2002 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Kensington and Chelsea council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Kensington and Chelsea London UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Kensington and Chelsea council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2002 Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Election result

Kensington and Chelsea Local Election Result 2002 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4230+377.859.046,272+6.5
  Labour 1203-322.225.520,024-7.4
  Liberal Democrats 00000.015.011,769+0.7
  Green 00000.00.4327New

Ward results

Abingdon (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Borwick 1,039
Conservative James Husband1,020
Conservative Joanna Gardner1,009
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Good252
Liberal Democrats John Faulder248
Liberal Democrats Toby Keynes222
Labour Leslie Austin207
Labour Ann Fitzgerald192
Labour Duncan Williams 160
Turnout 4,34926.7
Brompton (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harland970
Conservative Shireen Ritchie 966
Conservative Iain Hanham948
Labour Bernard Hamilton192
Liberal Democrats Brian Orrell177
Liberal Democrats Rosamund Pease176
Labour David Macfarlane166
Labour Dave Perry159
Liberal Democrats William Somers146
Turnout 3,90027.6
Campden (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Buckmaster1,078
Conservative Richard Ahern1,059
Conservative Robert Freeman1,035
Liberal Democrats James Crichton-Miller243
Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsend226
Liberal Democrats John Florentin211
Labour Mary Blanchet170
Labour Jacob Tompkins151
Labour Ben Hooberman134
Turnout 4,30728.1
Colville (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dez O'Neill701
Labour Marianne Alapini656
Labour Keith Cunningham629
Conservative Vaneeta Saroop317
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ritchie306
Conservative William Mason305
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mayers296
Conservative Paul Stuart-Smith291
Liberal Democrats Priscilla Congreve281
Turnout 3,78227.0
Courtfield (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Coates953
Conservative Lawrence Holt906
Conservative Edward Cox898
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Somers230
Liberal Democrats Carl Michel190
Green Veronica Steffen169
Liberal Democrats Angele Vidal-Hall169
Labour Joel Bishop157
Labour Anthony Price154
Labour Christabel Gurney150
Turnout 3,80723.3
Cremorne (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jennifer Kingsley823
Conservative Steven Redman821
Conservative Maighread Simmonds784
Labour Timothy Boulton721
Labour Alastair Wood689
Labour Mohammed Khan636
Liberal Democrats Julian England232
Liberal Democrats Ann Lawrence225
Liberal Democrats Susan Pritchard187
Turnout 5,11833.6
Earl's Court (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Phelps830
Conservative Terence Buxton761
Conservative Thomas Fairhead743
Labour Rosie Brennan543
Labour Gavin Bailey455
Labour George Stothard455
Liberal Democrats Linda Wade406
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Giles320
Liberal Democrats Panayiotis Vardakis291
Turnout 4,80427.8
Golborne (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bridget Hoier874
Labour Patrick Mason838
Labour Stuart Shapro762
Conservative Sarah Dixon-Brown308
Conservative Anthony Gilbert268
Conservative Jeremy Larsson241
Liberal Democrats Maria Kovatzis199
Liberal Democrats Frances Owen191
Liberal Democrats Carol Caruana182
Turnout 3,86327.8
Hans Town (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Coleridge1,155
Conservative Nicholas Paget-Brown 1,094
Conservative Mary Weale1,051
Labour Angela Lambert195
Green Julia Stephenson158
Labour Alexander Pringle146
Labour Natalie Pringle145
Liberal Democrats Angela Le Franc50
Turnout 3,99429.4
Holland (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Hanham1,109
Conservative Bryan Levitt1,084
Conservative Warwick Lightfoot 1,064
Liberal Democrats Diana France248
Liberal Democrats Christopher Shirley224
Labour Christine Robson213
Liberal Democrats Hugh Venables213
Labour Gus Glover191
Labour Michael O'Brien185
Turnout 4,53129.2
Norland (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lindsay1,017
Conservative Ernest Tomlin972
Conservative Brian Walker-Arnott954
Labour Nicholas Gibson467
Labour Lesley Arnold432
Labour John Hardie428
Liberal Democrats Rose Hunt345
Liberal Democrats Christopher Horner280
Liberal Democrats Silvia Tharp267
Turnout 5,16232.3
Notting Barns (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Judith Blakeman962
Labour Simon Blanchflower948
Labour Allah Lasharie850
Conservative Mark Clayton436
Conservative Gerard Hargreaves415
Conservative Amanda Sayers404
Liberal Democrats Christopher Elston239
Liberal Democrats Joe Tatton-Brown230
Liberal Democrats Niraj Saraf196
Turnout 4,68030.0
Pembridge (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isobel Campbell815
Conservative David Campion810
Conservative Doreen Weatherhead765
Liberal Democrats John Campbell362
Labour Virginia Henley343
Liberal Democrats Patrick Spencer309
Liberal Democrats Katerina Porter298
Labour Robert Mingay281
Labour John Wootten240
Turnout 4,22327.0
Queen's Gate (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Buxton1,077
Conservative Daniel Moylan1,047
Conservative Andrew Dalton1,034
Liberal Democrats Edwin Brown196
Liberal Democrats Sally Galsworthy194
Liberal Democrats Denzil Dunnett169
Labour Carolyn Butler150
Labour Nigel Wilkens127
Labour Malcolm Butler121
Turnout 4,11525.8
Redcliffe (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Taylor1,017
Conservative Nicholas Halbritter991
Conservative Jonathan Clamp988
Labour Thomas Brown240
Liberal Democrats Anthony Dunn230
Liberal Democrats Robert Woodthorpe-Brown225
Liberal Democrats Christophe Lassus-Pebord201
Labour Marian Kearney187
Labour Brian Thorn185
Turnout 4,26424.6
Royal Hospital (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Corbet-Singleton1,261
Conservative Ian Donaldson1,237
Conservative Jeremy Edge1,216
Liberal Democrats Penelope Pocock195
Liberal Democrats Susan Hutchison193
Labour Margaret Delahey160
Liberal Democrats David Royce159
Labour Christine Henry156
Labour Adolphe Bukasa147
Turnout 4,72430.9
St Charles (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Hoier700
Labour Rima Horton662
Labour John Atkinson654
Conservative Matthew Palmer617
Conservative Dominic Johnson562
Conservative David Mathew554
Liberal Democrats Gisela Peters237
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Tatton-Brown214
Liberal Democrats Owen Etoe177
Turnout 4,37728.4
Stanley (3) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Priscilla Frazer1,065
Conservative Merrick Cockell1,063
Conservative Paul Warrick1,025
Labour Catherine Atkinson209
Labour Stephen King180
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Patrick178
Liberal Democrats John Drake170
Labour Michael Henry169
Liberal Democrats George Herford164
Turnout 4,22327.4

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References

  1. ↑ "Kensington & Chelsea". BBC News . Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "London Elections 2002 - Part 2". Evening Standard . London. 3 May 2002. p. 66.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Results of the Local Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times . 3 May 2002. p. 6.
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