2002 Rugby Borough Council election

Elections to Rugby Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election as a result of the boundary changes that had taken place since the last election in 2000. The council stayed under no overall control.

Election result

Rugby Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18				37.5	35.8	22,252
	Labour	16				33.3	27.2	16,910
	Liberal Democrats	10				20.8	30.2	18,735
	Independent	4				8.3	6.8	4,220

Ward results

Admirals (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Coles	627
	Labour	Martin Eversfield	584
	Labour	Kathleen Hayter	572
	Conservative	Karl Cook	483
	Conservative	Richard Vereker	434
	Conservative	Felipe Tejero	428
	Liberal Democrats	Hilda Fletcher	173
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Thoday	150
	Liberal Democrats	Lilian Pallikaropoulos	140
Turnout			3,591

Avon and Swift (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Bell	544
	Independent	David Carter	497
	Labour	Richard Best	185
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Andrews	154
Turnout			1,380

Benn (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Shera	674
	Labour	Keith Cassidy	673
	Labour	Francis Whistance	591
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Roodhouse	372
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Bocus	337
	Liberal Democrats	James Hotten	325
	Conservative	Christopher Pacel-Day	270
Turnout			3,242

Bilton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Franklyn	1,129
	Conservative	Craig Humphrey	1,067
	Conservative	David Wright	937
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllis Allen	500
	Labour	Anne Jones	435
	Liberal Democrats	Faye Morris	377
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice O'Dwyer	320
Turnout			4,765

Brownsover North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Anderson	521
	Conservative	Carolyn Robbins	506
	Labour	Steven Birkett	239
	Liberal Democrats	Heidi Thomas	198
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Trevitt	89
Turnout			1,553

Brownsover South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Webb	365
	Labour	Claire Edwards	363
	Conservative	Paul King	298
	Conservative	David Henry	285
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Godwin	74
	Liberal Democrats	Mervyn Leah	65
Turnout			1,450

Caldecott (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Holman	979
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Hotten	922
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hardgrave	919
	Conservative	David Barby	598
	Conservative	Paul Newsome	521
	Conservative	Virginia Taylor	517
	Labour	Brenda Clarke	368
Turnout			4,824

Dunchurch and Knightlow (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Ravenhall	1,211
	Conservative	William Shields	1,084
	Conservative	Mark Pawsey	1,069
	Conservative	Peter Butlin	880
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	816
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Morris	780
	Labour	Katherine King	329
Turnout			6,169

Earl Craven and Wolston (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Laurence Wright	1,204
	Labour	Douglas Hodkinson	802
	Conservative	David Elson	791
	Labour	Anthony Harris	733
	Conservative	Kevin Taylor	714
Turnout			4,244

Eastlands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Roodhouse	1,441
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Peach	1,353
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Sandison	1,232
	Conservative	Jennifer Ferguson	306
	Labour	Vasanji Chhana	279
	Conservative	Dunstan Vavasour	255
Turnout			4,866

Fosse (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Campbell	508
	Conservative	William Clarke	470
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gunstone	457
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Illingworth	410
	Independent	Reginald French	356
	Independent	Ronald Lissaman	234
Turnout			2,435

Hillmorton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Sewell	656
	Liberal Democrats	Jesstina Upstone	655
	Labour	Terance Deery	629
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Allanach	582
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Williams	528
	Conservative	Pauline Elson	477
	Labour	Douglas Hall	475
	Independent	Kathryn Lawrence	456
	Conservative	Amanda Lane	413
	Independent	James Rule	286
Turnout			5,157

Lawford and Kings Newnham (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Wyatt	495
	Conservative	Patricia Collett	408
	Labour	David Winkle	397
	Labour	Peter Currie	258
Turnout			1,558

Leam Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Collett	638	85.5
	Labour	Benjamin Ferrett	108	14.5
Majority			530	71.0
Turnout			746

New Bilton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ishvarlal Mistry	793
	Labour	Frank Blackman	749
	Labour	Donald Williams	717
	Conservative	Stanley Humphries	535
	Liberal Democrats	John Upstone	417
Turnout			3,211

Newbold (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Kirby	945
	Labour	Denham Cavanagh	913
	Labour	John Wells	910
	Conservative	Caroline Wright	457
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Seakins	382
Turnout			3,607

Overslade (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Barrington-Ward	759
	Conservative	Richard Lane	744
	Conservative	Kamaljit Kaur	704
	Labour	Christina Avis	682
	Labour	Bryan Levy	595
	Labour	Ramesh Srivastava	573
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Neville	262
	Liberal Democrats	Dianna Hardgrave	256
	Liberal Democrats	Gina Oliver	241
Turnout			4,816

Paddox (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Dodd	831
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Allanach	752
	Conservative	Stephen Tompsett	313
	Conservative	Barbara Johnston	284
	Labour	Michael Hirons	186
	Labour	Nurjahan Shera	161
Turnout			2,527

Ryton on Dunsmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ronald Backholler	344	60.5
	Independent	Bernard O'Hara	127	22.3
	Conservative	Philip Cropper	98	17.2
Majority			217	38.2
Turnout			569

Wolvey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Warwick	418	62.0
	Independent	William Chase	221	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Ravenhall	35	5.2
Majority			197	29.2
Turnout			674