Hyndburn Council election, 2002

Elections to Hyndburn Council were held on 2 May, 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 12. The Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 18
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 51.4
votes % = 49.7
votes = 22,083
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 17
gain =
loss =
net = -12
seats % = 48.6
votes % = 49.4
votes = 21,947
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 377
plus/minus =

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Myles
votes = 583
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Miles Parkinson
votes = 577
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Janet Storey
votes = 449
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alison Gabryszak
votes = 447
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,056
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Dobson
votes = 625
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Wendy Dwyer
votes = 614
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Scholes
votes = 582
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Walsh
votes = 534
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,355
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Griffiths
votes = 808
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Dickinson
votes = 807
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Mason
votes = 412
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Ormerod
votes = 367
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,394
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sardar Ali
votes = 720
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Siddique Kazi
votes = 686
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Abdul Khan
votes = 657
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alma Pilkington
votes = 542
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,605
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Battle
votes = 788
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Broadley
votes = 771
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edmund Hogan
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Raynor
votes = 434
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,443
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy O'Kane
votes = 569
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Burke
votes = 510
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Taylor
votes = 478
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Taylor
votes = 476
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Cooper
votes = 377
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,410
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Parkins
votes = 859
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brendan Shiel
votes = 678
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Scholes
votes = 326
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elsbeth Mills
votes = 326
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,189
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sandra Hayes
votes = 644
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jean Lockwood
votes = 597
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edwina McCormack
votes = 575
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Baron
votes = 541
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,357
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Ormerod
votes = 805
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Pritchard
votes = 726
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Mills
votes = 637
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Travis
votes = 612
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,780
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohamed Rahman
votes = 684
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Shorrock
votes = 601
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Hargreaves
votes = 551
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adele Atkinson
votes = 539
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,375
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Winifred Frankland
votes = 963
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Clarke
votes = 936
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Mason
votes = 880
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Slynn
votes = 698
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Whitaker
votes = 684
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brenda Haworth
votes = 638
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,799
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Dawson
votes = 601
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Jones
votes = 569
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Cunliffe
votes = 295
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Barden
votes = 272
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,737
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = June Butler
votes = 1,026
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Scaife
votes = 881
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Horne
votes = 813
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Winifred Jackson
votes = 734
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerald Newton
votes = 693
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frances Molloy
votes = 663
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,810
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Britcliffe
votes = 729
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Walmsley
votes = 705
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Westell
votes = 594
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maurice Cowell
votes = 545
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,573
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Hayes
votes = 924
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Griffiths
votes = 858
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Roberts
votes = 850
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John McCormack
votes = 639
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Neil
votes = 559
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Jones
votes = 550
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,380
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Barton
votes = 696
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edith Dunston
votes = 649
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Barton
votes = 401
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Abdul Qayyum
votes = 398
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,144
percentage =
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/74.stm 2002 Hyndburn election result]
* [http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2002/5/3/619288.html Tories ousted in nailbiting finish]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/h.txt Ward results]

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