Rossendale Council election, 2002
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Elections to Rossendale Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party took overall control of the council from the Conservative party.
[edit] Election result
| Rossendale Local Election Result 2002 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 24 | +12 | 66.7 | 53.6 | 23,815 | ||||
| Conservative | 12 | -12 | 33.3 | 44.7 | 19,895 | ||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 614 | ||||
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 139 | ||||
[edit] Ward results
| Cribden (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 598 | ||||
| Labour | 501 | ||||
| Conservative | 454 | ||||
| Conservative | 351 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,904 | ||||
| Eden (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 584 | ||||
| Labour | 506 | ||||
| Conservative | 493 | ||||
| Labour | 414 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,997 | ||||
| Facit and Shawforth (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 550 | ||||
| Labour | 527 | ||||
| Conservative | 378 | ||||
| Conservative | 290 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,745 | ||||
| Goodshaw (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 656 | ||||
| Labour | 644 | ||||
| Conservative | 353 | ||||
| Conservative | 330 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,983 | ||||
| Greenfield (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 835 | ||||
| Conservative | 813 | ||||
| Conservative | 804 | ||||
| Labour | 631 | ||||
| Labour | 591 | ||||
| Labour | 588 | ||||
| Socialist Alliance | 139 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,401 | ||||
| Greensclough (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,124 | ||||
| Conservative | 898 | ||||
| Conservative | 825 | ||||
| Labour | 542 | ||||
| Labour | 441 | ||||
| Labour | 434 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,264 | ||||
| Hareholme (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,041 | ||||
| Labour | 935 | ||||
| Labour | 919 | ||||
| Conservative | 661 | ||||
| Conservative | 601 | ||||
| Conservative | 586 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,743 | ||||
| Healey and Whitworth (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 515 | ||||
| Labour | 450 | ||||
| Conservative | 306 | ||||
| Conservative | 224 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,495 | ||||
| Helmshore (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 763 | ||||
| Conservative | 748 | ||||
| Labour | 716 | ||||
| Labour | 714 | ||||
| Conservative | 666 | ||||
| Labour | 627 | ||||
| Independent | 405 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,743 | ||||
| Irwell (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 632 | ||||
| Conservative | 630 | ||||
| Conservative | 563 | ||||
| Labour | 560 | ||||
| Labour | 501 | ||||
| Labour | 479 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,365 | ||||
| Longholme (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 896 | ||||
| Labour | 789 | ||||
| Labour | 775 | ||||
| Conservative | 524 | ||||
| Conservative | 510 | ||||
| Conservative | 389 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,883 | ||||
| Stacksteads (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 796 | ||||
| Labour | 684 | ||||
| Conservative | 369 | ||||
| Conservative | 298 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,147 | ||||
| Whitewell (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 851 | ||||
| Labour | 830 | ||||
| Labour | 801 | ||||
| Conservative | 715 | ||||
| Conservative | 691 | ||||
| Conservative | 690 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,578 | ||||
| Worsley (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 836 | ||||
| Labour | 757 | ||||
| Labour | 720 | ||||
| Conservative | 555 | ||||
| Conservative | 534 | ||||
| Conservative | 513 | ||||
| Independent | 209 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,124 | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Rossendale Council election 2000 |
Rossendale local elections | Succeeded by Rossendale Council election 2003 |
