2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election

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2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election
  2000 2 May 2002 (2002-05-02) 2003  

18 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
LeaderF. John SmithDavid KearnsSteve Jarvis
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before27193
Seats after28174
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1

North Hertfordshire UK ward map 2002.svg
Results of the 2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election

Leader before election

F. John Smith
Conservative

Leader after election

F. John Smith
Conservative

The 2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. 18 of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Royston Heath ward. [1]

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. [2] [3]

Baldock Town ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Muir* 1,357 65.4 +8.3
Labour Rodney Leete48723.5−11.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Hollands23011.1+2.7
Turnout 36.8
Registered electors 5,640
Conservative hold Swing +9.7
Codicote ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Omer*
(Karry Omer)
600 55.7 −4.1
Conservative Alan Bardett47844.3+11.8
Turnout 53.3
Registered electors 2,027
Labour hold Swing -8.0
Hitchin Bearton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Terry 849 50.4 −0.8
Conservative Pat Cherry50730.1−1.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Catchpole18711.1+3.9
Green Nigel Howitt1428.4+4.9
Turnout 31.8
Registered electors 5,326
Labour hold Swing +0.2
Hitchin Highbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Clark* 1,405 63.4 +5.7
Conservative Ray Shakespeare-Smith71332.2−10.1
Green George Winston Howe984.4+4.4
Turnout 40.8
Registered electors 5,466
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +7.9
Hitchin Oughton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Billing 656 58.6 −4.3
Conservative Tony Strong30827.5−1.2
Liberal Democrats Ingeborg Sutcliffe15613.9+6.5
Turnout 29.9
Registered electors 3,750
Labour hold Swing -1.6
Hitchin Priory ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allison Ashley 991 64.4 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Heather MacMillan31420.4+9.1
Labour Tanjeet Rehal23415.2−1.7
Turnout 38.9
Registered electors 3,962
Conservative hold Swing -8.3
Hitchin Walsworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Lunn* 1,000 46.8 −1.3
Conservative David Miller84739.6−4.0
Liberal Democrats David Shirley1989.3+1.0
Green Evelyn Howe924.3−1.4
Turnout 39.5
Registered electors 5,423
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Kimpton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Horrell* 551 72.9 −6.2
Labour Jean Wood10013.2−7.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Ircha678.9+8.9
Green David Ashton385.0+5.0
Turnout 44.5
Registered electors 1,710
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Knebworth ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Gray* 826 61.9 −10.3
Labour David Stears26619.9+8.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Wilkins18313.7+0.8
Green Stuart Madgin604.5+0.9
Turnout 33.8
Registered electors 3,955
Conservative hold Swing -9.5
Letchworth East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Hartley* 650 47.5 −1.9
Conservative Elizabeth Allen35626.0−9.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Gammell24117.6+2.7
Green Eric Blakeley1208.8+8.8
Turnout 29.3
Registered electors 5,292
Labour hold Swing +3.9
Letchworth Grange ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Mardell* 920 59.2 +8.6
Conservative Judith Gower43928.2−9.2
Liberal Democrats Marion Minards Gammell19512.5+0.5
Turnout 30.1
Registered electors 5,171
Labour hold Swing +8.9
Letchworth South East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Barry 811 44.5 −1.0
Labour Nigel Agar*65636.0−0.5
Liberal Democrats John Winder35519.5+1.5
Turnout 35.7
Registered electors 5,117
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -0.2
Letchworth South West ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Kingman 1,369 47.9 +2.4
Conservative Neil Refern*1,24443.5−3.8
Labour Jacqueline Hartley2478.6+1.4
Turnout 50.7
Registered electors 5,653
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +3.1
Letchworth Wilbury ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Mantle* 578 54.1 −1.8
Conservative Jessica Cook33331.2−0.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Butcher15714.7+2.6
Turnout 26.7
Registered electors 4,023
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Royston Heath ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Greenwood 671 54.5 +1.8
Conservative Peter Burt* 651 52.9 +0.2
Labour Robin Anthony King35028.4+3.4
Labour Kenneth Garland32226.1+1.1
Liberal Democrats John Ledden28323.0+0.7
Turnout 31.6
Registered electors 3,897
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election in Royston Heath was to replace Conservative councillor Rod Kennedy.

Royston Meridian ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Hunter* 611 53.0 −1.1
Labour Dorothy Fryer30926.8+0.6
Liberal Democrats Pat Baxter23220.1+0.3
Turnout 31.2
Registered electors 3,704
Conservative hold Swing -0.8
Royston Palace ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Davidson 543 51.5 +3.5
Labour Les Baker*51248.5+18.1
Turnout 28.0
Registered electors 3,805
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -7.3

References

  1. "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 14 March 2023
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. "May 2002 Election Results". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2023.