2002 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 26
Liberal Democrat 21
Conservative 16
Southport Party 3

Election result

Sefton Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	9	+3	39.1	31.7	22,547
Liberal Democrats	6	-4	26.1	28.8	20,455
Conservative	5	-2	21.7	25.1	17,832
Southport Party	3	+3	13.0	11.3	8,007
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	1.2	822
Green	0	0	0	1.1	750
Independent	0	0	0	0.7	491
BNP	0	0	0	0.2	159

Ward results

Ainsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Ridge	1,831	46.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carla Hayde	1,002	25.3
	Southport Party	John Leech	866	21.9
	Labour	Linda Cluskey	196	4.9
	Green	Laurence Rankin	68	1.7
Majority			829	20.9
Turnout			3,963

Birkdale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Brodie-Browne	1,376
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Dally	1,275
	Conservative	Ralph Gregson	1,157
	Southport Party	Richard Chapman	976
	Conservative	Jeremy Myers	887
	Labour	James Baldwin	284
	Green	William Bethnuin	272
	Independent	Terry Durrance	257
	Labour	David Stott	236
Turnout			6,720

Blundellsands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Roberts	1,770	50.9
	Labour	Pamela Parry	1,166	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Brereton	539	15.5
Majority			604	17.3
Turnout			3,475

Cambridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southport Party	David Cobham	1,345	36.7
	Conservative	Robert Price	1,336	36.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Dally	733	20.0
	Labour	Patricia Maher	255	7.0
Majority			9	0.3
Turnout			3,669

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carol Gustafson	1,468	47.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Kehoe	1,444	46.4
	Conservative	James Patterson	203	6.5
Majority			24	0.7
Turnout			3,115

Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Rice	1,681	77.9
	Conservative	Paul Nuttall	245	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Cross	232	10.8
Majority			1,436	66.5
Turnout			2,158

Dukes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald Watson	1,386	40.1
	Southport Party	David McLaughlan	1,083	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Shavaksha	658	19.0
	Labour	Christopher Holmes	239	6.9
	Green	Lola Sieve	89	2.6
Majority			303	8.8
Turnout			3,455

Ford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Moncur	1,828	78.4
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Fielding	503	21.6
Majority			1,325	56.8
Turnout			2,331

Harington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Whitby	1,918	54.4
	Labour	Maurice Newton	888	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Druscilla Haydon	722	20.5
Majority			1,030	29.2
Turnout			3,528

Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southport Party	James Grundy	1,271	42.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Bamber	838	28.2
	Conservative	John Lyon-Taylor	470	15.8
	Labour	Stephen Jowett	290	9.8
	Green	John Glendenning	105	3.5
Majority			433	14.5
Turnout			2,974

Linacre
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gordon Friel	1,463	83.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Williams	298	16.9
Majority			1,165	66.2
Turnout			1,761

Litherland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Tweed	1,411	80.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Murray	351	19.9
Majority			1,060	60.2
Turnout			1,762

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Jakub	1,750	47.7
	Conservative	Peter Papworth	1,249	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Firth	540	14.7
	Independent	Robert Wright	126	3.4
Majority			501	13.6
Turnout			3,665

Meols
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southport Party	Margaret Brown	1,318	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Tattersall	1,272	32.1
	Conservative	Jamie Halsall	1,159	29.2
	Labour	John Seale	218	5.5
Majority			46	1.1
Turnout			3,967

Molyneux
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Colbert	1,342	39.9
	Labour	Timothy Hale	1,238	36.8
	Conservative	Alan Brown	785	23.3
Majority			104	3.1
Turnout			3,365

Netherton and Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Martin	1,510	58.3
	Socialist Alternative	Peter Glover	822	31.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Cross	256	9.9
Majority			688	26.5
Turnout			2,588

Norwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Sumner	1,164	33.8
	Southport Party	Geoffrey Wright	1,148	33.4
	Conservative	Mark Bigley	619	18.0
	Labour	Constance McCarthy	350	10.2
	BNP	Michael McDermott	159	4.6
Majority			16	0.4
Turnout			3,440

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robbie Fenton	2,199	71.5
	Labour	Sandra Williams	659	21.4
	Green	Andrew Hoban	216	7.0
Majority			1,540	50.1
Turnout			3,074

Ravenmeols
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vincent Platt	1,663	50.6
	Labour	Paul Flodman	1,243	37.8
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Drake	379	11.5
Majority			420	12.8
Turnout			3,285

St Oswald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Burke	2,117	84.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Murray	388	15.5
Majority			1,729	69.0
Turnout			2,505

Sudell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Connell	1,729	53.6
	Labour	Stephen Kermode	795	24.7
	Conservative	William Newton	592	18.4
	Independent	David Jones	108	3.3
Majority			934	28.9
Turnout			3,224

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Giles Blundell	1,262	41.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Tonkiss	1,215	40.0
	Conservative	Theresa Rossiter	562	18.5
Majority			47	1.5
Turnout			3,039

References

^ "Sefton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

[change-1] "Sefton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 December 2009.

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