Elections to Manchester City 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.Manchester Evening News, 3 May 2002.
Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party40,188 (51.4%) 2.328 (82.4%) 1 76 (76.8%)Liberal Democrats24,048 (30.7%) 1.5 6 (17.6%) 1 22 (22.2%)Independent Labour625 (0.8%) 0.8 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.0%)Conservative Party7,152 (9.1%) 2.90 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Green Party4,747 (6.1%) 0.1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Socialist Alliance915 (1.2%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)Independent498 (0.6%) 0.4 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Socialist Labour60 (0.1%) 0.1 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
+ ↓ 1 76 22
Ward results Ardwick
Baguley
Barlow Moor
Benchill
Beswick and Clayton
Blackley
Bradford
Brooklands
Burnage
Central
Charlestown
Cheetham
Chorlton
Crumpsall
Didsbury
Fallowfield
Gorton North
Gorton South
Harpurhey
Hulme
Levenshulme
Lightbowne
Longsight
Moss Side
Moston
Newton Heath
Northenden
Old Moat
Rusholme
Sharston
Whalley Range
Withington
Woodhouse Park
By-election between 2002 and 2003
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