2002 Tamworth Borough Council election

Elections to Tamworth Borough 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 stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 22
• Conservative 8

Election result

Tamworth Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	22			+5	73.3	51.4	20,130	+14.5%
	Conservative	8			-5	26.7	43.4	16,986	-9.9%
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0	3.6	1,422	-6.3%
	Independent	0			0	0	1.6	621	+1.6%

Ward results

Amington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Garner	685
	Conservative	Evelyn Rowe	644
	Labour	Michael Smith	637
	Labour	Michael Cooper	612
	Conservative	John Wells	608
	Labour	Richard McDermid	589
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Blake	232
Turnout			4,007	23

Belgrave (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Brindley	658
	Labour	David Foster	630
	Labour	Kenneth Lewis	608
	Conservative	Mary Oates	472
	Conservative	John Lees	460
	Conservative	James Ward	442
Turnout			3,270	21

Bolehall (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Norchi	893
	Labour	Philip Dix	846
	Labour	Peter Seekings	822
	Conservative	Diane Wells	520
	Conservative	Frrancis Worrell	508
	Conservative	Ronald Gibson	485
Turnout			4,074	27

Castle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Couchman	722
	Labour	John Faulkner	721
	Labour	Ian Trenfield	693
	Conservative	Marie Booth	556
	Conservative	Ian Cooper	553
	Conservative	Alan Lees	504
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Pinkett	272
	Independent	Ian Gibbons	205
Turnout			4,226	28

Glascote (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Birbeck	566
	Labour	Dennis Powick	518
	Labour	Stephen Savage	507
	Independent	Christopher Cook	416
	Conservative	Diane Reece	278
	Conservative	James McKay	277
	Conservative	Paul White	234
Turnout			2,796	20

Mercian (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Fuller	747
	Labour	John Garforth	726
	Labour	Gerald Latham	704
	Conservative	Maureen Gant	699
	Conservative	Wyonnie Boughton	658
	Conservative	Geoffrey Parsons	646
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Blake	294
Turnout			4,474	30

Spital (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Gant	1,085
	Conservative	Ronald Cook	1,013
	Conservative	Bruce Boughton	771
	Labour	Derek Thompson	674
	Labour	Garry Hirons	606
	Labour	Karen Hirons	603
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Blake	335
Turnout			5,087	38

Stonydelph (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Clarke	582
	Labour	John Tucker	516
	Labour	Brian Granger	495
	Conservative	Andrew James	383
	Conservative	Michael Oates	370
	Conservative	Debra James	367
Turnout			2,713	17

Trinity (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Jones	741
	Conservative	Jeremy Oates	717
	Conservative	Gerald Pinner	717
	Labour	Patricia Dix	702
	Labour	Audrey Poulton	651
	Labour	Kevan Garratt	648
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Jones	289
Turnout			4,465	30

Wilnecote (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Lewis	844
	Labour	Joan Jenkins	835
	Labour	Alan Smith	775
	Conservative	Brian Beale	569
	Conservative	Christine Fidler	522
	Conservative	Marguarite Jones	502
Turnout			4,047	25

References

• 2002 Tamworth election result
• Ward results