2002 Rossendale Borough Council election

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party took overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	24	+12	66.7	53.6	23,815
Conservative	12	-12	33.3	44.7	19,895
Independent	0	0	0	1.4	614
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0.3	139

Ward results

Cribden (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	598
	Labour	501
	Conservative	454
	Conservative	351
Turnout		1,904

Eden (2)
Party		Votes
	Conservative	584
	Labour	506
	Conservative	493
	Labour	414
Turnout		1,997

Facit and Shawforth (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	550
	Labour	527
	Conservative	378
	Conservative	290
Turnout		1,745

Goodshaw (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	656
	Labour	644
	Conservative	353
	Conservative	330
Turnout		1,983

Greenfield (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative	835
	Conservative	813
	Conservative	804
	Labour	631
	Labour	591
	Labour	588
	Socialist Alliance	139
Turnout		4,401

Greensclough (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative	1,124
	Conservative	898
	Conservative	825
	Labour	542
	Labour	441
	Labour	434
Turnout		4,264

Hareholme (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour	1,041
	Labour	935
	Labour	919
	Conservative	661
	Conservative	601
	Conservative	586
Turnout		4,743

Healey and Whitworth (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	515
	Labour	450
	Conservative	306
	Conservative	224
Turnout		1,495

Helmshore (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative	763
	Conservative	748
	Labour	716
	Labour	714
	Conservative	666
	Labour	627
	Independent	405
Turnout		4,743

Irwell (3)
Party		Votes
	Conservative	632
	Conservative	630
	Conservative	563
	Labour	560
	Labour	501
	Labour	479
Turnout		3,365

Longholme (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour	896
	Labour	789
	Labour	775
	Conservative	524
	Conservative	510
	Conservative	389
Turnout		3,883

Stacksteads (2)
Party		Votes
	Labour	796
	Labour	684
	Conservative	369
	Conservative	298
Turnout		2,147

Whitewell (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour	851
	Labour	830
	Labour	801
	Conservative	715
	Conservative	691
	Conservative	690
Turnout		4,578

Worsley (3)
Party		Votes
	Labour	836
	Labour	757
	Labour	720
	Conservative	555
	Conservative	534
	Conservative	513
	Independent	209
Turnout		4,124

2002 Rossendale Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

References