2002 Maidstone Borough Council election

Results of the 2002 Maidstone District Council election

The 2002 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. ^[1] The council stayed under no overall control. ^[2]

Background

All 55 seats were being contested in the election after boundary changes were implemented. ^[3] The boundary changes kept the number of seats the same at 55, but reduced the wards from 28 to 26. ^[3]

139 candidates stood in the election, made up of 45 Conservatives, 42 Liberal Democrats, 29 Labour, 10 Green, 8 United Kingdom Independence Party and 5 independents. ^[3]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 31.7%. ^[3]

Maidstone Local Election Result 2002 ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	21			-1	38.2	36.9	27,105	+5.5%
	Conservative	19			+3	34.5	38.6	28,352	-7.3%
	Labour	12			0	21.8	15.6	11,433	-2.0%
	Independent	3			-2	5.5	5.1	3,716	+1.1%
	Green	0			0	0	2.7	2,021	+1.7%
	UKIP	0			0	0	1.2	877	+1.2%

Ward results

Allington (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Daley	1,642
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Robertson	1,501
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Robertson	1,500
	Conservative	Alison Swannick	385
	Labour	Marianna Poliszczuk	229
	Labour	Wendy Hollands	206
	UKIP	Gareth Kendall	128
Turnout			5,591	37.6

Barming ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Oldham	801	89.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Featherstone	94	10.5
Majority			707	79.0
Turnout			895	48.0

Bearsted (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Patricia Marshall	1,528
	Conservative	Richard Ash	1,277
	Conservative	Allan Bradshaw	1,198
	Conservative	Gladys Haskett	1,111
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Chittenden	530
	Labour	Jeanne Gibson	461
	Green	Hazel Chazal	256
Turnout			6,361	39.9

Bouhgton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Fitzgerald	639	68.7
	Conservative	Michael Oben	291	31.3
Majority			348	37.4
Turnout			930	45.0

Boxley (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Butler	809
	Conservative	Michael Yates	757
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	701
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Chittenden	517
	Liberal Democrats	John Doherty	476
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Harwood	475
	Independent	John Munson	329
	Labour	Stephen Gibson	256
	Green	Peter Bagshaw	196
Turnout			4,516	25.4

Bridge (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Moss	458
	Conservative	Derek Nicholson	437
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Matthews	427
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tucker	426
	Labour	Richard Coates	195
	Labour	Linda Cogger	186
	UKIP	Keith Woollven	65
Turnout			2,194	28.5

Coxheath and Hunton (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Mortimer	988
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Walter	925
	Liberal Democrats	John Williams	896
	Conservative	Adrian Brindle	789
	Conservative	Paul Butcher	698
	Conservative	John Swannick	634
	Labour	John Hughes	295
	UKIP	Duncan Spencer	89
Turnout			5,314	35.2

Detling and Thurnham ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Horne	413	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Watson	161	24.6
	Labour	Ray Huson	81	12.4
Majority			252	38.5
Turnout			655	29.0

Downswood and Otham ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frederick Winckless	453	78.8
	Conservative	Angela Bentley	122	21.2
Majority			331	57.6
Turnout			575	27.0

East (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Shaw	1,090
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Sellar	1,030
	Liberal Democrats	David Naghi	944
	Conservative	Alan Warner	741
	Conservative	Christopher Garland	721
	Conservative	Scott Hahnefeld	713
	Labour	Susan Burfield	260
	UKIP	Anthony Robertson	83
Turnout			5,582	34.1

Fant (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Berriman	726
	Labour	Merello D'Souza	644
	Labour	John Morrison	621
	Liberal Democrats	Shona Stevens	600
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Schnell	494
	Conservative	Jacqueline Wooder	336
	Conservative	Jeremy Hindle	323
	Green	Kathryn Moss	231
	Green	Ian Mcdonald	202
	UKIP	Stephen Dean	142
Turnout			4,319	28.1

Harrietsham and Lenham (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Sams	830
	Labour	Janetta Sams	651
	Conservative	Richard Allen	649
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Harris	437
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Morris	321
Turnout			2,888	41.7

Headcorn (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenefer Gibson	1,117
	Conservative	Ian Thick	985
	Green	Penelope Kemp	501
Turnout			2,603	38.5

Heath (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Stevens	522
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hooper	483
	Conservative	Malcolm Parker	262
	Labour	Patrick Coates	124
Turnout			1,391	26.3

High Street (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive English	752
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Joy	639
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Wilson	620
	Conservative	Angharad Davies	327
	Labour	Leonard Burfield	323
	Conservative	Sally Nicholson	322
	Green	Benjamin Hawkins	140
	UKIP	Terence Kendall	140
	Green	Sheila Kennedy	129
	Green	Johann Sikora	59
Turnout			3,451	22.9

Leeds ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Parvin	469	70.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shaw	108	16.2
	Labour	Elizabeth Stevens	91	13.6
Majority			361	54.0
Turnout			668	36.0

Loose ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Laing	317	51.8
	Conservative	Kevan Hodges	295	48.2
Majority			22	3.6
Turnout			612	33.0

Marden and Yalding (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick Nelson-Gracie	1,009
	Conservative	Elizabeth McGannan	982
	Conservative	Simon Anthonisz	978
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Gerrish	549
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams	465
	Labour	Michael Jackson	412
Turnout			4,395	29.1

North (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Harwood	1,020
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Paterson	974
	Liberal Democrats	Mervyn Warner	841
	Conservative	Valerie Parker	402
	Conservative	Carolyn Warner	390
	Labour	Edith Davis	226
	UKIP	Margaret Kendall	109
Turnout			3,962	28.2

North Downs ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daphne Parvin	459	63.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Cobbett	175	24.3
	Labour	Keith Adkinson	86	11.9
Majority			284	39.4
Turnout			720	37.0

Park Wood (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Moriarty	420
	Labour	James Cook	352
	Conservative	Sandra Nahab	208
Turnout			980	20.9

Shepway North (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Brown	799
	Labour	Julie Skinner	717
	Labour	Wendy Marlow	716
	Conservative	Christopher Hodges	624
	Conservative	Peter Veal	528
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Palmby	288
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Samme	229
	Green	Janet Richards	159
	Green	Stephen Muggeridge	148
Turnout			4,208	25.7

Shepway South (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Murphy	578
	Labour	Kenneth Stevens	516
	Conservative	Marion Ring	388
Turnout			1,482	23.6

South (3) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Luxton	1,136
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Ellis	897
	Liberal Democrats	John Wilson	818
	Independent	Alan Smith	767
	Conservative	Alan Chell	712
	Conservative	Lesley Polley	655
	Conservative	Theresa Stirk	555
	UKIP	John Botting	121
Turnout			5,661	37.0

Staplehurst (2) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hotson	922
	Conservative	Richard Lusty	896
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Williams	300
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Burnham	290
	Labour	Allan Rimmer	231
	Labour	John Randall	201
Turnout			2,840	31.6

Sutton Valence and Langley ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paulina Stockell	503	70.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gould	208	29.3
Majority			295	41.5
Turnout			711	33.0

References

1. "Maidstone". BBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
2. "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
3. "Election of Maidstone Borough Councillors - Thursday 2 May 2002" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
4. "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.