2002 Coventry City Council election

The 2002 Coventry City Council election to the Coventry City Council was held on 3 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.

Election result

Coventry Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	0	-4	-4
	Conservative	6	+4	0	+4
	Socialist Alternative	1	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0
	Others	0	0	0	0	0.00

Council Composition

The composition of the council before and after the election can be found in the following table:[1][2]

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	35	20	15	11	31
	Conservative	15	13	2	6	19
	Socialist Alternative	3	2	1	1	3
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	0	1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0
	Other	0	0	0	0	0
Total		54	36	18	18	54

Ward results

Bablake ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gazey	2,349	57.53%
	Labour	Beverley Patton	1,205	29.51%
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Penlington	529	12.96%
Majority			1144	28.02%
Turnout			4083
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binley and Willenhall ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chater	1,834	52.00%
	Conservative	Linda Reece	1,400	39.69%
	Socialist Alternative	Rebecca Tustain	293	8.31%
Majority			434	12.31%
Turnout			3257
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheylesmore ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Foster	1,666	52.00%
	Labour	Marilyn Mutton	1,245	38.86%
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent McKee	501	15.64%
Majority			421	13.14%
Turnout			3204
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Earlsdon ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Taylor	2,479	50.44%
	Labour	Lindsley Harvard	1,528	31.09%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Dyke	659	13.41%
	Socialist Alternative	Pearl Chick	249	5.07%
Majority			951	19.35%
Turnout			4915
	Conservative hold		Swing

Foleshill ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malkiat Auluck	2,010
	Conservative	Shabbir Ahmed	1,617
	Socialist Alternative	Lakshman Hensman	213
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Henley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Patton	1,387
	Conservative	Ian Jamie	890
	Socialist Alternative	Martha Young	381
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Holbrook ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Lancaster	2,017
	Conservative	Harjinder Sehmi	1,028
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Longford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Collins	1,664
	Conservative	Heather Rutter	764
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Sewards	341
	Socialist Alternative	Martin Reynolds	243
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lower Stoke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McNicholas	1,394
	Conservative	Margaret Rigby	988
	Socialist Alternative	Jane Ashwell	397
	Liberal Democrats	Conrad Benefield	337
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Radford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keiran Mulhall	1,347
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Simpson	609
	Conservative	David Chapman	545
	Marxist	David Anderson	131
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherbourne ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Ridley	1,354
	Labour	Eric Linton	1,293
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lewis	584
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St Michael's ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist Alternative	David Nellist	1,417
	Labour	James O'’Boyle	1,022
	Conservative	Jane Westerman	237
Majority
Turnout
	Socialist Alternative hold		Swing

Upper Stoke ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sucha Bains	1,666
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Field	1,655
	Conservative	James Griffin	306
Majority			11
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wainbody ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Blundell[3][4]	2,163
	Labour	Christopher Youett	961
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Lockett	765
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Waugh	1,281
	Conservative	Nigel Lee	1,098
	Socialist Alternative	Mary Manley	364
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Whoberley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hillier	1,685
	Labour	John Fletcher	1,580
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Power	450
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Woodlands ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christian Cliffe	2,168
	Labour	Joseph Clifford	1,653
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Howarth	705
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wyken ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanna Dixon	1,373
	Labour	Colleen Fletcher	1,521
	Liberal Democrats	Wiliam Haymes	619
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• "Coventry Election Results". 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

1. "Coventry City Council Online [Archive]". 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
2. "BBC News Vote 2002 Local Elections". BBC News. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
3. "Leader of Coventry Conservatives named as future Lord Mayor". Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Coventry City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2024.