# 2002 Bristol City Council election

The 2002 Bristol City Council election took place on 2 May 2002, on the same day as other local elections. Despite suffering some losses, the Labour Party managed to retain a slim majority.

## Ward Results
### Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Spud Murphy | 1,428 | 44.02 |
| | Labour | Celia Mildred Lukins | 1,339 | 41.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martyn George Dunn | 365 | 11.25 |
| | Green | Luke Phillip Burns | 112 | 3.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 2.74 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Claire Margaret Warren | 981 | 33.64 |
| | Independent | Stewart Robert Parkman | 684 | 23.46 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Anne Palmer | 485 | 16.63 |
| | Conservative | Christian Virginia Jessie Simpson | 474 | 16.26 |
| | Green | Peter Murray Andrews | 185 | 6.34 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Robin Victor Clapp | 107 | 3.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 10.18 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Gordon Kitson | 1,717 | 52.35 |
| | Labour | Gerald Rosenberg | 731 | 22.29 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Arthur Thorne | 365 | 11.13 |
| | Green | Martin Harry Harvey | 272 | 8.29 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Elisabeth Julia Winkler | 195 | 5.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 986 | 30.06 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ronald Hodges | 1,756 | 58.34 |
| | Labour | Keith Yarwood | 893 | 29.67 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Cynthia Carpenter | 226 | 7.51 |
| | Green | Barrie Robert Lewis | 135 | 4.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 863 | 28.67 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Leslie Martin | 1,149 | 44.57 |
| | Conservative | Vincent Mora | 781 | 30.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffery Exon | 473 | 18.35 |
| | Green | David Simon Coombes | 100 | 3.88 |
| | Socialist Labour | Brian Andrew Corbett | 75 | 2.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 | 14.28 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Henry Main | 1,492 | 54.69 |
| | Labour | Tony Poole | 678 | 24.85 |
| | Conservative | Colin Robert Bretherton | 440 | 16.13 |
| | Green | Mary Beryl Wood | 118 | 4.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 814 | 29.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Marjorie Cooper | 1,385 | 55.27 |
| | Labour | George Micklewright | 954 | 38.07 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Ann Alexander | 113 | 4.51 |
| | Green | Eamonn James Murphy | 33 | 1.32 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Philip Leonard Jones | 21 | 0.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 431 | 17.20 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Royston Alan Griffey | 981 | 48.33 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Diane Hodges | 612 | 30.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Cooper | 370 | 18.23 |
| | Green | Maxine Louise Gilman | 67 | 3.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 18.18 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Claire Louise Cook | 1,193 | 48.28 |
| | Conservative | Roy David Pepworth | 817 | 33.06 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Anne Knight | 393 | 15.90 |
| | Green | Donald Harbit Monck Brown | 68 | 2.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 15.22 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Sykes | 1,481 | 44.43 |
| | Conservative | Adam Beda Tayler | 977 | 29.31 |
| | Labour | John Norman Winterson | 819 | 24.57 |
| | Green | Michael Crawford | 56 | 1.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 504 | 15.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalie Margaret Brown | 2,400 | 59.90 |
| | Conservative | Christopher John Windows | 1,176 | 29.35 |
| | Labour | Keith Evans | 284 | 7.09 |
| | Green | William Frame McCaskie | 147 | 3.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,224 | 30.55 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Martin Kerry | 1,513 | 49.16 |
| | Labour | David Owen Rees | 931 | 30.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Ludlow | 445 | 14.46 |
| | Green | Simon James Glover | 102 | 3.31 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Jonathan Samuel Kennedy | 87 | 2.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 582 | 18.91 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Thomas Bees | 1,049 | 38.55 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence Richard Daniel Thomas | 827 | 30.39 |
| | Conservative | Michael John Cobb | 702 | 25.80 |
| | Green | John Mark Hills | 95 | 3.49 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Brian Drummond | 48 | 1.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 8.16 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Hopkins | 1,795 | 51.48 |
| | Labour | David Johnson | 1,059 | 30.37 |
| | Conservative | Stuart McGregor Quayle | 359 | 10.30 |
| | Green | Graham Hugh Davey | 169 | 4.85 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Peter Henry Wearden | 105 | 3.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 736 | 21.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Richard Astley | 1,204 | 48.37 |
| | Labour | Edmund John Bramall | 1,025 | 41.18 |
| | Conservative | Guy Neale Dawe | 115 | 4.62 |
| | Green | Jane Caroline Lewis | 111 | 4.46 |
| | Socialist Labour | Giles Barralet Shorter | 34 | 1.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 7.19 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |

### Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Clifford Emmett | 1,492 | 56.79 |
| | Labour | Nichola Irene Barton | 797 | 30.34 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Christopher Stallabrass | 236 | 8.98 |
| | Green | Vince Simon Jones | 51 | 1.94 |
| | Socialist Alternative | Roger Stephen Thomas | 51 | 1.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 695 | 26.45 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Jeanne Townsend | 1,486 | 46.41 |
| | Conservative | Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson | 812 | 25.36 |
| | Labour | Kerry Barker | 576 | 17.99 |
| | Green | Justin Michael Quinnell | 328 | 10.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 674 | 21.05 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jenny Margaret Smith | 940 | 48.83 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaun David Jones | 486 | 25.25 |
| | Conservative | Anthony James Smith | 434 | 22.55 |
| | Green | Geoff Collard | 65 | 3.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 454 | 23.58 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Matthew Symonds | 1,285 | 44.93 |
| | Green | Charles Nicholas Bolton | 534 | 18.67 |
| | Conservative | Philip Arthur Cobbold | 494 | 17.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Elvin | 442 | 15.45 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Jonathan Peter Harris | 105 | 3.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | 26.26 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Henry Robert Morris | 1,864 | 55.03 |
| | Labour | Lesley Ann Mansell | 920 | 27.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Mary Collins | 505 | 14.91 |
| | Green | Samantha Elizabeth Thompson | 98 | 2.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 944 | 27.87 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Goulandris | 2,118 | 66.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Evelyn Donald | 539 | 16.93 |
| | Labour | Dianne Elizabeth Manning | 373 | 11.72 |
| | Green | Keith Vivian Wiltshire | 153 | 4.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,579 | 49.61 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ashley Peter Fox | 2,240 | 49.14 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Lance Doddrell | 1,847 | 40.52 |
| | Labour | Judith Margaret Sluglett | 338 | 7.42 |
| | Green | John Fraser Laird Devaney | 133 | 2.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 393 | 8.62 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin John Smith | 1,058 | 47.55 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Robert Hucker | 620 | 27.87 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Carpenter | 464 | 20.85 |
| | Green | Mary Elizabeth Thomson | 83 | 3.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 438 | 19.68 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christopher Louis Orlik | 1,005 | 41.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Rosaline May Cooper | 487 | 19.87 |
| | Green | Patrick Dorian Hulme | 405 | 16.52 |
| | Conservative | Graham David Morris | 361 | 14.73 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Arnie Nevin | 126 | 5.14 |
| | Socialist Labour | Katherine Cremer | 67 | 2.73 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 518 | 21.13 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |