Manchester Council election, 2002

Manchester Council election, 2002

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 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 in that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council. [1]

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

Party Seats   +/-  
Labour 76 -1
Liberal Democrats 22 +1
Independent 1 0
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Smitheman 942 66.2 -10.1
Liberal Democrat J. A. Durrell 196 13.8 +4.5
Green D. E. Norton 169 11.9 +6.4
Conservative A. W. Hodkinson 117 8.2 -0.6
Majority 746 52.4 -14.6
Turnout 1,424
Labour hold Swing
Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. G. Andrews 1,219 66.0 +0.6
Conservative R. J. Ellerton 323 17.5 -2.5
Liberal Democrat W. D. Fisher 231 12.5 +0.2
Green G. R. Pittam 73 4.0 +1.8
Majority 896 48.5 +3.1
Turnout 1,846
Labour hold Swing
Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat J. Leech* 1,619 61.3 +5.1
Labour E. H. Morgan 689 26.1 +0.4
Green R. Goater 182 6.9 +3.4
Conservative T. J. Bumby 150 5.7 -6.4
Majority 930 35.2 +4.6
Turnout 2,640
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour I. A. Freeman* 765 69.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrat A. Bradshaw 165 15.1 +1.5
Conservative J. Kaye 109 10.0 -2.3
Green H. Berry 56 5.1 +3.5
Majority 600 54.8 -0.9
Turnout 1,095
Labour hold Swing
Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Loughman* 1,001 48.0 +2.2
Liberal Democrat E. Boyes 879 42.1 -6.3
Independent F. J. Bates 79 3.8 +3.8
Conservative C. Birchenough 69 3.3 -1.8
Independent J. Hulse 31 1.5 +1.5
Green S. J. Fairweather 27 1.3 +0.6
Majority 122 5.8 +3.2
Turnout 2,086
Labour hold Swing
Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Lyons* 1,462 72.0 +15.7
Liberal Democrat C. Connell 304 15.0 -11.8
Conservative D. E. Bunting 199 9.8 -4.6
Green A. Higgin 66 3.2 +0.7
Majority 1,158 57.0 +27.5
Turnout 2,031
Labour hold Swing
Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. R. Swannick* 1,332 60.8 +10.2
Liberal Democrat N. A. Trafford 753 34.4 -7.5
Conservative B. G. Birchenough 70 3.2 -2.6
Green A. Quinn 35 1.6 -0.1
Majority 579 26.4 +17.7
Turnout 2,190
Labour hold Swing
Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Evans* 1,375 58.8 +8.0
Conservative J. M. Kenny 711 30.4 -8.9
Liberal Democrat K. Farnen 168 7.2 +0.1
Green N. Brooks 85 3.6 +0.8
Majority 664 28.4 +16.9
Turnout 2,339
Labour hold Swing
Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Taylor* 1,330 46.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrat J. A. Cameron 1,211 42.1 +15.2
Conservative P. M. Schofield 243 8.5 -9.2
Green M. R. Shaw 91 3.2 -6.8
Majority 119 4.1 -14.4
Turnout 2,875
Labour hold Swing
Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Battle* 1,053 49.0 +13.2
Liberal Democrat P. Rothery 873 40.6 -15.8
Conservative G. H. L. Berg 126 5.9 +1.3
Green S. M. Walford 78 3.6 +0.8
Independent J. M. Ripley 20 0.9 +0.4
Majority 180 8.4 -12.1
Turnout 2,150
Labour hold Swing
Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. B. Curley* 1,363 60.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrat R. A. Isherwood 786 35.0 -2.3
Green C. French 96 4.3 -1.4
Majority 577 25.7 +6.0
Turnout 2,245
Labour hold Swing
Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. D. Pagel* 1,702 50.9 -1.1
Liberal Democrat Q. H. Afzal 1,539 46.0 +1.1
Green J. Sheedy 105 3.1 0
Majority 163 4.9 -2.2
Turnout 3,346
Labour hold Swing
Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. D. Selby* 1,716 44.7 -2.8
Liberal Democrat A. Bethell 728 19.0 +4.1
Conservative D. R. Valentine 593 15.5 -5.2
Green M. Valentine 503 13.1 -3.8
Socialist Alliance H. R. Rose 298 7.8 +7.8
Majority 988 25.7 -1.1
Turnout 3,838
Labour hold Swing
Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Spinks* 1,644 61.6 -4.8
Conservative A. Hutchinson 393 14.7 -5.7
Liberal Democrat A. J. Steele 392 14.7 +5.1
Green A. D. Hall 115 4.3 +0.7
Socialist Alliance K. J. Reissmann 63 2.4 +2.4
Socialist Labour M. Drage 60 2.2 +2.2
Majority 1,251 46.9 +0.9
Turnout 2,667
Labour hold Swing
Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat H. D. Fisher 1,658 38.0 -6.5
Labour G. Bridson* 1,508 34.5 +2.9
Conservative P. G. Hilton 546 12.5 -7.1
Independent F. F. Kilroy 447 10.2 +10.2
Green M. J. Daw 209 4.8 +0.5
Majority 150 3.4 -9.5
Turnout 4,368
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. M. Morrison* 1,238 60.2 -2.1
Liberal Democrat H. W. Totty 391 19.0 +5.7
Conservative S. S. Davenport 257 12.5 -4.4
Green B. S. Bingham 169 8.2 +0.7
Majority 847 41.2 -4.2
Turnout 2,055
Labour hold Swing
Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat W. Helsby* 1,341 51.0 +4.9
Labour R. C. Unwin 958 36.4 -4.5
Conservative L. Boardman 250 9.5 +3.5
Socialist Alliance J. A. Martin 43 1.6 +1.6
Green R. MacDowell 38 1.4 -0.3
Majority 383 14.6 +9.5
Turnout 2,630
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat J. R. Bridges* 1,133 54.3 -6.9
Labour M. A. Rathfelder 781 37.5 +5.0
Green P. I. Collins 87 4.2 +1.4
Conservative R. E. B. Bishop 84 4.0 +0.5
Majority 352 16.9 -11.8
Turnout 2,085
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. C. Karney* 1,014 66.4 +2.7
Liberal Democrat D. I. Gordon 194 12.7 -4.7
Socialist Alliance K. A. Phillips 144 9.4 +9.4
Conservative D. J. Timson 144 9.4 -6.4
Green D. Milton 31 2.0 -1.2
Majority 820 53.7 +7.4
Turnout 1,527
Labour hold Swing
Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Murphy* 680 47.9 -4.7
Green V. Hall 597 42.0 +4.6
Liberal Democrat M. N. Armstrong 123 8.7 +8.7
Conservative D. E. Conway 20 1.4 -5.3
Majority 83 5.8 -9.3
Turnout 1,420
Labour hold Swing
Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat K. A. Whitmore* 1,557 55.0 -3.6
Labour M. L. Amesbury 861 30.4 +1.8
Green M. P. Brennan 163 5.8 +0.1
Socialist Alliance S. J. Nutter 130 4.6 +4.6
Conservative R. T. Wattenbach 118 4.2 -2.0
Majority 696 24.6 -5.4
Turnout 2,829
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Franklin* 1,365 71.4 +6.8
Conservative H. M. Varney 261 13.6 +13.6
Liberal Democrat K. T. Morley 258 13.5 -14.5
Green M. J. Payne 29 1.5 -6.0
Majority 1,104 57.7 +21.1
Turnout 1,913
Labour hold Swing
Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Z. E. Ukairo 1,521 54.6 -7.5
Liberal Democrat L. Ali 810 29.1 +19.2
Green S. S. Fitzgibbon 255 9.1 -7.1
Conservative K. Abbad 202 7.2 -4.2
Majority 711 25.5 -20.4
Turnout 2,788
Labour hold Swing
Moss Side (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. A. Cox 1,510 40.9 +6.6
Labour R. B. Walters* 1,419 38.4 +1.6
Liberal Democrat P. J. Davis 175 4.7 +0.8
Liberal Democrat K. F. Hodgkin 115 3.1 -2.4
Conservative M. G. Barnes 113 3.1 -4.0
Green B. J. Ekbery 104 2.8 -0.4
Green J. P. Rummery 98 2.7 -0.6
Socialist Alliance R. R. Turnbull 90 2.4 +2.4
Conservative J. Haycock 72 1.9 -6.4
Majority 1,244 33.7 +2.4
Turnout 3,696
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Shaw* 1,437 63.0 +3.7
Liberal Democrat R. K. Brettle 566 24.8 -7.9
Green B. McAtarsney 180 7.9 +4.9
Socialist Labour K. G. H. Barr 98 4.3 -0.7
Majority 871 38.2 +11.6
Turnout 2,281
Labour hold Swing
Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hitchen 975 50.3 -20.0
Independent S. Cooper 546 28.1 +28.1
Conservative A. E. Walsh 210 10.8 -5.3
Liberal Democrat A. Rodgers 133 6.9 -2.8
Green R. Harper 76 3.9 -0.1
Majority 429 22.1 -32.1
Turnout 1,940
Labour hold Swing
Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. J. Cowell* 1,324 56.3 +5.4
Conservative J. D. Percival 520 22.1 -2.6
Liberal Democrat J. Mawer 321 13.7 +1.2
Green L. D. Crookes 186 7.9 -4.0
Majority 804 34.2 +7.9
Turnout 2,351
Labour hold Swing
Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. H. Fender* 1,746 50.2 +3.1
Liberal Democrat Y. Zalzala 1,352 38.9 -4.8
Green B. A. Candeland 196 5.6 +2.4
Conservative E. Gold 185 5.3 +1.0
Majority 394 11.3 +7.9
Turnout 3,479
Labour hold Swing
Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Byrne* 1,304 48.9 +15.4
Liberal Democrat L. Williams 1,052 39.4 -18.7
Conservative B. M. Goodall 161 6.0 +1.8
Green C. Middleton 150 5.6 +2.0
Majority 252 9.4 -15.2
Turnout 2,667
Labour hold Swing
Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Barrett* 974 66.5 +3.8
Conservative C. Roberts 234 16.0 -3.7
Liberal Democrat D. J. Kierman 184 12.6 -1.0
Green S. Sobrero 72 4.9 -0.9
Majority 740 50.5 +7.4
Turnout 1,464
Labour hold Swing
Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. E. Stone* 1,595 49.9 -6.4
Liberal Democrat J. B. F. Grant 953 29.8 +19.9
Conservative N. D. C. Davis 359 11.2 -16.0
Green M. R. Candeland 290 9.1 +2.5
Majority 642 20.1 -9.0
Turnout 3,197
Labour hold Swing
Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat A. Jones* 1,822 61.5 +0.2
Labour K. Torkington 717 24.2 +1.2
Green J. Buchan 178 6.0 -1.7
Conservative J. M. Smith 152 5.1 -3.0
Socialist Alliance T. W. Gibbons 96 3.2 +3.2
Majority 1,105 37.3 -1.0
Turnout 2,965
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Newman 1,087 71.9 +2.6
Liberal Democrat D. R. Mellor 186 12.3 -0.6
Conservative R. M. Raynor 183 12.1 -2.4
Green A. R. Vincent 56 3.7 +0.4
Majority 901 59.6 +4.9
Turnout 1,512
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Manchester Evening News, 3 May 2002.
Preceded by
Manchester Council election, 2000
Manchester local elections Succeeded by
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