The 2002 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Stratford-on-Avon District Council in Warwickshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 2.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Campaign
[edit]All of the seats on the council were contested after boundary changes had reduced the number of seats from 55 to 53.[3] Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with an overall majority of 1 seat.[3]
The Liberal Democrats were the main opposition on the council and contested 46 of the 53 seats.[4] They attacked the Conservatives for increasing council tax since taking control in 2000, while cutting grants to various groups and moving the council offices to a rented site.[4] The Conservatives however defended their record saying that the move in council offices would save money and that they had introduced a new bus pass allowing cheaper travel.[5] Other issues raised in the election included social housing, the environment, speeding traffic and recycling.[5]
The results were counted electronically as part of a pilot scheme,[3] while voters were able to use electronic voting in 140 electronic polling booths.[6] This was expected to lead to results being declared much earlier than in many areas, with some expected within minutes of polls closing.[5] However while turnout was quite high at around 40%, the results were delayed after the computers did not perform as well as expected.[7]
Election result
[edit]The results saw the Conservatives retain an overall majority of just 1 seat on the council.[7] They made gains in Ettington, Snitterfield and the new ward of Stockton and Napton, but lost seats in Studley and Harbury.[7] The Liberal Democrats made gains primarily at the expense of independents, who lost the most seats in the election.[7] Meanwhile, Labour retained their 2 seats in Southam, but failed to make any gains.[7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 27 | -1 | 50.9 | 43.3 | 29,117 | -11.2% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 21 | +2 | 39.6 | 41.8 | 28,115 | +13.3% | |||
Independent | 3 | -3 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 5,198 | -2.7% | |||
Labour | 2 | 0 | 3.8 | 6.7 | 4,501 | +0.7% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 358 | -0.1% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Juned | 1,435 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clifford Meade | 1,149 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Price | 1,085 | |||
Conservative | William Malin | 568 | |||
Conservative | Keith Greenaway | 449 | |||
Turnout | 4,686 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lawrence | 403 | 55.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shahid Juned | 328 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 75 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 731 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Winterburn | 429 | 60.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jack Crimp | 223 | 31.3 | ||
Independent | Ronald Mole | 61 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 206 | 28.9 | |||
Turnout | 713 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daren Pemberton | 899 | |||
Independent | Kim James | 678 | |||
Conservative | Brian Slaughter | 650 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Sandle | 646 | |||
Conservative | David Harrison | 558 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Insoll | 531 | |||
Turnout | 3,962 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Seccombe | 580 | 73.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Ribbans | 214 | 27.0 | ||
Majority | 366 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 794 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Hampson | 438 | 70.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Edward Nash | 186 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 252 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 624 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Harrison | 567 | 81.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Wright | 126 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 441 | 63.6 | |||
Turnout | 693 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isobel Seccomber | 453 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Gerwitz | 362 | 44.4 | ||
Majority | 91 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 815 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Williams | 543 | 61.1 | ||
Independent | Jennifer Cranfield | 346 | 38.9 | ||
Majority | 197 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 889 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Patrick | 695 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shenagh Booth | 678 | |||
Conservative | Eric Dally | 653 | |||
Conservative | James Turner | 639 | |||
Labour | Jack Heath | 153 | |||
Labour | Bernard Price | 119 | |||
Turnout | 2,937 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Hastilow | 939 | |||
Conservative | Ann Haddon | 864 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anastasia Wright | 576 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Karyl Rees | 432 | |||
Turnout | 2,811 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alan Higgs | 877 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Giblin | 749 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Mills | 616 | |||
Conservative | Richard Hurley | 587 | |||
Labour | Richard Ashworth | 128 | |||
Turnout | 2,957 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Blowring | 479 | 57.0 | ||
Conservative | Sylvia Hyde | 361 | 43.0 | ||
Majority | 118 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 840 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Adams | 650 | 73.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Virginia Mason | 229 | 26.1 | ||
Majority | 421 | 47.8 | |||
Turnout | 879 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Stevens | 574 | 72.3 | ||
Labour | Rhona Hazell | 220 | 27.7 | ||
Majority | 354 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 794 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Brain | 505 | 52.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Lockhart | 460 | 47.7 | ||
Majority | 45 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 965 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Topham | 328 | 70.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Knapman | 139 | 29.8 | ||
Majority | 189 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 467 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Trevor Russell | 729 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob White | 728 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Gray | 700 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Brabyn | 615 | |||
Turnout | 2,772 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Hobbs | 615 | 77.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Larry Coltman | 174 | 22.1 | ||
Majority | 441 | 55.8 | |||
Turnout | 789 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Akelster | 926 | |||
Labour | Carol Pratt | 771 | |||
Labour | James Taylor | 747 | |||
Labour | Peter Thomas | 727 | |||
Turnout | 3,171 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Garrett | 295 | 43.6 | ||
Labour | Peter Hartland | 203 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charles Williams | 178 | 26.3 | ||
Majority | 92 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 676 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Beese | 1,040 | |||
Conservative | Lynda Organ | 962 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Parrott | 883 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joan McFarlane | 788 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Honychurch | 711 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Riley | 683 | |||
Turnout | 5,067 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Maureen Beckett | 861 | |||
Conservative | Juliet Short | 740 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Lowe | 664 | |||
Conservative | Joyce Chadwick | 630 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Hawkins | 628 | |||
Independent | Keith Floyd | 606 | |||
Conservative | Richard Mayes | 527 | |||
Labour | Karen Parnell | 115 | |||
Labour | Desmond Thurlby | 86 | |||
Turnout | 4,857 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ron Cockings | 1,008 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Baxter | 956 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Thomas | 888 | |||
Conservative | Giovanni Renna | 882 | |||
Conservative | Roy Lodge | 795 | |||
Conservative | Caron Cottam | 692 | |||
Labour | Janice Sewell | 231 | |||
Labour | Doreen Wright | 171 | |||
Turnout | 5,623 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Bates | 796 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Moorse | 663 | |||
Independent | Valerie Adams | 373 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Penn | 299 | |||
Labour | Matthew Stephens | 101 | |||
Labour | Ewan Wainwright | 72 | |||
Turnout | 2,304 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Wright | 885 | |||
Conservative | William McCarthy | 780 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Cronin | 774 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Macreavy | 691 | |||
Conservative | Desmond Maries | 625 | |||
Conservative | Heather Wersocki | 558 | |||
Labour | Clive Rickhards | 372 | |||
Labour | Michael Gerrard | 285 | |||
Turnout | 4,970 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Dixon | 759 | |||
Conservative | John Lawley | 683 | |||
Independent | Peter Brown | 459 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cooley | 191 | |||
Turnout | 2,092 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Saint | 587 | 71.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Booth | 229 | 28.1 | ||
Majority | 358 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 816 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Pilkington | 614 | 72.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Ratcliffe | 230 | 27.3 | ||
Majority | 384 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 844 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Barnes | 682 | 74.8 | ||
Conservative | Henry Cottam | 230 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | 452 | 49.6 | |||
Turnout | 912 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Roger Wright | 1,529 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Priscilla Cook | 895 | |||
Independent | Philip Coton | 719 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Williams | 699 | |||
Conservative | Edward Duckworth | 649 | |||
Conservative | Richard Kingston | 563 | |||
Independent | David Morris | 427 | |||
Green | Michael Davies | 358 | |||
Turnout | 5,839 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Stratford-on-Avon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.
- ^ a b c "Right turn ahead?". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19 April 2002. p. 8.
- ^ a b Buggins, Arryn (27 April 2002). "Lib Dems put the accent on services; Election countdown". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 5.
- ^ a b c Buggins, Arryn (1 May 2002). "How will votes flow in Stratford? Local elections May 2; Apathy of electorate could lead to surprising result at district council". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 8.
- ^ "Elections to trial high-tech voting". Birmingham Post. 27 April 2002. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e Buggins, Arryn (3 May 2002). "Tories still in driving seat". Coventry Evening Telegraph. p. 26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Stratford-on-Avon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 March 2010.