The 2002 Norwich City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Norwich City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16 of 48 seats (one-third) were up for election, with an additional seat up in Henderson ward due to a by-election.
Results summary
[edit]2002 Norwich City Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | ![]() |
58.8 | 15 | 26 | 54.2 | 15,786 | 44.1 | +1.8 | |
Labour | 5 | ![]() |
29.4 | 16 | 19 | 39.6 | 11,900 | 33.2 | +3.0 | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
11.8 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 3,365 | 9.4 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 4,503 | 12.6 | -8.4 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 0.5 | -0.6 | |
Socialist Alternative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.2 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]Bowthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Garrett | 1,132 | 48.7 | +10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | H. Arundell | 731 | 31.5 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | J. Virgo | 348 | 15.0 | −5.5 | |
Green | R. Chittenden | 113 | 4.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 401 | 17.3 | +11.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,324 | 26.6 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Catton Grove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Quinn | 706 | 42.8 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | C. Barker | 473 | 28.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | N. Langham | 387 | 23.5 | +1.0 | |
Green | J. Bearman | 82 | 5.0 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 233 | 14.1 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,648 | 30.0 | −1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Coslany
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Banham | 819 | 42.2 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Kendrick | 596 | 30.7 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | E. Horth | 385 | 19.9 | −11.8 | |
Green | Adrian Holmes | 139 | 7.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 223 | 11.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,939 | 32.5 | +8.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Crome
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Bradford | 955 | 51.0 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | A. Lovewell | 471 | 25.1 | −14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Strong | 404 | 21.6 | +2.7 | |
Green | R. House | 43 | 2.3 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 484 | 25.8 | — | ||
Turnout | 1,873 | 35.4 | +7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Eaton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | I. Couzens | 2,143 | 62.6 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | I. Mackie | 855 | 25.0 | −7.2 | |
Labour | C. Slorach | 350 | 10.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | N. Bartlett | 77 | 2.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,288 | 37.6 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,425 | 53.9 | +4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Heigham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | D. Castle-Green | 1,042 | 50.8 | −4.2 | |
Labour | M. Graham | 720 | 35.1 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | A. Holt | 149 | 7.3 | −1.9 | |
Green | M. Farrington | 110 | 5.4 | +0.2 | |
Socialist Alternative | A. Cairns | 29 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 322 | 15.7 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,050 | 35.9 | +6.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Henderson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | S. Land | 857 | 41.4 | +25.9 | |
Green | S. Ronneke | 778 | |||
Labour | R. Blower | 630 | 30.4 | −11.1 | |
Labour | J. Westmacott | 535 | |||
Liberal Democrats | J. Toomey | 464 | 22.4 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Stairs | 446 | |||
Conservative | F. Leatherdale | 120 | 5.8 | −14.6 | |
Conservative | C. Page | 108 | |||
Turnout | 37.0 | +17.3 | |||
Green gain from Labour | |||||
Green gain from Labour |
Lakenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | C. Harper | 1,017 | 49.1 | +1.0 | |
Labour | K. Ratcliffe | 789 | 38.1 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | R. Wells | 298 | 9.2 | −3.0 | |
Green | M. Milner | 76 | 3.7 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 228 | 11.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,180 | 37.0 | +7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Mancroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Nobbs | 1,005 | 41.7 | +2.7 | |
Labour | D. Fullman | 948 | 39.3 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | R. Wells | 298 | 12.4 | −10.8 | |
Green | J. Cox | 159 | 6.6 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 57 | 2.4 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,410 | 33.7 | +5.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Mile Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Taylor | 835 | 48.5 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | V. Elvin | 813 | 47.2 | +14.7 | |
Green | J. Parkhouse | 73 | 4.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 22 | 1.3 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,721 | 31.9 | +15.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Mousehold
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | V. Hopkins | 798 | 39.4 | −7.7 | |
Labour | N. Williams | 791 | 39.1 | +9.1 | |
Independent | P. Scruton | 192 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Roberts | 147 | 7.3 | −7.9 | |
Green | L. Freaney | 69 | 3.4 | −1.4 | |
Socialist Alternative | E. Manningham | 27 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7 | 0.3 | −16.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,024 | 32.7 | +9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Nelson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | G. Dean | 1,115 | 52.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | J. Lay | 575 | 26.9 | −5.7 | |
Green | Rupert Read | 308 | 14.4 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | V. Hopes | 143 | 6.7 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 540 | 25.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,141 | 38.0 | +4.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
St. Stephen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | A. Pond | 1,229 | 51.4 | +10.0 | |
Labour | C. Morrey | 713 | 29.8 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | T. Ivory | 300 | 12.5 | −9.0 | |
Green | S. Little | 149 | 6.2 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 516 | 21.6 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,391 | 42.0 | +3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Thorpe Hamlet
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. Surridge | 1,072 | 61.1 | +8.1 | |
Labour | J. Martin | 394 | 22.5 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | L. Batchelor | 152 | 8.7 | −6.3 | |
Green | M. Charnley | 137 | 7.8 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 678 | 38.6 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,755 | 27.7 | +5.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Town Close
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | F. Hartley | 1,276 | 60.4 | +4.5 | |
Labour | K. Brown | 544 | 25.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | J. Wyatt | 206 | 9.7 | −7.2 | |
Green | C. Webb | 88 | 4.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 732 | 34.6 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,114 | 39.2 | +7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
University
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. Rooza | 1,228 | 62.7 | +3.3 | |
Labour | J. Bremner | 464 | 23.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | T. Matthews | 158 | 8.1 | −2.7 | |
Green | J. Todd | 107 | 5.5 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 764 | 39.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,957 | 35.8 | +5.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Norwich City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 17 July 2021.