# 2002 Chester City Council election

The 2002 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Summary
### Election result

2002 Chester City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 8 | 1 | 38.1 | 12 | 20 | 33.3 | 8,811 | 34.4 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 28.6 | 14 | 20 | 33.3 | 6,472 | 25.3 | –5.5 |
| | Conservative | 7 | | 33.3 | 10 | 17 | 28.3 | 10,057 | 39.3 | –0.3 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 5.0 | 274 | 1.1 | N/A |

## Ward results
### Blacon Hall

Blacon Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lillian Price* | 919 | 74.8 | +9.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Isaac | 310 | 25.2 | –0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 609 | 49.6 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,229 | 22.2 | +3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,537 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 | |

### Blacon Lodge

Blacon Lodge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marie Nelson* | 743 | 78.8 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | John Burke | 200 | 21.2 | –3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | 57.6 | +16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 943 | 23.9 | +4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,943 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 8.3 | |

### Boughton

Boughton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Harrison | 598 | 59.7 | –0.1 |
| | Conservative | Alexandra van der Zwan | 277 | 27.6 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Prydderch | 127 | 12.7 | –1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 32.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,002 | 35.4 | +1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,831 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 1.0 | |

### Christleton

Christleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Bailey* | 749 | 54.1 | –3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katrina Hughes | 424 | 30.6 | +16.4 |
| | Labour | Christine Davies | 212 | 15.3 | –13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 23.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,385 | 40.8 | +1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,391 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.7 | |

### City & St. Annes

City & St. Annes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gwyneth Cooper* | 429 | 56.1 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Morris | 210 | 27.5 | –5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 90 | 11.8 | +3.2 |
| | Independent | Dora Taylor | 36 | 4.7 | –2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | 28.6 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 765 | 28.9 | –0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,645 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.2 | |

### College

College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Rudd* | 476 | 52.0 | –2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Mead | 228 | 24.9 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Joan Price | 211 | 23.1 | –2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 27.1 | –1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 915 | 20.0 | –0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,577 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 | |

### Curzon & Westminster

Curzon & Westminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Poole* | 940 | 64.0 | –5.0 |
| | Labour | Zoe Langmead | 357 | 24.3 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Prydderch | 171 | 11.6 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 583 | 39.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,468 | 43.5 | –1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,372 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 3.5 | |

### Elton

Elton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Bennett* | 460 | 55.2 | –10.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Merrill | 289 | 34.7 | –0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Yakan | 84 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 20.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 833 | 25.3 | –5.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,289 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.0 | |

### Handbridge & St. Marys

Handbridge & St. Marys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ruth Davidson* | 926 | 50.0 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Philip Edwards | 760 | 41.0 | –12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Jones | 166 | 9.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 9.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,852 | 54.2 | +0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,418 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 11.2 | |

### Hoole All Saints

Hoole All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Thompson | 502 | 53.1 | –8.0 |
| | Independent | Steven Howe | 238 | 25.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Boudewina Meijer | 205 | 21.7 | –17.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 27.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 945 | 41.9 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,553 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Kelsall

Kelsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Castle | 707 | 47.3 | +19.0 |
| | Conservative | Hugo Deynem* | 687 | 45.9 | +15.6 |
| | Labour | Jill Byrne | 102 | 6.8 | –1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,496 | 52.0 | +10.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,877 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.4 | |

### Lache Park

Lache Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Mercer* | 773 | 60.6 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Max Drury | 503 | 39.4 | –1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 270 | 21.2 | +9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,276 | 28.5 | +2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,474 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 4.8 | |

### Mollington

Mollington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Crowe* | 465 | 79.2 | +8.1 |
| | Labour | Deborah Forrester-Roberts | 70 | 11.9 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Mead | 52 | 8.9 | –11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 67.3 | +16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 587 | 38.6 | –1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,521 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### Newton St. Michaels

Newton St. Michaels :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gaynor Ralph | 513 | 45.3 | –2.8 |
| | Labour | Peter Griffiths | 404 | 35.7 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Miriam Ebo | 215 | 19.0 | –4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | 9.6 | –9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,132 | 42.7 | +3.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,650 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.9 | |

### Saughall

Saughall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Storrar* | 628 | 54.8 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | Thomas Andrews | 419 | 36.6 | –6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Jordan | 98 | 8.6 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 18.3 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,145 | 39.3 | –7.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,912 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.6 | |

### Tarvin

Tarvin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Plenderleath* | 833 | 72.1 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Anthony Pegrum | 194 | 16.8 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hyde | 129 | 11.2 | –2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 639 | 55.3 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,156 | 34.3 | +1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,373 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.3 | |

### Tilston

Tilston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Ritchie | 631 | 88.6 | ±0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vera Roberts | 55 | 7.7 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Ethel Price | 26 | 3.7 | –2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 576 | 80.9 | –1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 712 | 44.0 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,616 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.3 | |

### Upton Grange

Upton Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Evans* | 1,000 | 50.0 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Rose | 622 | 31.1 | –1.1 |
| | Labour | Brenda Southward | 377 | 18.9 | –2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 378 | 18.9 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,999 | 39.1 | +3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,118 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.1 | |

### Upton Westlea

Upton Westlea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Caroline Mosley | 655 | 45.9 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Steven Duffus* | 588 | 41.2 | –1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Capstick | 183 | 12.8 | –3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,426 | 46.5 | +11.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,069 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 3.2 | |

### Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross (2 seats due to by-election) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Holding* | 996 | 58.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Cheetham | 947 | 55.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Moore-Dutton | 459 | 26.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Dodman | 413 | 24.1 |
| | Labour | Anne Qualter | 271 | 15.8 |
| | Labour | Sara Barnsley | 262 | 15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,716 | 38.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,456 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |