2002 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election following boundary changes, and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 26
Conservative 8

Election result

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council Election 2002^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
Labour	26	26	+26	53.9	26,010
Conservative	8	8	+8	42.0	20,264
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	2.5	1,216
Liberal	0	0	0	1.0	500
Independent	0	0	0	0.5	229

The breakdown of councillor terms as a result of the election is shown below. The seats of the councillors with two year terms were contested in the 2004 council election.

Affiliation		Term Length
Affiliation		2 Years	4 Years
	Labour Party	13	13
	Conservative Party	4	4

Ward results

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Abbey Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patricia Harris	910
	Labour	Annette McMaster	894
	Conservative	Patricia Grant	400
	Conservative	Faye McLeod	390
	Independent	Razwan Amin	229
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Arbury Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robert Hicks	573
	Labour	John Preedy	546
	Conservative	David Bryden	434
	Conservative	Alan Farnell	433
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Attleborough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Adrian James	770
	Labour	Colin Richards	742
	Conservative	Clive Stringer	681
	Conservative	Martin Heatley	676
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Barpool Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Francis McGale	620
	Labour	Kieron Murphy	570
	Conservative	John Quartermain	380
	Liberal	Frank Smith	273
	Liberal	Frank Mills	227
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Bede Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter Bradley	914
	Labour	Richard Grant	885
	Conservative	Barry Lobbett	475
	Conservative	Steven O’Neill	424
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Bulkington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Desmond O’Brien	1,192
	Conservative	John Ross	1,119
	Labour	Gerald Hancock	886
	Labour	David Ensor	810
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Camp Hill Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dennis Harvey	704
	Labour	Michael McMahon	584
	Conservative	Stanley Snow	420
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Exhall Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sheila Hancox	1,086
	Labour	Don Navarro	976
	Conservative	Reg Lovick	575
	Conservative	Margaret O’Neill	524
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Galley Common Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robin Hood	718
	Labour	Maurice Kedwards	694
	Conservative	Bryan Grant	471
	Conservative	Mark Grant	457
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Heath Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Glass	757
	Labour	Ian Lloyd	753
	Conservative	Stephen Ward	371
	Conservative	Ian Llewellyn-Nash	358
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Behan	306
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lee	229
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Kingswood Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Geoff Ashford	683
	Labour	Patricia Henry	633
	Conservative	Sonja Wilson	428
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Poplar Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Robert Copland	751
	Labour	William Hancox	744
	Conservative	Ann Crutchlow	361
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Slough Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anthony Lloyd	911
	Labour	Roma Taylor	887
	Conservative	Jim O'Brien	672
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	589
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: St. Nicolas Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Harry Cawthorne	1,272
	Conservative	Thomas Wilson	1,178
	Labour	Jane Howard	697
	Labour	James Hannan	602
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Weddington Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gerald Smith	1,276
	Conservative	Jeffrey Clarke	1,206
	Labour	Walter Summer	876
	Labour	Sandra Bradley	757
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Wembrook Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Sheppard	960
	Labour	Julie Jackson	934
	Conservative	Marcus Jones	444
	Conservative	John Waine	424
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Whitestone Ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Neil Colledge	1,344
	Conservative	Nicholas Grant	1,261
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hall	681
	Labour	Philip Johnson	645
	Labour	Daniel De’Ath	538
Majority
Turnout

References

^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Local Election Results 2002 - Nuneaton and Bedworth". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[1] "Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[2] "Local Election Results 2002 - Nuneaton and Bedworth". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

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