# 2002 Stroud District Council election

The 2002 Stroud District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 4. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

## Election result

Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 24 seats, 4 seats short of having a majority. The results saw the Conservatives gain control of the council after Labour lost seats. Overall turnout in the election was 39.83%.
Stroud local election result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 29 | +5 | 56.9 | 41.5 | 26,705 | -4.2 |
| Labour | 12 | -6 | 23.5 | 28.9 | 18,592 | +2.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | -1 | 7.8 | 16.3 | 10,471 | -3.9 |
| Green | 4 | 0 | 7.8 | 10.4 | 6,693 | +5.5 |
| Independent | 2 | -2 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1,533 | +0.5 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 365 | +0.1 |

## Ward results

Amberley and Woodchester :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Glanfield | 480 | 53.9 |
| | Green | Sheila Macfadyen | 160 | 18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Edmunds | 134 | 15.1 |
| | Labour | John Appleton | 116 | 13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 36.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 890 | 50.9 |
Berkeley Vale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Winter | 659 | |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Francis | 619 | |
| | Labour | David Shaw | 600 | |
| | Labour | Michael Denning | 572 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,450 | 39.3 |
Bisley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Daniel Fleming | 436 | 49.3 |
| | Green | Steven Penny | 388 | 43.9 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Gardiner | 60 | 6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 884 | 50.9 |
Cainscross (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Eccles | 961 | 53.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Read | 815 | 45.3 |
| | Labour | Anthony Shortt | 716 | 39.8 |
| | Conservative | Norma Rodman | 384 | 21.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Jones | 374 | 20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Lloyd-Jones | 334 | 18.6 |
| | Independent | Graham Stanley | 329 | 18.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Howe | 328 | 18.2 |
| | Conservative | Ann Kendall | 321 | 17.8 |
| | Conservative | Ralph Kenber | 282 | 15.7 |
| | Green | Philip Williams | 133 | 7.4 |
| | Green | Martin Jakes | 112 | 6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,800 | 35.4 |
Cam East (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Hudson | 537 | 39.5 |
| | Labour | Miranda Clifton | 520 | 38.2 |
| | Conservative | William Fearnley-Whittingstall | 504 | 37.0 |
| | Labour | William Hamilton | 444 | 32.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Hartley | 343 | 25.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Pearce | 329 | 24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,361 | 41.2 |
Cam West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dennis Andrewartha | 631 | 50.0 |
| | Labour | John Fowles | 485 | 38.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dapling | 449 | 35.6 |
| | Labour | Daryl Matthews | 372 | 29.5 |
| | Conservative | Gail Fearnley-Whittingstall | 242 | 19.2 |
| | Conservative | Desmond Lashbrook | 187 | 14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,263 | 38.4 |
Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Williams | 273 | 52.3 |
| | Labour | Ronald Nichols | 148 | 28.4 |
| | Green | David Michael | 101 | 19.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 23.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 522 | 37.7 |
Chalford (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Fellows | 941 | 49.6 |
| | Conservative | Susan Fellows | 887 | 46.8 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Peters | 743 | 39.2 |
| | Labour | David Taylor | 522 | 27.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Brown | 487 | 25.7 |
| | Labour | Jamila Gavin | 473 | 24.9 |
| | Green | David Wood | 399 | 21.0 |
| | Green | Catherine Shuckburgh | 352 | 18.6 |
| | Green | Mark Epton | 232 | 12.2 |
| | UKIP | Leslie Banstead | 192 | 10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,897 | 38.4 |
Coaley and Uley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Janet Wood | 574 | 54.2 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Chisolm | 352 | 33.2 |
| | Labour | George East | 71 | 6.7 |
| | Green | Janet Griffiths | 63 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 20.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,060 | 57.6 |
Dursley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Basil Allen | 723 | 41.1 |
| | Labour | Hilary Fowles | 683 | 38.8 |
| | Conservative | Loraine Patrick | 600 | 34.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Marsh | 573 | 32.5 |
| | Labour | Paul Denney | 548 | 31.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Harding | 528 | 30.0 |
| | Labour | Paul Mapplebeck | 525 | 29.8 |
| | Conservative | Terence Morgan | 499 | 28.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Blitz | 497 | 28.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 38.5 |
Eastington and Standish :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kenneth Stephens | 282 | 47.5 |
| | Conservative | Thomas James | 228 | 38.4 |
| | Green | Valerie Hicken | 84 | 14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 594 | 39.8 |
Farmhill and Paganhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Sheffie Mohammed | 292 | 55.6 |
| | Labour | Andy Treacher | 82 | 15.6 |
| | Conservative | Catherine James | 74 | 14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Sutherland | 55 | 10.5 |
| | Green | Annabel Caddle | 22 | 4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | 40.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 525 | 30.2 |
Hardwicke (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham Littleton | 711 | 63.4 |
| | Conservative | David Tomlins | 641 | 57.2 |
| | Labour | Catherine Moore | 395 | 35.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,121 | 31.2 |
Kingswood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hemming | 408 | 72.7 |
| | Conservative | Brenda Lock | 153 | 27.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 45.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 561 | 36.4 |
Minchinhampton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dorcas Binns | 888 | 61.2 |
| | Conservative | Elisabeth Bird | 874 | 60.3 |
| | Labour | Martin Alder | 356 | 24.6 |
| | Green | Oscar Hull | 140 | 9.7 |
| | UKIP | Adrian Blake | 113 | 7.8 |
| | Labour | David Griffiths | 113 | 7.8 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Cranston | 111 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | 36.4 |
Nailsworth (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sybil Bruce | 777 | 38.4 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Akhtar | 716 | 35.3 |
| | Conservative | John Jeffreys | 668 | 33.0 |
| | Labour | Keith Norbury | 591 | 29.2 |
| | Green | Sue Limb | 571 | 28.2 |
| | Labour | John Lewis | 565 | 27.9 |
| | Labour | Audrey Smith | 555 | 27.4 |
| | Green | Lydia Eeles | 521 | 25.7 |
| | Green | James Hepburn | 437 | 21.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Collen Rothwell | 289 | 14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,026 | 41.5 |
Over Stroud :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Durrans | 240 | 41.0 |
| | Conservative | Linda Jeffreys | 236 | 40.3 |
| | Green | Kate Corder | 109 | 18.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 585 | 41.0 |
Painswick (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Stephenson-Oliver | 1,129 | 65.8 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Tait | 1,101 | 64.1 |
| | Green | Wendy Fontaine | 315 | 18.3 |
| | Labour | Henrietta Nichols | 251 | 14.6 |
| | Labour | John Rhodes | 234 | 13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,717 | 50.4 |
Rodborough (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham Blackshaw | 544 | 41.9 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Cooper | 488 | 37.6 |
| | Labour | Roger Brown | 436 | 33.6 |
| | Labour | Helen Hughes | 417 | 32.1 |
| | Green | Carol Kambites | 188 | 14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fisk | 183 | 14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Walker-Smith | 151 | 11.6 |
| | Green | Ewout Granberg | 124 | 9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,299 | 36.7 |
Severn (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Jones | 755 | 50.3 |
| | Conservative | Norman Smith | 725 | 48.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Howe | 457 | 30.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Stayte | 409 | 27.2 |
| | Labour | John Greenwood | 319 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Wheeler | 236 | 15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,502 | 42.5 |
Slade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Gwendoline Belcher | 236 | 42.7 |
| | Labour | Charles Townley | 175 | 31.6 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Carmichael | 142 | 25.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 553 | 33.1 |
Stonehouse (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leslie Williams | 1,045 | 58.8 |
| | Labour | Mattie Ross | 1,024 | 57.6 |
| | Labour | Christopher Brine | 982 | 55.3 |
| | Conservative | Philip Bevan | 559 | 31.5 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Hall | 434 | 24.4 |
| | Conservative | Prudence Vernon | 353 | 19.9 |
| | Green | John Harris | 200 | 11.3 |
| | Green | Sally Pickering | 200 | 11.3 |
| | Green | Pamela May | 182 | 10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,777 | 31.9 |
The Stanleys (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nigel Studdert-Kennedy | 609 | 41.7 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Apperley | 556 | 38.0 |
| | Labour | Lesley Williams | 527 | 36.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Herbert | 405 | 27.7 |
| | Independent | Elizabeth Stanley | 194 | 13.3 |
| | Labour | Thomas Williams | 173 | 11.8 |
| | Green | Peter Adams | 152 | 10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,462 | 42.7 |
Thrupp :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Martin Whiteside | 339 | 39.7 |
| | Conservative | Roy Nicholas | 298 | 34.9 |
| | Labour | John Howgate | 217 | 25.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 854 | 47.8 |
Trinity :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | John Marjoram | 367 | 69.0 |
| | Labour | Marta Cock | 133 | 25.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hodgkinson | 32 | 6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 44.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 532 | 46.7 |
Uplands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Townley | 206 | 36.1 |
| | Conservative | Rodger Cuddington | 158 | 27.7 |
| | Independent | Donald Peters | 144 | 25.2 |
| | Green | Henry Leveson-Gower | 63 | 11.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 571 | 33.1 |
Upton St Leonards :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Beard | 444 | 57.4 |
| | Green | Gillian Stott | 175 | 22.6 |
| | Labour | John Bell | 154 | 19.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | 34.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 773 | 42.9 |
Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Wride | 536 | 77.6 |
| | Labour | Stephen Turner | 155 | 22.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 381 | 55.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 691 | 48.1 |
Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Tobias Green | 217 | 37.5 |
| | Labour | Charles Burling | 158 | 27.3 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Kania | 112 | 19.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie Pierce | 92 | 15.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57.9 | 34.9 |
Wotton-under-Edge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Cordwell | 1,159 | 62.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Galbraith | 1,077 | 57.9 |
| | Conservative | Sidney Gowers | 998 | 53.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ethel Woodhead | 747 | 40.1 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Lord | 622 | 33.4 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Munoz-Echverria | 507 | 27.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,861 | 37.6 |