2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wandsworth London UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 1. [1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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The election saw an experiment in leaving polling stations open for a longer period. [3] Along with neighbouring Westminster City Council polling stations were open from 7am to 10pm instead of the standard 8am to 9pm. [4]

Election result

Wandsworth Local Election Result 2002 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 50083.353.795,535
  Labour 10-116.733.559,635
  Liberal Democrats 000.09.116,155
  Green 000.02.84,917
  Independent 000.00.91,532
  Socialist Alliance 000.00.0476
  CPA 000.00.0358

Ward results

Balham (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Longmore1,686
Conservative Lola Ayonrinde1,676
Conservative Charles Walker 1,672
Labour Christopher Cooke749
Labour Sally Gear713
Labour Harvey Heath665
Liberal Democrats Matthew Green274
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Vitelli248
Green Robert Baker231
Liberal Democrats Christian Moon228
Green Roy Vickery166
Green Graham Humphreys158
Turnout 8,466
Bedford (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stewart Finn1,394
Conservative Antonia Dunn1,366
Conservative Sheldon Wilkie1,276
Labour Nick Bowes1,254
Labour Peter Carpenter1,057
Labour James Whiting1,019
Green John Rattray533
Liberal Democrats Henrietta Norman468
Turnout 8,367
Earlsfield (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Graham1,743
Conservative Marc Hope1,684
Conservative Charles McNaught-Davis1,607
Labour Peter Max1,246
Labour Sophie Livingstone1,232
Labour Leonie Cooper 1,230
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Dearden282
Liberal Democrats Abigail Irving256
Liberal Democrats Andrew Gilbert229
Green Dorothy Horsler210
CPA Cynthia Harry58
Turnout 9,777
East Putney (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Whittingham1,870
Conservative Leslie McDonnell1,866
Conservative Brian Prichard1,846
Labour Scott Knox741
Labour Richard Moir729
Labour Alan Petrides686
Liberal Democrats Tracy Harris402
Liberal Democrats James Durrant341
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Clery330
Turnout 8,811
Fairfield (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vanessa Graham1,642
Conservative Piers McCausland1,564
Conservative Tessa Strickland1,536
Labour Victoria Anifowoshe738
Labour Brendan McMullan723
Labour Tom Wright672
Liberal Democrats Patrick Warren360
Green Martin Williams313
Turnout 7,548
Furzedown (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Farebrother1,727
Conservative Colin Dawe1,696
Conservative Andrew Halford1,651
Labour Bert Luthers1,608
Labour Peter Marsden1,606
Conservative Toufic Batal1,572
Green John Valentine395
Liberal Democrats Derek Elsley298
Liberal Democrats Simon Parritt253
Liberal Democrats Richard Williams229
Turnout 11,035
Graveney (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Gibbons1,434
Labour Pamela Tatlow1,290
Labour Del Hosain1,277
Liberal Democrats Sally Cole1,165
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Lowe1,048
Liberal Democrats Mandy Wells948
Conservative Samantha Hurley536
Conservative David de Winton532
Conservative Guy Hurley527
Green Marian Hoffman269
Turnout 9,026
Latchmere (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Belton1,365
Labour Maurice Johnson1,351
Labour Bhavna Joshi1,215
Conservative Jeremy Parkinson953
Conservative George Smith915
Conservative David Walden890
Liberal Democrats Alan Giles221
Green Michael Day194
Socialist Alliance Stephen McNaughton76
Turnout 7,180
Nightingale (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katherine Lindsay1,891
Conservative Maurice Heaster1,875
Conservative Ravindra Govindia1,832
Labour Anthony Langan1,045
Labour Misbah Islam990
Labour Martin Tupper939
Green Bruce Mackenzie497
Liberal Democrats Timothy Knight494
Turnout 9,563
Northcote (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Beddows1,940
Conservative Martin Johnson1,895
Conservative Gordon Passmore1,853
Labour Margaret McCabe674
Labour Gordon Paterson616
Labour Thomas Grinyer602
Liberal Democrats Christine Green344
Liberal Democrats Charles Cronin330
Green Rick Crowhurst322
Liberal Democrats James Sparling192
Turnout 8,768
Queenstown (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Scott Caisley1,390
Conservative Deidre Church1,362
Conservative David Nurse1,279
Labour Michael Hipwell1,194
Labour Anna Steinitz1,128
Labour Rachel Trim1,112
Liberal Democrats Ashley Jones239
Turnout 7,704
Roehampton (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Penfold1,668
Conservative Paul Reeve1,612
Conservative Ryan Robson1,581
Labour Pauline Brueseke1,402
Labour Liz McNeil1,375
Labour Martin Spence1,236
Liberal Democrats Valerie Shelmerdine291
Green Polly Moore241
Liberal Democrats Godfrey Shockey212
Turnout 9,618
St Mary's Park (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Davies1,650
Conservative John Hallmark1,597
Conservative Simon Williams1,521
Labour Paul Peters747
Labour Joan Cawston715
Labour Maureen Walsh641
Green Hugo Charlton369
Liberal Democrats David Owen-Jones227
Liberal Democrats Christopher Woodley223
Turnout 7,690
Shaftesbury (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cousins1,640
Conservative John Senior1,619
Conservative John Ellis1,571
Labour Elisabeth Davies914
Labour Will McDonald873
Labour Nigel Goldsmith856
Green Sebastian Berry357
Liberal Democrats David Patterson293
Turnout 8,123
Southfields (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Roberts1,913
Conservative Janice Leigh1,899
Conservative Richard Vivian1,898
Labour Sarah Richards946
Labour Beth Lamont918
Labour Morgan McSweeney 771
Liberal Democrats Anna Ahmed470
Independent June Hautot426
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burrett404
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cheetham347
Turnout 9,992
Thamesfield (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Bird1,838
Conservative Edward Lister 1,834
Conservative James Maddan1,768
Labour Christopher Locke663
Labour Christopher Shephard661
Labour John Slater660
Independent John Horrocks627
Independent Christine Reeves479
Liberal Democrats Moira Sanders372
Liberal Democrats Martha Zantides318
Turnout 9,220
Tooting (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicola Brown1,534
Labour Sadiq Khan 1,407
Labour Stuart King1,358
Conservative Andrew Lindsay936
Conservative Duncan Dunn924
Conservative Evelyn McDermott877
Liberal Democrats Maureen Petty360
Liberal Democrats Michael Clifton354
Green Matthew Ledbury339
Liberal Democrats John Roscoe239
Turnout 8,328
Wandsworth Common (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Katharine Tracey2,094
Conservative Nicholas Longworth2,090
Conservative Ian Hart2,084
Labour Michael Dolan627
Labour Billi Randall560
Labour Mark Panto526
Green Samantha Guy323
Liberal Democrats David Hole312
Liberal Democrats Emma Thorpe278
Liberal Democrats Jayne Martin-Kay265
Turnout 9,159
West Hill (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett2,012
Conservative Benjamin Holland1,913
Conservative Malcolm Grimston 1,902
Labour Martin Leigh1,216
Labour Donald Roy1,110
Labour Tom Sleigh1,109
Liberal Democrats Catherine Devons394
Liberal Democrats Laurence Spicer276
Liberal Democrats Gerard Walter242
Turnout 10,174
West Putney (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Hime2,061
Conservative Jane Cooper2,055
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 1,961
Labour Maureen Booker779
Labour Anthony Stevens708
Labour Robert Storey696
Liberal Democrats Joan Dalley384
Liberal Democrats Susan Shocket366
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Ruddock349
Turnout 9,359

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  2. ↑ "Local Elections: Results". The Guardian . 3 May 2002. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "Q&A: The local elections". BBC News Online . 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Frean, Alexandra (3 May 2002). "Postal votes trial revives interest in local polls". The Times . p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times . 3 May 2002. p. 6.
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1998 Wandsworth Council election 		Wandsworth local elections Succeeded by
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