English local elections at-a-glance

Tony and Cherie Blair voted near Downing Street

The main points of the 2002 English local elections are as follows:

Headlines

Far Right BNP wins a third seat on Burnley council after five recounts

Independent Ray "Robocop" Mallon is elected mayor of Middlesbrough with almost three times as many votes as his nearest Labour rival.

BNP fails to win seat in Oldham but secures 27% of the vote

Hartlepool elects football club mascot H'Angus the Monkey as its mayor

Latest figures suggest a 5% increase in turnout nationally on 2000 local elections

Areas with postal ballots were up 28%, e-voting was up 5% and online voting up 1%.

State of the parties

Tories gain control of Enfield, in North London

Tories lose control of one of only two metropolitan councils they hold, Calderdale in West Yorkshire on a disappointing night

Tories gain Adur, Swale, Peterborough and Wokingham, and Enfield

Tories lose Cheltenham, Worthing and Eastbourne

Labour retain control of Bolton and Wolverhampton, where they were believed to be facing a serious threat

Labour lose 20 seats and lose control of former stronghold Hull

Labour hold Hastings despite strong Tory challenge

Liberal Democrats win control of Kingston-Upon-Thames

Liberal Democrats take control of Norwich council from Labour

Greens gain 7% of the vote - their highest share since 1998 - but lose four of their seven councillors in Oxford

Mayoral votes

Hackney votes in favour of having an elected mayor

Oxford rejects elected mayor

Labour wins mayoral election in Doncaster

Labour wins mayoral election in Lewisham

Lib Dems win mayoral election in Watford

Conservatives win the mayoral contest in North Tyneside

Independents

Independents win control of Elmbridge Council

Independent Kidderminster Hospital/Health Concern gain Wyre Forest from no overall control