Rochdale Council election, 2002

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Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 31
• Liberal Democrat 21
• Conservative 8

[edit] Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	12			0	57.1	44.8	21,570
	Liberal Democrat	7			0	33.3	29.5	14,189
	Conservative	2			0	9.5	22.7	10,922
	Independent	0			0	0	2.5	1,215
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	0.3	139
	Liberal	0			0	0	0.2	76
	Christian Democrat	0			0	0	0.1	31

[edit] Ward results

Balderstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,261	53.4
	Conservative		779	33.0
	Liberal Democrat		323	13.7
Majority			482	20.4
Turnout			2,363

Brimrod and Deeplish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,094	51.9
	Labour		845	40.1
	Conservative		170	8.1
Majority			249	11.8
Turnout			2,109

Castleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,364	50.4
	Labour		1,079	39.9
	Conservative		261	9.7
Majority			285	10.5
Turnout			2,704

Central and Falinge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,674	65.3
	Liberal Democrat		699	27.3
	Conservative		192	7.5
Majority			975	38.0
Turnout			2,565

Healey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,227	37.4
	Labour		1,187	36.1
	Conservative		870	26.5
Majority			40	1.3
Turnout			3,284

Heywood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		993	56.7
	Conservative		546	31.2
	Independent		213	12.2
Majority			447	25.5
Turnout			1,752

Heywood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,685	67.1
	Conservative		827	32.9
Majority			858	34.2
Turnout			2,512

Heywood West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,086
	Labour		920
	Conservative		302
	Conservative		272
Turnout			2,580

Littleborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,340	49.2
	Conservative		735	27.0
	Labour		649	23.8
Majority			605	22.2
Turnout			2,724

Middleton Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		984	70.6
	Liberal Democrat		331	23.7
	Socialist Alliance		79	5.7
Majority			653	46.9
Turnout			1,394

Middleton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,051	48.9
	Liberal Democrat		864	40.2
	Conservative		202	9.4
	Christian Democrat		31	1.4
Majority			187	8.7
Turnout			2,148

Middleton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,001	60.9
	Liberal Democrat		644	39.1
Majority			357	21.8
Turnout			1,645

Middleton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,589	52.4
	Conservative		1,072	35.4
	Liberal Democrat		370	12.2
Majority			517	17.0
Turnout			3,031

Middleton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		801	69.2
	Conservative		143	12.3
	Liberal Democrat		78	6.7
	Liberal		76	6.6
	Socialist Alliance		60	5.2
Majority			658	56.9
Turnout			1,158

Milnrow and Newhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,176	48.7
	Labour		647	26.8
	Conservative		590	24.5
Majority			529	21.9
Turnout			2,413

Newbold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,260	65.8
	Liberal Democrat		417	21.8
	Conservative		238	12.4
Majority			843	44.0
Turnout			1,915

Norden and Bamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,881	53.9
	Liberal Democrat		1,112	31.9
	Labour		494	14.2
Majority			769	22.0
Turnout			3,487

Smallbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,562	39.2
	Labour		1,422	35.7
	Independent		1,002	25.1
Majority			140	3.5
Turnout			3,986

Spotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,274	60.6
	Labour		538	25.6
	Conservative		292	13.9
Majority			736	35.0
Turnout			2,104

Wardle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,550	68.3
	Labour		404	17.8
	Liberal Democrat		314	13.8
Majority			1,146	50.5
Turnout			2,268

[edit] External links

BBC report of 2002 Rochdale election result

Preceded by Rochdale Council election, 2000

Rochdale local elections

Succeeded by Rochdale Council election, 2003

Categories: Council elections in North West England | Government in Rochdale

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