Cheltenham Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seat by 1.^[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.^[2]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain control after winning an extra 10 councillors.^[3]

Cheltenham Local Election Result 2002^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	21			+10	52.5	44.3	25,006	+7.6%
	Conservative	13			-10	32.5	40.9	23,086	-7.0%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	4			-1	10.0	8.9	4,999	+2.6%
	Labour	2			0	5.0	5.0	2,804	-3.6%
	Green	0			0	0	1.0	556	+0.6%

Ward results

All Saints (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Franklin	813
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Jordan	800
	Conservative	John Newman	463
	Conservative	Paul Simons	456
	Labour	Brenda Moody	116
Turnout			2,648	33.7

Battledown (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul McLain	711
	Conservative	Hedley Thompson	711
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Needs	701
	Liberal Democrat	Alan White	699
	Labour	David Evans	97
Turnout			2,919	42.6

Benhall & The Reddings (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Britter	1,082
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Rickell	948
	Conservative	Jacqueline Fletcher	836
	Conservative	Timothy Harman	720
Turnout			3,586	45.7

Charlton Kings (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Moreton	981
	Conservative	Duncan Smith	903
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Harvey	715
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Turner	500
	Green	Celia Bear	133
	Labour	Lorna Steers	123
Turnout			3,355	41.6

Charlton Park (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Chaplin	1,179
	Conservative	John Melville-Smith	1,109
	Liberal Democrat	John Finnemore	567
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Oliver	542
	Labour	David Addison	93
Turnout			3,490	46.4

College (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Garth Barnes	772
	Liberal Democrat	Lloyd Surgenor	736
	Conservative	Penelope Hall	628
	Conservative	Robert Evans	621
	Green	Christopher Chatfield	120
	Labour	Gillian Howells	85
Turnout			2,962	37.6

Hesters Way (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lydia Bishop	614
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Young	584
	Conservative	Daphne Allen	186
	Conservative	Lesley Silvester	170
	Labour	Robert Wells	131
Turnout			1,685	23.0

Lansdown (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Driver	746
	Conservative	Diggory Seacome	725
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Storm	288
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Horwood	274
	Green	Keith Bessant	140
	Labour	Katya Vines	88
Turnout			2,261	30.0

Leckhampton (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Buckland	1,186
	Conservative	Robin MacDonald	1,181
	Liberal Democrat	Dermot Clarke	977
	Liberal Democrat	John Coleman	949
Turnout			4,293	55.0

Oakley (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Hale	610
	Labour	Diana Hale	583
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Anderson	254
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Wheeler	202
	Conservative	Clare Huckett	187
	Conservative	Sophie Preston-Hall	182
Turnout			2,018	26.4

Park (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Garnham	996
	Conservative	Gerald Gearing	951
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Pictor	744
	Liberal Democrat	William Whelan	650
Turnout			3,341	40.0

Pittville (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Diane Hibbert	752
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	David Prince	723
	Conservative	Gary Bowden	574
	Conservative	John Hopwood	502
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Hay	268
	Liberal Democrat	Kirstie Clish-Green	257
	Labour	Edward Hemmings	156
Turnout			3,232	40.5

Prestbury (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Leslie Godwin	1,187
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Malcolm Stennett	1,171
	Conservative	Martin Locke	488
	Conservative	Paul Ryder	383
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Jones	202
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Whalley	99
	Green	Caroline Griffiths	93
Turnout			3,623	40.7

Springbank (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Morris	603
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Wheeler	547
	Conservative	James Stevenson	196
	Conservative	Antony Sygerycz	157
	Labour	Clive Harriss	151
Turnout			1,654	21.9

St. Mark's (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Holliday	709
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Lloyd	698
	Conservative	Michael Horton	301
	Conservative	Andrew Wall	274
	Labour	Andre Curtis	157
Turnout			2,139	26.0

St. Paul's (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew McKinlay	523
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Coleman	441
	Conservative	Christopher Anstey	104
	Labour	William Fawcett	94
	Conservative	Patrick Corbyn	86
	Green	Jennifer Stone	70
Turnout			1,318	16.9

St. Peter's (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Thornton	535
	Liberal Democrat	James Stuart-Smith	462
	Conservative	Roger Marchant	426
	Conservative	Robert Bird	333
	Labour	Robert Irons	152
Turnout			1,908	23.8

Swindon Village (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Ledeux	725
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Jones	699
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Joanna McVeagh	598
	People Against Bureaucracy Action Group	Peter Allen	568
	Conservative	Anthony Fletcher	178
	Conservative	Terence Gould	170
Turnout			2,938	33.1

Up Hatherley (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Zoe Forbes	1,015
	Liberal Democrat	David Fidgeon	1,002
	Conservative	Eric Baylis	708
	Conservative	Alan Nicholson	589
Turnout			3,314	42.6

Warden Hill (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rowena Hay	945
	Conservative	Anne Regan	911
	Conservative	Christine Ryder	878
	Liberal Democrat	John Oates	865
	Labour	Christopher Bailey	168
Turnout			3,767	45.3

References

↑ "Cheltenham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
↑ King, Anthony (2002-05-04). "Popular uprising challenges party elites". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Elections: Results - Cabinet big guns suffer setbacks on home turf". The Independent. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Council elections in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council	Covered Gloucestershire, except for Kingswood and Northavon 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Cotswolds District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	Covered Kingswood and Northavon only 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kingswood Borough Council	Kingswood District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 Kingswood Borough Council 1987 1991 Abolished

Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2001 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2002 (→ 2003)

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