2002 Harlow District Council election

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2002 Harlow District Council election
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11 of the 33 seats to Harlow District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before8826
Seats won12129
Seats after12129
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Increase2.svg4Decrease2.svg17
Popular vote19,20117,94322,752
Percentage31.8%29.7%37.7%
Harlow UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2002 Harlow District Council elections.
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2002 Harlow District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 9. [1] The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [2]

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Background

Before the election Labour controlled the council with 25 councillors, compared to 8 each for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, while there was 1 independent councillor. [3] Boundary changes took effect for the 2002 election, reducing the number of councillors from 42 to 33 and the number of wards from 16 to 11 and meaning that the whole council was to be elected. [3]

11 Labour and 1 Conservative councillors stood down at the election, including the Labour assistant leader Derek Fenny and a former council chairman Terry Abel. [4]

Election result

Labour were reduced by 16 seats and thereby lost overall control of the council. [5] Overall turnout at the election was 36.84%. [6]

Following the election the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders, Andrew Johnson and Lorna Spenceley, made an agreement to be joint leaders of the council. [7]

Harlow local election result 2002 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 12Increase2.svg436.431.819,201Decrease2.svg4.2
  Liberal Democrats 12Increase2.svg436.429.717,943Increase2.svg3.5
  Labour 9Decrease2.svg1627.337.722,752Increase2.svg1.5
  Socialist Alliance 0000.6363Increase2.svg0.6
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg100.2118Increase2.svg0.2

Ward results

Bush Fair (3 seats)

Location of Bush Fair ward Bush Fair ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Bush Fair ward
Bush Fair (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Macy 1,086
Liberal Democrats Christopher Robins 1,082
Liberal Democrats Christopher Millington 1,071
Labour David Cameron868
Labour Alan Jones845
Labour John Sullivan838
Conservative Kevin Bailey224
Conservative David Carter219
Conservative Simon O’Connor215
Socialist Alliance Peter Brown87
Turnout 6,53540

Church Langley (3 seats)

Location of Church Langley ward Church Langley ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Church Langley ward
Church Langley (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Samantha Warren 1,164
Conservative Simon Carter 1,125
Conservative Anthony Hall 1,110
Labour Tina Baker340
Labour Grace Matthews273
Labour Jacqueline Sully268
Liberal Democrats Richard Clements192
Liberal Democrats Zena Faccini175
Liberal Democrats Kuzna Jackson158
Turnout 4,80528

Great Parndon (3 seats)

Location of Great Parndon ward Great Parndon ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Great Parndon ward
Great Parndon (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Joshua Jolles 894
Conservative Edward Johnson 892
Conservative Patrick McClarnon 892
Labour Edmund Gray725
Labour Robert Eschle696
Labour Feroz Khan656
Liberal Democrats Robert Glendenning281
Liberal Democrats Lesley Rideout274
Liberal Democrats Robert Tinsley257
Turnout 5,56736

Harlow Common (3 seats)

Location of Harlow Common ward Harlow Common ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Harlow Common ward
Harlow Common (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Margaret Hulcoop 947
Labour Gregory Peck 867
Labour Mark Wilkinson 863
Conservative Nora Arnott760
Conservative Pamela Norton736
Conservative Richard Glover699
Liberal Democrats Audrey Curran341
Liberal Democrats Stanley Curran323
Liberal Democrats Peter Mabey321
Turnout 5,85739

Little Parndon and Hare Street (3 seats)

Location of Little Parndon and Hare Street ward Little Parndon ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Little Parndon and Hare Street ward
Little Parndon and Hare Street (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Leslie Bayliss 911
Labour John Jesse 884
Labour John Cave 859
Conservative Charles Ross446
Conservative Sandra Crame426
Conservative Vivien Ross410
Liberal Democrats David Cholerton390
Liberal Democrats Paul Lawton350
Liberal Democrats Marion Dyer311
Socialist Alliance John Hobbs175
Turnout 5,16234

Mark Hall (3 seats)

Location of Mark Hall ward Mark Hall ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Mark Hall ward
Mark Hall (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Jane Steer 1,098
Liberal Democrats Matthew Shepherd 1,091
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Macy 1,075
Labour Edith Morris791
Labour Sean Folan782
Labour Caroline Carter772
Conservative Judith Carter276
Conservative Nicholas Carter269
Conservative Emma Thomas255
Turnout 6,40942.5

Netteswell (3 seats)

Location of Netteswell ward Netteswell ward in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Netteswell ward
Netteswell (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Robert Thurston 1,066
Liberal Democrats Ian Jackson 1,060
Liberal Democrats James Pailing 1,041
Labour Suzanne Ennifer683
Labour Sandra Rootsey653
Labour Valerie Sear643
Conservative Alan Johnstone242
Conservative Eileen Johnstone234
Conservative Matthew Warren206
Socialist Alliance Anthony Sullivan101
Turnout 5,92937.5

Old Harlow (3 seats)

Location of Old Harlow ward Old Harlow in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Old Harlow ward
Old Harlow (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael Garnett 963
Conservative Christopher Ford 945
Conservative Sue Livings 878
Labour Charles Cochrane735
Labour Paul Bellairs645
Labour Patricia Larkin645
Liberal Democrats Peter Barton273
Liberal Democrats Simon MacNeill272
Liberal Democrats Paul Westlake205
Turnout 5,56141

Staple Tye (3 seats)

Location of Staple Tye ward Staple Tye in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Staple Tye ward
Staple Tye (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Lorna Spenceley 869
Liberal Democrats Susan Lawton 867
Liberal Democrats Michael Faccini 823
Labour Godfrey Hocking329
Labour Jenny Holland324
Labour Philip Liddle305
Conservative Guy Mitchinson245
Conservative Patricia Rauch237
Conservative Robert Rauch225
Turnout 4,22428

Sumners and Kingsmoor (3 seats)

Location of Summers and Kingsmoor ward Summers and Kingsmoor in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Summers and Kingsmoor ward
Sumners and Kingsmoor (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Nicholas Churchill 742
Conservative Mark Gough 714
Conservative Andrew Johnson 700
Labour Derek Eardley634
Labour Valerie Clark626
Labour Robert Long623
Liberal Democrats Pauline Bell232
Liberal Democrats Harry Ackland-Snow208
Liberal Democrats Clive Enders189
Independent Christopher Hill118
Turnout 4,78630

Toddbrook (3 seats)

Location of Toddbrook ward Toddbrook in Harlow 2002.svg
Location of Toddbrook ward
Toddbrook (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Roy Collyer 947
Labour Kevin Brooks 897
Labour Robert Davis 878
Conservative Muriel Jolles643
Conservative Andrew Shannon620
Conservative Craig Thomas595
Liberal Democrats Susan Cayford339
Liberal Democrats Molly White330
Liberal Democrats David Wright293
Turnout 5,54236

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References

  1. ↑ "Harlow". BBC News Online . Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Election results - Local Elections". The Times . NewsBank. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 "Harlow Council election preview". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications. NewsBank. 1 May 2002.
  4. ↑ "Councillors on the move". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications. NewsBank. 16 April 2002.
  5. ↑ McSmith, Andy; Britten, Nick (3 May 2002). "Brown's Budget saves seats for Labour in its heartland". The Daily Telegraph . NewsBank.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Results of Harlow District Council election -2nd May 2002". Harlow District Council. Archived from the original on 13 January 2003. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Joint leaders". Greater London, Kent, and Surrey Counties Publications. NewsBank. 21 May 2002.
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