2002_Trafford_Council_election
2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
2002 UK local government election
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 52.3%.
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Quick Facts 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Trafford Council Election 2002[1][2] | ||||||||||
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Labour Party | 34,670 (41.2%) | 4.2 | 11 (52.4%) | 11 / 21 |
32 (50.8%) | 32 / 63 | ||||
Conservative Party | 37,938 (45.1%) | 6.4 | 9 (42.9%) | 9 / 21 |
1 | 28 (44.4%) | 28 / 63 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 10,071 (12.0%) | 0.9 | 1 (4.8%) | 1 / 21 |
3 (4.8%) | 3 / 63 | ||||
Green Party | 653 (0.8%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 21 |
N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 | |||
Independent | 636 (0.8%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 21 |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 | ||||
Socialist Labour Party | 189 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 21 |
N/A | 1 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
32 | 3 | 28 |
Altrincham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Fildes* | 2,503 | 54.5 | -4.6 | |
Labour | Peter Baugh | 1,472 | 32.0 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Gaskell | 621 | 13.5 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,031 | 22.5 | -9.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,596 | 52.8 | +20.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bowdon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marie Harney* | 3,345 | 63.9 | -9.1 | |
Labour | Helen Walsh | 771 | 14.7 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Legge | 762 | 14.6 | +0.0 | |
Green | Bridget Green | 359 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 2,574 | 49.2 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,237 | 56.7 | +24.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Broadheath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Baugh* | 2,454 | 49.9 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Alexander Williams | 2,060 | 41.9 | -6.7 | |
Independent | Guy Morgan | 404 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 394 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,918 | 57.3 | +19.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Brooklands
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Higgins* | 2,378 | 56.6 | -9.7 | |
Labour | Philip Morgan | 1,086 | 25.9 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Clarke | 737 | 17.5 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 1,292 | 30.7 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,201 | 54.3 | +16.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Bucklow
Clifford
Davyhulme East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edith Eadie* | 2,126 | 57.4 | -9.7 | |
Labour | Nigel Roberts | 1,581 | 42.7 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 545 | 14.7 | -19.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,707 | 52.2 | +19.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Davyhulme West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | June Reilly | 2,189 | 51.7 | -11.3 | |
Labour | Freda Mottley* | 2,049 | 48.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 140 | 3.3 | -22.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,238 | 56.6 | +16.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Flixton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Summerfield | 2,070 | 51.5 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Karina Carter | 1,946 | 48.5 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 124 | 3.0 | -17.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,016 | 53.8 | +15.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Hale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Mullins | 3,333 | 69.1 | -6.0 | |
Labour | Beverly Harrison | 828 | 17.2 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Elliott | 664 | 13.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 2,505 | 51.9 | -10.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,825 | 58.0 | +24.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Longford
Mersey-St. Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Rigby* | 2,914 | 55.8 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Sophie Taylor | 1,621 | 31.0 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Rogers | 687 | 13.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,293 | 24.8 | -17.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,222 | 54.6 | +22.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Park
Priory
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Brotherton* | 1,909 | 48.5 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Joseph Garner | 1,183 | 30.0 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Riley | 846 | 21.5 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 726 | 18.5 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,938 | 51.3 | +10.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Sale Moor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Philip Gratrix* | 1,906 | 47.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Lynch | 1,311 | 32.7 | -11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Hurst | 564 | 14.1 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Majorie Hepburn | 232 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 595 | 14.8 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,013 | 53.2 | +19.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Martin's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Leonard Murkin* | 2,737 | 66.4 | +20.9 | |
Conservative | Dilraz Butt | 1,386 | 33.6 | -11.4 | |
Majority | 1,351 | 32.8 | +32.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,123 | 49.8 | +19.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Stretford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Adshead* | 2,224 | 58.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | John Lamb | 1,403 | 36.8 | -6.3 | |
Socialist Labour | Prudence Hibberd | 189 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 821 | 21.5 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,816 | 50.8 | +18.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Talbot
Timperley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne Bowker* | 2,426 | 53.4 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Smith | 2,120 | 46.6 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 306 | 6.8 | -18.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,546 | 52.4 | +18.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Urmston
Village
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Douglas Fishwick | 3,070 | 65.1 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Patricia Morris | 1,648 | 34.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,422 | 30.2 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,718 | 50.6 | +12.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. D. Cornes | 2,030 | 57.6 | +0.2 | |
Labour | N. K. Roberts | 1,493 | 42.4 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 537 | 15.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,523 | 50.0 | -2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- "Local Election Results 2002 - Trafford". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 February 2024.