2002 Harrogate Borough Council election

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The 2002 Harrogate Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 5. [1] The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. [2]

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Campaign

Before the election the Liberal Democrats had a majority on the council with 39 councillors, compared to 19 Conservatives and 1 Labour councillor. [3] Boundary changes meant that every seat was being contested for the first time since 1974. [3] The changes reduced the number of councillors by five from 59 to 54, while increasing the number of wards from 32 to 35. [4]

As well as candidates from the 3 main political parties, there were also 5 independents. [3] However Wathvale ward saw the Conservative former group leader Chris Brown elected after no other candidates were nominated for the ward. [3]

Car parking charges in Ripon were an issue in the run up to the election, with the Conservatives attacking them, but the Liberal Democrat council announced that they would end the charges in the market place in the month before the election. [3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council, [5] after winning exactly half the seats on the council. [6] The results came down to the final ward to declare in Bilton, with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives winning one seat each in the ward. [6] This meant the Liberal Democrats has 27 seats, compared to 26 for the Conservatives and 1 independent, Andrew Williams. [6]

Harrogate local election result 2002 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 27-1250.046.332,370+2.2%
  Conservative 26+748.145.031,520-1.7%
  Independent 1+11.92.92,020+2.9%
  Labour 0-105.84,073-3.3%

Ward results

Bilton (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heather Adderley798
Liberal Democrats Morris Lightfoot787
Conservative Robin Adderley776
Liberal Democrats David Richold665
Labour Norman Dobell115
Turnout 3,14138.5
Bishop Monkton [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Galloway57254.7
Liberal Democrats Phillip Barlow47445.3
Majority989.4
Turnout 1,04649.3
Boroughbridge [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Lumsden37956.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Phillips23735.2
Labour Ruth Dicken588.6
Majority14221.1
Turnout 67429.6
Claro [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Bean77469.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Rothwell34330.7
Majority43138.6
Turnout 1,11746.0
Granby (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Fox818
Liberal Democrats Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley783
Conservative David Pearson222
Conservative Pamela Singleton203
Labour David King114
Turnout 2,14026.5
Harlow Moor (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Simister1,080
Conservative Simon Theakston1,051
Liberal Democrats Jane Blayney754
Liberal Democrats Peter Turner655
Independent Andrew Bradwell201
Labour Kenneth Jones75
Turnout 3,81646.0
High Harrogate (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Macare658
Liberal Democrats Matthew Webber546
Conservative William Hartmann404
Conservative Catherine Peyton400
Independent Peter Armitage177
Labour Eric Cunningham119
Turnout 2,30428.1
Hookstone (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Marsh1,114
Liberal Democrats Reginald Marsh1,030
Conservative Michael Laycock645
Conservative David Rimington628
Labour Mark France96
Turnout 3,51341.6
Killinghall [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Bury72373.7
Liberal Democrats John Stockdale25826.3
Majority46547.4
Turnout 98144.3
Kirkby Malzeard [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Atkinson70369.3
Liberal Democrats Ernest O'Keefe31230.7
Majority39138.5
Turnout 1,01547.2
Knaresborough East (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Hoult647
Liberal Democrats David Tankard630
Conservative Robert Aspin402
Conservative Malcolm Jackson394
Labour Althea Farmer289
Labour Malcolm Hayton264
Turnout 2,62634.2
Knaresborough King James (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smith760
Conservative Diana Smith756
Liberal Democrats Richard Hall714
Liberal Democrats Terence Maude690
Labour David Crosthwaite170
Labour Simon Hutchings127
Turnout 3,21742.5
Knaresborough Scriven Park (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Jones550
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hawkins541
Labour Andrew Wright516
Conservative Michael Hill416
Labour Alan Beatham401
Conservative Myra Smith383
Turnout 2,80737.6
Low Harrogate (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Cooper885
Conservative Jean Butterfield882
Liberal Democrats Ruth Alliston553
Liberal Democrats John Marshall512
Labour Christine Colman102
Turnout 2,93436.6
Lower Nidderdale [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Watson64650.4
Conservative Elwyn Hinchcliffe63749.6
Majority90.7
Turnout 1,28355.0
Marston Moor [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Sturdy50853.5
Liberal Democrats Gillean Firth36638.6
Labour Patrick O'Connor757.9
Majority14215.0
Turnout 94943.5
Mashamshire [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Simms52571.8
Liberal Democrats John Foster20628.2
Majority31943.6
Turnout 73139.8
New Park (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joan Crowther755
Liberal Democrats Wendy Richards749
Conservative Andrew Dennis277
Conservative Sally Dennis266
Labour Bryan Robinson103
Turnout 2,15027.7
Newby [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Wilson49062.7
Liberal Democrats Penelope Harriso29237.3
Majority19825.3
Turnout 78233.2
Nidd Valley [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leslie Ellington60364.9
Conservative David Carter32635.1
Majority27729.8
Turnout 92946.7
Ouseburn [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Lewis72464.9
Conservative William Alton39135.1
Majority33329.9
Turnout 1,11550.1
Pannal (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Willis1,434
Conservative Michael Gardner1,376
Liberal Democrats Joan Newby764
Liberal Democrats Ann Morris706
Independent Bryan Dunsby246
Labour Cynthia Coltman81
Turnout 4,60754.2
Pateley Bridge [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stanley Beer65488.0
Labour Stephen Boyden8912.0
Majority56576.0
Turnout 74337.7
Ribston [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Bayliss61371.4
Liberal Democrats Pamela Godsell24628.6
Majority36742.7
Turnout 85937.1
Ripon Minster (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Martin568
Liberal Democrats Sidney Hawke501
Conservative Andrew Collyer489
Conservative Stanley Mackintosh475
Turnout 2,03327.4
Ripon Moorside (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Williams1,101
Conservative Anthony Simpson379
Liberal Democrats Stephen Jones375
Liberal Democrats David Harrison356
Conservative Francis Woodward341
Turnout 2,55238.9
Ripon Spa (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Skidmore813
Liberal Democrats Paul Freeman755
Conservative Rosemarie Curlewis610
Conservative Peter Pearson587
Turnout 2,76538.9
Rossett (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Nash1,259
Conservative James Clark1,209
Liberal Democrats Trevor Chapman746
Liberal Democrats Philip Boddy724
Labour George Mountford114
Turnout 4,05245.0
Saltergte (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Newby710
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Webber704
Conservative Brenda Galvin326
Conservative Karen Payne303
Turnout 2,04324.8
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Fawcett75875.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Burdett24824.7
Majority51050.7
Turnout 1,00642.3
Starbeck (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Broadbank899
Liberal Democrats Granville Ward785
Conservative John Fletcher279
Conservative Phillip Dixon255
Labour Patricia Foxall134
Turnout 2,35229.7
Stray (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Trotter1,016
Conservative Patricia Jones937
Liberal Democrats Claire Kelley880
Liberal Democrats Charles Kilpatrick733
Independent Barbara Coultas295
Labour Roger Newby92
Turnout 3,95347.6
Washburn [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Grange80481.4
Liberal Democrats Roger Wensley18418.6
Majority62062.8
Turnout 98842.5
Wathvale [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Brownunopposed
Woodfield (2) [7] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Goss714
Liberal Democrats John Wren693
Labour Geoffrey Foxall487
Labour Peter Caunt452
Conservative Adam Pritchard208
Conservative Denis Muldoon206
Turnout 2,76035.0

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