# 2002 Derby City Council election

The 2002 Derby City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes since the last election in 2000 had increased the number of seats by 7. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Election result

2002 Derby Local Election Result :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 27 | 2 | 52.9 | 38.0 | 58,230 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 6 | 23.5 | 28.4 | 43,462 |
| Conservative | 11 | 3 | 21.6 | 31.6 | 48,502 |
| Independent | 1 | | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3,098 |

## Ward results
### Abbey

Abbey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maurice Burgess | 1,512 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Jackman | 1,464 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Lowe | 1,307 |
| | Labour | Michael Fuller | 1,071 |
| | Labour | Michael Walker | 964 |
| | Labour | Jogindar Johal | 908 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Clare | 365 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Pegg | 349 |
| | Conservative | Douglas Sice | 314 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,254 |

### Allestree

Allestree (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Roy Webb | 2,726 |
| | Conservative | Philip Hickson | 2,621 |
| | Conservative | John Leatherbarrow | 2,529 |
| | Labour | Thomas Bradley | 1,274 |
| | Labour | David Byrne | 1,159 |
| | Labour | Keith Normington | 920 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Jackson | 721 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Pratt | 559 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John-Paul Keane | 488 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,997 |

### Alvaston

Alvaston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Jonathan Bayliss | 1,489 |
| | Labour | Alan Graves | 1,219 |
| | Labour | Christopher Wynn | 1,136 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Jennings | 664 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cara Copestick | 605 |
| | Conservative | Colin Pallett | 573 |
| | Conservative | Barry Pearn | 542 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Savage | 424 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Savage | 383 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,035 |

### Arboretum

Arboretum (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Abdul Rehman | 1,463 |
| | Labour | Ashiq Hussain | 1,356 |
| | Labour | Fareed Hussain | 1,338 |
| | Conservative | Ahmad Javed | 893 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Yaqub | 770 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Charlesworth | 759 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Whitaker | 592 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Rashid | 477 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Divine Mensah | 461 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,109 |

### Blagreaves

Blagreaves (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Skelton | 2,330 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Crosby | 2,170 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Troup | 2,086 |
| | Labour | Lisa Higginbottom | 1,148 |
| | Labour | Pat Hill | 1,113 |
| | Labour | Mouhammad Daullah | 980 |
| | Conservative | Janice Lee | 592 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Sandford | 493 |
| | Conservative | Tafseer Iqbal | 425 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,337 |

### Boulton

Boulton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ronald Blanksby | 1,406 |
| | Labour | Barbara Jackson | 1,214 |
| | Independent | Ronald Allen | 1,144 |
| | Labour | Hardyal Dhindsa | 1,134 |
| | Independent | Anthony Bethell | 1,027 |
| | Independent | Melvyn Borrington | 927 |
| | Conservative | Sean Conway | 734 |
| | Conservative | David Jennings | 556 |
| | Conservative | Matlub Hussain | 453 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Cowley | 305 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Head | 228 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Edwards | 212 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,340 |

### Chaddesden

Chaddesden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Sara Bolton | 1,587 |
| | Labour | John Ahern | 1,573 |
| | Labour | Anne MacDonald | 1,555 |
| | Conservative | John Taylor | 1,000 |
| | Conservative | Vincent Mills | 991 |
| | Conservative | Harold Johnson | 889 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Les Alcock | 438 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leigh Alcock | 322 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terrence Payne | 300 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,655 |

### Chellaston

Chellaston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Paul Willitts | 1,351 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Skelton | 1,336 |
| | Labour | David Whitehead | 1,319 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Van Grudgings | 1,262 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Woolley | 947 |
| | Labour | Mnjit Mann | 874 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Ashburner | 379 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hardy | 343 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Yates | 334 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,145 |

### Darley

Darley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Martin Repton | 1,375 |
| | Labour | Valerie Beech | 1,366 |
| | Labour | Michael Futers | 1,343 |
| | Conservative | Simon Hart | 1,194 |
| | Conservative | Graham Else | 1,169 |
| | Conservative | Balbir Samra | 995 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Travis | 697 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon King | 680 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bezz Berry | 673 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,492 |

### Derwent

Derwent (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Roberts | 1,093 |
| | Labour | Margaret Redfern | 981 |
| | Labour | Suman Gupta | 820 |
| | Conservative | Philip Lucas | 518 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Pearn | 434 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Ballantyne | 364 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rafe Nauen | 300 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Hartley | 290 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Troup | 222 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,022 |

### Littleover

Littleover (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care | 2,695 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leslie Allen | 2,448 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Carr | 2,408 |
| | Conservative | Alan Griffiths | 742 |
| | Labour | Alan Mullarkey | 692 |
| | Conservative | Virginia Lemmings | 690 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Horgan | 671 |
| | Labour | Joe Naitta | 590 |
| | Labour | Masud Akhtar | 580 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,519 |

### Mackworth

Mackworth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Raymond Baxter | 1,496 |
| | Labour | Richard Gerrard | 1,275 |
| | Labour | Loony Wilsoncroft | 1,145 |
| | Conservative | Frank Harwood | 633 |
| | Conservative | Gay Evans | 615 |
| | Conservative | Richard Pearn | 592 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lor Brown | 402 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Clayden | 328 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Handley | 308 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,794 |

### Mickleover

Mickleover (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anders Hanson | 3,077 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 2,953 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hird | 2,953 |
| | Conservative | Christine Pearn | 1,320 |
| | Conservative | Keith Webley | 1,285 |
| | Conservative | Julie Hadjiska | 1,249 |
| | Labour | Philip Taylor | 687 |
| | Labour | Steven Poyser | 601 |
| | Labour | Lennin Shillingford | 568 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,761 |

### Normanton

Normanton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Chris Williamson | 1,712 |
| | Labour | Ashok Kalia | 1,576 |
| | Labour | Amar Nath | 1,566 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Ali | 854 |
| | Conservative | Amjid Ibrahim | 801 |
| | Conservative | Jawaid Iqbal | 735 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenda Howcroft | 549 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Newby | 528 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jhameel Sharif | 460 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,781 |

### Oakwood

Oakwood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Pauline Latham | 1,362 |
| | Conservative | Richard Smalley | 1,341 |
| | Conservative | Paul West | 1,341 |
| | Labour | Jack Andrews | 941 |
| | Labour | Janet Till | 912 |
| | Labour | Philip Woodhead | 911 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Baker | 419 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Turner | 242 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Turner | 228 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,697 |

### Sinfin

Sinfin (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Robin Turner | 1,180 |
| | Labour | Hardial Dhamrait | 1,004 |
| | Labour | Prem Chera | 1,001 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Driscoll | 419 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Skelton | 366 |
| | Conservative | Grace Smith | 360 |
| | Conservative | David Hart | 356 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Adris | 306 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Narinder Singh | 278 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,270 |

### Spondon

Spondon (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Colin Brown | 1,824 |
| | Conservative | Evonne Berry | 1,818 |
| | Conservative | Peter Berry | 1,746 |
| | Labour | Michael Byrne | 1,316 |
| | Labour | Richard Morgan | 1,236 |
| | Labour | Leon Taylor | 1,116 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Peat | 536 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Care | 289 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 274 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,155 |