Colchester Borough Council election, 2002

Map of the results of the 2002 Colchester council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independents in grey.

The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively.^[3] This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 8 seats to only have 6 councillors.^[3]

In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame.^[4] Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected.^[3] Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council.^[5]

Colchester Borough Council Election, 2002^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	26			+2	43.3	36.4	29,899	+3.3%
	Conservative	24			+3	40.0	39.5	32,459	+0.7%
	Labour	6			-8	10.0	19.1	15,669	-5.0%
	Independent	4			+3	6.7	3.7	3,078	-0.2%
	Green	0			0	0	1.2	970	+1.2%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.1	106	+0.1%

Council composition

The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats are up for election can be found in the following table:^[1]

Party		Previous council	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Liberal Democrats	24	24	26	26
	Conservatives	21	21	24	24
	Labour	14	14	6	6
	Tiptree Residents	3	3	3	3
	Independents	1	1	1	1
	Greens	0	0	0	0
Total		60	60	60	60

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.^[6]^[7]

Because of boundary changes, all results are shown as holds, even though the balance of the council changed. Majorities and percentage share are only shown for wards with a single seat.

Berechurch Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Sutton	913
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Sutton	900
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Brooks	875
	Labour	David Harris	661
	Labour	Paul Bishop	613
	Labour	Christopher Pearson	592
	Conservative	Elizabeth Lee	249
	Conservative	Peter Burgoyne	239
	Conservative	Patricia Conville	234
Majority
Turnout			1830	31%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Birch and Winstree

Birch and Winstree Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Paul Bentley	1,117
	Conservative	Peter Crowe	1,046
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Ann Coveney	364
	Labour	Derek Wyn Jones	311
Majority
Turnout			1605	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Castle Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Basil Hall	1,068
	Liberal Democrat	William Henry Foster Spyvee	1,044
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Jones	984
	Conservative	Lynne Frances Dingemans	369
	Conservative	Alison Baxter	357
	Conservative	Andrew Phillip Baxter	357
	Labour	Lisa Laybourne	268
	Labour	Hugh Leslie Thomas	254
	Labour	Julia Thomas	253
	Green	Peter James Lynn	190
	Green	Andrew Michael Senter	128
Majority
Turnout			1820	32%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Christ Chruch

Christ Church Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Anthony Silverwood Cope	559
	Conservative	Roger Buston	545
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Clifford Hunt	530
	Conservative	Anthony Hauton	488
	Labour	Maureen Lee	231
Majority
Turnout			1278	40%
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Copford & West Stanway

Copford & West Stanway Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Jewell Blundell	384	75.15%
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Ann Scott	125	24.46%
Majority			259	50.68%
Turnout			511	35%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Dedham & Langham

Dedham & Langham Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Christopher Garnett	757	73.71%
	Liberal Democrat	Carolyn Mary West	197	19.18%
	Labour	Geraldine Anne Harris	73	7.11%
Majority			560	54.53%
Turnout			1029	45%
	Conservative win (new seat)

East Donyland

East Donyland Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Mark Raison	286	43.20%
	Conservative	Patricia Ann Sanderson	246	37.16%
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Ronald Woodward	130	19.64%
Majority			40	6.04%
Turnout			662	36%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fordham & Stour

Fordham & Stour Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Christopher Arnold	960
	Conservative	Nigel Albert Chapman	917
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander William Scott	341
	Labour	Thomas Nisbet Prosser	248
Majority
Turnout			1,338	33%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Great Tey

Great Tey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Chillingworth	566	65.74%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew John Phillips	295	34.26%
Majority			271	31.48%
Turnout			862	40%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Harbour

Harbour Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Mary Blandon	674
	Liberal Democrat	Justin Knight	548
	Labour	David John Canning	424
	Labour	Jane Maureen Green	392
	Conservative	Michael Ian Coyne	184
	Conservative	Sandra Ann Rae	165
Majority
Turnout			1286	29%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Highwoods Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Gerard Oxford	665
	Liberal Democrat	Beverley Oxford	649
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Ringer	560
	Conservative	Sarah McClean	294
	Conservative	Alan Blundell	293
	Conservative	Richard Stevenson	278
	Labour	Edmund Chinnery	228
	Labour	Michael Smith	208
Majority
Turnout			1,135	20.0
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Lexden Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sonia Jean Lewis	1,258
	Conservative	Donald James Henshall	1,091
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Williamson	688
	Labour	Alan Frederick Trudgian	239
Majority
Turnout			1,889	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marks Tey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Hammond Gower	405	64.70%
	Labour	Edna Mary Salmon	125	19.97%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Andrew Hunter Gray	96	15.34%
Majority			280	44.73%
Turnout			627	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Edwin Taylor	599
	Conservative	Matthew David Wain Eaton	593
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Turrell	546
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Geoffrey Hayman	529
	Conservative	Wendy Diane Scattergood	526
	Labour	Lucy Catherine Wood	446
	Independent	John Francis Sutcliffe	187
Majority
Turnout			1309	26%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

New Town Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Theresa Margaret Anne Higgins	970
	Liberal Democrat	Dr Peter Michael Higgins	948
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Donaldson Fisher	932
	Labour	Jean Quinn	465
	Conservative	Colin Francis Beattie	267
	Conservative	Glenn Bath	260
	Conservative	Angus James Carstairs Allan	236
Majority
Turnout			1599	26%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Robert Sheppard	1,015
	Liberal Democrat	John Gray	1,013
	Conservative	Ronald Alfred Levy	996
	Conservative	Peter John Crafford	975
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Clark Gray	974
	Conservative	Michael David Pearson	940
	Labour	Andrew Reginald Frost	326
Majority
Turnout			2239	37%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pyefleet Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Alec Davidson	581	66.94%
	Liberal Democrat	Wilma Margaret Sutton	287	33.06%
Majority			294	33.87%
Turnout			875	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Andrew's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Ann Young	851
	Labour	Donald Quinn	818
	Labour	Timothy John Young	808
	Liberal Democrat	John Douglas Fellows	323
	Conservative	Anne Allan	238
	Conservative	Susan Marie Burgoyne	213
	Conservative	Pauline Ruth Lucas	203
	Socialist Alliance	Jeremy Stuart Jepps	106
Majority
Turnout			1333	20%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Anne's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Hogg	895
	Liberal Democrat	Gaik Choon Chuah	824
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Richard Cook	785
	Labour	Peter Raymond Brine	425
	Labour	David Alan Jonas	394
	Labour	Paul Henry Fryer-Kelsey	385
	Conservative	Brigitte Lesley Beard	299
	Conservative	Richard Paul Jonathan Lamberth	272
	Conservative	Allan James Doran	257
Majority
Turnout			1594	25%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St John's Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond John Gamble	1,030
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Edward Smith	919
	Conservative	Derek John Smith	366
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kathleen Gorman	308
	Labour	Anna Geraldine Trudgian	123
Majority
Turnout			1482	36%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Winifred Foster	593
	Conservative	Amanda Jane Arnold	589
	Conservative	Alan Herbert Scattergood	561
	Labour	Richard William Bourne	553
	Labour	Luke Michael Powell Dopson	520
	Labour	Kim Alan Naish	502
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Barry Hindle	490
	Liberal Democrat	William Frame	458
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Mary Waite	452
Majority
Turnout			1608	25%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Leslie Sykes	1,137
	Liberal Democrat	Gwendoline Irma Rosanna Ilott	1,099
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Anne Scott-Boutell	1,043
	Conservative	Jane Eleanor Collier	730
	Conservative	Jonathan Forbes Pyman	717
	Conservative	Michael Louis Segal	670
	Labour	Ian John Yates	261
Majority
Turnout			2029	34%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tiptree Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Webb	757
	Independent	John Elliott	620
	Independent	Anne Burgess	617
	Labour	Alan Charles Leslie Mogridge	569
	Labour	Audrey Mary Spencer	432
	Conservative	Agnes Lillian Cannon	398
	Conservative	Margaret Fairley Crowe	398
	Conservative	John Paul Reeves	354
	Independent	Helen Joyce Bunney	330
	Green	Stella Mae Barnes	183
Majority
Turnout			1689	29%
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David John Cannon	757
	Conservative	Jill Mary Todd	692
	Liberal Democrat	Una Jacqueline Myra Jones	323
	Labour	Gary Griffiths	287
	Green	John Martin Withers	238
Majority
Turnout			1248	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gilbert Jowers	1,348
	Conservative	John Gordon Bouckley	1,184
	Conservative	Margaret Anne Kimberley	1,136
	Labour	Bry Whittle Mogridge	430
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Charles Laurance Baker	389
Majority
Turnout			1,814	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Cross Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Kemplay Hawkins	369
	Conservative	David Alexander Adams	303
	Conservative	Kenneth Horace Rogers	290
	Labour	David Stephen Purdy	184
	Liberal Democrat	John Galpin	167
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick John Mossop	149
Majority
Turnout			658	17%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Newman	592
	Independent	Samuel Richard Davies	567
	Labour	Stephen Charles Ford	523
	Conservative	Eugene Kraft	412
	Conservative	Elizabeth Ann Corke	399
	Green	Christopher James Fox	231
Majority
Turnout			1456	38%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1 2 3 "BBC News Vote 2002 Local Elections". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
1 2 "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
1 2 3 "Colchester : Labour suffer and Lib Dem leader goes". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Colchester : Leader Bill's out of the Frame". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Colchester : Lib Dems' leader returns recharged". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 6 May 2002. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Election Results". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
↑ "Turnout". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

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