# 2002 Worcester City Council election

The 2002 Worcester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 18
* Labour 12
* Independent 5
* Liberal Democrat 1

## Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority, but the Conservatives provided the leader of the council after gaining 5 seats in the 2000 election. Both the Conservatives and Labour had 15 seats, along with 5 independents and 1 Liberal Democrat. The election saw 12 seats being contested with Labour defending 7, the Conservatives 3 and the Liberal Democrats and independents 1 each. Labour only contested 11 of the seats after their candidate in Claines ward was dropped by the party over a letter he wrote to the local paper.

## Election result

The results saw Worcester remain a hung council but with the Conservatives becoming clearly the largest party. They gained 3 seats from Labour in All Saints, St Clement and St Martin wards.
Worcester Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 6 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 9,857 |
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 33.3 | 38.1 | 8,455 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 2,545 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 1,330 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Altaf | 956 | 56.8 |
| | Labour | Nazrul Islam | 726 | 43.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 230 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,682 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Bedwardine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Prodger | 1,093 | 59.8 |
| | Labour | David Candler | 521 | 28.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain MacBriar | 213 | 11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 572 | 31.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,827 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Claines :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Askin | 1,465 | 58.2 |
| | Conservative | William Elsy | 1,051 | 41.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,516 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Holy Trinity :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roger Berry | 555 | 57.5 |
| | Conservative | Lucy Hodgson | 256 | 26.5 |
| | Independent | Adrian Hughes | 155 | 16.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 31.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 966 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Nunnery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Michael Francis | 749 | 44.9 |
| | Labour | Dawn-Marie Turner | 665 | 39.9 |
| | Conservative | Gerard Francomb | 253 | 15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,667 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
St Barnabas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Barlow | 696 | 79.2 |
| | Conservative | Mumtaz Ali | 183 | 20.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | 58.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 879 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St Clement :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barry MacKenzie-Williams | 1,034 | 50.1 |
| | Labour | Andrew Watson | 1,029 | 49.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,063 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
St John :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marc Baylis | 805 | 52.5 |
| | Independent | Colin Layland | 426 | 27.8 |
| | Conservative | Colin Phillips | 302 | 19.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 24.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,533 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ian Imray | 1,504 | 51.3 |
| | Labour | June Tyler | 1,429 | 48.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,933 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
St Nicholas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Raymond Turner | 899 | 54.9 |
| | Conservative | David Tibbutt | 739 | 45.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,638 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St Peter :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank Tarbuck | 1,412 | 51.7 |
| | Labour | Pauline Smith | 759 | 27.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Griffiths | 560 | 20.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 653 | 23.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,731 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
St Stephen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gareth Jones | 1,074 | 61.3 |
| | Labour | Ali Asghar | 371 | 21.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Smith | 307 | 17.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 703 | 40.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,752 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |