Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12			0	57.1	44.8	21,570
	Liberal Democrat	7			0	33.3	29.5	14,189
	Conservative	2			0	9.5	22.7	10,922
	Independent	0			0	0	2.5	1,215
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	139
	Liberal	0			0	0	0.2	76
	Christian Democrat	0			0	0	0.1	31

Ward results

Balderstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,261	53.4
	Conservative		779	33.0
	Liberal Democrat		323	13.7
Majority			482	20.4
Turnout			2,363

Brimrod and Deeplish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,094	51.9
	Labour		845	40.1
	Conservative		170	8.1
Majority			249	11.8
Turnout			2,109

Castleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,364	50.4
	Labour		1,079	39.9
	Conservative		261	9.7
Majority			285	10.5
Turnout			2,704

Central and Falinge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,674	65.3
	Liberal Democrat		699	27.3
	Conservative		192	7.5
Majority			975	38.0
Turnout			2,565

Healey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,227	37.4
	Labour		1,187	36.1
	Conservative		870	26.5
Majority			40	1.3
Turnout			3,284

Heywood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		993	56.7
	Conservative		546	31.2
	Independent		213	12.2
Majority			447	25.5
Turnout			1,752

Heywood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,685	67.1
	Conservative		827	32.9
Majority			858	34.2
Turnout			2,512

Heywood West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,086
	Labour		920
	Conservative		302
	Conservative		272
Turnout			2,580

Littleborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,340	49.2
	Conservative		735	27.0
	Labour		649	23.8
Majority			605	22.2
Turnout			2,724

Middleton Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		984	70.6
	Liberal Democrat		331	23.7
	Socialist Alliance		79	5.7
Majority			653	46.9
Turnout			1,394

Middleton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,051	48.9
	Liberal Democrat		864	40.2
	Conservative		202	9.4
	Christian Democrat		31	1.4
Majority			187	8.7
Turnout			2,148

Middleton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,001	60.9
	Liberal Democrat		644	39.1
Majority			357	21.8
Turnout			1,645

Middleton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,589	52.4
	Conservative		1,072	35.4
	Liberal Democrat		370	12.2
Majority			517	17.0
Turnout			3,031

Middleton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		801	69.2
	Conservative		143	12.3
	Liberal Democrat		78	6.7
	Liberal		76	6.6
	Socialist Alliance		60	5.2
Majority			658	56.9
Turnout			1,158

Milnrow and Newhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,176	48.7
	Labour		647	26.8
	Conservative		590	24.5
Majority			529	21.9
Turnout			2,413

Newbold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,260	65.8
	Liberal Democrat		417	21.8
	Conservative		238	12.4
Majority			843	44.0
Turnout			1,915

Norden and Bamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,881	53.9
	Liberal Democrat		1,112	31.9
	Labour		494	14.2
Majority			769	22.0
Turnout			3,487

Smallbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,562	39.2
	Labour		1,422	35.7
	Independent		1,002	25.1
Majority			140	3.5
Turnout			3,986

Spotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,274	60.6
	Labour		538	25.6
	Conservative		292	13.9
Majority			736	35.0
Turnout			2,104

Wardle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,550	68.3
	Labour		404	17.8
	Liberal Democrat		314	13.8
Majority			1,146	50.5
Turnout			2,268

External links

BBC report of 2002 Rochdale election result

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