- Redditch Council election, 2002
Elections to
Redditch Council were held on2 May ,2002 . One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council tono overall control .After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 14
*Conservative 12
*Liberal Democrat 3Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain =
loss =
net = +2
seats % = 45.5
votes % = 42.6
votes = 7,645
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = -3
seats % = 36.4
votes % = 33.0
votes = 5,925
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 18.2
votes % = 23.2
votes = 4,172
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 207
plus/minus =Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Diane Thomas
votes = 986
percentage = 63.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin King
votes = 345
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Hazelton
votes = 216
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 641
percentage = 41.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,547
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Cookson
votes = 793
percentage = 52.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Anderson
votes = 523
percentage = 34.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kathleen Cummings
votes = 208
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 270
percentage = 17.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,524
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Wheeler
votes = 806
percentage = 47.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Braley
votes = 684
percentage = 40.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Adam Isherwood
votes = 222
percentage = 13.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 122
percentage = 7.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,712
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sarah Sulley
votes = 791
percentage = 50.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Les Smith
votes = 584
percentage = 37.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Gee
votes = 192
percentage = 12.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 207
percentage = 13.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,567
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Chalk
votes = 967
percentage = 57.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Hill
votes = 449
percentage = 26.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Pollard
votes = 273
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 518
percentage = 30.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,689
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Mould
votes = 790
percentage = 43.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tracey Smithers
votes = 767
percentage = 42.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anthony Pitt
votes = 245
percentage = 13.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 23
percentage = 1.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,802
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Nasir
votes = 474
percentage = 35.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Clark
votes = 452
percentage = 33.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Simon Preston
votes = 207
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Webster
votes = 200
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 22
percentage = 1.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,333
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anita Clayton
votes = 867
percentage = 50.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Iris Beech
votes = 570
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Hennessey
votes = 270
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 297
percentage = 17.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,707
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Lumley
votes = 1,182
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gavin Smithers
votes = 1,047
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Witherspoon
votes = 536
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Caroline Ashall
votes = 415
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Ashall
votes = 383
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,563
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cyril Springall
votes = 778
percentage = 51.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Albert Wharrad
votes = 578
percentage = 38.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Craig
votes = 149
percentage = 9.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 200
percentage = 13.3
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,505
percentage =
change =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/110.stm 2002 Redditch election result]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/r.txt Ward results]sequence
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