2002 Bexley London Borough Council election

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2002 Bexley Council election
  1998 2 May 2002 2006  

All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won32301
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote19,59324,7398,929
Percentage33.0%41.6%15.0%

Bexley London UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Bexley council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in orange.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Labour

The 2002 Bexley Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England. [1] [2] The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.

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Election result

Bexley local election result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3280Increase2.svg850.833.019,593TBD
  Conservative 3003Decrease2.svg 347.641.624,739TBD
  Liberal Democrats 105Decrease2.svg 51.615.08,929TBD
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg 00.05.43,193TBD
  Independent 000Steady2.svg 00.02.31,382TBD
  BNP 000Steady2.svg 00.02.01,203TBD
  Green 000Steady2.svg 00.00.6365New
  English Pan-Nationalist Alliance 000Steady2.svg 00.00.138New

Ward results

Barnehurst

Barnehurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Gillespie 1,583 50.5
Conservative William McEwen 1,512
Conservative Simon Windle 1,463
Labour Matthew Murphy91029.0
Labour Edward Leake870
Labour Carol Pieri843
Liberal Democrats Kaye Cudmore39112.5
Liberal Democrats John Cudmore358
Liberal Democrats Paul Humphris348
UKIP Barrie Thomas2497.9
Turnout 37.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative win (new seat)

Belvedere

Belvedere (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Francis 1,228 55.4
Labour Richard Lucas 1,180
Labour Peter Hollamby 1,171
Conservative John Mankerty76734.6
Conservative Juliet Mankerty716
Conservative Gooroodev Nangon599
UKIP Paula Dunford22210.0
Turnout 27.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Blackfen and Lamorbey

Blackfen and Lamorbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Beckwith 1,337 44.7
Conservative Katherine Perrior 1,291
Conservative Peter Craske 1,220
Liberal Democrats Terry Brown92831.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Gallego886
Liberal Democrats Peter Scopes874
Labour Paul Brown52617.6
Labour Bernard Justham481
Labour Josephine Chodha472
UKIP Heather Bennett2006.7
Turnout 36.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Blendon and Penhill

Blendon and Penhill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Cammish 1,555 58.3
Conservative Ronald Passey 1,534
Conservative Graham D'Amiral 1,490
Labour Catherine Deadman53119.9
Labour David Prior520
Labour Gerda Slater490
Liberal Democrats Mary Cooke34613.0
Liberal Democrats Peggy Wagstaff334
Liberal Democrats Michael Jaques315
UKIP Deborah Thomas1796.7
IndependentPhilip Brown572.1
Turnout 32.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brampton

Brampton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald French 2,039 56.5
Conservative Teresa O'Neill 1,983
Conservative John Wilkinson 1,885
Labour Joan Browning95026.3
Labour Alan Scutt888
Labour Rowan Blake887
Liberal Democrats Janette Codd45312.6
Liberal Democrats Janet Standen437
Liberal Democrats Philip Codd423
UKIP George Wright1674.6
Turnout 43.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Ashmole 1,529 56.5
Conservative Ian Clement 1,455
Conservative Leonard Newton 1,427
Labour Ursula Ayliffe83426.6
Labour Wendy Philips785
Labour Lindsay Burnstead784
Liberal Democrats John Brand40112.8
Liberal Democrats Betty Lockington378
Liberal Democrats Maria O'Hare318
Independent Stanley Carter2628.4
UKIP Lisa Hawkins1103.5
Turnout 35.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Colyers

Colyers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Browning 1,127 46.5
Labour Denis Daniels 1,036
Labour Joga Minhas 1,005
Conservative John Bowes95239.3
Conservative Joseph Pollard908
Conservative Gerald Quieros857
BNP Lawrence Rustem1847.6
UKIP Bernard Rainsbury1606.6
Turnout 29.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cray Meadows

Cray Meadows (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joel Briant 1,539 44.6
Labour Richard Justham 1,524
Labour Mo Khalid 1,465
Conservative Leonard Barnes1,34639.0
Conservative Hugh McBride1,307
Conservative Janice McBride1,287
Liberal Democrats Robin Kelly2657.7
Liberal Democrats Doreen La Roche237
Liberal Democrats John La Roche221
Green Paul Perrin1684.9
UKIP Laurence Williams1293.7
Turnout 40.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crayford

Crayford (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Shepheard 1,132 49.3
Labour Tonya Kelsey 1,078
Labour Trevor Perrin 1,024
Conservative Robert Stead82836.0
Conservative Daisy Clement808
Conservative Bernard Clewes801
BNP John Bowles1737.5
UKIP Kevin Cronin1647.1
Turnout 29.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Danson Park

Danson Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Bailey 1,320 46.2
Conservative Sharon Massey 1,237
Conservative John Waters 1,222
Liberal Democrats Carol Smoker96333.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Hurren940
Liberal Democrats Paul Bargery927
Labour Fiona Lawrenson57220.0
Labour Stuart Slater531
Labour Robert Vines519
Turnout 35.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

East Wickham

East Wickham (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas O'Hare 1,059 35.9
Labour John Lawrenson 1,020 34.6
Labour Richard Everitt 961
Labour Stefano Borella945
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pickett938
Liberal Democrats Colin Wright923
Conservative Hazel Birch73324.9
Conservative Michael Crouch720
Conservative William Flint682
UKIP Kim Mitchell1364.6
Turnout 35.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Erith

Erith (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Ball 1,057 54.8
Labour Margaret O'Neill 982
Labour Munir Malik 898
Conservative Bernard Gillespie61631.9
Conservative Rosemary White614
Conservative Carol Wilkinson608
BNP Claire Sayers1447.5
UKIP Edward Llewellyn1125.8
Turnout 25.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Falconwood and Welling

Falconwood and Welling (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Betts 1,379 44.4
Conservative Peter Catterall 1,244
Conservative Valerie Clark 1,219
Liberal Democrats Edward Shrimpton1,60834.4
Liberal Democrats Barry Standen1,061
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fortune1,051
Labour Stephen Perfect51216.5
Labour Corinna Huxley463
Labour Nora Wright462
UKIP Bertram Ford1494.8
Turnout 37.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lesnes Abbey

Lesnes Abbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Brown 1,451 44.8
Labour Samuel Blake 1,410
Labour John Pegg 1,381
Conservative John Davey1,36041.9
Conservative Raymond Hudson1,336
Conservative David Hurt1,324
Liberal Democrats David Hall32410.0
Liberal Democrats Maureen Hall308
Liberal Democrats Daniel Woracker275
UKIP Susan Dulwich1073.3
Turnout 39.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longlands

Longlands (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth McAndrew 1,490 51.1
Conservative Gareth Bacon 1,473
Conservative Michael Slaughter 1,385
Labour Patricia Ball63321.7
Labour Teresa Pearce601
Labour Peter West577
Liberal Democrats Angela Thick57719.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Shrimpton431
Liberal Democrats Brian Oliver410
UKIP Paul Cronin2177.4
Turnout 34.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

North End

North End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Eastaugh 1,401 55.7
Labour Alan Deadman 1,341
Labour Sylvia Malt 1,298
BNP Colin Smith54121.5
BNP James Seadon502
BNP Jay Lee501
Conservative Philip Read45218.0
Conservative Sylvia Cassells444
Conservative Peter Reader407
UKIP David Tarrant823.3
English Pan-Nationalist Alliance John-Antony Fitzpatrick381.5
Turnout 33.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Northumberland Heath

Northumberland Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Hacker 1,178 40.8
Labour Mary Lucas 1,161
Labour Kathryn Smith 1,102
Conservative John Allott1,04136.1
Conservative David Cammish969
Conservative Terence Horlor950
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith33311.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Smoker246
Liberal Democrats Peter Weston236
UKIP John Dunford1726.0
BNP Lee Barnes1615.6
Turnout 34.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Campbell 1,974 61.2
Conservative Alan Downing 1,946
Conservative Colin Tandy 1,914
Labour Broderick Bassett60918.9
Labour David Hinds583
Labour Philip Scrivener559
Liberal Democrats Duncan Borrowman3109.6
Liberal Democrats David Nicolle300
Liberal Democrats Ruth Tatton-Kelly278
Green David Harbud1976.1
UKIP Christopher Marshall1384.3
Turnout 37.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Michael's

St Michael's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth French 1,023 35.6
Labour Grant Blowers 981
Labour Wendy Perfect 972
Conservative Peter Baylis88730.9
Liberal Democrats Justine Fernandes83128.9
Conservative John Warricker775
Conservative Raymond Sams766
Liberal Democrats Lynne McGlashen760
Liberal Democrats Stanley Vince752
UKIP William Jenner1344.7
Turnout 35.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sidcup

Sidcup (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aileen Beckwith 1,247 34.5
Conservative Brian Francois 1,117
Conservative June Slaughter 1,093
Independent Graham Holland 1,063 29.4
Independent Robert Griffiths 768
Labour Colin Dawes55015.2
Labour Garth Pilling-Lindsell501
Labour John Shaw463
Liberal Democrats Gillian Eady38510.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Eady376
UKIP Janice Cronin36610.1
Liberal Democrats William Shrimpton282
Turnout 35.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thamesmead East

Thamesmead East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna Briant 810 57.5
Labour Michael French 714
Labour Harbans Buttar 712
Conservative Edgar Silvester30421.6
Conservative Shirley Vick296
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Cotton29520.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Folan266
Conservative Priti Patel 259
Liberal Democrats John Wylie251
Turnout 18.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

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