2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002. Hertsmere UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Hertsmere council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002.

The 2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 22 seats, compared to 10 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. [2] Since the 2000 election 2 Labour councillors, husband and wife Martin and Jean Heywood, had left the party and became independents. [3]

13 of the 15 wards had seats contested in 2002, with only Aldenham East and Aldenham West having no election. [4] The Conservative and Labour parties both had 5 seats up for election, while the Liberal Democrats defended 4 and the independents had 1 seat being contested. [4]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority after gaining 2 seats from Labour to have 24 councillors, compared to 9 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent. [2] The Conservatives gained Borehamwood Hillside by 74 votes, with the winning candidate, Sandra Parnell, becoming the first Conservative councillor for Borehamwood since 1976. [2] The other Conservative gain came in Shenley, where Rosemary Gilligan took the seat by 154 votes, after the Conservatives had gained the other seat in the ward at the last election in 2000. [2]

Despite losing 2 seats Labour did gain a seat in Borehamwood Cowley Hill by 193 votes defeating independent Jean Heywood. [2] Heywood had left Labour to sit as an independent in 2001 and both she and the Labour candidate Joe Goldberg accused the other of dirty tricks during the campaign. [2] Overall turnout at the election was 32.6%, an increase from 30.6% in 2000. [5]

Following the election the remaining independent councillor, Martin Heywood, joined the Conservatives, taking the Conservatives to a then record 25 seats on the council. [3]

Hertsmere Local Election Result 2002 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 720+246.744.810,145
  Labour 412-126.728.46,425
  Liberal Democrats 400026.722.04,988
  Independent 001-103.9888
  Green 000000.5108
  Socialist Labour 000000.495

Ward results

Borehamwood Brookmeadow [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Len Silverstone73660.2
Conservative Simon Rubner48739.8
Majority24920.4
Turnout 1,22324.4
Labour hold Swing
Borehamwood Cowley Hill [5] [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Goldberg88652.9
Independent Jean Heywood69341.4
Socialist Labour James Dry955.7
Majority19311.5
Turnout 1,67429.8+10.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Borehamwood Hillside [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sandra Parnell1,05451.8
Labour Anthony Scott-Norman98048.2
Majority743.6
Turnout 2,03435.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Borehamwood Kenilworth (2) [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Butler463
Labour Francis Ward457
Conservative David Wernick231
Conservative Lucy Wernick208
Independent Peter Hedges195
Turnout 1,55422.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Bushey Heath [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ron Gealy1,11067.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick Forsyth36122.0
Labour Dinah Hoeksma17310.5
Majority74945.6
Turnout 1,644
Conservative hold Swing
Bushey North (2) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Colne1,083
Liberal Democrats Robert Gamble895
Conservative Trevor Jones356
Conservative John Slade318
Labour Sandra Mercado172
Green Vega Alvarado108
Turnout 2,932
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bushey Park [6] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynn Hodgson65146.9
Conservative Anne Swerling62845.2
Labour James Sowerbutts1107.9
Majority231.7
Turnout 1,38940.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bushey St James [6] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Zita Hobbs1,31159.1
Conservative David Bertin74833.7
Labour Christine Sowerbutts1587.1
Majority56325.4
Turnout 2,21740.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Elstree [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Gunasekera76868.6
Labour Oliver De Peyer22319.9
Liberal Democrats Roger Kutchinsky12811.4
Majority54548.7
Turnout 1,11930.6
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Furzefield [6] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Calcutt85954.8
Labour James Fisher41526.5
Liberal Democrats Colin Dean29318.7
Majority44428.3
Turnout 1,56732
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Oakmere [6] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shirley Legate1,12562.1
Labour Ann Harrison68637.9
Majority43924.2
Turnout 1.81132.3
Conservative hold Swing
Potters Bar Parkfield [6] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin Roach1,51670.0
Labour Liz Savage38317.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Bonner26612.3
Majority1,13352.3
Turnout 2,16537
Conservative hold Swing
Shenley [6] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosemary Gilligan73755.8
Labour William Hogan58344.2
Majority15411.7
Turnout 1,32034.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "Hertsmere". BBC News. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hertsmere elections 2002: Tories win Borehamwood seat after 26 years". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Mayor turns blue". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Hertsmere borough council elections 2002". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 24 April 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Election turn-out". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election Results". Hertsmere Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library . Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tories steal Borehamwood seat". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Hertsmere turns out to vote". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 "Potters Bar remains in Conservative hands". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
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