Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Trafford Council election

2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 52.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Labour	32	-1
Conservative	28	+1
Liberal Democrat	3	0
Labour hold

Summary

Trafford Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	1	-1	52.4	41.2	34,670	+4.2%
	Conservative	9	1	0	+1	42.9	45.1	37,938	-6.4%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	4.8	12.0	10,071	+0.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	653	+0.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	636	+0.4%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	189	+0.2%

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Fildes*	2,503	54.5	-4.6
	Labour	Peter Baugh	1,472	32.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Gaskell	621	13.5	+6.7
Majority			1,031	22.5	-9.5
Turnout			4,596	52.8	+20.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Harney*	3,345	63.9	-9.1
	Labour	Helen Walsh	771	14.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Legge	762	14.6	+0.0
	Green	Bridget Green	359	6.9	+6.9
Majority			2,574	49.2	-9.2
Turnout			5,237	56.7	+24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Baugh*	2,454	49.9	+6.0
	Conservative	Alexander Williams	2,060	41.9	-6.7
	Independent	Guy Morgan	404	8.2	+8.2
Majority			394	8.0
Turnout			4,918	57.3	+19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgins*	2,378	56.6	-9.7
	Labour	Philip Morgan	1,086	25.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Clarke	737	17.5	+4.4
Majority			1,292	30.7	-15.0
Turnout			4,201	54.3	+16.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Kanes*	1,759	75.3	+2.6
	Conservative	James Davies	576	24.7	-2.6
Majority			1,183	50.6	+5.2
Turnout			2,335	41.0	+22.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mitchell*	2,256	75.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Alexander Kelly	428	14.4	-3.2
	Green	Anne Power	294	9.9	+9.9
Majority			1,828	61.4	+3.1
Turnout			2,978	40.0	+17.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edith Eadie*	2,126	57.4	-9.7
	Labour	Nigel Roberts	1,581	42.7	+9.7
Majority			545	14.7	-19.4
Turnout			3,707	52.2	+19.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Reilly	2,189	51.7	-11.3
	Labour	Freda Mottley*	2,049	48.4	+11.4
Majority			140	3.3	-22.7
Turnout			4,238	56.6	+16.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield	2,070	51.5	-9.0
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,946	48.5	+8.9
Majority			124	3.0	-17.9
Turnout			4,016	53.8	+15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Mullins	3,333	69.1	-6.0
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	828	17.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	664	13.8	+1.3
Majority			2,505	51.9	-10.7
Turnout			4,825	58.0	+24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	2,174	62.3	+7.8
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,318	37.7	-7.8
Majority			856	24.6	+15.6
Turnout			3,492	48.5	+13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	2,914	55.8	-9.0
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,621	31.0	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	687	13.2	+0.7
Majority			1,293	24.8	-17.2
Turnout			5,222	54.6	+22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McDermott	1,750	62.8	+7.4
	Conservative	Pervez Nakvi	1,038	37.2	-7.4
Majority			712	25.6	+14.8
Turnout			2,788	46.8	+22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Brotherton*	1,909	48.5	-0.5
	Conservative	Joseph Garner	1,183	30.0	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Riley	846	21.5	+4.4
Majority			726	18.5	+3.4
Turnout			3,938	51.3	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Gratrix*	1,906	47.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Christopher Lynch	1,311	32.7	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Hurst	564	14.1	+2.3
	Independent	Majorie Hepburn	232	5.8	+5.8
Majority			595	14.8	+14.0
Turnout			4,013	53.2	+19.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Murkin*	2,737	66.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Dilraz Butt	1,386	33.6	-11.4
Majority			1,351	32.8	+32.3
Turnout			4,123	49.8	+19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Adshead*	2,224	58.3	+1.4
	Conservative	John Lamb	1,403	36.8	-6.3
	Socialist Labour	Prudence Hibberd	189	5.0	+5.0
Majority			821	21.5	+7.7
Turnout			3,816	50.8	+18.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Beaumont*	1,824	77.2	+10.6
	Conservative	George Manley	538	22.8	-2.8
Majority			1,286	54.4	+13.4
Turnout			2,362	37.9	+16.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Bowker*	2,426	53.4	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Smith	2,120	46.6	+18.6
Majority			306	6.8	-18.7
Turnout			4,546	52.4	+18.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	2,323	56.8	+2.9
	Conservative	Christine Turner	1,765	43.2	-3.0
Majority			558	13.6	+5.9
Turnout			4,088	54.0	+12.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Fishwick	3,070	65.1	+9.8
	Conservative	Patricia Morris	1,648	34.9	+0.5
Majority			1,422	30.2	+9.3
Turnout			4,718	50.6	+12.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Council elections in Greater Manchester

Bolton	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Greater Manchester	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

(2001 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2002 (→ 2003)

London boroughs	London Borough councils Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Brentwood Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest