2002 Westminster City Council election

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2002 Westminster City Council election
  1998 2 May 2002 2006  

all 60 council seats
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27% [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election47 seats13 seats0 seats
Seats won48120
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0
Popular vote20,57310,3874,982
Percentage55.5%28.0%13.4%

The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a conservative majority.

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Election results

Election results [2]
PartyVotesPercentSeatsChange
Conservative 20,57355.5%48Increase2.svg1
Labour 10,38728.0%12Decrease2.svg1
Liberal Democrat 4,98213.4%0Steady2.svg0
Green Party 5451.5%0Steady2.svg0
Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground 3781.0%0Steady2.svg0
Socialist Alliance1930.5%0Steady2.svg0
Total votes37,058

The election resulted in a Conservative majority of 48 seats. The Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground party ran in protest of the 40% budget cut of the playground by the previous city council. [3] [4]

Ward results

The results for each individual ward are as follows. [2]

Abbey Road

Abbey Road
CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Judith WarnerConservative126959.5%
Cyril Nemeth1265
Kevin Gardner1230
Katharine HoskynsLabour33815.9%
Phillida Inman313
Robert BellLiberal Democrats30814.4%
Margherita RendelLabour306
Elizabeth MaxwellSave St John's Wood Adventure Playground21710.2%
Michele Staniland217

Bayswater

Bayswater
CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Frixos TombolisConservative91151.0%
Michael Brahams908
Brian Connell867
Timothy NolanLabour55831.2%
Lewis Baston510
Daphne Segre475
Morag BeattieLiberal Democrats31917.8%
Jacqueline Castles293
Monica Kendall275

Bryanston and Dorset Square

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Audrey LewisConservative115767.6%
Carolyn Keen1147
Angela Hooper1123
Brenda BuxtonLabour29517.2%
David Bradby277
Derek Buckland264
Alexis BatterbeeLiberal Democrats26015.2%
Nikhil Seth232

Church Street

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Barbara GrahamLabour96959.1%
Antony Mothersdale921
Murad Qureshi905
Ian BalcombeConservative46028.0%
Daniel Defoe450
Stephen Garside410
Iain BlackLiberal Democrats21112.9%
Niall McMahon195

Churchill

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Andrew HaveryConservative137865.9%
John Wyatt1364
Sarah Richardson1361
Josephine AbercrombieLabour49923.9%
Madge Cavalla486
Cass Cass-Horne444
Rhoda TorresLiberal Democrats21410.2%
Colin Bell211
Michael Holmans197

Harrow Road

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Guthrie McKieLabour102952.6%
Sharan Tabari952
Josephine Ohene-Djan942
Andrew ReidConservative49918.5%
Jeremy Fox486
Paul MillerGreen44414.8%
Edward VaizeyConservative214
Melissa FouxLiberal Democrats21114.2%

Hyde Park

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Pamela BattyConservative109569.5%
Anne Mallinson1071
Colin Barrow1066
Louis Al-DhahirLabour25015.9%
Victoria Wegg-Prosser236
Barbara BridgeLiberal Democrats23114.7%
Joseph OgdenLabour212
Elizabeth MackeithLiberal Democrats157
Esther Stansfield150

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Angela HarveyConservative112677.3%
Elizabeth Blois1124
Catherine Longworth1114
Tania ChislettLiberal Democrats1449.9%
Simon Bryden-Brook130
Angela Whittelegge130
Thomas BewleyGreen1127.7%
Peter CavallaLabour745.1%
Angelar Forester72
Malwine Eyre65

Lancaster Gate

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Susan BurbridgeConservative118065.3%
Robert Davis1160
Simon Milton1128
Elizabeth WhitmoreLabour33218.4%
Tony Rea310
Stephen Gruneberg299
Susan BaringLiberal Democrats29516.3%
Monica Wilson269
Mark Gray241

Little Venice

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Melvin CaplanConservative117765.1%
Ian Adams1159
Barbara Schmeling1147
Paul O'DonnellLabour39521.8%
Beryl Leaver377
Basema Elsafi374
Michael RyanLiberal Democrats23613.1%
Michael Dearden214
Phillip Wardle199

Maida Vale

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Jan PrendergastConservative117952.7%
Ronald Raymond-Cox1108
Alastair Moss1066
David LancasterLabour78034.9%
Syed Hayat762
Albert Catterall745
Anne CouchmanLiberal Democrats27912.5%
Robert Scott237
Zena Lutrin201

Marylebone High Street

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Harvey MarshallConservative132871.0%
Mark Page1295
Michael Vearncombe1257
Susan StockerLiberal Democrats27814.9%
Mair GarsideLabour26414.1%
Owain Garside255
David Worton236
David BrewinLiberal Democrats214
Michael Sibley199

Queen's Park

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Barrie TaylorLabour115461.3%
Paul Dimoldenberg1122
Mushtaq Qureshi1080
Peter PrendergastConservative31816.9%
Nita Fernandez317
Richard Phibbs291
Jonathan WardleLiberal Democrats21911.6%
Monica KefiSocialist Alliance19310.2%
Bernard SilverLiberal Democrats184

Regent's Park

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Daniel AstaireConservative114559.5%
Gwyneth Hampson1138
Timothy Joiner1079
Peter DentonLabour41021.3%
Joseph Thomas375
David Woodgate357
Richard CroixLiberal Democrats20710.8%
Herbert Hartwell199
Alan Thompson177
Nasir QureshiSave St John's Wood Adventure Playground1618.4%

St Jame's

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Louise HyamsConservative105658.3%
Timothy Mitchell1034
Alexander Nicoll977
Stephanie AyresLabour35519.6%
Lynda Giddings343
Pamela Eyre327
Marie-Louise RossiLiberal Democrats25514.1%
Nigel Bliss199
Peter BudgeGreen1448.0%
Lydia Howitt140

Tachbrook

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Alan BradleyConservative145162.2%
Nicholas Evans1377
Dominic Schofield1369
Charles CampionLabour58325.0%
William Thomson548
Michael Dumigan543
Josephine HayesLiberal Democrats30012.9%
John Stephens249

Vincent Square

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Duncan SandysConservative135166.8%
Danny Chalkley1308
Justin Powell-Truck1270
Steven FrielLabour40620.1%
Gillian Guy391
Alen Matthewson357
Margaret LangLiberal Democrats26413.1%
Jancie Taverne230
Kathleen Hobbins223

Warwick

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Matthew MitchellConservative128268.1%
David Clark1265
Christopher Malthouse1259
Nicholas GartsideLabour31816.9%
Anthony Brett-JonesLiberal Democrats28315.0%
Keith Dugmore261
Violet SpencerLabour251
Babette Payne246

West End

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Glenys RobertsConservative94961.0%
Ian Wilder938
John Cox919
David BiedaLabour40926.3%
Harold Brookstone340
Richard Hearnden214
Michael PepperellLiberal Democrats19812.7%
Ian Steers191
Susan Kendrick182

Westbourne

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
David BoothroydLabour96961.7%
Simon Stockill923
Rupert d'Cruz908
Alexander StoryConservative39925.4%
Mary Agrafiotou365
Iheoma Oteh331
Martin ThompsonLiberal Democrats20312.9%
Anthony Williams202
Vera Williams181

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