2002 Bristol City Council election

Bristol City Council election, 2002

2 May 2002
24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 36 24 10 Seat change 4 3 1
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

2002 local election results in Bristol

The 2002 Bristol City Council election took place on 2 May 2002, on the same day as other local elections. Despite suffering some losses, the Labour Party managed to retain a slim majority.

Ward Results

Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spud Murphy	1,428	44.02
	Labour	Celia Mildred Lukins	1,339	41.28
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn George Dunn	365	11.25
	Green	Luke Phillip Burns	112	3.45
Majority			89	2.74
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Margaret Warren	981	33.64
	Independent	Stewart Robert Parkman	684	23.46
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Anne Palmer	485	16.63
	Conservative	Christian Virginia Jessie Simpson	474	16.26
	Green	Peter Murray Andrews	185	6.34
	Socialist Alternative	Robin Victor Clapp	107	3.67
Majority			297	10.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David John Gordon Kitson	1,717	52.35
	Labour	Gerald Rosenberg	731	22.29
	Conservative	Jonathan Arthur Thorne	365	11.13
	Green	Martin Harry Harvey	272	8.29
	Socialist Alliance	Elisabeth Julia Winkler	195	5.95
Majority			986	30.06
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Hodges	1,756	58.34
	Labour	Keith Yarwood	893	29.67
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Cynthia Carpenter	226	7.51
	Green	Barrie Robert Lewis	135	4.49
Majority			863	28.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Leslie Martin	1,149	44.57
	Conservative	Vincent Mora	781	30.29
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffery Exon	473	18.35
	Green	David Simon Coombes	100	3.88
	Socialist Labour	Brian Andrew Corbett	75	2.91
Majority			368	14.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Henry Main	1,492	54.69
	Labour	Tony Poole	678	24.85
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	440	16.13
	Green	Mary Beryl Wood	118	4.33
Majority			814	29.84
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Marjorie Cooper	1,385	55.27
	Labour	George Micklewright	954	38.07
	Conservative	Lesley Ann Alexander	113	4.51
	Green	Eamonn James Murphy	33	1.32
	Socialist Alliance	Philip Leonard Jones	21	0.84
Majority			431	17.20
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston Alan Griffey	981	48.33
	Conservative	Shirley Diane Hodges	612	30.15
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Robert Cooper	370	18.23
	Green	Maxine Louise Gilman	67	3.30
Majority			369	18.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Louise Cook	1,193	48.28
	Conservative	Roy David Pepworth	817	33.06
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Anne Knight	393	15.90
	Green	Donald Harbit Monck Brown	68	2.75
Majority			376	15.22
	Labour hold		Swing

Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Sykes	1,481	44.43
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	977	29.31
	Labour	John Norman Winterson	819	24.57
	Green	Michael Crawford	56	1.68
Majority			504	15.12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalie Margaret Brown	2,400	59.90
	Conservative	Christopher John Windows	1,176	29.35
	Labour	Keith Evans	284	7.09
	Green	William Frame McCaskie	147	3.67
Majority			1,224	30.55
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	1,513	49.16
	Labour	David Owen Rees	931	30.25
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew James Ludlow	445	14.46
	Green	Simon James Glover	102	3.31
	Socialist Alliance	Jonathan Samuel Kennedy	87	2.83
Majority			582	18.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thomas Bees	1,049	38.55
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Richard Daniel Thomas	827	30.39
	Conservative	Michael John Cobb	702	25.80
	Green	John Mark Hills	95	3.49
	Socialist Alliance	Brian Drummond	48	1.76
Majority			222	8.16
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hopkins	1,795	51.48
	Labour	David Johnson	1,059	30.37
	Conservative	Stuart McGregor Quayle	359	10.30
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	169	4.85
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Henry Wearden	105	3.01
Majority			736	21.11
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Astley	1,204	48.37
	Labour	Edmund John Bramall	1,025	41.18
	Conservative	Guy Neale Dawe	115	4.62
	Green	Jane Caroline Lewis	111	4.46
	Socialist Labour	Giles Barralet Shorter	34	1.37
Majority			179	7.19
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Clifford Emmett	1,492	56.79
	Labour	Nichola Irene Barton	797	30.34
	Conservative	Matthew Christopher Stallabrass	236	8.98
	Green	Vince Simon Jones	51	1.94
	Socialist Alternative	Roger Stephen Thomas	51	1.94
Majority			695	26.45
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Jeanne Townsend	1,486	46.41
	Conservative	Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson	812	25.36
	Labour	Kerry Barker	576	17.99
	Green	Justin MIchael Quinnell	328	10.24
Majority			674	21.05
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Margaret Smith	940	48.83
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun David Jones	486	25.25
	Conservative	Anthony James Smith	434	22.55
	Green	Geoff Collard	65	3.38
Majority			454	23.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Symonds	1,285	44.93
	Green	Charles Nicholas Bolton	534	18.67
	Conservative	Philip Arthur Cobbold	494	17.27
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elvin	442	15.45
	Socialist Alliance	Jonathan Peter Harris	105	3.67
Majority			751	26.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Henry Robert Morris	1,864	55.03
	Labour	Lesley Ann Mansell	920	27.16
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Mary Collins	505	14.91
	Green	Samantha Elizabeth Thompson	98	2.89
Majority			944	27.87
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Goulandris	2,118	66.54
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Evelyn Donald	539	16.93
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	373	11.72
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	153	4.81
Majority			1,579	49.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley Peter Fox	2,240	49.14
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Lance Doddrell	1,847	40.52
	Labour	Judith Margaret Sluglett	338	7.42
	Green	John Fraser Laird Devaney	133	2.92
Majority			393	8.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin John Smith	1,058	47.55
	Conservative	Jonathan Robert Hucker	620	27.87
	Liberal Democrats	James Carpenter	464	20.85
	Green	Mary Elizabeth Thomson	83	3.73
Majority			438	19.68
	Labour hold		Swing

Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Louis Orlik	1,005	41.00
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Rosaline May Cooper	487	19.87
	Green	Patrick Dorian Hulme	405	16.52
	Conservative	Graham David Morris	361	14.73
	Socialist Alliance	Arnie Nevin	126	5.14
	Socialist Labour	Katherine Cremer	67	2.73
Majority			518	21.13
	Labour hold		Swing