 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1278 |
40% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Copford & West Stanway Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Jewell Blundell |
384 |
75.15% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sally Ann Scott |
125 |
24.46% |
|
Majority |
259 |
50.68% |
|
Turnout |
511 |
35% |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Dedham & Langham Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Christopher Garnett |
757 |
73.71% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Carolyn Mary West |
197 |
19.18% |
|
|
Labour |
Geraldine Anne Harris |
73 |
7.11% |
|
Majority |
560 |
54.53% |
|
Turnout |
1029 |
45% |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
East Donyland Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Andrew Mark Raison |
286 |
43.20% |
|
|
Conservative |
Patricia Ann Sanderson |
246 |
37.16% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barry Ronald Woodward |
130 |
19.64% |
|
Majority |
40 |
6.04% |
|
Turnout |
662 |
36% |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Great Tey Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Peter John Chillingworth |
566 |
65.74% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Andrew John Phillips |
295 |
34.26% |
|
Majority |
271 |
31.48% |
|
Turnout |
862 |
40% |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Harbour Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Mary Blandon |
674 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Justin Knight |
548 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David John Canning |
424 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jane Maureen Green |
392 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Ian Coyne |
184 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sandra Ann Rae |
165 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1286 |
29% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Highwoods Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gerard Paul Oxford |
665 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Beverley Anne Oxford |
649 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Vernon Ringer |
560 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sarah Elizabeth McClean |
294 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Godrey Blundell |
293 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard David Peter Stevenson |
278 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Edmund John Chinnery |
228 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Ashley Smith |
208 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1135 |
20% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Marks Tey Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Richard Hammond Gower |
405 |
64.70% |
|
|
Labour |
Edna Mary Salmon |
125 |
19.97% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mark Andrew Hunter Gray |
96 |
15.34% |
|
Majority |
280 |
44.73% |
|
Turnout |
627 |
31% |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
New Town Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Theresa Margaret Anne Higgins |
970 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dr Peter Michael Higgins |
948 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Donaldson Fisher |
932 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Jean Quinn |
465 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Colin Francis Beattie |
267 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Glenn Bath |
260 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Angus James Carstairs Allan |
236 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1599 |
26% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Prettygate Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Robert Sheppard |
1,015 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Gray |
1,013 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ronald Alfred Levy |
996 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter John Crafford |
975 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sandra Clark Gray |
974 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael David Pearson |
940 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Andrew Reginald Frost |
326 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2239 |
37% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
Pyefleet Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Robert Alec Davidson |
581 |
66.94% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Wilma Margaret Sutton |
287 |
33.06% |
|
Majority |
294 |
33.87% |
|
Turnout |
875 |
43% |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
St Anne's Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael John Hogg |
895 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gaik Choon Chuah |
824 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barrie Richard Cook |
785 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Peter Raymond Brine |
425 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Alan Jonas |
394 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Paul Henry Fryer-Kelsey |
385 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brigitte Lesley Beard |
299 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Paul Jonathan Lamberth |
272 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Allan James Doran |
257 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1594 |
25% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
St John's Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Raymond John Gamble |
1,030 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul Edward Smith |
919 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Derek John Smith |
366 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Kathleen Gorman |
308 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anna Geraldine Trudgian |
123 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1482 |
36% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Stanway Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Colin Leslie Sykes |
1,137 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gwendoline Irma Rosanna Ilott |
1,099 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Leslie Anne Scott-Boutell |
1,043 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jane Eleanor Collier |
730 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Forbes Pyman |
717 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Louis Segal |
670 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ian John Yates |
261 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
2029 |
34% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
Tiptree Ward |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
John Anthony Rushton Webb |
757 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Frederick Elliott |
620 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Anne Burgess |
617 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alan Charles Leslie Mogridge |
569 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Audrey Mary Spencer |
432 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Agnes Lillian Cannon |
398 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Margaret Fairley Crowe |
398 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Paul Reeves |
354 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Helen Joyce Bunney |
330 |
|
|
|
Green |
Stella Mae Barnes |
183 |
|
|
Majority |
|
|
|
Turnout |
1689 |
29% |
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
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