2002 Milton Keynes Council election

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The 2002 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. [1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [2]

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Background

Before the election Labour had 22 seats, compared to 20 for the Liberal Democrats and 8 for the Conservatives. [3] However the council was a top target for the Liberal Democrats in the 2002 local elections. [3] [4]

Election result

Milton Keynes Local Election Result 2002 [5] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 27+752.936.942,042+2.4
  Labour 16-631.431.836,258+0.2
  Conservative 8015.728.332,220-2.4
  Green 000.01.41,6040.0
  Independent 0-10.01.01,154-0.9
  UKIP 000.00.6647+0.6

Ward results

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Grant Gillingham1,626
Labour Elizabeth Campbell1,597
Labour Antony Mabbott1,524
Conservative Douglas Bull1,323
Conservative Dennis Simpson1,249
Conservative Roger Jacobs1,194
Liberal Democrats Vanessa McPake550
Liberal Democrats Phyllis Grantham539
Liberal Democrats Ian Victory529
UKIP Frederick Goldsmith138
Turnout 10,26940.3
Bradwell (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Clark1,530
Liberal Democrats Philip Gerrella1,480
Liberal Democrats Robert Exon1,433
Labour Carol Wood1,156
Labour Claudine Elliott1,119
Labour Brian Gibbs1,106
Conservative Peter Davies342
Conservative Joseph Geary325
Conservative Stewart Tate317
Green Manfred Ambrosius206
UKIP Alexander Mackenzie-Hay96
Turnout 9,11034.8
Campbell Park (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Isobel Wilson1,328
Liberal Democrats Isobella Fraser1,269
Liberal Democrats Roger Tallack1,255
Labour Brian Barton649
Labour Martin Petchey600
Labour Stephen Phillips489
Conservative William Clark295
Conservative Nicholas Flaherty275
Conservative Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey249
Green Katrina Topping159
Independent Neil Cawley144
UKIP Michael Maylam114
Turnout 6,82624.4
Danesborough [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Hopkins1,03975.1
Labour Brenda Jarvis1279.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Evans1148.2
Green George Richardson664.8
UKIP Arnold Leeming382.7
Majority91265.9
Turnout 1,38442.8
Denbigh (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Bristow778
Labour Michael Legg738
Conservative John Bailey493
Conservative Daniel Hippey456
Independent William Harnett194
Liberal Democrats Raymond Cockram160
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Scudamore156
Turnout 2,97527.8
Eaton Manor (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Edwards961
Labour Janet Lloyd878
Conservative James Collins362
Conservative Alexander Swanson278
Liberal Democrats David Henchy244
Liberal Democrats Alice Tootill171
Turnout 2,89427.4
Emerson Valley (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Burke1,351
Liberal Democrats Martin Snell1,300
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Drewett1,274
Labour Gladstone McKenzie408
Labour Colin Lund405
Conservative Geoffrey Ealden398
Conservative Dennis Thatcher373
Labour Elaine Wales372
Conservative Annette Irwin371
Turnout 6,25227.7
Furzton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jayne Carrington1,128
Liberal Democrats Christopher Williams1,051
Conservative David Bint542
Conservative Kevin Seager518
Labour Samuel McCloskey506
Labour Peter Turner446
Turnout 4,19137.0
Hanslope Park [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Geary86649.6
Independent Bert Tapp59734.2
Labour Brenda Gibbs1599.1
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey King1257.2
Majority25915.4
Turnout 1,74754.2
Linford North (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Benning1,127
Liberal Democrats Alan Pugh1,085
Conservative Stephen Conlan566
Conservative David Tunney551
Labour Ernest Billups498
Labour Gary Grindrod408
Green Peter Edwards140
Turnout 4,37534.6
Linford South (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Monk954
Liberal Democrats Christopher Eaton934
Labour John McLinton401
Labour Mohammed Nawaz329
Conservative Catriona Morris287
Conservative Adrienne Lucas285
Green Clive Bailey117
UKIP Christopher Shaw51
Turnout 3,35829.4
Loughton Park (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dransfield1,226
Conservative Donald Hoyle1,152
Conservative Ruth Jury1,115
Labour Jonathan Billsberry934
Labour Irving Nicol882
Labour Michael O'Sullivan854
Liberal Democrats Eric Cooper534
Liberal Democrats John Napper415
Liberal Democrats Jill White412
Green Sheena Hirst-Styles255
Independent Dennis Edwards219
Turnout 7,99833.4
Middleton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Samuel Crooks857
Liberal Democrats Derek Eastman812
Conservative David Briscombe340
Conservative Paul White315
Labour Alan Roberts216
Labour Gary Williams195
Green Clare Butler76
Turnout 2,81132.5
Newport Pagnell North (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Euan Henderson1,327
Liberal Democrats Bruce Hardwick1,260
Conservative Michael Horton361
Conservative Dean Miah271
Labour Hugh Burrell207
Labour Susan Platt190
Turnout 3,61633.4
Newport Pagnell South (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Henderson1,356
Liberal Democrats Douglas McCall1,215
Conservative Louise Cooper293
Conservative Cherilyn Williams244
Labour William Bethune203
Labour Ilhan Unsal179
Turnout 3,49032.5
Olney (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Mabbutt1,519
Liberal Democrats Stephen Clark1,431
Conservative Peggy Butler928
Conservative Gordon Williams767
Labour Deirdre Bethune290
Labour David Jones219
UKIP Michael Phillips121
Turnout 5,27542.8
Sherington [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Seymour99258.1
Conservative Peter Geary61135.8
Labour Peter Hevey1056.1
Majority38122.3
Turnout 1,70852.9
Stantonbury (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Morsley845
Labour Michael Pendry827
Conservative Roy Miller671
Conservative Richard Abery648
Liberal Democrats Derek Newcombe434
Liberal Democrats Alan Tootill299
Green Carol Barac191
Turnout 3,91531.0
Stony Stratford (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Bartlett1,610
Conservative Amanda Box1,503
Conservative Brinley Carstens1,425
Labour Michael Moutrie1,255
Labour David Lewis1,215
Labour Jessica Holroyd1,209
Liberal Democrats Terence McGowan621
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Moore502
Liberal Democrats Adrian Dnes430
Turnout 9,77038.1
Walton Park (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Wicker1,281
Liberal Democrats Jaime Tamagnini-Barbosa1,239
Liberal Democrats Clive Carruthers1,229
Conservative Laura Davies647
Conservative David Rumens602
Conservative Andrew Sharples602
Labour Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen463
Labour George Byfield403
Labour Donna Coventry402
UKIP Donald Whiteley89
Turnout 6,95724.8
Whaddon (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Long1,003
Labour Gerrard Adderley903
Conservative Donald McLeod877
Conservative James Langley813
Liberal Democrats Janice Cockram376
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Punter297
Turnout 4,26934.1
Wolverton (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Miles1,384
Labour Hilary Saunders1,366
Labour Janet Irons1,365
Conservative Geoffrey Cavender629
Conservative John Reeves505
Conservative Kenton White476
Liberal Democrats Peter Rackliff404
Green Alan Francis394
Liberal Democrats Judy Mwanza363
Liberal Democrats John Whistlecraft305
Turnout 7,19126.7
Woughton (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Wilson936
Labour Stephen Coventry928
Conservative William Kenyon326
Conservative Christopher Nixon-Cacney309
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Otter299
Liberal Democrats Edis Bevan296
Turnout 3,09424.3

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References

  1. ↑ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online . Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Full results". Financial Times . 4 May 2002. p. 7.
  3. 1 2 Hetherington, Peter (2 May 2002). "Guide to the local elections: The country: Labour braces itself for losses as lowest turnout on record expected: Tories and Lib Dems set for modest gains". The Guardian . p. 9.
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Kamal (28 April 2002). "Labour faces big local poll losses". The Observer . p. 2.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.
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