Stoke-on-Trent City Council Election Results Factsheet May 2003

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1 Stoke-on-Trent City Council Election Results Factsheet May 2003 This document contains the following information: 1. Stoke-on-Trent s system of local government 2. Election results since Key to parties 4. Make up of the council following election May Facts about Stoke-on-Trent 6. Full election results Stoke-on-Trent s system of local government Stoke-on-Trent has the only Mayor with Council Manager system of local government in the UK. The Mayor and Council Manager form the Executive. This means there is no Cabinet system. Councillors perform a scrutiny role. (Full details on our website) Council Manager is Dr Ita O Donovan. Elected Mayor is Mike Wolfe. The 60 councillors represent 20 wards. Election is by thirds. The Mayoral election is in the fourth year.

2 Election results since 1996 May 1996 May 1998 May 1999 May 2000 May 2002 May 2003 Lab Lib Con Ind BNP I-Ref AK NP GN Key: Lab The Labour Party Lib Liberal Democratic Party Con The Conservative Party Ind Independent BNP British National Party I-ref Stoke-on-Trent Independent Reform Party AK Adrian Knapper Party NP No designation GN The Green Party

3 Make up of the council following election 1 May 2003 Party Candidates Seats won Position at May 2002 Position at April 2003 Retiring Members Post election 2003 Plus/minus seats % of votes cast % of seats Lab % 45% Electorate Lib % 13% 182,294 Con % 8% Ind % 30% Votes cast AK % 0% 47,313 BNP % 2% NP % 2% Turnout Green % 0% 26.0%

4 Facts about Stoke-on-Trent. Population 240,636 (2001 figure) Area 9,345 hectares Six Towns Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke upon Trent, Fenton, Longton MPs Joan Walley (North), Mark Fisher (Central), George Stevenson (South) 1910 Six towns became County Borough 1925 Became a City 1974 Became District Council 1997 Achieved Unitary Status 2002 First executive Mayor elected

5 Full Council Election Results 1 May 2003 WARD Electorate Turnout NAME Tunstall 9, % Charles Sutton lab 738 Elected Tunstall Ian Norris ind 617 lab 28% Tunstall Michael Coleman bnp 623 ind 24% Tunstall Parvez Akhter con 628 con 24% Tunstall 0 bnp 24% Tunstall 0 Packmoor 8, % Peter Kent-Baguley lab 806 Elected Packmoor Douglas Smith bnp 588 lab 31% Packmoor Roy Williams lib 116 ind 16% Packmoor Angela Miller np 538 lib 5% Packmoor Yvonne Sanders ind 410 bnp 23% Packmoor John Scanlan con 105 np 21% Packmoor 0 con 4% Bradeley 8, % Neil Dawson lab 1,193 Elected Bradeley John West bnp 675 lab 40% Bradeley Andrew Bowers lib 308 bnp 22% Bradeley Sheila Matthews np 835 lib 10% PARTY RESULT ELECTED % OF VOTE

6 Bradeley 0 np 28% Bradeley 0 Burslem North 9, % Jean Edwards lab 1,268 Elected Burslem North Allin Thomas lib 853 lab 60% Burslem North 0 lib 40% Burslem North 0 Burslem South 8, % Mohammed Matloob lab 811 Elected Burslem South Jennifer Holdcroft np 554 lab 35% Burslem South Roy Molson np 229 np 51% Burslem South Ted Owen np 389 lib 7% Burslem South Keith Healey con 149 con 6% Burslem South George Salmon lib 172 JH 24% Burslem South 0 TO 17% Burslem South 0 RM 10% East Valley 9, % Sybil Halfpenny lab 754 East Valley Charles Miller ind 861 Elected lab 33% East Valley Maxine Morrow lib 416 ind 38% East Valley Linden Yardley con 260 lib 18% East Valley 0 con 11% East Valley 0 Hanley West & Shelton 7, % Mohammed Iqbal lab 766 Elected Hanley West & Shelton James Piper np 243 lab 47% Hanley West & Shelton Alyson Duckmanton gn 166 np 15% Hanley West & Shelton Asim Shaheen lib 455 gn 10% Hanley West & 0 lib 28%

7 Shelton Hanley West & Shelton 0 Birches Head 9, % Shelia Pitt lab 570 Birches Head Paul Breeze np 783 Elected lab 26% Birches Head Marilyn Ibbs con 256 con 11% Birches Head Frederick Morrow lib 618 lib 28% Birches Head 0 np 35% Birches Head 0 Abbey Green 8, % Reginald Booth lab 853 Abbey Green Robert Costall con 303 lab 37% Abbey Green Donald Povey ind 1,150 Elected ind 50% Abbey Green 0 con 13% Abbey Green 0 Hartshill & Penkhull 9, % Betty Birkin lab 716 Anthony Ball con 599 lab 27% Alan Joynson lib 373 ind 37% Barbara Beeston ind 985 Elected con 22% 0 lib 14% Hartshill & Penkhull 0 Berryhill & Hanley East 8, % Barry Stockley lab 820 Elected Brenda Williams lib 294 lab 42% Donald McLean ind 598 ind 31% Christine Warren con 235 lib 15%

8 0 con 12% 0 Bentilee & Townsend 8, % Maurice Lewis lab 734 Elected Bentilee & Townsend Albert Walters ind 586 lab 47% Bentilee & Townsend Stewart Jones con 255 ind 37% Bentilee & Townsend 0 con 16% Bentilee & Townsend 0 Vale 9, % Mervin Smith lab 694 Vale Pauline Joynson lib 1,200 Elected lab 30% Vale Jane Costall con 231 lib 52% Vale Damon Hoppe gn 165 con 10% Vale 0 gn 7% Vale 0 Fenton 9, % Paul Shotton lab 755 Elected Fenton Shaun Bennett con 343 lab 36% Fenton Alan Whiston ind 745 ind 36% Fenton Margaret Neale lib 233 lib 11% Fenton 0 con 17% Fenton 0 Longton North 10, % Charles McLaren lab 804 Longton North John Hill con 308 lab 32% Longton North Steven Batkin bnp 948 Elected bnp 38% Longton North Conrad Lubinski lib 424 lib 17%

9 Longton North 0 con 12% Longton North 0 North 9, % Terry Doughty lab 724 Elected North Stanley Pedley Ind 387 lab 29% North Ian Clegg bnp 697 con 26% North Steven Morris con 649 ind 16% North 0 bnp 28% North 0 Hanford 9, % Ian McLaughlan lab 670 Hanford Ross Irving con 1,195 Elected lab 22% Hanford Peter Chadwick ind 865 ind 29% Hanford Nigel Smith lib 258 con 40% Hanford 0 lib 9% Hanford 0 Blurton 8, % Michael Tappin lab 656 Harry Mouat con 301 lab 28% Brian Ward ind 1,117 Elected ind 53% John Daniels ind 108 lib 6% Christine Grocock lib 136 con 13% 0 BW 48% 0 JD 5% 0

10 Longton South 10, % Michael Barnes lab 915 Elected Longton South Robert Gore lib 736 lab 30% Longton South Terry Hussey ind 634 ind 20% Longton South Terence Follows con 814 lib 24% Longton South 0 con 26% Longton South 0 Meir Park & Sandon 9, % Clive Hulse lab 765 Clive Brian con 1,003 Elected lab 33% Frederick Lewis lib 579 lib 25% 0 con 43% Produced by Stoke-on-Trent City Council Corporate Communications Unit Press Office. Phone or ; fax ; terry.james@stoke.gov.uk website