Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
The 2002 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Background
Before the election the council was run by a coalition between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, after Labour had run the council from 1995 to 2000.[2] The candidates at the election were 20 each from the Labour and Conservative parties, 10 Liberal Democrats, 7 independents, 4 UK Independence Party and 3 Green Party.[2]
A significant issue at the election was a report from the Audit Commission in January 2002, which had made many criticisms of the council, with the council having almost been taken over by the national government 2 months before the election.[2]
Election result
Walsall Local Election Result 2002[3][4] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
12 |
|
|
+1 |
60.0 |
39.9 |
21,734 |
|
|
Conservative |
6 |
|
|
-1 |
30.0 |
41.2 |
22,439 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
|
|
0 |
10.0 |
9.4 |
5,137 |
|
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
5.1 |
2,758 |
|
|
Socialist Alliance |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
1,086 |
|
|
UKIP |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
841 |
|
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
460 |
|
Ward results
Aldridge Central and South[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John O'Hare |
2,020 |
58.0 |
|
|
Labour |
Carol Rose |
649 |
18.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Josephine Levine |
474 |
13.6 |
|
|
Independent |
David Boulton |
340 |
9.8 |
|
Majority |
1,371 |
39.4 |
|
Turnout |
3,483 |
35.6 |
|
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Keith Sears |
1,789 |
63.7 |
|
|
Labour |
Violet Upton |
1,020 |
36.3 |
|
Majority |
769 |
27.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,809 |
27.8 |
|
Bentley and Darlaston North[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ayshea Johnson |
1,431 |
63.5 |
|
|
Conservative |
Doris Silvester |
821 |
36.5 |
|
Majority |
610 |
27.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,252 |
23.3 |
|
Blakenall[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Robert Robinson |
903 |
59.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Venables |
303 |
19.9 |
|
|
Socialist Alliance |
Peter Smith |
135 |
8.9 |
|
|
Independent |
Michael Taylor |
106 |
7.0 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Wendy Evans |
77 |
5.1 |
|
Majority |
600 |
39.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,524 |
19.8 |
|
Bloxwich East[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Kathleen Phillips |
1,169 |
48.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Harris |
840 |
34.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Annette Taylor |
307 |
12.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Amina Walters |
103 |
4.3 |
|
Majority |
329 |
13.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,419 |
29.3 |
|
Bloxwich West[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
George Worley |
1,167 |
46.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Desmond Pitt |
975 |
38.8 |
|
|
Independent |
Kerrie Pitt |
191 |
7.6 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Hughes |
183 |
7.3 |
|
Majority |
192 |
7.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,516 |
27.7 |
|
Brownhills[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Bird |
1,253 |
53.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Culbert |
1,097 |
46.7 |
|
Majority |
156 |
6.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,350 |
24.9 |
|
Darlaston South[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Graham Wilkes |
1,302 |
70.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
Rose Martin |
553 |
29.8 |
|
Majority |
749 |
40.4 |
|
Turnout |
1,855 |
21.6 |
|
Hatherton and Rushall[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Arthur Clarke |
1,545 |
51.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Ann Wilson |
1,062 |
35.5 |
|
|
Green |
Richard Clarke |
239 |
8.0 |
|
|
UKIP |
Jenny Mayo |
147 |
4.9 |
|
Majority |
483 |
16.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,993 |
29.4 |
|
Paddock[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Barry Sanders |
1,860 |
44.0 |
|
|
Independent |
Cecil Wood |
896 |
21.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Robert Matthews |
877 |
20.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Daniel Barker |
465 |
11.0 |
|
|
Green |
Robert Walter |
133 |
3.1 |
|
Majority |
964 |
22.9 |
|
Turnout |
4,231 |
39.4 |
|
Pelsall[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Garry Perry |
2,516 |
60.1 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Linda Dickens |
830 |
19.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Paul Higgens |
736 |
17.6 |
|
|
UKIP |
Anthony Lenton |
106 |
2.5 |
|
Majority |
1,686 |
40.3 |
|
Turnout |
4,188 |
36.8 |
|
Pheasey[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Martin Harrower |
1,021 |
39.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Towe |
912 |
35.6 |
|
|
Independent |
Edmund Newman |
632 |
24.6 |
|
Majority |
109 |
4.2 |
|
Turnout |
2,565 |
36.0 |
|
Pleck[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Norman Matthews |
1,356 |
61.4 |
|
|
Conservative |
Mark Dabbs |
568 |
25.7 |
|
|
Independent |
Peter Ruston |
286 |
12.9 |
|
Majority |
788 |
35.7 |
|
Turnout |
2,210 |
29.6 |
|
Short Heath[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Eileen Pitt |
1,158 |
53.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Gareth Walker |
626 |
28.9 |
|
|
Conservative |
Cerwyn Edwards |
383 |
17.7 |
|
Majority |
532 |
24.6 |
|
Turnout |
2,167 |
24.0 |
|
St. Matthews[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Richard Worrall |
1,484 |
49.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Wahid Ali |
1,054 |
34.9 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Martin Barker |
207 |
6.8 |
|
|
UKIP |
Derek Bennett |
133 |
4.4 |
|
|
Green |
Gerard Hawley |
88 |
2.9 |
|
|
Socialist Alliance |
Stephanie Peart |
56 |
1.9 |
|
Majority |
430 |
14.2 |
|
Turnout |
3,022 |
37.0 |
|
Streetly[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Michael Bird |
2,301 |
65.1 |
|
|
Labour |
Thomas Charlton |
777 |
22.0 |
|
|
UKIP |
Stephen Grey |
455 |
12.9 |
|
Majority |
1,524 |
43.1 |
|
Turnout |
3,533 |
32.9 |
|
Willenhall North[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Arthur Bentley |
1,225 |
56.8 |
|
|
Labour |
Carol Creaney |
589 |
27.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Susan Turner |
343 |
15.9 |
|
Majority |
636 |
29.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,157 |
22.8 |
|
Willenhall South[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Harold Withnall |
1,238 |
54.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Steven Turner |
605 |
26.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Anne Willoughby |
415 |
18.4 |
|
Majority |
633 |
28.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,258 |
23.0 |
|
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