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:
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2015
2019
2023
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.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| 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% |
| Andrew Wragg |
Ind |
1235 |
|
| Donald Povey |
Ind |
1171 |
|
| Alan Jones |
Lab |
900 |
32.7% |
| Brian Tinsley |
Lab |
854 |
|
| Graham Wallace |
Lab |
829 |
|
| Stuart Masterson |
LD |
393 |
14.3% |
| John Davis |
Ind |
942 |
55.8% |
| Jean Mayer |
Ind |
881 |
|
| Albert Walters |
Ind |
800 |
|
| Reginald Parkes |
Lab |
746 |
44.2% |
| Maurice Lewis |
Lab |
693 |
|
| Ann Shaw |
Lab |
594 |
|
| Adrian Knapper |
Knapper |
1095 |
37.8% |
| Barrie Holmes |
Lab |
770 |
26.6% |
| Gordon Tuck |
Lab |
700 |
|
| Barry Stockley |
Lab |
669 |
|
| Anthony Castrey |
Ind |
637 |
22.0% |
| Brian Jones |
Ind |
470 |
|
| Ruby Wooliscroft |
LD |
393 |
13.6% |
| Derek Hall |
Ind |
1061 |
50.1% |
| Roy Naylor |
Ind |
1027 |
|
| John Daniels |
Ind |
865 |
|
| Pauline Stevenson |
Lab |
716 |
33.8% |
| John Edwards |
Lab |
648 |
|
| Shazad Hussain |
Lab |
481 |
|
| Robert Pattyson |
Ind |
400 |
|
| Andrew Bowers |
LD |
339 |
16.0% |
| David Chatton |
Ind |
1156 |
42.9% |
| John Lamington |
Ind |
1046 |
|
| Jean Edwards |
Lab |
931 |
34.5% |
| David Conway |
Lab |
745 |
|
| Betty Birkin |
Lab |
731 |
|
| John Parry |
C |
610 |
22.6% |
| Joy Garner |
Lab |
971 |
39.1% |
| Terence Crowe |
Lab |
939 |
|
| Mohammed Matloob |
Lab |
919 |
|
| Edward Owen |
Ind |
893 |
36.0% |
| Roy Molson |
Ind |
788 |
|
| Clare Fairclough |
Ind |
758 |
|
| Florence Burton |
LD |
316 |
12.7% |
| Keith Healey |
C |
303 |
12.2% |
| Ann James |
Ind |
1077 |
45.6% |
| Christopher Wood |
Lab |
911 |
38.6% |
| Peter Kent-Baguley |
Lab |
893 |
|
| Steven Taylor |
Ind |
885 |
|
| Stanley Mutch |
Lab |
830 |
|
| Angela Miller |
Ind |
786 |
|
| Sean Bowers |
LD |
374 |
15.8% |
| Martin Dent |
LD |
1000 |
39.0% |
| Geoffrey Knight |
LD |
980 |
|
| Charles Miller |
Ind |
897 |
35.0% |
| George Abela |
Ind |
803 |
|
| Sybil Halfpenny |
Lab |
666 |
26.0% |
| Barbara Dunn |
Lab |
650 |
|
| Peter Lythgoe |
Lab |
514 |
|
| Derek Capey |
Ind |
1229 |
54.2% |
| Geoffrey Davies |
Ind |
991 |
|
| Alan Whiston |
Ind |
853 |
|
| Paul Shotton |
Lab |
704 |
31.1% |
| Donald Evans |
Lab |
666 |
|
| Stanley Parkes |
Lab |
647 |
|
| Allin Thomas |
LD |
333 |
14.7% |
| Karamat Ali |
Lab |
741 |
37.7% |
| Marjorie Bate |
Lab |
506 |
|
| Asim Shaheen |
LD |
414 |
21.1% |
| Mian Uddin |
C |
408 |
20.8% |
| Anita Gill |
LD |
404 |
|
| Patricia Whitehouse |
SoTIRG |
403 |
20.5% |
| Christopher Whitehouse |
SoTIRG |
388 |
|
| Sheila Pitt |
Lab |
372 |
|
| Donald Fallows |
LD |
351 |
|
| Stewart Jones |
C |
220 |
|
| John Beech |
Lab |
1340 |
38.7% |
| Randolph Conteh |
Ind |
1096 |
31.7% |
| Michael Barnes |
Lab |
1069 |
|
| Harold Mouat |
C |
1023 |
29.6% |
| Clifford Hathaway |
Lab |
953 |
|
| Christine Warren |
C |
823 |
|
| Linden Yardley |
C |
778 |
|
| Denver Tolley |
Lab |
907 |
25.3% |
| John Huson |
Lab |
894 |
|
| Charles McLaren |
Lab |
757 |
|
| Harry Hassall |
Ind |
740 |
20.7% |
| Alan Joynson |
LD |
690 |
19.3% |
| Steven Batkin |
BNP |
687 |
19.2% |
| John Hill |
C |
555 |
15.5% |
| Brian Ward |
Ind |
551 |
|
| Ellis Bevan |
LD |
1417 |
36.3% |
| Bagh Ali |
Lab |
1068 |
27.3% |
| Robert Gore |
LD |
1003 |
|
| Conrad Lubinski |
LD |
860 |
|
| John Dimmock |
Lab |
851 |
|
| Terence Follows |
C |
835 |
21.4% |
| Mohammed Afsar |
C |
775 |
|
| Ian McLaughlan |
Lab |
656 |
|
| Beryl Hodgkins |
Ind |
586 |
15.0% |
| Donald McLean |
Ind |
512 |
|
| Kathleen Banks |
Lab |
1046 |
36.6% |
| Christine Follows |
C |
1040 |
36.4% |
| Clive Brian |
C |
941 |
|
| Marilyn Ibbs |
C |
809 |
|
| Desiree Elliot |
Ind |
771 |
27.0% |
| Clive Hulse |
Lab |
725 |
|
| Stanley Bate |
Lab |
646 |
|
|
LD |
1189 |
49.4% |
|
LD |
1020 |
|
|
LD |
995 |
|
|
Lab |
796 |
33.1% |
|
Lab |
711 |
|
|
Lab |
604 |
|
|
Ind |
423 |
17.6% |
|
Ind |
391 |
|
|
Ind |
382 |
|
| Michael Salih |
Lab |
1192 |
42.4% |
| Barry Cuthbertson |
Ind |
1106 |
39.3% |
| Sheila Matthews |
Ind |
1020 |
|
| Robert Hooper |
Ind |
981 |
|
| Mervin Smith |
Lab |
817 |
|
| Sharon Bowers |
LD |
514 |
18.3% |
| Paul Billington |
LD |
1248 |
56.5% |
| Harry Holdcroft |
LD |
1242 |
|
| Pauline Joynson |
LD |
1217 |
|
| Frederick Nutting |
Lab |
692 |
31.4% |
| Janice Owen |
Lab |
566 |
|
| Khurshid Ahmed |
Lab |
528 |
|
| Peter Chadwick |
Ind |
267 |
12.1% |
| Debra Shepherd |
Ind |
198 |
|
| Robert Costall |
Ind |
190 |
|
| Louise Dejak |
Ind |
190 |
|
| Geoffrey O'Malley |
Ind |
186 |
|
| Jane Smith |
Ind |
186 |
|
| Roger Ibbs |
C |
1531 |
39.0% |
| John Bailey |
Ind |
1528 |
38.9% |
| Ross Irving |
C |
1461 |
|
| Anthony Ball |
C |
1421 |
|
| Peter Moody |
Lab |
864 |
22.0% |
| Myra Dockery |
Lab |
648 |
|
| Paul Holden |
Lab |
562 |
|
| Lee Wanger |
Ind |
1314 |
45.3% |
| Margaret Bayley |
Lab |
1235 |
42.5% |
| Ian Norris |
Ind |
1025 |
|
| Mohammad Latif |
Lab |
1002 |
|
| Eddy Pollett |
Ind |
883 |
|
| Charles Sutton |
Lab |
865 |
|
| John Perry |
LD |
354 |
12.2% |
| Derek Bamford |
Lab |
986 |
41.7% |
| Margaret Pyatt |
C |
858 |
36.3% |
| Steven Morris |
C |
808 |
|
| Marjorie Nixon |
C |
806 |
|
| Terence Doughty |
Lab |
797 |
|
| Paul Sutton |
Lab |
605 |
|
| Mark Machin |
SoTIRG |
521 |
22.0% |
| Zoe Whitehouse |
SoTIRG |
434 |
|
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