2002 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2002 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seat by 1.[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.[2]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain control after winning an extra 10 councillors.[3]

Cheltenham Local Election Result 2002[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 21 +10 52.5 44.3 25,006 +7.6%
  Conservative 13 -10 32.5 40.9 23,086 -7.0%
  PAB 4 -1 10.0 8.9 4,999 +2.6%
  Labour 2 0 5.0 5.0 2,804 -3.6%
  Green 0 0 0 1.0 556 +0.6%

Ward results
All Saints (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Franklin 813 58.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Jordan 800 —
Conservative John Newman 463 33.3
Conservative Paul Simons 456 —
Labour Brenda Moody 116 8.3
Turnout 2,648 33.7
Battledown (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul McLain 711 47.1
Conservative Hedley Thompson 711 —
Liberal Democrats Susan Needs 701 46.5
Liberal Democrats Alan White 699 —
Labour David Evans 97 6.4
Turnout 2,919 42.6
Benhall & The Reddings (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Britter 1,082 56.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rickell 948 —
Conservative Jacqueline Fletcher 836 43.6
Conservative Timothy Harman 720 —
Turnout 3,586 45.7
Charlton Kings (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jennifer Moreton 981 50.3
Conservative Duncan Smith 903 —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Harvey 715 36.6
Liberal Democrats Heather Turner 500 —
Green Celia Bear 133 6.8
Labour Lorna Steers 123 6.3
Turnout 3,355 41.6
Charlton Park (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Chaplin 1,179 64.1
Conservative John Melville-Smith 1,109 —
Liberal Democrats John Finnemore 567 30.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Oliver 542 —
Labour David Addison 93 5.1
Turnout 3,490 46.4
College (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Garth Barnes 772 48.1
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Surgenor 736 —
Conservative Penelope Hall 628 39.1
Conservative Robert Evans 621 —
Green Christopher Chatfield 120 7.5
Labour Gillian Howells 85 5.3
Turnout 2,962 37.6
Hesters Way (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lydia Bishop 614 66.0
Liberal Democrats Wendy Young 584 —
Conservative Daphne Allen 186 20.0
Conservative Lesley Silvester 170 —
Labour Robert Wells 131 14.1
Turnout 1,685 23.0
Lansdown (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Driver 746 59.1
Conservative Diggory Seacome 725 —
Liberal Democrats Michael Storm 288 22.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Horwood 274 —
Green Keith Bessant 140 11.1
Labour Katya Vines 88 7.0
Turnout 2,261 30.0
Leckhampton (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Buckland 1,186 54.8
Conservative Robin MacDonald 1,181 —
Liberal Democrats Dermot Clarke 977 45.2
Liberal Democrats John Coleman 949 —
Turnout 4,293 55.0
Oakley (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Hale 610 58.0
Labour Diana Hale 583 —
Liberal Democrats Barrie Anderson 254 24.2
Liberal Democrats Sandra Wheeler 202 —
Conservative Clare Huckett 187 17.8
Conservative Sophie Preston-Hall 182 —
Turnout 2,018 26.4
Park (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Garnham 996 57.2
Conservative Gerald Gearing 951 —
Liberal Democrats Michael Pictor 744 42.8
Liberal Democrats William Whelan 650 —
Turnout 3,341 40.0
Pittville (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Diane Hibbert 752 43.0
PAB David Prince 723 —
Conservative Gary Bowden 574 32.8
Conservative John Hopwood 502 —
Liberal Democrats Colin Hay 268 15.3
Liberal Democrats Kirstie Clish-Green 257 —
Labour Edward Hemmings 156 8.9
Turnout 3,232 40.5
Prestbury (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Leslie Godwin 1,187 60.3
PAB Malcolm Stennett 1,171 —
Conservative Martin Locke 488 24.8
Conservative Paul Ryder 383 —
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Jones 202 10.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Whalley 99 —
Green Caroline Griffiths 93 4.7
Turnout 3,623 40.7
Springbank (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Morris 603 63.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Wheeler 547 —
Conservative James Stevenson 196 20.6
Conservative Antony Sygerycz 157 —
Labour Clive Harriss 151 15.9
Turnout 1,654 21.9
St. Mark's (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Holliday 709 60.8
Liberal Democrats Clive Lloyd 698 —
Conservative Michael Horton 301 25.8
Conservative Andrew Wall 274 —
Labour Andre Curtis 157 13.5
Turnout 2,139 26.0
St. Paul's (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew McKinlay 523 66.1
Liberal Democrats Christopher Coleman 441 —
Conservative Christopher Anstey 104 13.1
Labour William Fawcett 94 11.9
Conservative Patrick Corbyn 86 —
Green Jennifer Stone 70 8.8
Turnout 1,318 16.9
St. Peter's (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Thornton 535 48.1
Liberal Democrats James Stuart-Smith 462 —
Conservative Roger Marchant 426 38.3
Conservative Robert Bird 333 —
Labour Robert Irons 152 13.7
Turnout 1,908 23.8
Swindon Village (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Ledeux 725 48.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Jones 699 —
PAB Joanna McVeagh 598 39.8
PAB Peter Allen 568 —
Conservative Anthony Fletcher 178 11.9
Conservative Terence Gould 170 —
Turnout 2,938 33.1
Up Hatherley (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Zoe Forbes 1,015 58.9
Liberal Democrats David Fidgeon 1,002 —
Conservative Eric Baylis 708 41.1
Conservative Alan Nicholson 589 —
Turnout 3,314 42.6
Warden Hill (2)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rowena Hay 945 46.7
Conservative Anne Regan 911 45.0
Conservative Christine Ryder 878 —
Liberal Democrats John Oates 865 —
Labour Christopher Bailey 168 8.3
Turnout 3,767 45.3

References
  1. "Cheltenham". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  2. "Local Elections: Results - Cabinet big guns suffer setbacks on home turf". The Independent. 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. "Borough council elections x 2 seats per ward 2nd May, 2002" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  4. "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.
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