Stroud District Council election, 2002

The 2002 Stroud Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 4.^[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[2]

Election result

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 24 seats, 4 seats short of having a majority.^[3] The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council after Labour lost seats.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 39.83%.^[5]

Stroud local election result 2002^[5]^[6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29			+5	56.9	41.5	26,705	-4.2%
	Labour	12			-6	23.5	28.9	18,592	+2.4%
	Liberal Democrat	4			-1	7.8	16.3	10,471	-3.9%
	Green	4			0	7.8	10.4	6,693	+5.5%
	Independent	2			-2	3.9	2.4	1,533	+0.5%
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.6	365	+0.1%

Ward results

Amberley and Woodchester^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Glanfield	480	53.9
	Green	Sheila Macfadyen	160	18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Edmunds	134	15.1
	Labour	John Appleton	116	13.0
Majority			320	36.0
Turnout			890	50.9

Berkeley Vale (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Winter	659
	Conservative	Benjamin Francis	619
	Labour	David Shaw	600
	Labour	Michael Denning	572
Turnout			2,450	39.3

Bisley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Fleming	436	49.3
	Green	Steven Penny	388	43.9
	UKIP	Anthony Gardiner	60	6.8
Majority			48	5.4
Turnout			884	50.9

Cainscross (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Eccles	961
	Labour	Andrew Read	815
	Labour	Anthony Shortt	716
	Conservative	Norma Rodman	384
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Jones	374
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Lloyd-Jones	334
	Independent	Graham Stanley	329
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Howe	328
	Conservative	Ann Kendall	321
	Conservative	Ralph Kenber	282
	Green	Philip Williams	133
	Green	Martin Jakes	112
Turnout			5,089	35.4

Cam East (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hudson	537
	Labour	Miranda Clifton	520
	Conservative	William Fearnley-Whittingstall	504
	Labour	William Hamilton	444
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Hartley	343
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Pearce	329
Turnout			2,677	41.2

Cam West (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Andrewartha	631
	Labour	John Fowles	485
	Liberal Democrat	John Dapling	449
	Labour	Daryl Matthews	372
	Conservative	Gail Fearnley-Whittingstall	242
	Conservative	Desmond Lashbrook	187
Turnout			2,366	38.4

Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Williams	273	52.3
	Labour	Ronald Nichols	148	28.4
	Green	David Michael	101	19.3
Majority			125	23.9
Turnout			522	37.7

Chalford (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Fellows	941
	Conservative	Susan Fellows	887
	Conservative	Elizabeth Peters	743
	Labour	David Taylor	522
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Brown	487
	Labour	Jamila Gavin	473
	Green	David Wood	399
	Green	Catherine Shuckburgh	352
	Green	Mark Epton	232
	UKIP	Leslie Banstead	192
Turnout			5,228	38.4

Coaley and Uley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Wood	574	54.2
	Conservative	Caroline Chisolm	352	33.2
	Labour	George East	71	6.7
	Green	Janet Griffiths	63	5.9
Majority			222	20.9
Turnout			1,060	57.6

Dursley (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Basil Allen	723
	Labour	Hilary Fowles	683
	Conservative	Loraine Patrick	600
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Marsh	573
	Labour	Paul Denney	548
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica Harding	528
	Labour	Paul Mapplebeck	525
	Conservative	Terence Morgan	499
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Blitz	497
Turnout			5,176	38.5

Eastington and Standish^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Stephens	282	47.5
	Conservative	Thomas James	228	38.4
	Green	Valerie Hicken	84	14.1
Majority			54	9.1
Turnout			594	39.8

Farmhill and Paganhill^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sheffie Mohammed	292	55.6
	Labour	Andy Treacher	82	15.6
	Conservative	Catherine James	74	14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Sutherland	55	10.5
	Green	Annabel Caddle	22	4.2
Majority			210	40.0
Turnout			525	30.2

Hardwicke (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Littleton	711
	Conservative	David Tomlins	641
	Labour	Catherine Moore	395
Turnout			1,747	31.2

Kingswood^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Hemming	408	72.7
	Conservative	Brenda Lock	153	27.3
Majority			255	45.5
Turnout			561	36.4

Minchinhampton (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorcas Binns	888
	Conservative	Elisabeth Bird	874
	Labour	Martin Alder	356
	Green	Oscar Hull	140
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	113
	Labour	David Griffiths	113
	Green	Elizabeth Cranston	111
Turnout			2,595	36.4

Nailsworth (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sybil Bruce	777
	Conservative	Mohammed Akhtar	716
	Conservative	John Jeffreys	668
	Labour	Keith Norbury	591
	Green	Margaret Limb	571
	Labour	John Lewis	565
	Labour	Audrey Smith	555
	Green	Lydia Eeles	521
	Green	James Hepburn	437
	Liberal Democrat	Collen Rothwell	289
Turnout			5,690	41.5

Over Stroud^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Durrans	240	41.0
	Conservative	Linda Jeffreys	236	40.3
	Green	Kate Corder	109	18.6
Majority			4	0.7
Turnout			585	41.0

Painswick (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stephenson-Oliver	1,129
	Conservative	Barbara Tait	1,101
	Green	Wendy Fontaine	315
	Labour	Henrietta Nichols	251
	Labour	John Rhodes	234
Turnout			3,030	50.4

Rodborough (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Blackshaw	544
	Conservative	Nigel Cooper	488
	Labour	Roger Brown	436
	Labour	Helen Hughes	417
	Green	Carol Kambites	188
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Fisk	183
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Walker-Smith	151
	Green	Ewout Granberg	124
Turnout			2,531	36.7

Severn (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jones	755
	Conservative	Norman Smith	725
	Liberal Democrat	John Howe	457
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Stayte	409
	Labour	John Greenwood	319
	Labour	Geoffrey Wheeler	236
Turnout			2,901	42.5

Slade^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Gwendoline Belcher	236	42.7
	Labour	Charles Townley	175	31.6
	Conservative	Laurence Carmichael	142	25.7
Majority			61	11.0
Turnout			553	33.1

Stonehouse (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Williams	1,045
	Labour	Mattie Ross	1,024
	Labour	Christopher Brine	982
	Conservative	Philip Bevan	559
	Conservative	Lawrence Hall	434
	Conservative	Prudence Vernon	353
	Green	John Harris	200
	Green	Sally Pickering	200
	Green	Pamela May	182
Turnout			4,979	31.9

The Stanleys (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Studdert-Kennedy	609
	Conservative	Raymond Apperley	556
	Labour	Lesley Williams	527
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Herbert	405
	Independent	Elizabeth Stanley	194
	Labour	Thomas Williams	173
	Green	Peter Adams	152
Turnout			2,616	42.7

Thrupp^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Whiteside	339	39.7
	Conservative	Roy Nicholas	298	34.9
	Labour	John Howgate	217	25.4
Majority			41	4.8
Turnout			854	47.8

Trinity^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Marjoram	367	69.0
	Labour	Marta Cock	133	25.0
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Hodgkinson	32	6.0
Majority			234	44.0
Turnout			532	46.7

Uplands^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Townley	206	36.1
	Conservative	Rodger Cuddington	158	27.7
	Independent	Donald Peters	144	25.2
	Green	Henry Leveson-Gower	63	11.0
Majority			48	8.4
Turnout			571	33.1

Upton St Leonards^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Beard	444	57.4
	Green	Gillian Stott	175	22.6
	Labour	John Bell	154	19.9
Majority			269	34.8
Turnout			773	42.9

Vale^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Wride	536	77.6
	Labour	Stephen Turner	155	22.4
Majority			381	55.1
Turnout			691	48.1

Valley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tobias Green	217	37.5
	Labour	Charles Burling	158	27.3
	Conservative	Sylvia Kania	112	19.3
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Pierce	92	15.9
Majority			59	10.2
Turnout			57.9	34.9

Wotton-under-Edge (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	June Cordwell	1,159
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Galbraith	1,077
	Conservative	Sidney Gowers	998
	Liberal Democrat	Ethel Woodhead	747
	Conservative	Daniel Lord	622
	Conservative	Sarah Munoz-Echverria	507
Turnout			5,110	37.6

References

↑ "Stroud". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
↑ "Full results". Financial Times. 2002-05-04. p. 7. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local Elections 2002: Complete rethink as wards change". Birmingham Post. 2002-04-29. p. 4. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Bristol City Council leader unseated". BBC News Online. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
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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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