Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Rochdale 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.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12			0	57.1	44.8	21,570
	Liberal Democrat	7			0	33.3	29.5	14,189
	Conservative	2			0	9.5	22.7	10,922
	Independent	0			0	0	2.5	1,215
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	139
	Liberal	0			0	0	0.2	76
	Christian Democrat	0			0	0	0.1	31

Ward results

Balderstone
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,261	53.4
	Conservative	779	33.0
	Liberal Democrat	323	13.7
Majority		482	20.4
Turnout		2,363

Brimrod and Deeplish
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,094	51.9
	Labour	845	40.1
	Conservative	170	8.1
Majority		249	11.8
Turnout		2,109

Castleton
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,364	50.4
	Labour	1,079	39.9
	Conservative	261	9.7
Majority		285	10.5
Turnout		2,704

Central and Falinge
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,674	65.3
	Liberal Democrat	699	27.3
	Conservative	192	7.5
Majority		975	38.0
Turnout		2,565

Healey
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,227	37.4
	Labour	1,187	36.1
	Conservative	870	26.5
Majority		40	1.3
Turnout		3,284

Heywood North
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	993	56.7
	Conservative	546	31.2
	Independent	213	12.2
Majority		447	25.5
Turnout		1,752

Heywood South
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,685	67.1
	Conservative	827	32.9
Majority		858	34.2
Turnout		2,512

Heywood West (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	1,086
	Labour	920
	Conservative	302
	Conservative	272
Turnout		2,580

Littleborough
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,340	49.2
	Conservative	735	27.0
	Labour	649	23.8
Majority		605	22.2
Turnout		2,724

Middleton Central
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	984	70.6
	Liberal Democrat	331	23.7
	Socialist Alliance	79	5.7
Majority		653	46.9
Turnout		1,394

Middleton East
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,051	48.9
	Liberal Democrat	864	40.2
	Conservative	202	9.4
	Christian Democrat	31	1.4
Majority		187	8.7
Turnout		2,148

Middleton North
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,001	60.9
	Liberal Democrat	644	39.1
Majority		357	21.8
Turnout		1,645

Middleton South
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,589	52.4
	Conservative	1,072	35.4
	Liberal Democrat	370	12.2
Majority		517	17.0
Turnout		3,031

Middleton West
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	801	69.2
	Conservative	143	12.3
	Liberal Democrat	78	6.7
	Liberal	76	6.6
	Socialist Alliance	60	5.2
Majority		658	56.9
Turnout		1,158

Milnrow and Newhey
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,176	48.7
	Labour	647	26.8
	Conservative	590	24.5
Majority		529	21.9
Turnout		2,413

Newbold
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,260	65.8
	Liberal Democrat	417	21.8
	Conservative	238	12.4
Majority		843	44.0
Turnout		1,915

Norden and Bamford
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,881	53.9
	Liberal Democrat	1,112	31.9
	Labour	494	14.2
Majority		769	22.0
Turnout		3,487

Smallbridge
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,562	39.2
	Labour	1,422	35.7
	Independent	1,002	25.1
Majority		140	3.5
Turnout		3,986

Spotland
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	1,274	60.6
	Labour	538	25.6
	Conservative	292	13.9
Majority		736	35.0
Turnout		2,104

Wardle
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,550	68.3
	Labour	404	17.8
	Liberal Democrat	314	13.8
Majority		1,146	50.5
Turnout		2,268

External links

BBC report of 2002 Rochdale election result

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