Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Trafford Council election

2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)

Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 52.3%.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Labour	32	-1
Conservative	28	+1
Liberal Democrat	3	0
Labour hold

Summary

Trafford Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	1	-1	52.4	41.2	34,670	+4.2%
	Conservative	9	1	0	+1	42.9	45.1	37,938	-6.4%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	4.8	12.0	10,071	+0.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	653	+0.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	636	+0.4%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	189	+0.2%

Ward results

Altrincham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Fildes*	2,503	54.5	-4.6
	Labour	Peter Baugh	1,472	32.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Gaskell	621	13.5	+6.7
Majority			1,031	22.5	-9.5
Turnout			4,596	52.8	+20.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bowdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Harney*	3,345	63.9	-9.1
	Labour	Helen Walsh	771	14.7	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Legge	762	14.6	+0.0
	Green	Bridget Green	359	6.9	+6.9
Majority			2,574	49.2	-9.2
Turnout			5,237	56.7	+24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadheath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Baugh*	2,454	49.9	+6.0
	Conservative	Alexander Williams	2,060	41.9	-6.7
	Independent	Guy Morgan	404	8.2	+8.2
Majority			394	8.0
Turnout			4,918	57.3	+19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Brooklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgins*	2,378	56.6	-9.7
	Labour	Philip Morgan	1,086	25.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Clarke	737	17.5	+4.4
Majority			1,292	30.7	-15.0
Turnout			4,201	54.3	+16.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bucklow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Kanes*	1,759	75.3	+2.6
	Conservative	James Davies	576	24.7	-2.6
Majority			1,183	50.6	+5.2
Turnout			2,335	41.0	+22.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mitchell*	2,256	75.8	-0.1
	Conservative	Alexander Kelly	428	14.4	-3.2
	Green	Anne Power	294	9.9	+9.9
Majority			1,828	61.4	+3.1
Turnout			2,978	40.0	+17.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Davyhulme East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edith Eadie*	2,126	57.4	-9.7
	Labour	Nigel Roberts	1,581	42.7	+9.7
Majority			545	14.7	-19.4
Turnout			3,707	52.2	+19.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Reilly	2,189	51.7	-11.3
	Labour	Freda Mottley*	2,049	48.4	+11.4
Majority			140	3.3	-22.7
Turnout			4,238	56.6	+16.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Flixton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Summerfield	2,070	51.5	-9.0
	Labour	Karina Carter	1,946	48.5	+8.9
Majority			124	3.0	-17.9
Turnout			4,016	53.8	+15.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Mullins	3,333	69.1	-6.0
	Labour	Beverly Harrison	828	17.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Elliott	664	13.8	+1.3
Majority			2,505	51.9	-10.7
Turnout			4,825	58.0	+24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Lloyd*	2,174	62.3	+7.8
	Conservative	John Schofield	1,318	37.7	-7.8
Majority			856	24.6	+15.6
Turnout			3,492	48.5	+13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersey St. Marys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Rigby*	2,914	55.8	-9.0
	Labour	Sophie Taylor	1,621	31.0	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Rogers	687	13.2	+0.7
Majority			1,293	24.8	-17.2
Turnout			5,222	54.6	+22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McDermott	1,750	62.8	+7.4
	Conservative	Pervez Nakvi	1,038	37.2	-7.4
Majority			712	25.6	+14.8
Turnout			2,788	46.8	+22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Brotherton*	1,909	48.5	-0.5
	Conservative	Joseph Garner	1,183	30.0	-3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Riley	846	21.5	+4.4
Majority			726	18.5	+3.4
Turnout			3,938	51.3	+10.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sale Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Gratrix*	1,906	47.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Christopher Lynch	1,311	32.7	-11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Hurst	564	14.1	+2.3
	Independent	Majorie Hepburn	232	5.8	+5.8
Majority			595	14.8	+14.0
Turnout			4,013	53.2	+19.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Martin's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard Murkin*	2,737	66.4	+20.9
	Conservative	Dilraz Butt	1,386	33.6	-11.4
Majority			1,351	32.8	+32.3
Turnout			4,123	49.8	+19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Adshead*	2,224	58.3	+1.4
	Conservative	John Lamb	1,403	36.8	-6.3
	Socialist Labour	Prudence Hibberd	189	5.0	+5.0
Majority			821	21.5	+7.7
Turnout			3,816	50.8	+18.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Beaumont*	1,824	77.2	+10.6
	Conservative	George Manley	538	22.8	-2.8
Majority			1,286	54.4	+13.4
Turnout			2,362	37.9	+16.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Timperley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Bowker*	2,426	53.4	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Smith	2,120	46.6	+18.6
Majority			306	6.8	-18.7
Turnout			4,546	52.4	+18.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Acton*	2,323	56.8	+2.9
	Conservative	Christine Turner	1,765	43.2	-3.0
Majority			558	13.6	+5.9
Turnout			4,088	54.0	+12.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Fishwick	3,070	65.1	+9.8
	Conservative	Patricia Morris	1,648	34.9	+0.5
Majority			1,422	30.2	+9.3
Turnout			4,718	50.6	+12.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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

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