2002 Hastings Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2002 Hastings council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Hastings Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.0%.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 21
• Conservative 10
• Liberal Democrat 1

Election result

Hastings local election result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21			+3	65.6	45.7	16,666
	Conservative	10			+4	31.3	33.0	12,051
	Liberal Democrats	1			-7	3.1	17.6	6,432
	Green	0			0	0	2.8	1,017
	Independent	0			0	0	0.7	264
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	0			0	0	0.1	42

Ward results

Ashdown (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wilson	558
	Conservative	Robert Cooke	549
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Dormer	331
	Labour	Kenneth Hadler	324
	Labour	Inge Eveleigh	318
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Campbell	310
Turnout			2,390	32.5

Baird (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hart	473
	Labour	Ion Castro	448
	Conservative	Gillian Bing	368
	Conservative	Esther Carpenter	362
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Randell	175
Turnout			1,826	27.0

Braybrooke (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Godfrey Daniel	831
	Labour	Dominic Sabetian	697
	Conservative	Raymond Marchant	343
	Conservative	Nicholas Prince	328
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Saxby	189
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Tobin	166
	Green	Amanda Eyre	81
	Green	Michael Turner	73
	Independent	Robert Longworth	68
Turnout			2,776	38.1

Castle (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Brown	627
	Labour	Clive Jackson	583
	Labour	Melanie Rycroft	541
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	483
	Conservative	Cynthia Jones	153
	Conservative	Joan Patten	151
	Green	Laurence Homewood	121
Turnout			2,659	32.5

Central St Leonards (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Humphries	690
	Labour	Trevor Webb	608
	Conservative	Fiona Evans	405
	Conservative	Eve Martin	398
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Leitch	171
	Green	Emily Johns	138
Turnout			2,410	30.9

Conquest (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Moon	656
	Conservative	Peter Pragnell	627
	Labour	Hugh Nicholson	357
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Rose	354
	Labour	Andrew Luke	325
	Independent	Robert Harris	196
Turnout			2,515	35.6

Gensing (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Cartwright	498
	Labour	Ronald Rushbrook	436
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Bond	425
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Pantrey	346
	Conservative	Wendy Goldsmith	229
	Conservative	Joseph Jones	229
	Green	Modlinger	93
Turnout			2,349	27.3

Hollington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Silverson	511
	Labour	Terry Soan	508
	Conservative	Philippe Bedford	177
	Conservative	Elfriede Molloy	176
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Weeden	111
	Green	Kevin Young	74
Turnout			1,557	22.1

Maze Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joy Waite	624
	Conservative	Maureen Charlesworth	623
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Edmonds	329
	Labour	Bruce Dowling	319
	Labour	Susannah Farley-Green	286
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dalton	234
	Green	Mary Robertson	86
Turnout			2,501	33.4

Old Hastings (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Bigg	778
	Labour	Arthur Kitson	637
	Conservative	Ian Porter	473
	Conservative	Arthur Burgess	453
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Palmer	371
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Scott	328
	Green	Diana Marquand	137
Turnout			3,177	39.3

Ore (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hancock	503
	Labour	Peter Chowney	450
	Conservative	Mark Charlesworth	268
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Feeley	245
	Conservative	Jocette Wilson	222
	Green	Sally Phillips	118
Turnout			1,806	27.0

Silverhill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Barton	601
	Labour	Alan Roberts	546
	Conservative	Theresa Lock	376
	Conservative	Shefali Nimbark	326
	Liberal Democrats	William Third	244
	Green	Simon Medhurst	96
Turnout			2,189	35.3

St Helens (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Bing	781
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	760
	Labour	John Ward	637
	Labour	David Waller	631
	Liberal Democrats	Feargal Coffey	281
Turnout			3,090	41.3

Tressell (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jay Kramer	500
	Labour	Trevor May	452
	Conservative	Lyn Burgess	138
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Edmonds	137
	Conservative	Catherine Cassidy	131
Turnout			1,358	23.2

West St. Leonards (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Finch	346
	Conservative	Matthew Beaver	337
	Labour	Thomas Munch-Petersen	286
	Labour	Keith Wood	277
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Feeley	206
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Wise	203
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Brett McLean	42
Turnout			1,697	31.1

Wishing Tree (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Birch	895
	Labour	Philip Scott	720
	Conservative	Raymond Molloy	256
	Conservative	Quentin Waite	228
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Davis	166
Turnout			2,265	34.4

References

• 2002 Hastings election result
• Ward results