Mayoral Election Results - October 2002

Bedford
Elected: FRANK BRANSTON (Independent)
Electorate: 109318
Turnout: 27715 (25.35%)

First Count
Apu Bagchi (Lab) 4114
Frank Branston (Ind) 9,557
Ian Clifton (Ind) 1893
Gurminder Dosanjh (Ind) 218
Arthur Foster (Ind) 1826
Christine McHugh (LD) 4711
Mark Powell (Green) 735
Charles Rose (C) 4661

Eliminated: Apu Bagchi, Ian Clifton, Gurminder Dosanjh, Arthur Foster, Mark Powell, Charles Rose

Second Count
Distribution of Bagchi’s, Clifton’s, Dosanjh’s, Foster’s, Powell’s, and Rose’s votes
Frank Branston (Ind) 2522
Christine McHugh (LD) 2253

Hackney
Elected:JULES PIPE (Labour)
Electorate: 130657
Turnout: 34415 (26.34%)

First Count
Andrew Boff (C) 4502
Errol Carr (Ind) 441
Terry Edwards (Ind) 1253
Paul Foot (SA) 4187
Jules Pipe (Lab) 13813
Ian Sharer (LD) 4185
Bruce Spenser (Hackney First) 1543
Crispin Truman (Green) 3002

Eliminated: Errol Carr, Terry Edwards, Paul Foot, Ian Sharer, Crispin Truman

Second Count
Distribution of Carr’s, Edwards’, Foot’s, Sharer’s and Truman’s votes
Andrew Boff (C) 1127
Jules Pipe (Lab) 2421

Mansfield
Elected: TONY EGGINGTON (Independent)
Electorate: 72242
Turnout: 13350 (18.48%)

First count
Kathryn Allsop (C) 3351 (23.86%)
Lorna Carter (Lab) 4773 (33.99%)
Michael Comerford (Green) 811 (5.78%)
Tony Egginton (Ind) 4150 (29.55%)
Phillip Smith (LD) 958 (6.82%)

Eliminated: Kathryn Allsop, Michael Comerford, Phillip Smith

Second Count
Distribution of Allsop’s, Comerford’s and Smith’s votes
Lorna Carter (Lab) 590
Tony Egginton (Ind) 1801

Stoke-on-Trent
Elected: MIKE WOLFE (Mayor 4 Stoke)
Electorate: 182967
Turnout: 43985 (24.04%)

First count
Steven Batkin (BNP) 8213 (18.67%)
Paul Breeze (Ind) 1349 (3.07%)
David Chatton (Ind) 926 (2.10%)
Harry Chesters (Ind) 453 (1.03%)
Roger Ibbs (C) 4417 (10.04%)
Adrian Knapper (Adrian Knapper Independent Party) 708 (1.61%)
Fred Morrow (LD) 2408 (5.47%)
Geoffrey Snow (Ind) 3975 (9.04%)
George Stevenson (Lab) 9752
Patricia Whitehouse (Ind) 1280 (2.91%)
Graham Wilkes (Ind) 1157 (2.63%)
Mike Wolfe (Mayor 4 Stoke) 9356

Eliminated: Steven Batkin, Paul Breeze, David Chatton, Harry Chesters, Roger Ibbs, Adrian Knapper, Fred Morrow, Geoffrey Snow, Patricia Whitehouse, Graham Wilkes

Second Count
Distribution of Batkin’s, Breeze’s, Chatton’s, Chesters’, Ibbs’s, Knapper’s, Morrow’s, Snow’s, Whitehouse’s, and Wilkes’ votes
George Stevenson (Lab) 2627 (28.14%)
Mike Wolfe (Mayor 4 Stoke) 3337 (28.85%)