2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election

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2002 Lambeth Council election
  1998 2 May 2002 2006  

All council seats
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Lib
Lab
Con
LeaderPeter TruesdaleTom FranklinJohn Whelan
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Seats won28287
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg13Increase2.svg2
Popular vote18,64720,5039,080
Percentage33.3%36.6%16.2%

Lambeth London UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Lambeth council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Leader of Largest Party before election

Tom Franklin
Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Peter Truesdale
Liberal Democrats

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes reducing the number of councillors by one since the last election in 1998. [1] Labour despite having the largest number of votes with 36.6% of the vote, it still lost 13 seats, while the Lib Dems and the Tories gained seats, resulting in Labour losing control of the Council and no party having a majority. [1]

Contents

Following the election, the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition to run the council with Cllr Peter Truesdale, Liberal Democrat, as Leader and Cllr John Whelan, Conservative, as Deputy Leader.

Election result

Lambeth Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 28-1344.436.620,503
  Liberal Democrats 28+1044.433.318,647
  Conservative 7+211.116.29,080
  Green 0±00.011.56,426
  Socialist Alliance 0±00.02.11,178
  Independent 0±00.00.160
  UKIP 0±00.00.153

Ward results

Bishop's

Bishop's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Truesdale1,12320.9
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Parry1,03919.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Parry99418.5
Labour Lorna Campbell62211.6
Labour Madge McGhie5069.4
Labour Lee Seaman4889.1
Green Simon Williams1663.1
Conservative Audrey Blaine1252.3
Conservative Caroline King1212.3
Conservative Judith Pattman1062.0
Socialist Alliance Veronica Planton801.5
Turnout 5,37027.3
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Brixton Hill

Brixton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Cattermole1,06717.7
Labour Steve Reed 1,01716.9
Labour Lydia Serwaa1,01516.9
Green Debbie Dixon4597.6
Green Wayne Greening3936.5
Liberal Democrats Elsie Binder3776.3
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Colling3125.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Morris3125.2
Socialist Alliance Julie Hall2924.9
Conservative Patrick Butler2724.5
Conservative Matthew Bartlett2514.2
Conservative Roland Gilbert2494.1
Turnout 6,10621.8
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Clapham Common

Clapham Common (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Ling97212.3
Liberal Democrats Angela Meander96412.2
Liberal Democrats Darren Sanders91711.6
Labour Andy Harrop86310.9
Labour Roland Doven85610.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bryant83910.6
Conservative Joanna Barker7489.4
Conservative Anthony Bays7449.4
Conservative Gareth Williams7399.3
Green Timothy Beaumont 2743.5
Turnout 7,91630.1
Labour win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Clapham Town

Clapham Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen O'Malley1,17915.3
Labour Jonathan Myerson 1,16015.1
Conservative Bernard Gentry1,07413.9
Conservative Andrew Hollingsworth98312.8
Labour Koysor Syed96812.6
Conservative Edward Heckels95812.4
Liberal Democrats Helen Belcher3975.2
Green Albere Hanna3825.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Banks3324.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Blackie2593.4
Independent James Martin130.2
Turnout 7,70527.5
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Coldharbour

Coldharbour (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donatus Anyanwu98921.1
Labour Sharon Erdman94920.3
Labour Sharon Ward89919.2
Green William Collins2415.1
Green Paul Martin2194.7
Green Mohammed Sajid2174.6
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Avebury2154.6
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Baines2034.3
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Baines1813.9
Socialist Alliance Theresa Bennett1523.2
Conservative Nicholas Brown1222.4
Conservative Glyn Chambers1081.9
Conservative John Lamont 1051.8
Independent Robin Gibson471.0
Independent Gary Bruton430.9
Independent Darren Iliffe400.9
Turnout 4,68017.1
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Ferndale

Ferndale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Hussain1,03121.5
Labour Paul McGlone1,02121.3
Labour Sally Prentice97720.4
Liberal Democrats Catherine Cumberbatch-Barnett3407.1
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mitchell3146.6
Green Jeffrey Dalton3006.3
Liberal Democrats Steven Rhodes3006.3
Conservative Helen Gentry1713.6
Conservative Richard Forsdyke1703.5
Conservative Verity Forsdyke1673.5
Turnout 4,79117.6
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Gipsy Hill

Gipsy Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Grigg1,57918.0
Conservative Russell A'Court1,57117.9
Conservative Gareth Compton1,50917.2
Labour David Green1,03411.8
Labour Marcia Cameron1,00111.4
Labour John Muir89910.2
Green Jessica Cahill2512.9
Liberal Democrats David Boyle 2372.7
Green David Goodman1822.1
Liberal Democrats Peta Cubberley1802.0
Green Kathleen Manuell1782.0
Liberal Democrats Joel Robinson1651.9
Turnout 8,78632.3
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Herne Hill

Herne Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Dickson 1,16418.1
Labour Kirsty McHugh1,16018.0
Labour Peter O'Connell89814.0
Green Timothy Summers6099.5
Liberal Democrats Monica Armitage-Smith5117.9
Liberal Democrats Julia Goldsworthy 4867.6
Conservative Anthony Jones4156.4
Conservative James Ford4076.3
Conservative Edna Richards3976.2
Liberal Democrats James Lundie3896.0
Turnout 6,43621.5
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Knight's Hill

Knight's Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Evans1,33117.2
Liberal Democrats Robert McConnell1,26316.3
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Baker1,26016.2
Labour Tony Grayling94912.2
Labour Bill Watling92611.9
Labour Robert Hill90811.7
Conservative Martin Ball2583.3
Green Graham Jones2513.2
Conservative Jessica Lee2503.2
Conservative Christine Hemmise2453.2
Socialist Alliance Leslie Watson1131.5
Turnout 7,75427.4
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Larkhall

Larkhall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Craig1,30719.7
Labour Joanna Clason1,25618.9
Labour Gary Follis1,19017.9
Liberal Democrats Monique Blythe66410.0
Liberal Democrats Rosario Munday6319.5
Liberal Democrats Scott McAusland6109.2
Green Sally Zlotowitz2603.9
Conservative Charles Crawford2033.1
Conservative Charles Pender2003.0
Conservative William Trelawny1963.0
Socialist Alliance Tina Humphries1271.9
Turnout 6,64422.2
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Oval

Oval (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marietta Crichton-Stuart 1,29720.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Bowring1,17818.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Sawdon1,15118.0
Labour Giacomo Benedetto 64510.1
Labour Patrick Diamond 5909.2
Labour Neil Goulbourne5769.0
Green Brian Heatley2554.0
Conservative Christopher Sinclair2013.1
Conservative Arthur Hardman1973.1
Conservative Penelope Sinclair1842.9
Socialist Alliance Andrew Jackson1161.8
Turnout 6,39024.2
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Prince's

Princes's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Fitchett1,44416.3
Liberal Democrats Charles Anglin1,40415.8
Liberal Democrats Dinti Wakefield1,40215.8
Labour Stephen Morgan1,23613.9
Labour Peter Bowyer1,18513.4
Labour Samuel Townend1,18313.3
Conservative Andrew Hayes2643.0
Green James Wallace2602.9
Conservative Simon Allison2502.8
Conservative Kiloran Heckels2422.7
Turnout 8,87034.0
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

St Leonard's

St Leonard's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Bennett *1,51719.4
Liberal Democrats Roger Giess *1,42218.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Palmer *1,41918.1
Labour Denese Clarke84110.8
Labour Matthew Salter81310.4
Labour Brian Whitington7069.0
Green Anne Kenner2903.7
Conservative Alastair Hamilton2843.6
Conservative Nicholas Wailes2803.6
Conservative Philip Murley2503.6
Turnout 7,82227.0
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Stockwell

Stockwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Bottrall 1,54920.6
Liberal Democrats Marcus Mayers1,28017.0
Liberal Democrats Gabriel Fernandes1,21916.2
Labour Michael English 99113.2
Labour Esther Green93112.4
Labour Toaha Qureshi88211.7
Green Peter Crush2603.5
Conservative Judith Collier1672.2
Conservative John Midgley1251.7
Conservative Laura Midgley1241.6
Turnout 7,52829.3
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Streatham Hill

Streatham Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats June Fewtrell1,27219.3
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Clyne1,15817.6
Liberal Democrats Ashley Lumsden1,12017.0
Labour Alex Ekumah6329.6
Labour Mohammed Abu-Bakr6319.6
Labour Daniel Lawuyi5618.5
Green Martin Wright3785.7
Conservative Stanley Davies2874.4
Conservative Susan Ellis2844.3
Conservative Peter Younghusband2644.0
Turnout 6,58724.0
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Streatham South

Streatham South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Malley1,18814.7
Labour John Kazantzis1,12313.9
Labour Tim Sargeant1,09313.5
Liberal Democrats Wendy Golding1,02712.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Williams94311.7
Liberal Democrats Graham Lee93111.5
Conservative Habib Choudhury5386.7
Conservative Stephen McMenamin5176.4
Conservative Michael Winch5076.3
Green Michael O'Gara2082.6
Turnout 8,07530.6
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Streatham Wells

Streatham Wells (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Heather1,44021.4
Liberal Democrats Sheila Clarke1,41821.1
Liberal Democrats Daphne Hayes-Mojon1,38320.6
Labour Pius Badejo5558.3
Labour David Walker5287.9
Labour Mikis Euripides5017.5
Green Sheila Freeman2794.2
Conservative Amanda Hodgkinson2173.2
Conservative Lisabeth Liell2113.1
Conservative Neil Salt1862.8
Turnout 6,71824.9
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Thornton

Thornton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Pindar1,29116.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Dering1,19115.1
Labour Lib Peck 1,14214.5
Liberal Democrats Veronica Ijeoma1,13714.4
Labour Yemi Adisa-Adesina1,08013.7
Labour Joe Moll1,05713.4
Green David Ince2773.5
Conservative Joy Jackson2683.4
Conservative Roger Bennett2573.3
Conservative Barbara Winbourne1972.5
Turnout 7,89731.8
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Thurlow Park

Thurlow Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clare Whelan1,48419.7
Conservative John Whelan1,43719.0
Conservative Irene Kimm1,30817.3
Labour Judith Brodie6849.1
Labour David Rodgers5837.7
Labour Alan Wilmot5517.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Beadnall4666.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thurburn3364.5
Green Jeremy Hicks3294.4
Liberal Democrats Duncan Brack3194.2
UKIP Robin Lambert530.7
Turnout 7,55029.6
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jackie Meldrum1,21921.0
Labour Tom Franklin1,07818.6
Labour Toren Smith1,01717.6
Green John Yates4407.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Savage3345.8
Green Keith Hatch3335.8
Liberal Democrats Roger O'Brien2905.0
Liberal Democrats Karl Davies2854.9
Conservative Claire Baker2253.9
Conservative David Owens2153.7
Conservative Dan Tweyman1843.2
Socialist Alliance Gregory Tucker1713.0
Turnout 5,79121.2
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Vassall

Vassall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Atkinson1,05616.9
Labour Alex McKenna94315.1
Labour Daniel Sabbagh 89514.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Cornwall85113.6
Liberal Democrats Antonia Ewetuga84613.5
Liberal Democrats Rene Kinzett74411.9
Green Keith Sperry2574.1
Conservative Nicholas Gibbon1883.0
Conservative Antony Shakespeare1812.9
Conservative Laurence King1652.6
Socialist Alliance Brenda Downes1272.0
Turnout 6,25323.3
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

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