2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002. Huntingdonshire UK local election 2002 map.png
Map of the results of the 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002.

The 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2002 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, 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:

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2002 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1222066.746.110,967-9.6%
  Liberal Democrats 522027.837.58,922+9.9%
  Independent 10005.64.61,105+1.3%
  Labour 0000011.72,777-0.9%

Ward results

Brampton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley Menczer1,09860.1+9.2
Conservative Elaine Sefton67036.7−8.4
Labour Graham Hitchings583.2+1.3
Majority 42823.4+17.6
Turnout 1,82649.5−4.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Buckden [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Clough72970.8+4.8
Conservative John Lancaster27026.2−5.2
Labour David Brown302.9+0.3
Majority 45944.6+10.0
Turnout 1,02950.2−7.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bury [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Rignall57077.6+7.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Dutton9913.5−7.3
Labour Maria Baker669.0+0.1
Majority 47164.1+14.5
Turnout 73544.9−4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Elton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Guyatt39266.7−3.1
Independent John Davidson9916.8+16.8
Labour Kevin Goddard9716.5−4.0
Majority 29349.8+0.4
Turnout 58842.2+7.6
Conservative hold Swing
Farcet [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Butler25353.7+0.0
Labour Graeme Watkins21846.3+3.5
Majority 357.4−3.6
Turnout 47135.1−2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Godmanchester [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charles Looker98658.3+8.9
Conservative Keith Gabb61436.3−7.1
Labour Sandra Wilcox925.4−1.8
Majority 37222.0+16.0
Turnout 1,69237.5+2.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Hemingford Grey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Day51460.5−9.2
Liberal Democrats Gilly Jackson20323.9+15.7
Labour Michael Sneath13215.5−6.6
Majority 31136.6−11.0
Turnout 84941.0+2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Houghton and Wyton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Rhodes40148.4−18.9
Liberal Democrats David Hunter38947.0+24.5
Labour John Watson384.6−5.6
Majority 121.4−43.4
Turnout 82841.1+7.1
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deborah Sharp96154.5−12.3
Labour Ann Beevor48527.5−5.7
Liberal Democrats Justin Meadows31718.0+18.0
Majority 47627.0−6.6
Turnout 1,76324.7−2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Huntingdon West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sadler79148.6−6.8
Labour Ruth Pugh48629.9+2.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Shellens34921.5+9.1
Majority 30518.8−8.9
Turnout 1,62622.2−1.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsey [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Powell85950.3+8.5
Conservative Ian Muir85049.7−1.8
Majority 90.6
Turnout 1,70928.6+3.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Sawtry [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Tuplin1,00664.2+12.5
Conservative David Bowens47930.6−10.3
Labour Susan Coomey825.2−2.2
Majority 52733.6+22.8
Turnout 1,56734.1+0.6
Independent hold Swing
St. Ives North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Chandler80839.4−23.0
Liberal Democrats Deborah Townsend80039.0+15.0
Labour Robert Haynes44321.6+11.2
Majority 80.4−38.0
Turnout 2,05130.1+4.6
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Eynesbury [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hansard73144.6−3.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Taylor66140.3+6.0
Labour William O'Connor24815.1−2.4
Majority 704.3−9.6
Turnout 1,64026.5+5.1
Conservative hold Swing
St. Neots Priory Park [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Barnes80451.7+15.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Pope65141.9−11.0
Labour Patricia Nicholls996.4−4.7
Majority 1539.8
Turnout 1,55437.3+5.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Offords [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nichola Elliott49652.9+7.8
Liberal Democrats John Grosvenor38340.8−7.5
Labour Janet Boston596.3−0.2
Majority 11312.1
Turnout 93844.4−10.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Stukeleys [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Vanbergen84652.6−6.0
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Dyer67842.2+7.9
Labour Valerie Brooker835.2−1.9
Majority 16810.5−13.8
Turnout 1,60754.5+7.7
Conservative hold Swing
Warboys [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Taylor72055.5+21.7
Conservative Pamela Thornton51739.8−22.8
Labour Carol Osborne614.7+1.1
Majority 20315.7
Turnout 1,29834.2−0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections between 2002 and 2003

Hemingford Grey by-election 19 September 2002 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 55352.9+29.0
Conservative 49347.1−13.4
Majority 605.8
Turnout 1,04650.3+9.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Local Elections: Results : Huntingdonshire". The Guardian . NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
  3. ↑ "Election results - Local Elections". The Times . NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tories make shock gain from SNP". The Guardian . 20 September 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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