Local Election Results 2002
Sandwell
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Sandwell (may be incomplete): 19th September 2002 (Smethwick)
— 25th November 2004 (Old Warley)
— 28th June 2007 (Charlemont with Grove Vale)
— 6th December 2007 (Princes End)
— 24th January 2008 (Newton)
— 1st October 2009 (Wednesbury S.)
— 18th November 2010 (Wednesbury N.)
— 9th July 2015 (Newton)
— 10th September 2015 (Blackheath)
— 15th July 2021 (Tividale)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
31948 |
51.6% |
19 |
| Conservative |
17054 |
27.5% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6967 |
11.2% |
2 |
| Independent |
2116 |
3.4% |
0 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
1897 |
3.1% |
0 |
| Freedom Party |
1070 |
1.7% |
0 |
| British National Party |
870 |
1.4% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
22 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Steven Eling |
Lab |
1491 |
54.3% |
| John McHard |
C |
724 |
26.4% |
| Roger Prior |
LD |
397 |
14.5% |
| Malcolm Connigale |
SocLab |
133 |
4.8% |
| David Walker |
Lab |
1375 |
54.1% |
| Mary Docker |
C |
919 |
36.2% |
| Walter Bowdler |
LD |
246 |
9.7% |
| Lois Griffin |
Lab |
1384 |
54.0% |
| Terry Grainger |
C |
1014 |
39.6% |
| Sukhjinder Clair |
SocLab |
163 |
6.4% |
| Anne Hughes |
C |
1100 |
38.7% |
| Anthony Underhill |
LD |
1009 |
35.5% |
| Babu Patel |
Lab |
730 |
25.7% |
| Glenis Webb |
Lab |
1462 |
62.1% |
| James Musk |
C |
894 |
37.9% |
| Joyce Edis |
Lab |
1068 |
62.7% |
| Janet Williams |
C |
471 |
27.6% |
| Christopher Reed |
LD |
165 |
9.7% |
| Sadie Smith |
LD |
1393 |
44.4% |
| Sharron Devonport |
Lab |
895 |
28.5% |
| Robert Lawrence |
C |
847 |
27.0% |
| Derek Rowley |
Lab |
1105 |
47.4% |
| Fred Perry |
Ind |
817 |
35.0% |
| Philip Mansell |
C |
409 |
17.5% |
| Gurchuran Sidhu |
Lab |
1169 |
58.5% |
| Rosemarie Campbell |
C |
471 |
23.6% |
| Philip Roberts |
LD |
358 |
17.9% |
| Terry Williams |
Lab |
989 |
48.2% |
| Mary Wilson |
LD |
799 |
38.9% |
| Gaynor Skeldon |
C |
265 |
12.9% |
| Patrick Sullivan |
Lab |
1601 |
55.3% |
| Roland Hill |
C |
915 |
31.6% |
| Yvonne Reid |
LD |
285 |
9.8% |
| Jasvir Gill |
SocLab |
96 |
3.3% |
| Anthony Fowler |
LD |
1440 |
45.2% |
| Simon Hackett |
Lab |
1209 |
37.9% |
| Anthony Ward |
C |
485 |
15.2% |
| Baldeesh Singh |
SocLab |
54 |
1.7% |
| Nicholas Meacham |
C |
1266 |
43.6% |
| Michael Davis |
Lab |
1202 |
41.4% |
| Deborah Blewitt |
Ind |
437 |
15.0% |
| Babu Bawa |
Lab |
1358 |
51.9% |
| Jeanette Hill |
C |
571 |
21.8% |
| Amarjit Singh |
SocLab |
361 |
13.8% |
| Diane Gorton |
LD |
329 |
12.6% |
| Raymond Howes |
Lab |
894 |
40.6% |
| Richard Geddes |
C |
543 |
24.7% |
| John Salvage |
BNP |
536 |
24.3% |
| Robert Roper |
Ind |
128 |
5.8% |
| Alison Jones |
Ind |
79 |
3.6% |
| Kevin Walker |
UKIP |
22 |
1.0% |
| Barbara Price |
Lab |
1578 |
65.7% |
| Joanne Hadley |
C |
825 |
34.3% |
| Gurinder Josan |
Lab |
2095 |
68.8% |
| Ranjit Tagger |
SocLab |
569 |
18.7% |
| Manjit Lall |
C |
381 |
12.5% |
| Linda Horton |
Lab |
1847 |
77.1% |
| Ewart Johnson |
C |
549 |
22.9% |
| Mohammad Rouf |
Lab |
1178 |
72.8% |
| Rajinder Kumar |
SocLab |
260 |
16.1% |
| William Shipman |
C |
181 |
11.2% |
| Ian Jones |
Lab |
2030 |
45.7% |
| Stephen Edwards |
Freedom |
1070 |
24.1% |
| Ian Davies |
C |
461 |
10.4% |
| Malcolm Beckley |
Ind |
394 |
8.9% |
| Kenneth Salvage |
BNP |
334 |
7.5% |
| Surinder Sandhu |
SocLab |
154 |
3.5% |
| David Hinton |
Lab |
1205 |
50.4% |
| Steven Hockley |
C |
676 |
28.3% |
| Michael Davenport |
Ind |
261 |
10.9% |
| Roger Bradley |
LD |
247 |
10.3% |
| William Archer |
C |
1634 |
68.6% |
| Elaine Giles |
Lab |
748 |
31.4% |
| Roy Melia |
Lab |
1410 |
58.7% |
| Alan Nugent |
C |
991 |
41.3% |
| Linda Turton |
Lab |
1925 |
68.9% |
| Bhajan Shoker |
C |
462 |
16.5% |
| Samantha Ford |
LD |
299 |
10.7% |
| Dharam Pal |
SocLab |
107 |
3.8% |
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