Preston Borough Council election, 2002

Map of the results of the 2002 Preston council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey.

Elections were held for Preston Borough Councilin North West England, in May 2002. Held prior to the town being awarded city status, these elections took place following a boundary review which introduced new electoral wards as a consequence of population increase. Therefore all councillors were up for election in the new wards for the first time.

For other elections to Preston Town Hall, both as a Borough and City council, see Preston local elections.

Ward Results

Ashton

Preston City Council Elections: Ashton Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Sedgewick	579	27.56
	Conservative	William Tyson	558	26.56
	Labour	Stacy Borrow	395	18.80
	Labour	Andrew Maclaren	382	18.18
	Liberal Democrat	Mavis Cooper	187	8.90

Brookfield

Preston City Council Elections: Brookfield Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Browne	871	22.65
	Labour	Jonathan Saksena	804	20.90
	Labour	Nerys Eaves	728	18.93
	Conservative	Yvonne Driver	412	10.71
	Conservative	Jean Swarbrick	389	10.11
	Conservative	Susan Hudson	370	9.62
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Malliband	272	7.07

Cadley

Preston City Council Elections: Cadley Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Hackett	1,070	28.42
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Onyon	880	23.37
	Conservative	Stephen Bentham	677	17.98
	Conservative	George Wilkins	559	14.85
	Labour	Mark O'Brien	279	7.41

College

Preston City Council Elections: College Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Cartright	731	27.57
	Conservative	Jill Truby	680	25.65
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Turner	427	16.11
	Liberal Democrat	William Shannon	361	13.62
	Labour	George Tait	234	8.83
	Labour	Rosemary Tait	218	8.22

Deepdale

Preston City Council Elections: Deepdale Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terry Cartright	637	24.75
	Independent	Joyce Cartright	572	22.22
	Labour	Javed Iqbal	511	19.85
	Labour	Henry Heaps	384	14.92
	Liberal Democrat	Maksud Patel	202	7.85
	Conservative	John Docherty	149	5.79
	Conservative	Shaun Ryan	119	5.62

Fishwick

Preston City Council Elections: Fishwick Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Parker	534	35.13
	Labour	Ismail Patel	476	31.32
	Conservative	David Hammmond	208	13.68
	Conservative	Simon Stammers	160	10.53
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Gardner	142	9.34

Garrison

Preston City Council Elections: Garrison Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Greenhalgh	982	21.01
	Conservative	Stuart Greenhalgh	949	20.30
	Conservative	Marie Milne	940	20.11
	Labour	Peter Rankin	407	8.71
	Labour	Ben Aberra	389	8.32
	Labour	Thomas Leigh	370	7.91
	Liberal Democrat	Mavis Shannon	218	4.66
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Fitzer	216	4.62
	Liberal Democrat	James McAlea	204	4.36

Greyfriars

Preston City Council Elections: Greyfriars Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hood	1,883	23.37
	Conservative	Geoff Driver	1,770	21.96
	Conservative	Peter Horton	1,701	21.11
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Askew	932	11.56
	Liberal Democrat	John Porter	782	9.70
	Liberal Democrat	Alastair Thomas	733	9.10
	Labour	Alan Woods	258	3.20

Ingol

Preston City Council Elections: Ingol Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	William Chadwick	970	22.11
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Marshall	896	20.42
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Marshall	889	20.26
	Labour	Steven Brooks	298	6.79
	Conservative	Marie Dilworth	284	6.47
	Conservative	Sheila Heys	278	6.34
	Labour	Thomas Burns	276	6.29
	Conservative	Mary Robinson	250	5.70
	Labour	Michael Farrington	247	5.63

Larches

Preston City Council Elections: Larches Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Derbyshire	723	13.68
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Gallagher	710	13.43
	Labour	Peter Ward	705	13.34
	Labour	Allan Foster	699	13.22
	Labour	Mark Routledge	643	12.16
	Liberal Democrat	David Bastable	570	10.78
	Conservative	Joe Fitzgerald	393	7.43
	Conservative	Alan Hunter	358	6.77
	Conservative	Elizabeth Heywood	341	6.45
	Independent	Colin Abbot	144	2.72

Lea

Preston City Council Elections: Lea Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Abram	903	18.90
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Abram	870	18.20
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Brown	837	'17.51
	Conservative	Sarah Critchley	576	12.05
	Conservative	Pauline Gaskell	561	11.74
	Conservative	William Parkinson	557	11.66
	Labour	Barbara Maclaren	181	3.79
	Labour	Marie Johnson	169	3.54
	Labour	Halima Patel	125	2.62

Moor Park

Preston City Council Elections: Moor Park Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Collins	655	33.23
	Labour	Francesco de Molfetta	608	30.85
	Conservative	Hugh Docherty	284	14.41
	Independent	Michael Moulding	247	12.53
	Conservative	Gulam Mulla	177	8.98

Preston Rural East

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural East Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Swarbrick	926	44.84
	Conservative	Neil Cartwright	905	43.83
	Labour	John Houghton	234	11.33

Preston Rural North

Preston City Council Elections: Preston Rural North Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Hudson	1,826	28.89
	Conservative	Martin Landless	1,746	27.62
	Conservative	Kathryn Calder	1,715	27.13
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Banks	627	9.92
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	407	6.44

Ribbleton

Preston City Council Elections: Ribbleton Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Woods	1,000	23.24
	Labour	Andrew Campbell	985	22.89
	Labour	Brian Rollo	924	21.47
	Conservative	Paul Balshaw	419	9.74
	Conservative	Stephen Blair	404	9.39
	Conservative	Gabriele Valderrema-Galves	314	7.30
	Independent	Ronald Yates	257	5.97

Riversway

Preston City Council Elections: Riversway Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Valentine	697	26.34
	Labour	Elaine Abbot	650	24.57
	Labour	Bhikhu Patel	581	21.96
	Green	Richard Merrick	290	10.96
	Conservative	Roger McManus	230	8.69
	Conservative	Peter Mullineaux	198	7.48

St Georges

Preston City Council Elections: St Georges Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yunis Khan	491	41.23
	Labour	Siraz Natha	471	39.55
	Conservative	Richard Gorrell	229	19.23

St Matthews

Preston City Council Elections: St Matthews Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Richardson	907	30.90
	Labour	Veronica Afrin	785	26.75
	Labour	Ian Hall	762	25.96
	Conservative	Julian Sedgewick	263	8.96
	Conservative	Bernard Whalley	218	7.43

Sharoe Green

Preston City Council Elections: Sharoe Green Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rowena Edmondson	1,067	20.86
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarkson	1,043	20.39
	Conservative	Eric Fazackerley	1,041	20.35
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Newsham	375	7.33
	Liberal Democrat	Gregory Vickers	341	6.67
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Rowland	322	6.30
	Labour	Terence Mattinson	319	6.24
	Labour	Paul Jackson	309	6.04
	Labour	Rose Donnelly	298	5.83

Town Centre

Preston City Council Elections: Town Centre Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Atkins	802	22.37
	Labour	Ken Cole	786	21.92
	Labour	Musa Ahmed Jiwa	708	19.75
	Liberal Democrat	Ayub Bodi	397	11.07
	Liberal Democrat	Anne-Marie Riedel	273	7.62
	Conservative	Jane Balshaw	223	6.22
	Conservative	Christine Sharp	203	5.66
	Conservative	Ronald Smith	193	5.38

Tulketh

Preston City Council Elections: Tulketh Ward (3 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Al-Serraj	764	19.70
	Labour	Matthew Brown	718	18.51
	Conservative	Margaret McManus	680	17.53
	Labour	James Hull	673	17.35
	Conservative	Peter Hunter	583	15.03
	Conservative	Paul Swallow	566	14.60
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Gardner	197	5.08
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Stanley	181	4.67
	Liberal Democrat	Erica Wysoczanski	136	3.51

University

Preston City Council Elections: University Ward (2 members)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Crompton	256	25.22
	Labour	John Swindells	223	21.97
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Clarke	184	18.13
	Liberal Democrat	June Dodd	176	17.34
	Conservative	Peter McElhone	89	8.77
	Conservative	Jacqueline Smith	87	8.57

References

Council elections in Lancashire

County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Burnley	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 2016

Chorley	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 2016

Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hyndburn	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 2016

Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Pendle	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 2016

Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 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

Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rossendale	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 2016

South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Lancashire	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 2016

Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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

London boroughs	London Borough councils Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

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