The 2002 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Labour 56
- Conservative 9
- Liberal Democrat 6
- Vacant 1[2]
Campaign
editBefore the election the Labour Party controlled the council with 55 seats, compared to 8 Conservatives, 7 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.[3] A further seat was vacant after the recent death of Labour councillor Fred Smith.[3]
Candidates in the election included five independents who were standing in protest at a decision by the council to close a swimming pool in Tipton and a nearby leisure centre.[4][5] The Tipton area also saw 2 candidates from the British National Party standing in the wards of Princes End and Tipton Green.[3]
Election result
editThe results saw Labour easily keep its strong majority on the council after winning 19 of the 24 seats contested.[6] Neither the British National Party, nor the candidate from the Freedom Party managed to win a seat on the council,[7] but the British National Party did win 24% in Princes End ward.[8]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | +1 | 79.2 | 51.6 | 31,948 | +5.3% | |||
Conservative | 3 | +1 | 12.5 | 27.5 | 17,054 | -7.0% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | -1 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 6,967 | -1.9% | |||
Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3.4 | 2,116 | -0.8% | |||
Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 1,897 | +3.1% | |||
Freedom Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1,070 | +1.7% | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 870 | +1.4% | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | +0.0% |
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Eling | 1,491 | 54.3 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | John McHard | 724 | 26.4 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Prior | 397 | 14.5 | +2.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Malcolm Connigale | 133 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 767 | 27.9 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,745 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Walker | 1,375 | 54.1 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Mary Docker | 919 | 36.2 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Walter Bowdler | 246 | 9.7 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 456 | 18.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,540 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lois Griffin | 1,384 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Terry Grainger | 1,014 | 39.6 | −7.0 | |
Socialist Labour | Sukhjinder Clair | 163 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 370 | 14.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,561 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Hughes | 1,100 | 38.7 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Underhill | 1,009 | 35.5 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Babu Patel | 730 | 25.7 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 91 | 3.2 | −14.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,839 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glenis Webb | 1,462 | 62.1 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | James Musk | 894 | 37.9 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 568 | 24.1 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,356 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joyce Edis | 1,068 | 62.7 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Janet Williams | 471 | 27.6 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Reed | 165 | 9.7 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 597 | 35.0 | +21.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,704 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sadie Smith | 1,393 | 44.4 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Sharron Devonport | 895 | 28.5 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Lawrence | 847 | 27.0 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 498 | 15.9 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,135 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Rowley | 1,105 | 47.4 | −1.4 | |
Independent | Fred Perry | 817 | 35.0 | +35.0 | |
Conservative | Philip Mansell | 409 | 17.5 | −15.7 | |
Majority | 288 | 12.4 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,331 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurchuran Sudhu | 1,169 | 58.5 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Rosemarie Campbell | 471 | 23.6 | −5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Roberts | 358 | 17.9 | +8.5 | |
Majority | 698 | 34.9 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,998 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terry Williams | 989 | 48.2 | +13.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson | 799 | 38.9 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Gaynor Skeldon | 265 | 12.9 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 190 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,053 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Sullivan | 1,601 | 55.3 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Roland Hill | 915 | 31.6 | −8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Reid | 285 | 9.8 | −2.8 | |
Socialist Labour | Jasvir Gill | 96 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 686 | 23.7 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,897 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Fowler | 1,440 | 45.2 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Simon Hackett | 1,209 | 37.9 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Ward | 485 | 15.2 | −8.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Baldeesh Singh | 54 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 231 | 7.2 | −21.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,188 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Meacham | 1,266 | 43.6 | −17.7 | |
Labour | Michael Davis | 1,202 | 41.4 | +2.7 | |
Independent | Deborah Blewitt | 437 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
Majority | 64 | 2.2 | −20.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,905 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Babu Bawa | 1,358 | 51.9 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Jeanette Hill | 571 | 21.8 | −3.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Amarjit Singh | 361 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Gorton | 329 | 12.6 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 787 | 30.0 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,619 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Raymond Howes | 894 | 40.6 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Geddes | 543 | 24.7 | −22.0 | |
BNP | John Salvage | 536 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
Independent | Robert Roper | 128 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Independent | Alison Jones | 79 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
UKIP | Kevin Walker | 22 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 351 | 15.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,202 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Price | 1,578 | 65.7 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Joanne Hadley | 825 | 34.3 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 753 | 31.3 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,403 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Horton | 1,847 | 77.1 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Ewart Johnson | 549 | 22.9 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 1,298 | 54.2 | +20.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,396 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammad Rouf | 1,178 | 72.8 | +2.6 | |
Socialist Labour | Rajinder Kumar | 260 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | William Shipman | 181 | 11.2 | −18.6 | |
Majority | 918 | 56.7 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,619 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gurinder Josan | 2,095 | 68.8 | +24.0 | |
Socialist Labour | Ranjit Tagger | 569 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Manjit Lall | 381 | 12.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 1,526 | 50.1 | +47.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,045 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Jones | 2,030 | 45.7 | +1.5 | |
Freedom Party | Stephen Edwards | 1,070 | 24.1 | +24.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Davies | 461 | 10.4 | −16.3 | |
Independent | Malcolm Beckley | 394 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
BNP | Kenneth Salvage | 334 | 7.5 | −16.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Surinder Sandhu | 154 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 960 | 21.6 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,443 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hinton | 1,205 | 50.4 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Hockley | 676 | 28.3 | −10.9 | |
Independent | Michael Davenport | 261 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Bradley | 247 | 10.3 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 529 | 22.1 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,389 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Archer | 1,634 | 68.6 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Elaine Giles | 748 | 31.4 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 886 | 37.2 | +12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,382 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roy Melia | 1,410 | 58.7 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Nugent | 991 | 41.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 419 | 17.5 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,401 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Turton | 1,925 | 68.9 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Bhajan Shoker | 462 | 16.5 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Ford | 299 | 10.7 | −1.2 | |
Socialist Labour | Dharam Pal | 107 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 1,463 | 52.4 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,793 |
References
edit- ^ "Sandwell". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Steve (1 May 2002). "Uphill job to oust Labour; But Tories hope for gains". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ Johnson, Steve (3 April 2002). "Poll fight by mother; ; Leisure protester stands". Birmingham Mail.
- ^ Johnson, Adrian (24 April 2002). "Society: frontline: Links: In deep water: Adrian Johnson on why the planned closure of a rundown pool in the West Midlands has provoked a political backlash". The Guardian. p. 14.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2002: Labour ward off the right; Majority retained against BNP challenge". Birmingham Mail. 3 May 2002. p. 17.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2002: No headway for far right". Birmingham Mail. 3 May 2002. p. 20.
- ^ Travis, Alan (9 May 2002). "Comment & Analysis: Analysis: The devil is in the detail: It is not just Burnley and Oldham we should be worrying about - the British National party made progress in 16 other areas too". The Guardian. p. 15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Sandwell". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.