Local Election Results 2002
Sefton
One-third of council up for election.
SP = Southport Party
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By-elections for Sefton (may be incomplete): 2nd March 2006 (Church)
— 25th October 2007 (Manor)
— 7th November 2013 (Derby)
— 2nd November 2017 (Duke's)
— 24th November 2022 (Linacre)
— 16th February 2023 (Netherton & Orrell)
— 20th June 2024 (St Oswald)
— 4th July 2024 (Linacre)
— 21st November 2024 (Litherland)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
22311 |
32.5% |
9 |
| Liberal Democrat |
19180 |
27.9% |
6 |
| Conservative |
16945 |
24.7% |
5 |
| Southport Party |
8007 |
11.7% |
3 |
| Socialist Alternative |
822 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Green Party |
750 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
491 |
0.7% |
0 |
| British National Party |
159 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Michael Ridge |
C |
1831 |
46.2% |
| Carla Hayde |
LD |
1002 |
25.3% |
| John Leech |
SP |
866 |
21.9% |
| Linda Cluskey |
Lab |
196 |
4.9% |
| Laurence Rankin |
Grn |
68 |
1.7% |
| Iain Brodie-Browne |
LD |
1376 |
31.8% |
| Mary Dally |
LD |
1275 |
|
| Ralph Gregson |
C |
1157 |
26.8% |
| Richard Chapman |
SP |
976 |
22.6% |
| Jeremy Myers |
C |
887 |
|
| James Baldwin |
Lab |
284 |
6.6% |
| William Bethnuin |
Grn |
272 |
6.3% |
| Terry Durrance |
Ind |
257 |
5.9% |
| David Stott |
Lab |
236 |
|
| Robert Roberts |
C |
1770 |
50.9% |
| Pamela Parry |
Lab |
1166 |
33.6% |
| William Brereton |
LD |
539 |
15.5% |
| David Cobham |
SP |
1345 |
36.7% |
| Robert Price |
C |
1336 |
36.4% |
| Clive Dally |
LD |
733 |
20.0% |
| Patricia Maher |
Lab |
255 |
7.0% |
| Carol Gustafson |
Lab |
1468 |
47.1% |
| Pauline Kehoe |
LD |
1444 |
46.4% |
| James Patterson |
C |
203 |
6.5% |
| John Rice |
Lab |
1681 |
77.9% |
| Paul Nuttall |
C |
245 |
11.4% |
| Dennis Cross |
LD |
232 |
10.8% |
| Ronald Watson |
C |
1386 |
40.1% |
| David McLaughlan |
SP |
1083 |
31.3% |
| Mary Shavaksha |
LD |
658 |
19.0% |
| Christopher Holmes |
Lab |
239 |
6.9% |
| Lola Sieve |
Grn |
89 |
2.6% |
| Ian Moncur |
Lab |
1828 |
78.4% |
| Garry Fielding |
LD |
503 |
21.6% |
| Sydney Whitby |
C |
1918 |
54.4% |
| Maurice Newton |
Lab |
888 |
25.2% |
| Druscilla Haydon |
LD |
722 |
20.5% |
| James Grundy |
SP |
1271 |
42.7% |
| David Bamber |
LD |
838 |
28.2% |
| John Lyon-Taylor |
C |
470 |
15.8% |
| Stephen Jowett |
Lab |
290 |
9.8% |
| John Glendenning |
Grn |
105 |
3.5% |
| Gordon Friel |
Lab |
1463 |
83.1% |
| Richard Williams |
LD |
298 |
16.9% |
| Paul Tweed |
Lab |
1411 |
80.1% |
| James Murray |
LD |
351 |
19.9% |
| Michael Jakub |
Lab |
1750 |
47.7% |
| Peter Papworth |
C |
1249 |
34.1% |
| Edward Firth |
LD |
540 |
14.7% |
| Robert Wright |
Ind |
126 |
3.4% |
| Margaret Brown |
SP |
1318 |
33.2% |
| James Tattersall |
LD |
1272 |
32.1% |
| Jamie Halsall |
C |
1159 |
29.2% |
| John Seale |
Lab |
218 |
5.5% |
| Jack Colbert |
LD |
1342 |
39.9% |
| Timothy Hale |
Lab |
1238 |
36.8% |
| Alan Brown |
C |
785 |
23.3% |
| David Martin |
Lab |
1510 |
58.3% |
| Peter Glover |
SocAlt |
822 |
31.8% |
| Hilary Cross |
LD |
256 |
9.9% |
| David Sumner |
LD |
1164 |
33.8% |
| Geoffrey Wright |
SP |
1148 |
33.4% |
| Mark Bigley |
C |
619 |
18.0% |
| Constance McCarthy |
Lab |
350 |
10.2% |
| Michael McDermott |
BNP |
159 |
4.6% |
| Robbie Fenton |
LD |
2199 |
71.5% |
| Sandra Williams |
Lab |
659 |
21.4% |
| Andrew Hoban |
Grn |
216 |
7.0% |
| Vincent Platt |
C |
1663 |
50.6% |
| Paul Flodman |
Lab |
1243 |
37.8% |
| Timothy Drake |
LD |
379 |
11.5% |
| William Burke |
Lab |
2117 |
84.5% |
| Sara Murray |
LD |
388 |
15.5% |
| Roy Connell |
LD |
1729 |
53.6% |
| Stephen Kermode |
Lab |
795 |
24.7% |
| William Newton |
C |
592 |
18.4% |
| David Jones |
Ind |
108 |
3.3% |
| Giles Blundell |
Lab |
1262 |
41.5% |
| Andrew Tonkiss |
LD |
1215 |
40.0% |
| Theresa Rossiter |
C |
562 |
18.5% |
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