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Local Election Results 2002

Manchester

Other results for Manchester: 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
By-elections for Manchester (may be incomplete): 13th June 2002 (Benchill) — 19th October 2006 (Gorton S.) — 14th June 2007 (Charlestown) — 29th January 2009 (Didsbury W.) — 4th November 2010 (Hulme) — 20th January 2011 (Baguley) — 15th November 2012 (Ardwick) — 10th October 2013 (Ancoats & Clayton) — 5th December 2013 (Ancoats & Clayton) — 18th February 2016 (Higher Blackley) — 4th May 2017 (Rusholme) — 27th July 2017 (Fallowfield) — 27th February 2020 (Clayton & Openshaw) — 18th November 2021 (Chorlton) — 3rd February 2022 (Ancoats & Beswick) — 7th September 2023 (Brooklands) — 5th September 2024 (Baguley)

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Click here for more Manchester results, collected by John Swarbrick.


Consolidated results — Manchester 2002

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 40188 51.4% 28
Liberal Democrat 24053 30.7% 6
Conservative 7152 9.1% 0
Green Party 4747 6.1% 0
Socialist Alliance 817 1.0% 0
Independent Progressive Labour 625 0.8% 0
Independent 498 0.6% 0
Socialist Labour Party 158 0.2% 0

Ardwick

Mavis Smitherman Lab 942 66.2%
Judith Durrell LD 196 13.8%
Diane Norton Grn 169 11.9%
Ann Hodkinson C 117 8.2%

Baguley

Paul Andrews Lab 1219 66.0%
Ralph Ellerton C 323 17.5%
William Fisher LD 231 12.5%
Gareth Pittam Grn 73 4.0%

Barlow Moor

John Leech LD 1619 61.3%
Beth Morgan Lab 689 26.1%
Robin Goater Grn 182 6.9%
Thomas Bumby C 150 5.7%

Benchill

Isobel Freeman Lab 765 69.9%
Ann Bradshaw LD 165 15.1%
Joyce Kaye C 109 10.0%
Hannah Berry Grn 56 5.1%

Beswick and Clayton

Mick Loughman Lab 1001 48.0%
Elaine Boyes LD 879 42.1%
Fred Bates ProgLab 79 3.8%
Christine Birchenough C 69 3.3%
John Hulse Ind 31 1.5%
Susan Fairweather Grn 27 1.3%

Blackley

Harold Lyons Lab 1462 72.0%
Carol Connell LD 304 15.0%
Daniel Bunting C 199 9.8%
Adam Higgin Grn 66 3.2%

Bradford

Neil Swannick Lab 1332 60.8%
Neil Trafford LD 753 34.4%
Brian Birchenough C 70 3.2%
Antony Quinn Grn 35 1.6%

Brooklands

Glynn Evans Lab 1375 58.8%
John Kenny C 711 30.4%
Karen Farnen LD 168 7.2%
Nicola Brooks Grn 85 3.6%

Burnage

Marilyn Taylor Lab 1330 46.3%
John Cameron LD 1211 42.1%
Peter Schofield C 243 8.5%
Michael Shaw Grn 91 3.2%

Central

Jim Battle Lab 1053 49.0%
Peter Rothery LD 873 40.6%
Geoffrey Berg C 126 5.9%
Stephen Walford Grn 78 3.6%
Jason Ripley Ind 20 0.9%

Charlestown

Eugene Curley Lab 1363 60.7%
Rodney Isherwood LD 786 35.0%
Claudia French Grn 96 4.3%

Cheetham

Martin Pagel Lab 1702 50.9%
Qassim Afzal LD 1539 46.0%
Joe Sheedy Grn 105 3.1%

Chorlton

Bernard Selby Lab 1716 44.7%
Antony Bethell LD 728 19.0%
Daniel Valentine C 593 15.5%
Michelle Valentine Grn 503 13.1%
Heather Rose SocAll 298 7.8%

Crumpsall

Alan Spinks Lab 1644 61.6%
Adrian Hutchinson C 393 14.7%
Andrew Steele LD 392 14.7%
Angela Hall Grn 115 4.3%
Karen Reissmann SocAll 63 2.4%
Mervyn Drage SocLab 60 2.2%

Didsbury

Helen Fisher LD 1658 38.0%
Geoffrey Bridson Lab 1508 34.5%
Peter Hilton C 546 12.5%
Fergus Kilroy Ind 447 10.2%
Michael Daw Grn 209 4.8%

Fallowfield

Peter Morrison Lab 1238 60.2%
Howard Totty LD 391 19.0%
Simon Davenport C 257 12.5%
Bruce Bingham Grn 169 8.2%

Gorton North

Wendy Helsby LD 1341 51.0%
Richard Unwin Lab 958 36.4%
Lisa Boardman C 250 9.5%
Tony Martin SocAll 43 1.6%
Roisin MacDowell Grn 38 1.4%

Gorton South

John Bridges LD 1133 54.3%
Martin Rathfelder Lab 781 37.5%
Penny Collins Grn 87 4.2%
Rosemary Bishop C 84 4.0%

Harpurhey

Patrick Karney Lab 1014 68.5%
David Gordon LD 194 13.1%
David Timson C 144 9.7%
Kay Phillips SocAll 97 6.6%
Darren Milton Grn 31 2.1%

Hulme

Mary Murphy Lab 680 46.3%
Vanessa Hall Grn 597 40.6%
Matthew Armstrong LD 123 8.4%
David Conway C 70 4.8%

Levenshulme

Keith Whitmore LD 1557 55.0%
Michael Amesbury Lab 861 30.4%
Michael Brennan Grn 163 5.8%
Sabrina Nutter SocAll 130 4.6%
Raymond Wattanbach C 118 4.2%

Lightbowne

Kenneth Franklin Lab 1365 71.4%
Howard Varney C 261 13.6%
Kevin Morley LD 258 13.5%
Mathew Payne Grn 29 1.5%

Longsight

Zeke Ukairo Lab 1521 54.6%
Liaqat Ali LD 810 29.1%
Spencer Fitz-Gibbon Grn 255 9.1%
Karen Abbad C 202 7.2%

Moss Side

William Cox Lab 1510 75.8%
Roy Walters Lab 1419
Pamela Davis LD 175 8.8%
Keith Hodgkin LD 115
Mary Barnes C 113 5.7%
Bernard Ekbery Grn 104 5.2%
Jonathan Rummery Grn 98
Robert Turnbull SocAll 90 4.5%
Joyce Haycock C 72

Moston

Derek Shaw Lab 1437 63.0%
Rob Brettle LD 566 24.8%
Barry McAtarsney Grn 180 7.9%
Kenneth Barr SocLab 98 4.3%

Newton Heath

June Hitchen Lab 975 50.3%
Steve Cooper ProgLab 546 28.1%
Albert Walsh C 210 10.8%
Ann Rodgers LD 133 6.9%
Rachel Harper Grn 76 3.9%

Northenden

Richard Cowell Lab 1324 56.3%
Jane Percival C 520 22.1%
James Mawer LD 321 13.7%
Lance Crookes Grn 186 7.9%

Old Moat

Andrew Fender Lab 1746 50.2%
Yasmin Zalzala LD 1352 38.9%
Brian Candeland Grn 196 5.6%
Elliot Gold C 185 5.3%

Rusholme

John Byrne Lab 1304 48.9%
Lynne Williams LD 1052 39.4%
Barbara Goodall C 161 6.0%
Christopher Middleton Grn 150 5.6%

Sharston

Hugh Barrett Lab 974 66.5%
Carol Roberts C 234 16.0%
David Kierman LD 184 12.6%
Simon Sobrero Grn 72 4.9%

Whalley Range

Bernard Stone Lab 1595 49.9%
John Grant LD 953 29.8%
Nicholas Davis C 359 11.2%
Mary Candeland Grn 290 9.1%

Withington

Audrey Jones LD 1822 61.5%
Kate Torkington Lab 717 24.2%
June Buchan Grn 178 6.0%
Jonathan Smith C 152 5.1%
Tony Gibbons SocAll 96 3.2%

Woodhouse Park

Edward Newman Lab 1087 71.9%
Derek Mellor LD 186 12.3%
Ruby Raynor C 183 12.1%
Ashleigh Vincent Grn 56 3.7%

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