Tamworth Council election, 2002

Elections to Tamworth Council were held on 2 May, 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 22
*Conservative 8

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 22
gain =
loss =
net = +5
seats % = 73.3
votes % = 51.4
votes = 20,130
plus/minus = +14.5%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net = -5
seats % = 26.7
votes % = 43.4
votes = 16,986
plus/minus = -9.9%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 3.6
votes = 1,422
plus/minus = -6.3%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.6
votes = 621
plus/minus = +1.6%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Garner
votes = 685
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Evelyn Rowe
votes = 644
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Smith
votes = 637
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Cooper
votes = 612
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Wells
votes = 608
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard McDermid
votes = 589
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Zoe Blake
votes = 232
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,007
percentage = 23
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Brindley
votes = 658
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Foster
votes = 630
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Lewis
votes = 608
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Oates
votes = 472
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Lees
votes = 460
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Ward
votes = 442
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,270
percentage = 21
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Norchi
votes = 893
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Dix
votes = 846
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Seekings
votes = 822
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Diane Wells
votes = 520
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frrancis Worrell
votes = 508
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Gibson
votes = 485
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,074
percentage = 27
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Couchman
votes = 722
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Faulkner
votes = 721
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Trenfield
votes = 693
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Booth
votes = 556
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Cooper
votes = 553
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Lees
votes = 504
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Pinkett
votes = 272
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ian Gibbons
votes = 205
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,226
percentage = 28
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Birbeck
votes = 566
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Powick
votes = 518
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Savage
votes = 507
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Cook
votes = 416
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Diane Reece
votes = 278
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James McKay
votes = 277
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul White
votes = 234
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,796
percentage = 20
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Fuller
votes = 747
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Garforth
votes = 726
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Latham
votes = 704
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Gant
votes = 699
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wyonnie Boughton
votes = 658
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Parsons
votes = 646
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Blake
votes = 294
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,474
percentage = 30
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Gant
votes = 1,085
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Cook
votes = 1,013
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bruce Boughton
votes = 771
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Thompson
votes = 674
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Garry Hirons
votes = 606
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Hirons
votes = 603
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Blake
votes = 335
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,087
percentage = 38
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Clarke
votes = 582
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Tucker
votes = 516
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Granger
votes = 495
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew James
votes = 383
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Oates
votes = 370
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Debra James
votes = 367
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,713
percentage = 17
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Jones
votes = 741
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Oates
votes = 717
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Pinner
votes = 717
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Dix
votes = 702
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Audrey Poulton
votes = 651
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevan Garratt
votes = 648
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Jones
votes = 289
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,465
percentage = 30
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Lewis
votes = 844
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Jenkins
votes = 835
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Smith
votes = 775
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Beale
votes = 569
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Fidler
votes = 522
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marguarite Jones
votes = 502
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,047
percentage = 25
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/146.stm 2002 Tamworth election result]
* [http://www.tamworth.gov.uk/download.asp?path=/Documents/SS/Democratic/Election%20Results%20-%201999-2007.xls Ward results]

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