
The2002 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofCheltenhamBorough Council inGloucestershire,England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since thelast election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1.[1] TheLiberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from theConservative Party.[2]
The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain control after winning an extra 10councillors.[3]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | +10 | 52.5 | 44.3 | 25,006 | +7.6 | |||
| Conservative | 13 | -10 | 32.5 | 40.9 | 23,086 | -7.0 | |||
| PAB | 4 | -1 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 4,999 | +2.6 | |||
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2,804 | -3.6 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 556 | +0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Franklin | 813 | 58.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jordan | 800 | 57.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Newman | 463 | 33.5 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Simons* | 456 | 33.0 | ||
| Labour | Brenda Moody | 116 | 8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,381 | 33.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul McLain* | 711 | 46.5 | ||
| Conservative | Hedley Thompson* | 711 | 46.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Needs | 701 | 45.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan White | 699 | 45.7 | ||
| Labour | David Evans | 97 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,528 | 42.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Britter | 1,082 | 58.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rickell | 948 | 51.3 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqueline Fletcher* | 836 | 45.3 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy Harman | 720 | 39.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,847 | 45.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jennifer Moreton* | 981 | 55.2 | ||
| Conservative | Duncan Smith* | 903 | 50.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harvey | 715 | 40.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Turner | 500 | 28.1 | ||
| Green | Celia Bear | 133 | 7.5 | ||
| Labour | Lorna Steers | 123 | 6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,777 | 41.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Chaplin* | 1,179 | 64.1 | ||
| Conservative | John Melville-Smith* | 1,109 | 60.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Finnemore | 567 | 30.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Oliver | 542 | 29.5 | ||
| Labour | David Addison | 93 | 5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,839 | 46.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Garth Barnes | 772 | 50.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Surgenor | 736 | 48.1 | ||
| Conservative | Penelope Hall | 628 | 41.0 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Evans | 621 | 40.6 | ||
| Green | Christopher Chatfield | 120 | 7.8 | ||
| Labour | Gillian Howells | 85 | 5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,531 | 37.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lydia Bishop | 614 | 67.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Young | 584 | 64.2 | ||
| Conservative | Daphne Allen | 186 | 20.5 | ||
| Conservative | Lesley Silvester | 170 | 18.7 | ||
| Labour | Robert Wells | 131 | 14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 909 | 23.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Barbara Driver* | 746 | 63.1 | ||
| Conservative | Diggory Seacome* | 725 | 61.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Storm | 288 | 24.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Horwood | 274 | 23.2 | ||
| Green | Keith Bessant | 140 | 11.8 | ||
| Labour | Katya Vines | 88 | 7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,182 | 30.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth Buckland* | 1,186 | 54.1 | ||
| Conservative | Robin MacDonald* | 1,181 | 53.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dermot Clarke | 977 | 44.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Coleman | 949 | 43.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,193 | 55.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Hale* | 610 | 56.6 | ||
| Labour | Diana Hale* | 583 | 54.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie Anderson | 254 | 23.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Wheeler | 202 | 18.8 | ||
| Conservative | Clare Huckett | 187 | 17.4 | ||
| Conservative | Sophie Preston-Hall | 182 | 16.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,077 | 26.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Garnham* | 996 | 56.3 | ||
| Conservative | Gerald Gearing* | 951 | 53.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Pictor | 744 | 42.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | William Whelan | 650 | 36.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,770 | 40.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAB | Diane Hibbert* | 752 | 44.6 | ||
| PAB | David Prince* | 723 | 42.9 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Bowden* | 574 | 34.0 | ||
| Conservative | John Hopwood | 502 | 29.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Hay | 268 | 15.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kirstie Clish-Green | 257 | 15.2 | ||
| Labour | Edward Hemmings | 156 | 9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,687 | 40.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAB | Leslie Godwin* | 1,187 | 63.5 | ||
| PAB | Malcolm Stennett* | 1,171 | 62.7 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Locke | 488 | 26.1 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Ryder | 383 | 20.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Jones | 202 | 10.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Whalley | 99 | 5.3 | ||
| Green | Caroline Griffiths | 93 | 5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,868 | 40.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Morris | 603 | 64.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Wheeler | 547 | 58.5 | ||
| Conservative | James Stevenson | 196 | 21.0 | ||
| Conservative | Antony Sygerycz | 157 | 16.8 | ||
| Labour | Clive Harriss | 151 | 16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 935 | 21.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Holliday* | 709 | 62.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Lloyd* | 698 | 61.1 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Horton | 301 | 26.4 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Wall | 274 | 24.0 | ||
| Labour | Andre Curtis | 157 | 13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,142 | 26.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay* | 523 | 70.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Coleman | 441 | 59.5 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Anstey | 104 | 14.0 | ||
| Labour | William Fawcett | 94 | 12.7 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick Corbyn | 86 | 11.6 | ||
| Green | Jennifer Stone | 70 | 9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 741 | 16.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Pat Thornton* | 535 | 51.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Stuart-Smith* | 462 | 44.9 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Marchant | 426 | 41.4 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Bird | 333 | 32.3 | ||
| Labour | Robert Irons | 152 | 14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,030 | 23.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | James Ledeux | 725 | 49.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Jones | 699 | 47.6 | ||
| PAB | Joanna McVeagh* | 598 | 40.7 | ||
| PAB | Peter Allen | 568 | 38.6 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Fletcher | 178 | 12.1 | ||
| Conservative | Terence Gould | 170 | 11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,470 | 33.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Zoe Forbes | 1,015 | 57.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Fidgeon | 1,002 | 56.3 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Baylis* | 708 | 39.8 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Nicholson | 589 | 33.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,781 | 42.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rowena Hay | 945 | 48.2 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Regan | 911 | 46.5 | ||
| Conservative | Christine Ryder* | 878 | 44.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Oates | 865 | 44.1 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Bailey | 168 | 8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,961 | 45.3 | |||