Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election following boundary changes, and the Labour Party retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 26
• Conservative 8

Election result

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council Election 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	26	26	0	+26		53.9	26,010
	Conservative	8	8	0	+8		42.0	20,264
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0		2.5	1,216
	Liberal	0	0	0	0		1.0	500
	Independent	0	0	0	0		0.5	229

The breakdown of councillor terms as a result of the election is shown below. The seats of the councillors with two year terms were contested in the 2004 council election.

Affiliation		Term Length
		2 Years	4 Years
	Labour Party	13	13
	Conservative Party	4	4

Ward results

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Abbey Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Harris	910
	Labour	Annette McMaster	894
	Conservative	Patricia Grant	400
	Conservative	Faye McLeod	390
	Independent	Razwan Amin	229
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Arbury Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hicks	573
	Labour	John Preedy	546
	Conservative	David Bryden	434
	Conservative	Alan Farnell	433
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Attleborough Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian James	770
	Labour	Colin Richards	742
	Conservative	Clive Stringer	681
	Conservative	Martin Heatley	676
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Barpool Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis McGale	620
	Labour	Kieron Murphy	570
	Conservative	John Quartermain	380
	Liberal	Frank Smith	273
	Liberal	Frank Mills	227
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Bede Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Bradley	914
	Labour	Richard Grant	885
	Conservative	Barry Lobbett	475
	Conservative	Steven O’Neill	424
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Bulkington Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Desmond O’Brien	1,192
	Conservative	John Ross	1,119
	Labour	Gerald Hancock	886
	Labour	David Ensor	810
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Camp Hill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Harvey	704
	Labour	Michael McMahon	584
	Conservative	Stanley Snow	420
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Exhall Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Hancox	1,086
	Labour	Don Navarro	976
	Conservative	Reg Lovick	575
	Conservative	Margaret O’Neill	524
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Galley Common Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Hood	718
	Labour	Maurice Kedwards	694
	Conservative	Bryan Grant	471
	Conservative	Mark Grant	457
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Heath Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Glass	757
	Labour	Ian Lloyd	753
	Conservative	Stephen Ward	371
	Conservative	Ian Llewellyn-Nash	358
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Behan	306
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Lee	229
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Kingswood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Ashford	683
	Labour	Patricia Henry	633
	Conservative	Sonja Wilson	428
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Poplar Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Copland	751
	Labour	William Hancox	744
	Conservative	Ann Crutchlow	361
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Slough Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Lloyd	911
	Labour	Roma Taylor	887
	Conservative	Jim O'Brien	672
	Conservative	Alan Robinson	589
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: St. Nicolas Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Cawthorne	1,272
	Conservative	Thomas Wilson	1,178
	Labour	Jane Howard	697
	Labour	James Hannan	602
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Weddington Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Smith	1,276
	Conservative	Jeffrey Clarke	1,206
	Labour	Walter Summer	876
	Labour	Sandra Bradley	757
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Wembrook Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sheppard	960
	Labour	Julie Jackson	934
	Conservative	Marcus Jones	444
	Conservative	John Waine	424
Majority
Turnout

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council Elections 2002: Whitestone Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Colledge	1,344
	Conservative	Nicholas Grant	1,261
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Hall	681
	Labour	Philip Johnson	645
	Labour	Daniel De’Ath	538
Majority
Turnout