Map of the results of the 2002 Hull council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independents in light grey. The 2002 Hull City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1.[ 1] The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.[ 2]
Campaign Hull was seen as one of the key contests in the 2002 local elections with the Liberal Democrats seen as the main challengers to Labour.[ 3] Labour had run Hull continuously since 1945, apart from a brief period from 1969 to 1971 when the Conservatives had taken control, but they were seen as vulnerable in this election.[ 3] As well as the Liberal Democrats, who with 10 seats were the main opposition before the election, the Conservatives stood in 31 of the 59 seats that were being contested.[ 3] Divisions within the local Labour party also meant some councillors stood in the election as independents.[ 3]
The Labour administration received criticism from the opposition and by the district auditor for the poor quality of services provided in Hull.[ 3] The opposition also attacked Labour for their use of the £255 million recently gained by Hull council after the part sale of Kingston Communications.[ 3]
Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats become the largest party on the council with Labour falling from 44 seats before the election to only 24 afterwards.[ 4]
Hull Local Election Result 2002[ 2] [ 5] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Liberal Democrats 29 +19 49.2 46.1 51,802 Labour 24 -20 40.7 39.1 43,957 Independent 4 0 6.8 6.3 7,131 Conservative 2 0 3.4 7.1 8,015 Green 0 0 0.0 0.7 789 UKIP 0 0 0.0 0.3 377 Socialist Alternative 0 0 0.0 0.2 208 Socialist Alliance 0 0 0.0 0.1 153
Ward results Avenue (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Simone Butterworth 1,670 Liberal Democrats John Robinson 1,441 Liberal Democrats David Woods 1,421 Labour Glennis Lee 962 Labour Nicholas Robinson 874 Labour Brian Wadforth 715 Green Louise Muston 361 Green Raymond Atkin 281 Socialist Alternative Ernest Roustoby 208 Conservative Patrick Belding 189 Conservative Basil Bulmer 186 Conservative Sheila Airey 169 Turnout 8,477
Beverley (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Geraldine Gough 1,524 Liberal Democrats David McCobb 1,510 Labour Gordon Caselton 640 Labour David Stevens 565 Conservative John Abbot 395 Conservative Andrew Forster 380 Turnout 5,014
Boothferry (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Patricia Ellis 1,591 Liberal Democrats Keith Toon 1,488 Liberal Democrats Karen Woods 1,468 Labour Michael Whiting 851 Labour Roy Windle 798 Labour Charles Glover 784 Conservative Diane Bradley 364 Conservative Kathleen Percy 300 Conservative Jonathan Fry 287 Turnout 7,931
Bransholme East (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Nadene Burton 1,981 Liberal Democrats Anita Harrison 1,004 Labour Harold Neilson 459 Labour Harry Woodford 440 Conservative Jean Fenwick 37 Conservative Janet Baxter 34 Turnout 3,955
Bransholme West[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Leonard Bird 663 62.0 Liberal Democrats Robert Harrison 312 29.2 Socialist Alliance Patricia Cain-Penrose 94 8.8 Majority 351 32.8 Turnout 1,069
Bricknell (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Fareham 1,436 Conservative Andrew Percy 1,341 Liberal Democrats Garry Oglesby 841 Liberal Democrats Richard Welton 779 Labour Susan Wiley 500 Labour Andrew Dorton 485 Turnout 5,382
Derringham (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Chris Jarvis 1,320 Independent John Considine 1,128 Independent Clare Page 996 Labour Brian Wilkinson 753 Labour John Shipley 703 Labour Kay Vandenbriele 664 UKIP John Cornforth 279 Liberal Democrats David Green 228 Liberal Democrats Bridget Kelly 185 Liberal Democrats Philip Evans 174 Conservative Peter White 167 Conservative Zena Rowley 157 Turnout 6,754
Drypool (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Janet Toker 1,683 Liberal Democrats Michael Kemp 1,540 Liberal Democrats Maureen Obridge 1,534 Labour Nellie Stephenson 912 Labour John Shields 874 Labour Brian Smelt 874 Turnout 7,417
Holderness (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Stephen Baker 1,753 Liberal Democrats John Nicholson 1,662 Liberal Democrats Katharine Hancock 1,642 Labour James Mulgrove 926 Labour John Ranby 767 Labour Neil Perkins 743 Conservative Albert Greendale 271 Turnout 7,764
Ings (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Peter Clark 1,139 Labour Garry White 1,110 Labour Brian Petch 1,071 Liberal Democrats James Morrell 902 Liberal Democrats George Taylor 881 Liberal Democrats Mervyn Taylor 830 Turnout 5,933
Kings Park (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Elaine Garland 998 Liberal Democrats Carl Minns 867 Labour William Haughey 397 Labour John Nicholson 335 Conservative Wayne Hanson 53 Conservative David Whellan 38 Turnout 2,688
Longhill (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alice Hewitt 1,081 Labour Ann Stanley 1,038 Labour John Black 975 Liberal Democrats Christine Watkinson 705 Liberal Democrats Anthony Holdstock 644 Liberal Democrats Philip Wilcox 568 Independent Peter Martin 228 Independent Barrie Goforth 129 Turnout 5,368
Marfleet (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Norman Kendrew 1,057 Labour Sheila Waudby 921 Labour Brenda Petch 843 Liberal Democrats Allen Healand 428 Liberal Democrats Pauline Dibnah 414 Liberal Democrats Angela Kay 375 Turnout 4,038
Myton (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kenneth Branson 1,167 Labour Daren Hale 1,102 Labour Colin Inglis 1,079 Liberal Democrats Mirian Benson 470 Liberal Democrats Rosemary Turner 353 Liberal Democrats Anthony Sloan 338 Conservative Richard McConnell 233 Turnout 4,742
Newington (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Bryan Bradley 623 Labour Katrina Peat 595 Labour Kathryn Lavery 577 Independent David Harris 394 Independent Ivor Davies 343 Independent George Harker 305 Liberal Democrats Beverley Whiting 241 Liberal Democrats Michael Wrigley 239 Liberal Democrats Wendy Wrigley 221 Conservative Reginald Britton 139 Conservative David Thompson 108 Turnout 3,785
Newland (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Michael Ross 1,013 Liberal Democrats Mark Collinson 1,008 Labour Daniel Brown 548 Labour Patrick Walker 482 Green James Russell 147 Conservative Peter Caswell 134 Conservative Ramesh Chhabra 101 Turnout 3,433
Orchard Park and Greenwood (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Terence Geraghty 900 Labour Steven Bayes 822 Labour Trevor Larsen 771 Independent Tony Fee 721 Labour David Playle 672 Independent Louis Barron 609 Liberal Democrats Andrew Brown 336 Liberal Democrats Janet Whiting 253 Turnout 5,084
Pickering (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Angela Wastling 1,133 Liberal Democrats Barry Dibnah 1,063 Liberal Democrats Ann Godden 1,031 Labour Julie Lowery 1,016 Labour Malcolm Fields 966 Labour Tracy Windle 964 Conservative Colin Baxter 246 Conservative Antony Cox 237 Conservative John Sharp 229 Independent Michael Nash 58 Turnout 6,943
St Andrew's (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nadine Fudge 500 Liberal Democrats Albert Penna 497 Labour Norah Ransford 461 Liberal Democrats Florence Toon 447 Conservative Robert Cook 81 Turnout 1,986
Southcoates East (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Gemmell 697 Labour Thomas McVie 651 Liberal Democrats Stephen Hull 298 Liberal Democrats Arthur Walker 298 Socialist Alliance Keith Ellis 59 Turnout 2,003
Southcoates West (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Stephen Brady 682 Labour Mary Glew 543 Liberal Democrats Julie Flower 350 Liberal Democrats Peter Rossington 340 Turnout 1,915
Sutton (3)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Paul Hepton 1,641 Liberal Democrats Kalvin Neal 1,638 Liberal Democrats Tracey Neal 1,628 Labour Kenneth Turner 911 Labour John Webster 898 Labour Nigel Welton 816 Conservative Peter Abraham 170 Conservative Norman Hall 170 Conservative Andrew Dunlin 164 Turnout 8,036
University (2)[ 6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Christine Randall 973 Liberal Democrats Chris Randall 950 Labour Rodney Evans 658 Labour John Stanley 621 Conservative Helen Horrobin 101 Conservative Stanley Thompson 98 UKIP Benjamin Green 49 UKIP Tineke Robinson 49 Turnout 3,499
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