2002 Fareham Borough Council election

2002 Fareham Borough Council election

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All 31 seats to Fareham Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 29 11 Seats won 17 (17 total) 14 (14 total) Seat change 12 3 Popular vote 29,673 23,067 Percentage 48% 37% Swing 9.5% 10.3%
Council control before election Conservatives Council control after election Conservatives

The 2002 Fareham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with ward boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 11. ^[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[2]

Candidates

All of the seats were contested after the wards had been re-organised. ^[3] Every ward was contested by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour standing in every ward but one, and also 1 English Independence Party candidate. ^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council with a reduced majority on 17 seats, compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats. ^[4] The Conservatives lost a number of councillors, which they blamed on the boundary changes, while the Liberal Democrats were pleased with the gains they had made. ^[4] The Liberal Democrat gains also saw the last 2 Labour councillors lose their seats, ^[4] with the Labour leader Mark Prior losing in Fareham South. ^[5] Overall turnout was the highest since 1996 at 35.68%. ^[4]

Fareham Local Election Result 2002 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17			-12	54.8	48.2	29,673	-9.5%
	Liberal Democrats	14			+3	45.2	37.4	23,067	+10.3%
	Labour	0			-2	0	14.3	8,799	-0.9%
	English Independence Party	0			0	0	0.1	83	+0.1%

After the previous election and immediately prior to this election, the composition of the council was:

↓

29 69.04%	11 26.19%	2 4.76%
Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour

After the election result, with new wards the composition of the council became:

↓

17 54.83%	14 45.16%
Conservative	Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Fareham East

Fareham East (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Murray	1,070	48.74
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Trott	919
	Conservative	Raymond Ellis	842	38.35
	Conservative	Peter Sandy	722
	Labour	Simon Brown	200	9.11
	Labour	Edgar Webb	195
	English Independence Party	Michael Ball	83	3.78
Turnout			4,031

Fareham North

Fareham North (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Bryant	1,141	58.93
	Conservative	John Bryant	1,130
	Liberal Democrats	Eve Aldridge	559	28.87
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Munday	463
	Labour	Alan Mayes	236	12.19
	Labour	Stephen McCloskey	197
Turnout			3,726

Fareham North West

Fareham North West (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	699	41.16
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hester	628
	Conservative	Evelyn Burley	603	35.51
	Conservative	Richard Henderson	595
	Labour	Angela Carr	396	23.32
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	335
Turnout			3,256

Fareham South

Fareham South (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Leonard	693	40.33
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Pritchard	676
	Conservative	Dennis Steadman	535	31.14
	Conservative	Trevor Howard	495
	Labour	Michael Prior	490	28.52
	Labour	James Carr	465
Turnout			3,354

Fareham West

Fareham West (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Keeble	1,478	64.48
	Conservative	Diana Harrison	1,470
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cox	470	20.50
	Labour	Timothy Brewer	344	15.00
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Slough	343
	Labour	Wilfred Phillips	331
Turnout			4,436

Hill Head

Hill Head (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Mandry	1,362	55.52
	Conservative	Timothy Knight	1,349
	Liberal Democrats	Megan Chapman	835	34.03
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chapman	828
	Labour	Jane Christie	256	10.43
	Labour	Janet Gay	225
Turnout			4,855

Locks Heath

Locks Heath (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Godrich	1,019	57.15
	Conservative	Ruth Godrich	996
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Englefield	473	26.52
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Savage	413
	Labour	Tracey Malizis	291	16.32
	Labour	Andrew Mooney	262
Turnout			3,454

Park Gate

Park Gate (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bayford	932	65.49
	Conservative	Marian Ellerton	918
	Labour	Joyce Bond	261	18.34
	Labour	Brenda Caines	244
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Chaloner	230	16.16
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smale	185
Turnout			2,770

Portchester East

Portchester East (3) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Price	2,222	61.01
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Eastman	1,931
	Liberal Democrats	David Norris	1,921
	Conservative	Robert Alexander	732	20.09
	Conservative	Eileen Green	709
	Labour	Richard Ryan	688	18.89
	Conservative	Susan Walker	644
	Labour	Stuart Rose	616
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	530
Turnout			9,993

Portchester West

Portchester West (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Crouch	969	18.89
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Clark	883	41.51
	Conservative	Nicholas Walker	867
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Murray	794
	Labour	Cameron Crouchman	275	12.92
	Labour	James Webb	258
Turnout			4,046

Sarisbury

Sarisbury (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Woodward	1,306	78.96
	Conservative	David Swanbrow	1,255
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Christie	348	21.03
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Christie	345
Turnout			3,254

Stubbington

Stubbington (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorrine Burton-Jenkins	1,276	53.93
	Liberal Democrats	James Forrest	1,063
	Conservative	Rosemary Pockley	923	39.01
	Conservative	Gordan Coggan	913
	Labour	Ian Christie	167	7.05
	Labour	Michael Taylor	165
Turnout			4,507

Titchfield

Titchfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Hockley	1,137	65.04
	Conservative	Francis Devonshire	1,123
	Labour	Karen Postle	314	17.96
	Labour	Francis Allison	313
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Munday	297	16.99
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rudwick	257
Turnout			3,441

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Englefield	874	50.57
	Liberal Democrats	David Savage	778
	Conservative	Keith Evans	612	35.41
	Conservative	Malcolm Harper	551
	Labour	James Malizis	242	14.00
	Labour	Jonathan Watkins	133
Turnout			3,190

Warsash

Warsash (2) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Cartwright	1,194	69.86
	Conservative	Mary Nadolski	1,151
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Byrne	308	18.02
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Herron	286
	Labour	Simon Holford	207	12.11
	Labour	Wendy Ledger	163
Turnout			3,309

References

1. "Fareham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 November 2010.
2. "Full results". Financial Times . 4 May 2002. p. 7.
3. "Election hopefuls named". The News. 11 April 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
4. "Fareham: Labour reach rock bottom". Southern Daily Echo . 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
5. "Wipeout!". Southern Daily Echo . 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
6. "Election Results - 2002". Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
7. "Election results; Local Elections". The Times . 3 May 2002. p. 6.

Preceded by 2000 Fareham Council election

Fareham local elections

Succeeded by 2004 Fareham Council election