The2002 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in theWest Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and theLabour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Before the election the Labour Party controlled the council with 55 seats, compared to 8Conservatives, 7Liberal Democrats and 1independent.[3] A further seat was vacant after the recent death of Labourcouncillor Fred Smith.[3]
Candidates in the election included five independents who were standing in protest at a decision by the council to close a swimming pool inTipton and a nearbyleisure centre.[4][5] The Tipton area also saw 2 candidates from theBritish National Party standing in thewards ofPrinces End andTipton Green.[3]
The results saw Labour easily keep its strong majority on the council after winning 19 of the 24 seats contested.[6] Neither the British National Party, nor the candidate from the Freedom Party managed to win a seat on the council,[7] but the British National Party did win 24% in Princes End ward.[8]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 19 | +1 | 79.2 | 51.6 | 31,948 | +5.3% | |||
| Conservative | 3 | +1 | 12.5 | 27.5 | 17,054 | -7.0% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | -1 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 6,967 | -1.9% | |||
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3.4 | 2,116 | -0.8% | |||
| Socialist Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 1,897 | +3.1% | |||
| Freedom Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1,070 | +1.7% | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 870 | +1.4% | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | +0.0% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steven Eling | 1,491 | 54.3 | −6.3 | |
| Conservative | John McHard | 724 | 26.4 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Prior | 397 | 14.5 | +2.4 | |
| Socialist Labour | Malcolm Connigale | 133 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
| Majority | 767 | 27.9 | −5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,745 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Walker | 1,375 | 54.1 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Mary Docker | 919 | 36.2 | +13.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Walter Bowdler | 246 | 9.7 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 456 | 18.0 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,540 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lois Griffin | 1,384 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Terry Grainger | 1,014 | 39.6 | −7.0 | |
| Socialist Labour | Sukhjinder Clair | 163 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
| Majority | 370 | 14.4 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,561 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Hughes | 1,100 | 38.7 | −10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Underhill | 1,009 | 35.5 | +4.7 | |
| Labour | Babu Patel | 730 | 25.7 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 91 | 3.2 | −14.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,839 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Glenis Webb | 1,462 | 62.1 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | James Musk | 894 | 37.9 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 568 | 24.1 | +7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,356 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joyce Edis | 1,068 | 62.7 | +11.8 | |
| Conservative | Janet Williams | 471 | 27.6 | −10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Reed | 165 | 9.7 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 597 | 35.0 | +21.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,704 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sadie Smith | 1,393 | 44.4 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Sharron Devonport | 895 | 28.5 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | Robert Lawrence | 847 | 27.0 | −10.5 | |
| Majority | 498 | 15.9 | +12.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,135 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Derek Rowley | 1,105 | 47.4 | −1.4 | |
| Independent | Fred Perry | 817 | 35.0 | +35.0 | |
| Conservative | Philip Mansell | 409 | 17.5 | −15.7 | |
| Majority | 288 | 12.4 | −3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,331 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gurchuran Sudhu | 1,169 | 58.5 | −3.2 | |
| Conservative | Rosemarie Campbell | 471 | 23.6 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Roberts | 358 | 17.9 | +8.5 | |
| Majority | 698 | 34.9 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,998 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terry Williams | 989 | 48.2 | +13.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Wilson | 799 | 38.9 | −9.1 | |
| Conservative | Gaynor Skeldon | 265 | 12.9 | −4.5 | |
| Majority | 190 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,053 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick Sullivan | 1,601 | 55.3 | +8.2 | |
| Conservative | Roland Hill | 915 | 31.6 | −8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Reid | 285 | 9.8 | −2.8 | |
| Socialist Labour | Jasvir Gill | 96 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 686 | 23.7 | +16.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,897 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Fowler | 1,440 | 45.2 | −7.4 | |
| Labour | Simon Hackett | 1,209 | 37.9 | +14.1 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Ward | 485 | 15.2 | −8.4 | |
| Socialist Labour | Baldeesh Singh | 54 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 231 | 7.2 | −21.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,188 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nicholas Meacham | 1,266 | 43.6 | −17.7 | |
| Labour | Michael Davis | 1,202 | 41.4 | +2.7 | |
| Independent | Deborah Blewitt | 437 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
| Majority | 64 | 2.2 | −20.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,905 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Babu Bawa | 1,358 | 51.9 | −8.2 | |
| Conservative | Jeanette Hill | 571 | 21.8 | −3.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Amarjit Singh | 361 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Gorton | 329 | 12.6 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 787 | 30.0 | −5.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,619 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Raymond Howes | 894 | 40.6 | −4.2 | |
| Conservative | Richard Geddes | 543 | 24.7 | −22.0 | |
| BNP | John Salvage | 536 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
| Independent | Robert Roper | 128 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Independent | Alison Jones | 79 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| UKIP | Kevin Walker | 22 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 351 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,202 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Price | 1,578 | 65.7 | +10.1 | |
| Conservative | Joanne Hadley | 825 | 34.3 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 753 | 31.3 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,403 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Linda Horton | 1,847 | 77.1 | +10.5 | |
| Conservative | Ewart Johnson | 549 | 22.9 | −10.5 | |
| Majority | 1,298 | 54.2 | +20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,396 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammad Rouf | 1,178 | 72.8 | +2.6 | |
| Socialist Labour | Rajinder Kumar | 260 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
| Conservative | William Shipman | 181 | 11.2 | −18.6 | |
| Majority | 918 | 56.7 | +16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,619 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gurinder Josan | 2,095 | 68.8 | +24.0 | |
| Socialist Labour | Ranjit Tagger | 569 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
| Conservative | Manjit Lall | 381 | 12.5 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 1,526 | 50.1 | +47.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,045 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Jones | 2,030 | 45.7 | +1.5 | |
| Freedom Party | Stephen Edwards | 1,070 | 24.1 | +24.1 | |
| Conservative | Ian Davies | 461 | 10.4 | −16.3 | |
| Independent | Malcolm Beckley | 394 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
| BNP | Kenneth Salvage | 334 | 7.5 | −16.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Surinder Sandhu | 154 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Majority | 960 | 21.6 | +4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,443 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Hinton | 1,205 | 50.4 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | Steven Hockley | 676 | 28.3 | −10.9 | |
| Independent | Michael Davenport | 261 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Bradley | 247 | 10.3 | −3.7 | |
| Majority | 529 | 22.1 | +14.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,389 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Archer | 1,634 | 68.6 | +6.4 | |
| Labour | Elaine Giles | 748 | 31.4 | −6.4 | |
| Majority | 886 | 37.2 | +12.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,382 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roy Melia | 1,410 | 58.7 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Alan Nugent | 991 | 41.3 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 419 | 17.5 | +7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,401 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Linda Turton | 1,925 | 68.9 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | Bhajan Shoker | 462 | 16.5 | −10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Samantha Ford | 299 | 10.7 | −1.2 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dharam Pal | 107 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 1,463 | 52.4 | +17.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,793 | ||||