# 2002 Hull City Council election

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. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## 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. 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. 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. Divisions within the local Labour party also meant some councillors stood in the election as independents.
The Labour administration received criticism from the opposition and by the district auditor for the poor quality of services provided in Hull. The opposition also attacked Labour for their use of the £255 million recently gained by Hull council after the part sale of Kingston Communications.

## 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.
Hull Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | 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) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 8,477 |
Beverley (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 5,014 |
Boothferry (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 7,931 |
Bransholme East (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,955 |
Bransholme West :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 351 | 32.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,069 | |
Bricknell (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 5,382 |
Derringham (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 6,754 |
Drypool (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 7,417 |
Holderness (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 7,764 |
Ings (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 5,933 |
Kings Park (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,688 |
Longhill (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 5,368 |
Marfleet (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 4,038 |
Myton (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 4,742 |
Newington (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,785 |
Newland (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,433 |
Orchard Park and Greenwood (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 5,084 |
Pickering (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 6,943 |
St Andrew's (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,986 |
Southcoates East (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,003 |
Southcoates West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stephen Brady | 682 |
| | Labour | Mary Glew | 543 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Flower | 350 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rossington | 340 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,915 |
Sutton (3) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 8,036 |
University (2) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,499 |