2002 Bristol City Council election

2002 Bristol City Council election
← 2001 2 May 2002 2003 →
24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 36 24 10
Seat change Decrease4 Increase3 Increase1
2002 local election results in Bristol
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 2002 Bristol City Council election took place on 2 May 2002, on the same day as other local elections. Despite suffering some losses, the Labour Party managed to retain a slim majority.[1]

Ward Results

Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Spud Murphy 1,428 44.02
Labour Celia Mildred Lukins 1,339 41.28
Liberal Democrats Martyn George Dunn 365 11.25
Green Luke Phillip Burns 112 3.45
Majority 89 2.74
Conservative gain from Labour

Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Claire Margaret Warren 981 33.64
Independent Stewart Robert Parkman 684 23.46
Liberal Democrats Julie Anne Palmer 485 16.63
Conservative Christian Virginia Jessie Simpson 474 16.26
Green Peter Murray Andrews 185 6.34
Socialist Alternative Robin Victor Clapp 107 3.67
Majority 297 10.18
Labour hold

Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats David John Gordon Kitson 1,717 52.35
Labour Gerald Rosenberg 731 22.29
Conservative Jonathan Arthur Thorne 365 11.13
Green Martin Harry Harvey 272 8.29
Socialist Alliance Elisabeth Julia Winkler 195 5.95
Majority 986 30.06
Liberal Democrats hold

Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ronald Hodges 1,756 58.34
Labour Keith Yarwood 893 29.67
Liberal Democrats Jo Cynthia Carpenter 226 7.51
Green Barrie Robert Lewis 135 4.49
Majority 863 28.67
Conservative hold

Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William Leslie Martin 1,149 44.57
Conservative Vincent Mora 781 30.29
Liberal Democrats Jeffery Exon 473 18.35
Green David Simon Coombes 100 3.88
Socialist Labour Brian Andrew Corbett 75 2.91
Majority 368 14.28
Labour hold

Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Peter Henry Main 1,492 54.69
Labour Tony Poole 678 24.85
Conservative Colin Robert Bretherton 440 16.13
Green Mary Beryl Wood 118 4.33
Majority 814 29.84
Liberal Democrats hold

Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Ann Marjorie Cooper 1,385 55.27
Labour George Micklewright 954 38.07
Conservative Lesley Ann Alexander 113 4.51
Green Eamonn James Murphy 33 1.32
Socialist Alliance Philip Leonard Jones 21 0.84
Majority 431 17.20
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Royston Alan Griffey 981 48.33
Conservative Shirley Diane Hodges 612 30.15
Liberal Democrats Ian Robert Cooper 370 18.23
Green Maxine Louise Gilman 67 3.30
Majority 369 18.18
Labour hold

Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Claire Louise Cook 1,193 48.28
Conservative Roy David Pepworth 817 33.06
Liberal Democrats Carol Anne Knight 393 15.90
Green Donald Harbit Monck Brown 68 2.75
Majority 376 15.22
Labour hold

Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Mary Sykes 1,481 44.43
Conservative Adam Beda Tayler 977 29.31
Labour John Norman Winterson 819 24.57
Green Michael Crawford 56 1.68
Majority 504 15.12
Liberal Democrats hold

Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Rosalie Margaret Brown 2,400 59.90
Conservative Christopher John Windows 1,176 29.35
Labour Keith Evans 284 7.09
Green William Frame McCaskie 147 3.67
Majority 1,224 30.55
Liberal Democrats hold

Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Martin Kerry 1,513 49.16
Labour David Owen Rees 931 30.25
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Ludlow 445 14.46
Green Simon James Glover 102 3.31
Socialist Alliance Jonathan Samuel Kennedy 87 2.83
Majority 582 18.91
Conservative hold

Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Thomas Bees 1,049 38.55
Liberal Democrats Terence Richard Daniel Thomas 827 30.39
Conservative Michael John Cobb 702 25.80
Green John Mark Hills 95 3.49
Socialist Alliance Brian Drummond 48 1.76
Majority 222 8.16
Labour hold

Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Gary Hopkins 1,795 51.48
Labour David Johnson 1,059 30.37
Conservative Stuart McGregor Quayle 359 10.30
Green Graham Hugh Davey 169 4.85
Socialist Alliance Peter Henry Wearden 105 3.01
Majority 736 21.11
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats John Richard Astley 1,204 48.37
Labour Edmund John Bramall 1,025 41.18
Conservative Guy Neale Dawe 115 4.62
Green Jane Caroline Lewis 111 4.46
Socialist Labour Giles Barralet Shorter 34 1.37
Majority 179 7.19
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Sean Clifford Emmett 1,492 56.79
Labour Nichola Irene Barton 797 30.34
Conservative Matthew Christopher Stallabrass 236 8.98
Green Vince Simon Jones 51 1.94
Socialist Alternative Roger Stephen Thomas 51 1.94
Majority 695 26.45
Liberal Democrats hold

Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Jeanne Townsend 1,486 46.41
Conservative Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson 812 25.36
Labour Kerry Barker 576 17.99
Green Justin Michael Quinnell 328 10.24
Majority 674 21.05
Liberal Democrats hold

Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Jenny Margaret Smith 940 48.83
Liberal Democrats Shaun David Jones 486 25.25
Conservative Anthony James Smith 434 22.55
Green Geoff Collard 65 3.38
Majority 454 23.58
Labour hold

Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Matthew Symonds 1,285 44.93
Green Charles Nicholas Bolton 534 18.67
Conservative Philip Arthur Cobbold 494 17.27
Liberal Democrats Paul Elvin 442 15.45
Socialist Alliance Jonathan Peter Harris 105 3.67
Majority 751 26.26
Labour hold

Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Henry Robert Morris 1,864 55.03
Labour Lesley Ann Mansell 920 27.16
Liberal Democrats Jane Mary Collins 505 14.91
Green Samantha Elizabeth Thompson 98 2.89
Majority 944 27.87
Conservative hold

Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Goulandris 2,118 66.54
Liberal Democrats Gillian Evelyn Donald 539 16.93
Labour Dianne Elizabeth Manning 373 11.72
Green Keith Vivian Wiltshire 153 4.81
Majority 1,579 49.61
Conservative hold

Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ashley Peter Fox 2,240 49.14
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Lance Doddrell 1,847 40.52
Labour Judith Margaret Sluglett 338 7.42
Green John Fraser Laird Devaney 133 2.92
Majority 393 8.62
Conservative hold

Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Colin John Smith 1,058 47.55
Conservative Jonathan Robert Hucker 620 27.87
Liberal Democrats James Carpenter 464 20.85
Green Mary Elizabeth Thomson 83 3.73
Majority 438 19.68
Labour hold

Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2002
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Christopher Louis Orlik 1,005 41.00
Liberal Democrats Joyce Rosaline May Cooper 487 19.87
Green Patrick Dorian Hulme 405 16.52
Conservative Graham David Morris 361 14.73
Socialist Alliance Arnie Nevin 126 5.14
Socialist Labour Katherine Cremer 67 2.73
Majority 518 21.13
Labour hold

References

  1. ^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 2 May 2002". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 16 April 2016.