# 2002 Rossendale Borough Council election

Elections to Rossendale Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party took overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

## Election result

Rossendale Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 24 | +12 | 66.7 | 53.6 | 23,815 |
| Conservative | 12 | -12 | 33.3 | 44.7 | 19,895 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 614 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 139 |

## Ward results

Cribden (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 598 |
| | Labour | | 501 |
| | Conservative | | 454 |
| | Conservative | | 351 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,904 |
Eden (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | 584 |
| | Labour | | 506 |
| | Conservative | | 493 |
| | Labour | | 414 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,997 |
Facit and Shawforth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 550 |
| | Labour | | 527 |
| | Conservative | | 378 |
| | Conservative | | 290 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,745 |
Goodshaw (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 656 |
| | Labour | | 644 |
| | Conservative | | 353 |
| | Conservative | | 330 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,983 |
Greenfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | 835 |
| | Conservative | | 813 |
| | Conservative | | 804 |
| | Labour | | 631 |
| | Labour | | 591 |
| | Labour | | 588 |
| | Socialist Alliance | | 139 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,401 |
Greensclough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | 1,124 |
| | Conservative | | 898 |
| | Conservative | | 825 |
| | Labour | | 542 |
| | Labour | | 441 |
| | Labour | | 434 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,264 |
Hareholme (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 1,041 |
| | Labour | | 935 |
| | Labour | | 919 |
| | Conservative | | 661 |
| | Conservative | | 601 |
| | Conservative | | 586 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,743 |
Healey and Whitworth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 515 |
| | Labour | | 450 |
| | Conservative | | 306 |
| | Conservative | | 224 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,495 |
Helmshore (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | 763 |
| | Conservative | | 748 |
| | Labour | | 716 |
| | Labour | | 714 |
| | Conservative | | 666 |
| | Labour | | 627 |
| | Independent | | 405 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,743 |
Irwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | | 632 |
| | Conservative | | 630 |
| | Conservative | | 563 |
| | Labour | | 560 |
| | Labour | | 501 |
| | Labour | | 479 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,365 |
Longholme (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 896 |
| | Labour | | 789 |
| | Labour | | 775 |
| | Conservative | | 524 |
| | Conservative | | 510 |
| | Conservative | | 389 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,883 |
Stacksteads (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 796 |
| | Labour | | 684 |
| | Conservative | | 369 |
| | Conservative | | 298 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,147 |
Whitewell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 851 |
| | Labour | | 830 |
| | Labour | | 801 |
| | Conservative | | 715 |
| | Conservative | | 691 |
| | Conservative | | 690 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,578 |
Worsley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | | 836 |
| | Labour | | 757 |
| | Labour | | 720 |
| | Conservative | | 555 |
| | Conservative | | 534 |
| | Conservative | | 513 |
| | Independent | | 209 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,124 |