2002 Southampton City Council election

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

The 2002 Southampton Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seat by 3. [1] The council stayed under no overall control. [2]

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Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council, [3] with Labour just remaining the largest party. [4] The Conservatives gained 4 seats, [4] but the Conservative group leader, Conor Burns, lost his seat. [3] Burns came fourth in Bassett ward behind his two party colleagues and Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Mizon. [4]

Southampton Local Election Result 2002 [2] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 19Decrease2.svg339.635.546,669Decrease2.svg3.9
  Liberal Democrats 18Increase2.svg237.531.541,346Increase2.svg0.7
  Conservative 11Increase2.svg422.928.437,359Decrease2.svg3.5
  Independent 0Steady2.svg02.22,875Decrease2.svg0.8
  Green 0Steady2.svg01.31,744Decrease2.svg1.1
  Socialist Alliance 0Steady2.svg00.5687Increase2.svg0.5
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg00.3401Increase2.svg0.1
  Socialist Labour 0Steady2.svg00.1148Increase2.svg0.1
  Socialist Alternative 0Steady2.svg00.1109Increase2.svg0.1

Ward results

Bargate

Bargate (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Richard Harris 819
Labour John Noon 811
Labour Parvin Damani 787
Conservative Clifford Combes501
Conservative Elsie Warbrick458
Conservative Tina Lanning448
Liberal Democrats Roger Blades258
Liberal Democrats Valerie Grant258
Liberal Democrats Beaulis Hills213
UKIP Lorraine Barter104
Socialist Labour Daniel Angus91
UKIP Hugo Lamb-Hickman61
Socialist Labour Michael Holmes57
Turnout 4,86616.5

Bassett

Bassett (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Mizon 1,481
Conservative John Hannides 1,470
Conservative Alec Samuels 1,386
Conservative Conor Burns1,352
Liberal Democrats Roger Byatt1,294
Liberal Democrats Brian Chapman1,282
Labour Michael Brainsby551
Labour Caran Clay469
Labour Jean Taylor457
Turnout 9,74231.7

Bevois

Bevois (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Derek Burke 902
Labour Stephen Barnes-Andrews 855
Labour Jacqueline Rayment 775
Independent Bashir Ahmed768
Independent Harjap Singh736
Independent Anthony Broomes640
Conservative Jean Baker353
Conservative Edward Glossop326
Conservative Susan Proctor312
Liberal Democrats Susan Pike298
Liberal Democrats Michael Beckett286
Liberal Democrats Maureen Kirkwood261
Green David Cromwell [6] 244
Socialist Alternative Gavin Marsh109
Socialist Alliance Ella Noyes109
Turnout 6,97425.5

Bitterne

Bitterne (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Penelope Baldwin 1,432
Labour Christine Kelly 1,420
Labour Perry McMillan 1,366
Conservative John Hartwell709
Conservative Arthur Weaver616
Conservative Peter Nightingale563
Liberal Democrats Diana Wills349
Liberal Democrats Gregory Key347
Liberal Democrats Robert Naish341
Turnout 7,14329.9

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Impey 1,257
Liberal Democrats Anne Work 1,254
Conservative Peter Baillie 1,245
Conservative Eric Mintram1,212
Liberal Democrats Mark Cooper1,174
Conservative Matthew Dean1,121
Labour Sarah Bogle685
Labour Jonathan Walters645
Labour David Furnell637
Turnout 9,23032.6

Coxford

Coxford (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter Galton 1,328
Liberal Democrats Harry Mitchell 1,272
Liberal Democrats Michael Gausden 1,185
Labour Susanne Fletcher1,000
Labour Donald Thomas968
Labour Stephen Fricker927
Conservative Phyllis Boniface398
Conservative Jacqueline Mason377
Conservative Pamela Rees352
Turnout 7,80726.5

Freemantle

Freemantle (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jeremy Moulton 1,087
Labour Simon Letts 1,062
Conservative Brian Parnell 1,060
Labour Nigel Clark1,044
Conservative Michael Ball1,039
Labour Funda Pepperell993
Liberal Democrats Barbara Cummins494
Liberal Democrats James Rogerson401
Green Owain Clarke348
Liberal Democrats Philip Melrose344
Green Darren Pickering314
Socialist Alliance Mark Abel140
UKIP Ronald Smith74
Turnout 8,40027.9

Harefield

Harefield (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Royston Smith 1,538
Conservative Richard Halderthay 1,512
Conservative Adrian Johnson 1,501
Labour Warwick Payne1,287
Labour Kenneth Tew1,252
Labour Norman Rides1,206
Liberal Democrats Joyce Smerdon438
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Drake431
Liberal Democrats Simon Hordley422
Green Andrew Shaw204
Turnout 9,79133.0

Millbrook

Millbrook (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Peter Wakeford 1,651
Liberal Democrats Virginia Moore 1,587
Liberal Democrats George Melrose 1,548
Labour Ceren Davis795
Labour Eileen Sharp759
Labour Richard Fricker710
Conservative William Reynard394
Conservative Terry Withington393
Conservative Julian Isaacson390
Green Joseph Cox237
Turnout 8,46428.7

Peartree

Peartree (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Gerry Drake 1,462
Liberal Democrats Norah Goss 1,404
Liberal Democrats John Slade 1,315
Labour Carolyn Burfitt764
Labour Peter Davis732
Labour Roger Iles725
Conservative Marie Chamberlain430
Conservative Keith Worthy394
Conservative Brian Lankford386
Turnout 7,61228.3

Portswood

Portswood (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Jill Baston 1,830
Liberal Democrats Adrian Vinson 1,675
Liberal Democrats Calvin Horner 1,623
Conservative Liam Ascough827
Conservative Nicholas Howells803
Conservative Edward Daunt798
Labour Joseph Hannigan667
Labour Joan Rogers654
Labour Jacob Rahman591
Socialist Alliance Philip Pope154
Socialist Alliance Anthony Twine140
Turnout 9,76232.3

Redbridge

Redbridge (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Russell 1,444
Labour Dennis Harryman 1,357
Labour Peter Marsh-Jenks 1,283
Liberal Democrats Jill Rudge831
Conservative Enid Greenham567
Conservative Lesley Matthews531
Conservative Christina Philbrick512
Liberal Democrats Edward Blake466
Liberal Democrats June Mitchell414
Socialist Alliance Paul Nicholson78
Socialist Alliance Mathew Danaher66
Turnout 7,54925.0

Shirley

Shirley (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Edwina Cooke 1,462
Conservative Terence Matthews 1,388
Conservative Paulette Holt 1,382
Labour Anthony Rees1,177
Labour William Kearns1,126
Labour Stuart Webb997
Independent Simon Hardy731
Liberal Democrats Paul Kobryn457
Liberal Democrats Violet Riddle404
Green John Spottiswoode397
Liberal Democrats Stephen Trent384
UKIP Valerie Aston162
Turnout 10,06735.6

Sholing

Sholing (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Susan Blatchford 1,525
Labour June Bridle 1,508
Labour Paul Jenks 1,291
Conservative Lesley Hilliam1,227
Conservative Philip Lankford1,174
Conservative Philip Williams1,105
Liberal Democrats Rita Gatesman468
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Hawkins454
Liberal Democrats John Hills437
Turnout 9,18931.8

Swaythling

Swaythling (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Beckett 1,154
Liberal Democrats Ann Milton 1,048
Liberal Democrats Terence Holden-Brown 1,006
Labour Christine Medway-Bull678
Labour Michael Collins663
Labour Ann Wardle646
Conservative Emma Webster404
Conservative Richard Forbes402
Conservative Benjamin Guy387
Turnout 6,38823.3

Woolston

Woolston (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Carol Cunio 1,443
Labour Richard Williams 1,412
Labour Julian Price 1,372
Liberal Democrats David Simpson1,077
Liberal Democrats David Newman1,025
Liberal Democrats Colin McPhee958
Conservative Roy Chamberlain365
Conservative John Martin363
Conservative Doris Moore339
Turnout 8,36429.9

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  2. 1 2 "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 "Surprises for Labour in London". BBC News Online . 3 May 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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  6. ↑ David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29
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2000 Southampton Council election 		Southampton local elections Succeeded by
2003 Southampton Council election
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