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The 2002 Havant Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4.[1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]
Election result
[edit]The Conservatives won a majority on the council, taking 23 of the 38 seats on the council.[3] Labour dropped from 11 to 9 seats, while the Liberal Democrats fell to 6 seats from 8 previously.[3] The 3 Independent councillors had stood down at the election, while the boundary changes were reported to have cost Labour 4 seats.[3] Turnout was up on the 2000 election, but dropped to a low of just 14.6% in Warren Park ward.[3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 23 | +3 | 60.5 | 52.6 | 34,315 | +2.4% | |||
Labour | 9 | -2 | 23.7 | 19.7 | 12,822 | +3.8% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | -2 | 15.8 | 24.1 | 15,693 | -5.2% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 2,077 | +3.2% | |||
Independent | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.4 | 289 | -4.0% |
Ward results
[edit]Barncroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Cousins | 416 | |||
Labour | Ronald Hoyle | 406 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lake | 235 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Culley | 195 | |||
Conservative | Carol Wynne | 164 | |||
Turnout | 1,416 | 18.9 |
Battins
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Hanan | 529 | |||
Labour | Paul Hansford | 476 | |||
Conservative | Jane Rayner | 267 | |||
Conservative | Ian Beagley | 238 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Cecil Sargent | 212 | |||
Turnout | 1,722 | 20.3 |
Bedhampton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Bellinger | 1,408 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Marshall | 1,224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Welch | 1,134 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Harris | 1,127 | |||
Conservative | Angela Guest | 1,111 | |||
Conservative | Mark Ward | 1,066 | |||
Labour | William Fish | 285 | |||
Labour | Carl Roberts | 258 | |||
Labour | John Jackson | 254 | |||
Green | Terry Mitchell | 140 | |||
Turnout | 8,007 | 40.9 |
Bondsfields
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry Gardner | 803 | |||
Labour | Terence Hart | 741 | |||
Conservative | Mary Brown | 226 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Wride | 209 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Gatenby | 187 | |||
Turnout | 2,166 | 23.6 |
Cowplain
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Briggs | 1,170 | |||
Conservative | David Keast | 1,056 | |||
Conservative | Marjorie Smallcorn | 999 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Hartridge | 961 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Flora Ponsonby | 766 | |||
Turnout | 4,952 | 27.9 |
Emsworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gillett | 1,842 | |||
Conservative | David Colson | 1,788 | |||
Conservative | Virginia Wilson-Smith | 1,727 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Benzie | 1,056 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Cosslett | 849 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Cosslett | 803 | |||
Labour | Anna Fitter | 429 | |||
Labour | William Gilchrist | 412 | |||
Labour | Phillip Rees | 308 | |||
Green | Michael Wood | 243 | |||
Turnout | 9,457 | 42.8 |
Hart Plain
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Purkis | 896 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sheila Troke | 875 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Shaw | 800 | |||
Conservative | Jacqueline Branson | 758 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Pylee | 750 | |||
Conservative | Gopa Chakrabarti | 673 | |||
Independent | Kevin Ratcliffe | 289 | |||
Turnout | 5,041 | 25.0 |
Hayling East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Erlebach | 1,381 | |||
Conservative | David Collins | 1,311 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Pearce | 1,311 | |||
Labour | Michael Clarke | 561 | |||
Labour | Lesley Marsden | 519 | |||
Labour | Sheila Mealy | 500 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Clouting | 355 | |||
Green | Frederick Gibson | 289 | |||
Turnout | 6,227 | 32.8 |
Hayling West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Pearce | 1,590 | |||
Conservative | Victor Pierce-Jones | 1,565 | |||
Conservative | David Weymouth | 1,426 | |||
Labour | Susan Underwood | 433 | |||
Labour | Graham Manning | 425 | |||
Labour | Andrew Stacey | 409 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jill Allum | 390 | |||
Green | Gillian Leek | 286 | |||
Turnout | 6,524 | 34.6 |
Purbrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gwendoline Blackett | 1,500 | |||
Conservative | David Farrow | 1,413 | |||
Conservative | Hilary Farrow | 1,312 | |||
Labour | William Wheeler | 485 | |||
Labour | Howard Sherlock | 478 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rodney Crawford | 467 | |||
Labour | Nicola Sherlock | 458 | |||
Turnout | 6,113 | 30.8 |
St. Faiths
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | June Fulcher | 1,531 | |||
Conservative | David Guest | 1,393 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Bolton | 1,389 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dennis West | 949 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Liam Hutchings | 926 | |||
Green | Timothy Dawes | 726 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Middleton | 692 | |||
Labour | Beryl Francis | 430 | |||
Labour | Alan Price | 341 | |||
Labour | Derek Smith | 279 | |||
Turnout | 8,656 | 45.4 |
Stakes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Olwyn Kennedy | 747 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Tarrant | 688 | |||
Labour | Margaret Beauvoisin | 634 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Voice | 428 | |||
Green | Kevin Jacks | 393 | |||
Labour | Kim Vassallo | 385 | |||
Labour | Ronald Russell | 379 | |||
Turnout | 3,654 | 21.4 |
Warren Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Brown | 407 | |||
Labour | Virginia Steel | 382 | |||
Conservative | Thelma Carpenter | 178 | |||
Conservative | Clive Colson | 164 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Ponsonby | 130 | |||
Turnout | 1,261 | 14.6 |
Waterloo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Cole | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Moss | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Tart | unopposed |
References
[edit]- ^ "Havant". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Election results - Local Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d "Tories tighten control on redrawn borough". The News. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Local Council Election Results". Havant Borough Council. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2014.