2002 Rossendale Borough Council election

Main article: Rossendale Borough Council elections

Elections to Rossendale 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 took overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

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

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

References

• 2002 Rossendale election result
• Ward results