2002 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 33%.

The Conservatives won 9 of the 14 seats up for election after the Liberal Democrats did not stand any candidates. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 23
• Labour 11
• Independent 4
• Liberal Democrat 1

Results

Adur local election result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	5	0	+5	64.3	49.3	7,856	+8.5%
	Labour	4	0	1	-1	28.6	40.6	6,468	+12.2%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	7.1	4.8	765	-3.0%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	341	+2.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	264	+1.7%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	132	+0.8%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	4	-4	0	0.7	109	-22.2%

Ward results

Buckingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Blunden	892	68.9	+5.7
	Labour	Peter Osmond	293	22.6	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter West	109	8.4	−14.6
Majority			599	46.3	+6.1
Turnout			1,294

Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Kerner	680	56.4	+18.8
	Labour	Joyce Bridges	394	32.7	−0.8
	Socialist Alliance	Jane Bromley	132	10.9	+10.9
Majority			286	23.7	+19.6
Turnout			1,206

Cokeham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Bashford	590	57.9	+7.2
	Conservative	Suzanne McGregor	429	42.1	+18.2
Majority			161	15.8	−9.5
Turnout			1,019

Eastbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Munnery	702	56.8	+14.5
	Conservative	Paul Berseford-Hough	534	43.2	+0.0
Majority			168	13.6
Turnout			1,236

Hillside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Willson	756	55.8	+21.2
	Conservative	Kathryn Lyon	599	44.2	+0.1
Majority			157	11.6	+2.1
Turnout			1,355

Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Dollemore	583	54.7	+15.8
	Labour	Ronald Horne	280	26.3	+14.0
	UKIP	Lionel Parsons	203	19.0	+19.0
Majority			303	28.4
Turnout			1,066

Marine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Maurice Pitchford	765	74.7
	Green	Moyra Martin	143	14.0
	Labour	Stephen Mear	116	11.3
Majority			622	60.7
Turnout			1,024

Mash Barn (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Alexander	419
	Conservative	Carol Bradburn	411
	Labour	Ann Bridges	382
	Labour	Jeanette White	357
Turnout			1,568

Peverel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Mendoza	514	55.5	+14.0
	Labour	John Wales	412	44.5	+15.7
Majority			102	11.0	−0.8
Turnout			926

St. Nicolas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Parkin	706	49.8	+5.7
	Labour	Phillip Jones	452	31.9	−3.6
	UKIP	Kenneth Bishop	138	9.7	+9.7
	Green	Vincent Tilsley	121	8.5	+8.5
Majority			254	17.9	+9.3
Turnout			1,417

Southlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia King	601	51.6	+9.3
	Conservative	Felicity Deen	563	48.4	+3.6
Majority			38	3.2
Turnout			1,164

Southwick Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Searle	692	61.2
	Labour	Alan Mair	438	38.8
Majority			254	22.4
Turnout			1,130

Widewater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Nicklen	834	54.5	+1.9
	Labour	Adrienne Lowe	695	45.5	+14.3
Majority			139	9.0	−12.4
Turnout			1,529

References

1. "Election: Adur turns Tory". The Argus . 3 May 2002. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2008.

• BBC report of 2002 Adur election result