- Sefton Council election, 2002
Elections to
Sefton Council were held on2nd May ,2002 . One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 26
*Liberal Democrat 21
*Conservative 16
*Southport Party 3Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 39.1
votes % = 31.7
votes = 22,547
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 6
gain =
loss =
net = -4
seats % = 26.1
votes % = 28.8
votes = 20,455
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 21.7
votes % = 25.1
votes = 17,832
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Southport Party
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 13.0
votes % = 11.3
votes = 8,007
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Socialist Alternative
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 822
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.1
votes = 750
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 491
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 159
plus/minus =Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Ridge
votes = 1,831
percentage = 46.2
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Carla Hayde
votes = 1,002
percentage = 25.3
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party = Southport Party
candidate = John Leech
votes = 866
percentage = 21.9
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Cluskey
votes = 196
percentage = 4.9
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Laurence Rankin
votes = 68
percentage = 1.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 829
percentage = 20.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,963
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Iain Brodie-Browne
votes = 1,376
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Dally
votes = 1,275
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ralph Gregson
votes = 1,157
percentage =
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party = Southport Party
candidate = Richard Chapman
votes = 976
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Myers
votes = 887
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Baldwin
votes = 284
percentage =
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = William Bethnuin
votes = 272
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Terry Durrance
votes = 257
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Stott
votes = 236
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 6,720
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Roberts
votes = 1,770
percentage = 50.9
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Parry
votes = 1,166
percentage = 33.6
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Brereton
votes = 539
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 604
percentage = 17.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,475
percentage =
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party = Southport Party
candidate = David Cobham
votes = 1,345
percentage = 36.7
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Price
votes = 1,336
percentage = 36.4
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Clive Dally
votes = 733
percentage = 20.0
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Maher
votes = 255
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 9
percentage = 0.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,669
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carol Gustafson
votes = 1,468
percentage = 47.1
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pauline Kehoe
votes = 1,444
percentage = 46.4
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Patterson
votes = 203
percentage = 6.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 24
percentage = 0.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,115
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Rice
votes = 1,681
percentage = 77.9
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Nuttall
votes = 245
percentage = 11.4
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Dennis Cross
votes = 232
percentage = 10.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,436
percentage = 66.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,158
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Watson
votes = 1,386
percentage = 40.1
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party = Southport Party
candidate = David McLaughlan
votes = 1,083
percentage = 31.3
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary Shavaksha
votes = 658
percentage = 19.0
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Holmes
votes = 239
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Lola Sieve
votes = 89
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 303
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,455
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Moncur
votes = 1,828
percentage = 78.4
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Garry Fielding
votes = 503
percentage = 21.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,325
percentage = 56.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,331
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sydney Whitby
votes = 1,918
percentage = 54.4
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Newton
votes = 888
percentage = 25.2
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Druscilla Haydon
votes = 722
percentage = 20.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,030
percentage = 29.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,528
percentage =
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party = Southport Party
candidate = James Grundy
votes = 1,271
percentage = 42.7
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Bamber
votes = 838
percentage = 28.2
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Lyon-Taylor
votes = 470
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Jowett
votes = 290
percentage = 9.8
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = John Glendenning
votes = 105
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 433
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,974
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Friel
votes = 1,463
percentage = 83.1
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Williams
votes = 298
percentage = 16.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,165
percentage = 66.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,761
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Tweed
votes = 1,411
percentage = 80.1
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Murray
votes = 351
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,060
percentage = 60.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,762
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Jakub
votes = 1,750
percentage = 47.7
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Papworth
votes = 1,249
percentage = 34.1
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Edward Firth
votes = 540
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Wright
votes = 126
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 501
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,665
percentage =
change =Election box candidate
party = Southport Party
candidate = Margaret Brown
votes = 1,318
percentage = 33.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = James Tattersall
votes = 1,272
percentage = 32.1
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jamie Halsall
votes = 1,159
percentage = 29.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Seale
votes = 218
percentage = 5.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 46
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,967
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jack Colbert
votes = 1,342
percentage = 39.9
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Hale
votes = 1,238
percentage = 36.8
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Brown
votes = 785
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 104
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,365
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Martin
votes = 1,510
percentage = 58.3
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party = Socialist Alternative
candidate = Peter Glover
votes = 822
percentage = 31.8
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hilary Cross
votes = 256
percentage = 9.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 688
percentage = 26.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,588
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Sumner
votes = 1,164
percentage = 33.8
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party = Southport Party
candidate = Geoffrey Wright
votes = 1,148
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Bigley
votes = 619
percentage = 18.0
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Constance McCarthy
votes = 350
percentage = 10.2
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party = British National Party
candidate = Michael McDermott
votes = 159
percentage = 4.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 16
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,440
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robbie Fenton
votes = 2,199
percentage = 71.5
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sandra Williams
votes = 659
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Andrew Hoban
votes = 216
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,540
percentage = 50.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,074
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Vincent Platt
votes = 1,663
percentage = 50.6
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Flodman
votes = 1,243
percentage = 37.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Timothy Drake
votes = 379
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 420
percentage = 12.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,285
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Burke
votes = 2,117
percentage = 84.5
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sara Murray
votes = 388
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,729
percentage = 69.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,505
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roy Connell
votes = 1,729
percentage = 53.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Kermode
votes = 795
percentage = 24.7
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Newton
votes = 592
percentage = 18.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Jones
votes = 108
percentage = 3.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 934
percentage = 28.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,224
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Giles Blundell
votes = 1,262
percentage = 41.5
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Tonkiss
votes = 1,215
percentage = 40.0
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Theresa Rossiter
votes = 562
percentage = 18.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 47
percentage = 1.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,039
percentage =
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