Coventry City Council election, 2002

Elections to Coventry City Council were held on 3 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.

Election result

Coventry Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	-4	-4
	Conservative	6	+4	0	+4
	Socialist Alternative	1	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0.00

Council Composition

The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:^[1]^[2]

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	35	20	15	11	31
	Conservatives	15	13	2	6	19
	Socialist Alternative	3	2	1	1	3
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	0	1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0
Total		54	36	18	18	54

Ward results

Bablake ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gazey	2,349	57.53%
	Labour	Beverley Patton	1,205	29.51%
	Liberal Democrat	Gilbert Penlington	529	12.96%
Majority			1144	28.02%
Turnout			4083
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binley and Willenhall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chater	1,834	52.00%
	Conservative	Linda Reece	1,400	39.69%
	Socialist Alternative	Rebecca Tustain	293	8.31%
Majority			434	12.31%
Turnout			3257
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheylesmore ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Foster	1,666	52.00%
	Labour	Marilyn Mutton	1,245	38.86%
	Liberal Democrat	Vincent McKee	501	15.64%
Majority			421	13.14%
Turnout			3204
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Earlsdon ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Taylor	2,479	50.44%
	Labour	Lindsley Harvard	1,528	31.09%
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Dyke	659	13.41%
	Socialist Alternative	Pearl Chick	249	5.07%
Majority			951	19.35%
Turnout			4915
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foleshill ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malkiat Auluck	2,010
	Conservative	Shabbir Ahmed	1,617
	Socialist Alternative	Lakshman Hensman	213
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Henley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Patton	1,387
	Conservative	Ian Jamie	890
	Socialist Alternative	Martha Young	381
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Holbrook ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Lancaster	2,017
	Conservative	Harjinder Sehmi	1,028
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Longford ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Collins	1,664
	Conservative	Heather Rutter	764
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Sewards	341
	Socialist Alternative	Martin Reynolds	243
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lower Stoke ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McNicholas	1,394
	Conservative	Margaret Rigby	988
	Socialist Alternative	Jane Ashwell	397
	Liberal Democrat	Conrad Benefield	337
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Radford ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keiran Mulhall	1,347
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Simpson	609
	Conservative	David Chapman	545
	Marxist	David Anderson	131
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherbourne ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Ridley	1,354
	Labour	Eric Linton	1,293
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Lewis	584
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Michael's ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist Alternative	David Nellist	1,417
	Labour	James O'Boyle	1,022
	Conservative	Jane Westerman	237
Majority
Turnout
	Socialist Alternative hold		Swing

Upper Stoke ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sucha Bains	1,666
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field	1,655
	Conservative	James Griffin	306
Majority			11
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wainbody ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Youett	2,163
	Conservative	John Blundell	961
	Liberal Democrat	Francis Lockett	765
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Westwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Waugh	1,281
	Conservative	Nigel Lee	1,098
	Socialist Alternative	Mary Manley	364
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Whoberley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hillier	1,685
	Labour	John Fletcher	1,580
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Power	450
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Woodlands ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Cliffe	2,168
	Labour	Joseph Clifford	1,653
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Howarth	705
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wyken ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanna Dixon	1,373
	Labour	Colleen Fletcher	1,521
	Liberal Democrat	Wiliam Haymes	619
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"Coventry Election Results". 2006. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

↑ "Coventry City Council Online [Archive]". 2003. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
↑ "BBC News Vote 2002 Local Elections". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

Council elections in the West Midlands

Birmingham City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2016

Coventry City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2016

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2015

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2016

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2016

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2016

Wolverhampton City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 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 2016

West Midlands County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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