2002 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2002 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002 as part of the wider local elections.[1] Twenty-one seats were up for election across every ward in Stockport and it resulted in the Liberal Democrats having a majority of seats in the council. The Liberal Democrats held this majority until the 2011 local elections.[2]

2002 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2 May 2002

21 seats up for election
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before 33 21
Seats won 11 6
Seats after 33 19
Seat change 2

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Heald Green Ratepayers
Seats before 6 3
Seats won 3 1
Seats after 8 3
Seat change 2

Map showing the results the 2002 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives, yellow shows the Liberal Democrats and purple the Heald Green Ratepayers.

Results by ward

Bramhall East Ward

Bramhall East Ward[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tony Johnson 2,996 54.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bodsworth 2,226 40.1
Labour Keith Fenwick 328 5.9
Majority
Turnout 5,550 43.6
Conservative hold Swing

References

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