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2002 Sheffield City Council election

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2002 Sheffield City Council election

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One third of seats (29 of 87) to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 19 10 0
Seat change Increase7 Decrease5 Steady0

Map showing the results of the 2002 Sheffield City Council elections.

Majority party before election

Liberal Democrats

Majority party after election

No Overall Control

Sheffield City Council elections took place on 2 May 2002. One third of seats were up for election. Since the previous election, the Liberal Democrats and Labour had each suffered one defection - Ronald Shepherd left the Labour grouping to sit as an Independent and Lib Dem Matthew Dixon defected, firstly as an Independent and then to the Conservatives. In this time an earlier Lib Dem defector, Trefor Morgan, also changed from an Independent to Liberal.

Following this election, the council returned to no overall control, as the sizable swing from Lib Dem to Labour allowed Labour to gain five seats directly from the Lib Dems, and two from earlier defections, making Labour narrowly the largest party with 43 seats to the Lib Dem's 42. Overall turnout was 30.0%.[1]

Election result

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Sheffield Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 19 7 0 +7 65.5 44.5 50,165 +7.2
  Liberal Democrats 10 0 5 -5 34.5 36.6 41,214 -8.4
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 13.6 15,338 -0.5
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.3 3,764 +1.1
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.7 834 +0.6
  Independent Labour 0 0 1 -1 0.0 0.5 526 -0.6
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 442 New
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 207 N/A
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 106 ±0.0
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 101 -0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 36 43
Liberal Democrats 47 42
Conservatives 2 2
Independent Labour 1 0
Liberal 1 0
Total 87 87
Working majority  7   0 

Ward results

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Beauchief [1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Moore* 2,740 52.2 −7.6
Labour Beverly Wright 1,603 30.6 +4.4
Conservative Christine Bradley 677 12.9 −1.0
Independent Gemma Lock 207 3.9 +3.9
Rejected ballots 16 0.3
Majority 1,137 21.7 −12.0
Turnout 5,243 36.4 +3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.0
Birley[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Pye 2,775 58.0 +9.3
Liberal Democrats Judy Webster 1,723 36.0 −8.0
Conservative Evelyn Millward 282 5.9 −1.5
Rejected ballots 7 0.1
Majority 1,052 22.0 +17.3
Turnout 4,787 34.2 +3.5
Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing +8.6
Brightside[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Meade* 1,891 71.6 +7.8
Conservative Pat Maloney 380 14.4 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Jawaid Qazi 256 9.7 −12.3
Socialist Labour Robert Morris 106 4.0 +0.6
Rejected ballots 9 0.3
Majority 1,635 57.2 +20.2
Turnout 2,642 23.6 +4.7
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Broomhill[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Whitehouse* 2,192 55.4 −1.9
Labour Martin Newsome 705 17.8 −3.3
Conservative Mark Fox 566 14.3 +0.0
Green Gillian Booth 438 11.1 +3.8
UKIP Nigel James 35 0.9 +0.9
Rejected ballots 20 0.5
Majority 1,487 37.6 +1.4
Turnout 3,956 26.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.7
Burngreave[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jackie Field 1,555 61.1 +23.7
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hafiz 485 19.1 −4.8
Conservative Nicholas Bryan 184 7.2 −1.0
Socialist Alliance Alison Brown 159 6.2 +4.2
Green Chris Sissons 145 5.7 +2.4
Rejected ballots 15 0.6
Majority 1,070 42.1 +28.5
Turnout 2,543 29.7 +2.0
Labour hold Swing +14.2
Castle[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike King* 1,414 70.1 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Coleman 259 12.8 −5.3
Green Graham Wroe 190 9.4 +3.9
Conservative Michael Young 148 7.3 −1.3
Rejected ballots 6 0.3
Majority 1,155 57.2 +10.1
Turnout 2,017 23.4 +3.7
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Chapel Green[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Fox 2,333 48.5 −6.8
Labour Sheila Tyler 2,072 43.0 +7.1
Conservative Anne Smith 394 8.2 −0.6
Rejected ballots 13 0.3
Majority 261 5.4 −13.9
Turnout 4,812 26.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -6.9
Darnall[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammad Altaf 2,287 53.4 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Shaffaq Mohammed 1,212 28.3 −5.5
UKIP Jonathan Arnott 407 9.5 +9.5
Conservative Gordon Millward 357 8.3 +0.3
Rejected ballots 21 0.5
Majority 1,075 25.1 +0.7
Turnout 4,284 32.3 +5.0
Labour hold Swing +0.3
Dore[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Ross* 3,208 48.6 +7.4
Conservative Graham King 2,506 38.0 −8.6
Labour Don Henderson 701 10.6 −1.5
Green Dawn Biram 166 2.5 +2.5
Rejected ballots 12 0.2
Majority 702 10.6 +5.3
Turnout 6,593 44.7 +4.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0
Ecclesall[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Davison* 3,481 57.1 −0.1
Conservative Kevin Mahoney 1,884 30.9 +3.6
Labour Farhat Rafiq 694 11.4 +0.1
Rejected ballots 40 0.6
Majority 1,597 26.2 −3.7
Turnout 6,099 40.5 +2.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -1.8
Firth Park[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Barton* 2,271 80.2 +13.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Nazir 300 10.6 −11.0
Conservative Neville Paling 235 8.3 −3.6
Rejected ballots 25 0.9
Majority 1,971 69.6 +24.9
Turnout 2,831 25.5 +4.8
Labour hold Swing +12.4
Hallam[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Kime* 3,746 56.0 +0.1
Conservative Alan Ryder 2,046 30.6 +0.8
Labour William Breakell 878 13.1 −1.1
Rejected ballots 16 0.2
Majority 1,700 25.4 −0.7
Turnout 6,686 46.7 +7.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.3
Handsworth[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Satur* 2,426 64.3 +9.1
Independent Labour Elsie Smith 526 13.9 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Allan Wisbey 430 11.4 −8.2
Conservative Laurence Hayward 386 10.2 +0.3
Rejected ballots 4 0.1
Majority 1,996 50.4 +17.4
Turnout 3,772 26.8 +3.5
Labour hold Swing +5.2
Heeley[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Fox 1,878 44.0 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Ayris* 1,476 34.5 −13.8
Green Robert Unwin 496 11.6 +3.9
Conservative Deborah Richmond 229 5.3 −0.6
Socialist Alliance Richard Pitt 186 4.3 +4.3
Rejected ballots 6 0.1
Majority 402 9.4 −0.9
Turnout 4,271 33.6 +6.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +9.8
Hillsborough[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert MacDonald 2,019 47.9 +11.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Tosseano* 1,434 34.0 −16.5
Conservative Thomas Seaton 415 9.8 +0.1
Green Chris McMahon 237 5.6 +1.7
Socialist Alliance Nicholas Riley 106 2.5 +2.5
Rejected ballots 6 0.1
Majority 585 13.9 −0.7
Turnout 4,217 30.5 +4.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +14.2
Intake[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Lawton 2,213 53.1 +11.1
Liberal Democrats Louise Truman* 1,460 35.0 −15.2
Conservative Freda Hutchinson 325 7.8 +0.1
Green Eamonn Ward 143 3.4 +3.4
Rejected ballots 24 0.6
Majority 753 18.1 +9.8
Turnout 4,165 29.8 +4.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +13.1
Manor[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jan Fiore* 1,354 75.7 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Fox 257 14.4 −2.3
Conservative Andrew Watson 177 9.9 +0.1
Rejected ballots 0 0.0
Majority 1,097 61.3 +11.8
Turnout 1,788 21.9 +4.0
Labour hold Swing +5.9
Mosborough[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Wall 3,570 61.0 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Reynolds 1,153 19.7 −12.8
Conservative Shirley Clayton 1,093 18.7 +2.0
Rejected ballots 37 0.6
Majority 2,417 41.3 +23.0
Turnout 5,853 22.2 +3.2
Labour hold Swing +11.4
Nether Edge[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy White* 2,275 49.0 −10.5
Labour Nick Simmonite 1,345 29.0 +4.2
Green Mervyn Smith 448 9.6 +2.1
Conservative Qari Siddique 345 7.4 −0.6
Socialist Alliance James Oliver 215 4.6 +4.6
Rejected ballots 9 0.2
Majority 930 20.0 −14.8
Turnout 4,637 38.7 +6.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -7.3
Nether Shire[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doreen Newton* 2,075 77.2 +13.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Tosseano 342 12.7 −11.2
Conservative Marie Weston 259 9.6 −1.0
Rejected ballots 10 0.4
Majority 1,733 64.5 +24.9
Turnout 2,686 23.9 +4.5
Labour hold Swing +12.4
Netherthorpe[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Holmes* 1,367 45.2 −11.3
Labour John Campbell 1,005 33.2 +4.2
Green Bernard Little 510 16.8 +6.5
Conservative Ian Ramsey 126 4.1 −0.0
Rejected ballots 18 0.6
Majority 362 11.9 −15.6
Turnout 3,026 25.3 +4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -7.7
Norton[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Garry Weatherall 1,714 47.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Gail Smith* 1,341 37.3 −15.4
Conservative Peter Smith 360 10.0 −0.1
Green Peter Hartley 150 4.2 +4.2
Rejected ballots 31 0.8
Majority 373 10.4 −5.1
Turnout 3,596 32.7 +4.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +12.9
Owlerton[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Hanson 2,137 77.0 +21.2
Liberal Democrats Dave Dawson 365 13.1 −22.7
Conservative Eric Kirby 207 7.4 −0.8
Socialist Alliance Richard Morris 54 1.9 +1.9
Rejected ballots 10 0.3
Majority 1,772 63.9 +43.9
Turnout 2,773 25.9 +4.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +21.9
Park[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Dore* 1,403 61.4 +20.2
Liberal Democrats Krystyna Haywood 656 28.7 −26.2
Socialist Alternative Terry Wykes 101 4.4 +3.2
Conservative Mike Ginn 74 3.2 +0.5
Green Steve Marshall 49 2.1 +2.1
Rejected ballots 3 0.1
Majority 747 32.7 +19.0
Turnout 2,286 25.1 −0.6
Labour hold Swing +23.2
Sharrow[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Cromar* 1,475 56.2 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Haq Hawaz 497 18.9 −6.2
Green Jillian Creasy 321 12.2 +3.7
Conservative Celia Dutton 199 7.6 −0.7
Socialist Alliance Angela Shann 114 4.3 +4.3
Rejected ballots 20 0.7
Majority 978 37.2 +4.4
Turnout 2,626 22.9 +2.9
Labour hold Swing +2.2
South Wortley[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vic Bowden* 2,529 44.7 −13.2
Labour Mike Furniss 2,209 39.1 +10.9
Conservative James Dale 892 15.8 +1.9
Rejected ballots 21 0.4
Majority 320 5.6 −24.1
Turnout 5,651 30.4 +4.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -12.0
Southey Green[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Wilson 1,781 81.2 +10.7
Liberal Democrats John Bowden 254 11.6 −7.3
Conservative Marjorie Kirby 158 7.2 −3.4
Rejected ballots 1 0.0
Majority 1,527 69.6 +18.0
Turnout 2,194 23.1 +4.6
Labour hold Swing +9.0
Stocksbridge[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Brelsford* 1,708 60.5 −4.2
Labour Stephanie Thomas 869 30.8 +6.6
Conservative Paula Axelby 226 8.0 −3.0
Rejected ballots 18 0.6
Majority 839 29.7 −10.9
Turnout 2,821 26.6 +3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -5.4
Walkley[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Hardstaff 1,846 43.2 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Vickie Priestley* 1,735 40.6 −13.7
Green Nicola Freeman 471 11.0 +2.6
Conservative Peter Smith 208 4.9 −0.6
Rejected ballots 14 0.3
Majority 111 2.6 −13.3
Turnout 4,274 32.1 +4.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +11.0

References

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  1. ^ 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 z aa ab ac ad "Sheffield 2002 election results (via WayBackMachine)". sheffield.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2002. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ^ 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 z aa ab ac "Local elections: Sheffield, 2nd May 2002". Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  3. ^ 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 z aa ab ac "Sheffield Council Candidates, 2002". Retrieved 26 October 2011.