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The 2002 Worcester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Worcester City Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 18
• Labour 12
• Independent 5
• Liberal Democrat 1

Campaign

Before the election no party had a majority, but the Conservatives provided the leader of the council after gaining 5 seats in the 2000 election. Both the Conservatives and Labour had 15 seats, along with 5 independents and 1 Liberal Democrat. The election saw 12 seats being contested with Labour defending 7, the Conservatives 3 and the Liberal Democrats and independents 1 each. Labour only contested 11 of the seats after their candidate in Claines ward was dropped by the party over a letter he wrote to the local paper.

Election result

The results saw Worcester remain a hung council but with the Conservatives becoming clearly the largest party. They gained 3 seats from Labour in All Saints, St Clement and St Martin wards.

Ward results

References

1. "Worcester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
2. ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.
3. ^ "Labour control on a knife-edge; Mail focus on the May 2 local council elections". Birmingham Mail. 12 April 2002. p. 8.
4. Probert, Sarah (30 April 2002). "Local Elections 2002: Balance of power teeters on knife-edge". Birmingham Post. p. 4.
5. "Labour in spin over axing". Malvern Gazette. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
6. ^ Smith, Sue (3 May 2002). "Local Election Results 2002: Protest's healthy majority". Birmingham Mail. p. 17.
7. ^ "Worcester". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

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