2002 Gloucester City Council election

The 2002 Gloucester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. There were boundary changes within Gloucester with Quedgeley being added to Gloucester and became a No Overall Control council, previously Labour-led.^[1][2]

Results

Gloucester City Council election, 2002^[3][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	+2				40.6	10391
	Labour	12	-7				30.7	7836
	Liberal Democrats	10	+3				26.6	6788
	UKIP	0		-1			0.9	225
	Socialist	0		-1			0.5	139
	Independent	0		-1			0.4	103
	CPA	0		-1			0.3	83

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gravells	1,457	64.8
	Conservative	Robert Gardiner	1,337
	Conservative	Michael Rentell	1,266
	Labour	Jonathon Gill	462	20.6
	Labour	Hayley Base	385
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Trigg	328	14.6
	Labour	Anne Whitworth	325
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie West	317
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barnwood

Barnwood (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip McLellan	1,293	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Mitchell	1,143
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Reeve	1,088
	Labour	Rosalinde Etheridge	649	25.2
	Conservative	John Carr	637	24.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Noakes	636
	Conservative	Stuart Wilson	608
	Labour	Harjit Gill	596
	Labour	Judith Robinson	574
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barton and Tredworth

Barton and Tredworth (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Francis	850	65.7
	Labour	Rose Workman	803
	Labour	Bernard O'Neill	750
	Conservative	Leonard Proctor	305	23.6
	Conservative	Hubert Harrison	297
	Conservative	Philip German	286
	Socialist	Catherine Bailey	139	10.7
	Socialist	John Ewers	107
	Socialist	Gary Jones	84
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elmbridge

Elmbridge (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Witts	760	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Smith	666
	Labour	Terence Haines	552	30.7
	Labour	David Cook	542
	Conservative	Doreen Watts	486	27.0
	Conservative	Susan Mclung	476
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange

Grange (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Hanman	793	53.0
	Labour	Brian Large	702	47.0
	Labour	Kay Mills	679
	Conservative	Philip Awford	658
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hucclecote

Hucclecote (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Crowther	1,588	62.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Blakeley	1,533
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Wilson	1,357
	Conservative	Maurice Barrett	630	24.7
	Conservative	Leslie Jones	547
	Conservative	Paul Morgan	502
	Labour	Mark Dempsey	337	13.2
	Labour	Garry Mills	282
	Labour	Steven Richards	240
Turnout			3274
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kingsholm and Wotton

Kingsholm and Wotton (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hilton	786	42.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Power	687
	Conservative	Robert Moreland	638
	Conservative	Eric Ede	630	34.3
	Labour	Sarah Everett	340	18.5
	Labour	Susan Hitchings	320
	CPA	Jonathan Ingleby	83	4.5
Turnout			1958
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longlevens

Longlevens (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul James	1,511	48.1
	Conservative	Philip Beer	1,465
	Conservative	Mark Hawthorne	1,367
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Phillips	1246	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Croucher	1118
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Higgins	1001
	Labour	Mary Cooke	386	12.3
	Labour	David Cosstick	329
	Conservative	Jeremy Fisher	307
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Matson and Robinswood

Matson and Robinswood (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen McHale	842	51.4
	Labour	Mary Smith	792
	Labour	Kevin Stephens	776
	Conservative	Eleanor Browning	570	34.8
	Conservative	Duncan Hall	559
	Conservative	Linda Morgan	535
	UKIP	Alexis Fernandes	225	13.7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Moreland

Moreland (3) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Durrant	896	56.5
	Labour	Mark Hobbs	884
	Labour	Geraldene Gillespie	838
	Conservative	Royston Beckett	690	43.5
	Conservative	Susan Gordon	560
	Conservative	Terence King	533
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Podsmead

Podsmead (1) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Lawlor	375	67.7
	Conservative	Peter Robinson	179	32.3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Quedgeley Fieldcourt

Quedgeley Fieldcourt (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Hall	520	43.4
	Conservative	Susan Lewis	449
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Powell	308	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Mozol	290
	Labour	Redvers Thomas	267	22.3
	Labour	Allan Trigg	216
	Independent	Jean Hanks	103	8.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quedgeley Severn Vale

Quedgeley Severn Vale (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Lewis	676	67.1
	Conservative	Martyn White	613
	Labour	Stephen Hoddy	331	32.9
	Labour	David Purchase	270
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tuffley

Tuffley (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Crawford	675	50.2
	Labour	Janet Lugg	670	49.8
	Labour	Rosalind Onians	649
	Conservative	Anne Suddards-Moss	612
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westgate

Westgate (2) 2002^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Tracey	632	49.1
	Conservative	Stephen Morgan	563
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Heath	479	37.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Meads	386
	Labour	Terry Barrett	177	13.7
	Labour	Evan Garwood	170
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

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