# 2002 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 2002. One third of the council - alongside a vacancy in Moss Side - was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. The Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". Overall turnout rose to 24.4% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

## Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 26 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 82.3 | 51.4 | 40,188 | +2.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 17.6 | 30.7 | 24,048 | -1.5% |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 7,152 | -2.9% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 4,747 | +0.1% |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 915 | +1.2% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 625 | +0.8% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 498 | +0.4% |
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 60 | -0.1% |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
| Party | Seats | +/- |
| Labour | 76 | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | +1 |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mavis Smitheman | 942 | 66.2 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Durrell | 196 | 13.8 | +4.5 |
| | Green | Diane Norton | 169 | 11.9 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Ann Hodkinson | 117 | 8.2 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 746 | 52.4 | −14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,424 | 16.5 | +3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.3 | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Andrews | 1,219 | 66.0 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Ralph Ellerton | 323 | 17.5 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Fisher | 231 | 12.5 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Gareth Pittam | 73 | 4.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 896 | 48.5 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | 21.0 | +2.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Leech | 1,619 | 61.3 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Beth Morgan | 689 | 26.1 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Robin Goater | 182 | 6.9 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Bumby | 150 | 5.7 | −6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 930 | 35.2 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,640 | 24.7 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.3 | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Isobel Freeman* | 765 | 69.9 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Bradshaw | 165 | 15.1 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Kaye | 109 | 10.0 | −2.3 |
| | Green | Hannah Berry | 56 | 5.1 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 600 | 54.8 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,095 | 15.4 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |

### Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Loughman* | 1,001 | 48.0 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elaine Boyes | 879 | 42.1 | −6.3 |
| | Independent Labour | Fred Bates | 79 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Christine Birchenough | 69 | 3.3 | −1.8 |
| | Independent | John Hulse | 31 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Susan Fairweather | 27 | 1.3 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 5.8 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,086 | 29.6 | +4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Harold Lyons* | 1,462 | 72.0 | +15.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Connell | 304 | 15.0 | −11.8 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Bunting | 199 | 9.8 | −4.6 |
| | Green | Adam Higgin | 66 | 3.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,158 | 57.0 | +27.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031 | 24.7 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +13.7 | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Swannick* | 1,332 | 60.8 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Trafford | 753 | 34.4 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Brian Birchenough | 70 | 3.2 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Antony Quinn | 35 | 1.6 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | 26.4 | +17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,190 | 31.6 | +7.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.8 | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glynn Evans* | 1,375 | 58.8 | +8.0 |
| | Conservative | John Kenny | 711 | 30.4 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Farnen | 168 | 7.2 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Nicola Brooks | 85 | 3.6 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 664 | 28.4 | +16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,339 | 27.5 | +4.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marilyn Taylor* | 1,330 | 46.3 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cameron | 1,211 | 42.1 | +15.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Schofield | 243 | 8.5 | −9.2 |
| | Green | Michael Shaw | 91 | 3.2 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 4.1 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,875 | 28.5 | +6.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.1 | |

### Central

Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim Battle* | 1,053 | 49.0 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rothery | 873 | 40.6 | −15.8 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Berg | 126 | 5.9 | +1.3 |
| | Green | Stephen Walford | 78 | 3.6 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Jason Ripley | 20 | 0.9 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 8.4 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,150 | 19.9 | +0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +14.5 | |

### Charlestown

Charlestown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eugene Curley* | 1,363 | 60.7 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Isherwood | 786 | 35.0 | −2.3 |
| | Green | Claudia French | 96 | 4.3 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 25.7 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,245 | 25.3 | +5.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Pagel* | 1,702 | 50.9 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Qassim Afzal | 1,539 | 46.0 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Joe Sheedy | 105 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 4.9 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,346 | 36.0 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |

### Chorlton

Chorlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Selby* | 1,716 | 44.7 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Bethell | 728 | 19.0 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 593 | 15.5 | −5.2 |
| | Green | Michelle Valentine | 503 | 13.1 | −3.8 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Heather Rose | 298 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 988 | 25.7 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,838 | 32.0 | +5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Spinks* | 1,644 | 61.6 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Hutchinson | 393 | 14.7 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Steele | 392 | 14.7 | +5.1 |
| | Green | Angela Hall | 115 | 4.3 | +0.7 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Karen Reissmann | 63 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| | Socialist Labour | Mervyn Drage | 60 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,251 | 46.9 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,667 | 28.3 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Fisher | 1,658 | 38.0 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Bridson* | 1,508 | 34.5 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hilton | 546 | 12.5 | −7.1 |
| | Independent | Fergus Kilroy | 447 | 10.2 | +10.2 |
| | Green | Michael Daw | 209 | 4.8 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | 3.4 | −9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,368 | 37.0 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -4.7 | |

### Fallowfield

Fallowfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Morrison* | 1,238 | 60.2 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Totty | 391 | 19.0 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Davenport | 257 | 12.5 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Bruce Bingham | 169 | 8.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 847 | 41.2 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,055 | 17.3 | +3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Helsby* | 1,341 | 51.0 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Richard Unwin | 958 | 36.4 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Boardman | 250 | 9.5 | +3.5 |
| | Socialist Alliance | James Martin | 43 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Roisin MacDowell | 38 | 1.4 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 383 | 14.6 | +9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,630 | 26.6 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bridges* | 1,133 | 54.3 | −6.9 |
| | Labour | Martin Rathfelder | 781 | 37.5 | +5.0 |
| | Green | Penelope Collins | 87 | 4.2 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Bishop | 84 | 4.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 352 | 16.9 | −11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,085 | 22.9 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -5.9 | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patrick Karney* | 1,014 | 66.4 | +2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gordon | 194 | 12.7 | −4.7 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Kay Phillips | 144 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | David Timson | 144 | 9.4 | −6.4 |
| | Green | Darren Milton | 31 | 2.0 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 820 | 53.7 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,527 | 19.0 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |

### Hulme

Hulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Murphy* | 680 | 47.9 | −4.7 |
| | Green | Vanessa Hall | 597 | 42.0 | +4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Armstrong | 123 | 8.7 | +8.7 |
| | Conservative | David Conway | 20 | 1.4 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 5.8 | −9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,420 | 14.8 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Whitmore* | 1,557 | 55.0 | −3.6 |
| | Labour | Michael Amesbury | 861 | 30.4 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Michael Brennan | 163 | 5.8 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Sabrina Nutter | 130 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Wattenbach | 118 | 4.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 696 | 24.6 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,829 | 27.2 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.7 | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Franklin* | 1,365 | 71.4 | +6.8 |
| | Conservative | Howard Varney | 261 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Morley | 258 | 13.5 | −14.5 |
| | Green | Matthew Payne | 29 | 1.5 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,104 | 57.7 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,913 | 23.0 | +3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Zeke Ukairo | 1,521 | 54.6 | −7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liaqat Ali | 810 | 29.1 | +19.2 |
| | Green | Spencer Fitzgibbon | 255 | 9.1 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Karen Abbad | 202 | 7.2 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 711 | 25.5 | −20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,788 | 20.4 | +2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.3 | |

### Moss Side

Moss Side :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Cox | 1,510 | 75.8 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Roy Walters* | 1,419 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Davis | 175 | 8.8 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Hodgkin | 115 | | |
| | Conservative | Mary Barnes | 113 | 5.7 | −4.5 |
| | Green | Bernard Ekbery | 104 | 5.2 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Jonathan Rummery | 98 | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Robert Turnbull | 90 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Haycock | 72 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,244 | 67.0 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,992 | 22.3 | +6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Shaw* | 1,437 | 63.0 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Brettle | 566 | 24.8 | −7.9 |
| | Green | Barry McAtarsney | 180 | 7.9 | +4.9 |
| | Socialist Labour | Kenneth Barr | 98 | 4.3 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 871 | 38.2 | +11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,281 | 24.1 | +6.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.8 | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Hitchen | 975 | 50.3 | −20.0 |
| | Independent Labour | Stephen Cooper | 546 | 28.1 | +28.1 |
| | Conservative | Albert Walsh | 210 | 10.8 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Rodgers | 133 | 6.9 | −2.8 |
| | Green | Rachel Harper | 76 | 3.9 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 429 | 22.1 | −32.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,940 | 23.0 | +8.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -24.0 | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Cowell* | 1,324 | 56.3 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Jane Percival | 520 | 22.1 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Mawer | 321 | 13.7 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Lance Crookes | 186 | 7.9 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | 34.2 | +7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,351 | 23.6 | +4.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Fender* | 1,746 | 50.2 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yasmin Zalzala | 1,352 | 38.9 | −4.8 |
| | Green | Brian Candeland | 196 | 5.6 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Elliot Gold | 185 | 5.3 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 394 | 11.3 | +7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,479 | 26.6 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Byrne* | 1,304 | 48.9 | +15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Williams | 1,052 | 39.4 | −18.7 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Goodall | 161 | 6.0 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Christopher Middleton | 150 | 5.6 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 9.4 | −15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,667 | 21.3 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +17.0 | |

### Sharston

Sharston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Barrett* | 974 | 66.5 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | Carol Roberts | 234 | 16.0 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Kierman | 184 | 12.6 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Simon Sobrero | 72 | 4.9 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 740 | 50.5 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,464 | 19.0 | +4.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |

### Whalley Range

Whalley Range :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Stone* | 1,595 | 49.9 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Grant | 953 | 29.8 | +19.9 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Davis | 359 | 11.2 | −16.0 |
| | Green | Mary Candeland | 290 | 9.1 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 642 | 20.1 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,197 | 31.0 | +4.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.1 | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Jones* | 1,822 | 61.5 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Kate Torkington | 717 | 24.2 | +1.2 |
| | Green | June Buchan | 178 | 6.0 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Smith | 152 | 5.1 | −3.0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Toby Gibbons | 96 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,105 | 37.3 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,965 | 23.7 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -0.5 | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Newman | 1,087 | 71.9 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Mellor | 186 | 12.3 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Ruby Raynor | 183 | 12.1 | −2.4 |
| | Green | Ashleigh Vincent | 56 | 3.7 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 901 | 59.6 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,512 | 18.6 | +4.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |

## By-election between 2002 and 2003

Benchill By-Election 13 June 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Wilmott | 440 | 70.5 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Bradshaw | 85 | 13.6 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Hutchinson | 67 | 10.7 | +0.7 |
| | Socialist Labour | Mervyn Drage | 32 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 355 | 56.9 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 624 | 8.8 | −6.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |