2002 Manchester City Council election explained

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 2002. One third of the council - alongside a vacancy in Moss Side - was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place in that year. The Independent Labour candidates stood as "Independent Progressive Labour". Overall turnout rose to 24.4% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.^{[1] [2]}

Election result

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
		76	-1
		22	+1
		1	0
	Labour hold

Ward results

Woodhouse Park

Notes and References

1. Manchester Evening News, 3 May 2002.
2. Web site: Manchester 2002 council election results . manchester.gov.uk . 2012-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021105034327/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/elections/local/results02.htm . 2002-11-05.