Local Election Results 2002
Stoke-on-Trent
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Note:— The election in Northwood and Birches Head was postponed due to the death of a candidate.
Other results for Stoke-on-Trent:2003200420062007200820102011201520192023
By-elections for Stoke-on-Trent (may be incomplete): 18th September 2003 (Abbey Green) — 22nd July 2004 (Burslem S.) — 3rd March 2005 (East Valley) — 26th July 2012 (Springfields & Trent Vale) — 14th November 2013 (Baddeley, Milton & Norton) — 6th May 2021 (Moorcroft) — 1st July 2021 (Penkhull & Stoke) — 22nd September 2022 (Bentilee & Ubberley) — 2nd May 2024 (Meir N.) — 15th May 2025 (Birches Head & Northwood)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
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| Labour | 18182 | 33.5% | 20 |
| Independent | 17184 | 31.7% | 22 |
| Liberal Democrat | 8974 | 16.6% | 11 |
| Conservative | 7163 | 13.2% | 6 |
| Adrian Knapper Independent Party | 1095 | 2.0% | 1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent Independent Reform Group | 924 | 1.7% | 0 |
| British National Party | 687 | 1.3% | 0 |
| Barry Glover | Ind | 1461 | 53.1% |
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| Andrew Wragg | Ind | 1235 | |
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| Donald Povey | Ind | 1171 | |
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| Alan Jones | Lab | 900 | 32.7% |
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| Brian Tinsley | Lab | 854 | |
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| Graham Wallace | Lab | 829 | |
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| Stuart Masterson | LD | 393 | 14.3% |
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| John Davis | Ind | 942 | 55.8% |
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| Jean Mayer | Ind | 881 | |
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| Albert Walters | Ind | 800 | |
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| Reginald Parkes | Lab | 746 | 44.2% |
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| Maurice Lewis | Lab | 693 | |
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| Ann Shaw | Lab | 594 | |
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| Adrian Knapper | Knapper | 1095 | 37.8% |
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| Barrie Holmes | Lab | 770 | 26.6% |
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| Gordon Tuck | Lab | 700 | |
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| Barry Stockley | Lab | 669 | |
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| Anthony Castrey | Ind | 637 | 22.0% |
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| Brian Jones | Ind | 470 | |
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| Ruby Wooliscroft | LD | 393 | 13.6% |
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| Derek Hall | Ind | 1061 | 50.1% |
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| Roy Naylor | Ind | 1027 | |
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| John Daniels | Ind | 865 | |
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| Pauline Stevenson | Lab | 716 | 33.8% |
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| John Edwards | Lab | 648 | |
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| Shazad Hussain | Lab | 481 | |
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| Robert Pattyson | Ind | 400 | |
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| Andrew Bowers | LD | 339 | 16.0% |
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| David Chatton | Ind | 1156 | 42.9% |
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| John Lamington | Ind | 1046 | |
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| Jean Edwards | Lab | 931 | 34.5% |
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| David Conway | Lab | 745 | |
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| Betty Birkin | Lab | 731 | |
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| John Parry | C | 610 | 22.6% |
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| Joy Garner | Lab | 971 | 39.1% |
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| Terence Crowe | Lab | 939 | |
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| Mohammed Matloob | Lab | 919 | |
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| Edward Owen | Ind | 893 | 36.0% |
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| Roy Molson | Ind | 788 | |
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| Clare Fairclough | Ind | 758 | |
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| Florence Burton | LD | 316 | 12.7% |
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| Keith Healey | C | 303 | 12.2% |
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| Ann James | Ind | 1077 | 45.6% |
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| Christopher Wood | Lab | 911 | 38.6% |
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| Peter Kent-Baguley | Lab | 893 | |
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| Steven Taylor | Ind | 885 | |
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| Stanley Mutch | Lab | 830 | |
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| Angela Miller | Ind | 786 | |
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| Sean Bowers | LD | 374 | 15.8% |
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| Martin Dent | LD | 1000 | 39.0% |
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| Geoffrey Knight | LD | 980 | |
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| Charles Miller | Ind | 897 | 35.0% |
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| George Abela | Ind | 803 | |
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| Sybil Halfpenny | Lab | 666 | 26.0% |
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| Barbara Dunn | Lab | 650 | |
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| Peter Lythgoe | Lab | 514 | |
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| Derek Capey | Ind | 1229 | 54.2% |
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| Geoffrey Davies | Ind | 991 | |
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| Alan Whiston | Ind | 853 | |
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| Paul Shotton | Lab | 704 | 31.1% |
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| Donald Evans | Lab | 666 | |
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| Stanley Parkes | Lab | 647 | |
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| Allin Thomas | LD | 333 | 14.7% |
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| Karamat Ali | Lab | 741 | 37.7% |
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| Marjorie Bate | Lab | 506 | |
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| Asim Shaheen | LD | 414 | 21.1% |
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| Mian Uddin | C | 408 | 20.8% |
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| Anita Gill | LD | 404 | |
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| Patricia Whitehouse | SoTIRG | 403 | 20.5% |
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| Christopher Whitehouse | SoTIRG | 388 | |
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| Sheila Pitt | Lab | 372 | |
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| Donald Fallows | LD | 351 | |
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| Stewart Jones | C | 220 | |
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| John Beech | Lab | 1340 | 38.7% |
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| Randolph Conteh | Ind | 1096 | 31.7% |
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| Michael Barnes | Lab | 1069 | |
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| Harold Mouat | C | 1023 | 29.6% |
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| Clifford Hathaway | Lab | 953 | |
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| Christine Warren | C | 823 | |
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| Linden Yardley | C | 778 | |
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| Denver Tolley | Lab | 907 | 25.3% |
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| John Huson | Lab | 894 | |
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| Charles McLaren | Lab | 757 | |
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| Harry Hassall | Ind | 740 | 20.7% |
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| Alan Joynson | LD | 690 | 19.3% |
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| Steven Batkin | BNP | 687 | 19.2% |
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| John Hill | C | 555 | 15.5% |
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| Brian Ward | Ind | 551 | |
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| Ellis Bevan | LD | 1417 | 36.3% |
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| Bagh Ali | Lab | 1068 | 27.3% |
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| Robert Gore | LD | 1003 | |
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| Conrad Lubinski | LD | 860 | |
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| John Dimmock | Lab | 851 | |
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| Terence Follows | C | 835 | 21.4% |
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| Mohammed Afsar | C | 775 | |
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| Ian McLaughlan | Lab | 656 | |
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| Beryl Hodgkins | Ind | 586 | 15.0% |
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| Donald McLean | Ind | 512 | |
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| Kathleen Banks | Lab | 1046 | 36.6% |
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| Christine Follows | C | 1040 | 36.4% |
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| Clive Brian | C | 941 | |
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| Marilyn Ibbs | C | 809 | |
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| Desiree Elliot | Ind | 771 | 27.0% |
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| Clive Hulse | Lab | 725 | |
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| Stanley Bate | Lab | 646 | |
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| LD | 1189 | 49.4% |
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| LD | 1020 | |
|---|
| LD | 995 | |
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| Lab | 796 | 33.1% |
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| Lab | 711 | |
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| Lab | 604 | |
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| Ind | 423 | 17.6% |
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| Ind | 391 | |
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| Ind | 382 | |
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| Michael Salih | Lab | 1192 | 42.4% |
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| Barry Cuthbertson | Ind | 1106 | 39.3% |
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| Sheila Matthews | Ind | 1020 | |
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| Robert Hooper | Ind | 981 | |
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| Mervin Smith | Lab | 817 | |
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| Sharon Bowers | LD | 514 | 18.3% |
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| Paul Billington | LD | 1248 | 56.5% |
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| Harry Holdcroft | LD | 1242 | |
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| Pauline Joynson | LD | 1217 | |
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| Frederick Nutting | Lab | 692 | 31.4% |
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| Janice Owen | Lab | 566 | |
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| Khurshid Ahmed | Lab | 528 | |
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| Peter Chadwick | Ind | 267 | 12.1% |
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| Debra Shepherd | Ind | 198 | |
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| Robert Costall | Ind | 190 | |
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| Louise Dejak | Ind | 190 | |
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| Geoffrey O'Malley | Ind | 186 | |
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| Jane Smith | Ind | 186 | |
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| Roger Ibbs | C | 1531 | 39.0% |
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| John Bailey | Ind | 1528 | 38.9% |
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| Ross Irving | C | 1461 | |
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| Anthony Ball | C | 1421 | |
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| Peter Moody | Lab | 864 | 22.0% |
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| Myra Dockery | Lab | 648 | |
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| Paul Holden | Lab | 562 | |
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| Lee Wanger | Ind | 1314 | 45.3% |
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| Margaret Bayley | Lab | 1235 | 42.5% |
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| Ian Norris | Ind | 1025 | |
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| Mohammad Latif | Lab | 1002 | |
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| Eddy Pollett | Ind | 883 | |
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| Charles Sutton | Lab | 865 | |
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| John Perry | LD | 354 | 12.2% |
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| Derek Bamford | Lab | 986 | 41.7% |
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| Margaret Pyatt | C | 858 | 36.3% |
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| Steven Morris | C | 808 | |
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| Marjorie Nixon | C | 806 | |
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| Terence Doughty | Lab | 797 | |
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| Paul Sutton | Lab | 605 | |
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| Mark Machin | SoTIRG | 521 | 22.0% |
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| Zoe Whitehouse | SoTIRG | 434 | |
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