2002 Wokingham District Council election

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The 2002 Wokingham District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority on the council, after having had the same number of seats as the Liberal Democrats for the previous 2 elections. [3] The Conservatives won 14 of the 20 seats which were up for election, including one uncontested seat in Wokingham Without. [4] They made 4 gains from the Liberal Democrats in the wards of Coronation, Finchampstead North and Little Hungerford to finish the election with 30 seats as compared to 22 for the Liberal Democrats. [3] Meanwhile, Labour won their first seat on the council since 1994 after making a gain in Bulmershe ward from the Liberal Democrats. [3] Overall turnout was 32.8%. [4]

The Conservatives said they were delighted with the results which they put down to their campaign on issues including green fields, crime and transport, and to the Liberal Democrats being out of touch with local residents. [3] [4] They said that now they had control of the council they would take action on crime and traffic congestion and review the number of new houses planned. [3] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy described the results in Wokingham as predictable and a "slight set-back", which he put down to them defending seats from when the Conservatives were performing much less strongly nationally. [3]

Wokingham Local Election Result 2002 [2] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1440+473.749.116,030+6.6
  Liberal Democrats 405-521.138.412,544-1.5
  Labour 110+15.38.92,921-8.2
  UKIP 00000.02.6862+2.6
  Independent 00000.00.9306+0.8

One Conservative candidate was unopposed in the election. [5]

Ward results

Arborfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Cowan50385.8+20.3
Liberal Democrats John Eastwell8314.2−20.3
Majority 42071.6+40.6
Turnout 58637.5
Conservative hold Swing
Bulmershe [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nelson Bland50342.0+6.1
Liberal Democrats Edward Preston46738.9+2.2
Conservative William Henderson16814.0−13.4
UKIP Jeremy Allison615.1+5.1
Majority 363.1
Turnout 1,19938.9−25.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Coronation (2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ashman1,102
Conservative Paul Swaddle1,041
Liberal Democrats David Glover863
Liberal Democrats Thomas McCann811
UKIP Amy Thornton230
Labour Ian Hills218
Turnout 4,26536.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Emmbrook [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Eke96651.7+10.2
Liberal Democrats Josephine Shockley60632.4−14.5
UKIP Ann Davis1638.7+8.7
Labour John Woodward1337.1−4.6
Majority 36019.3
Turnout 1,86839.5−28.8
Conservative hold Swing
Evendons [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Denis Morgan1,34949.9+3.9
Liberal Democrats John Griffin1,06039.2−2.9
Labour Paul French1595.9−6.0
UKIP Franklin Carstairs1355.0+5.0
Majority 28910.7+6.8
Turnout 2,70331.6−34.4
Conservative hold Swing
Finchampstead North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Stanton1,19457.5+4.7
Liberal Democrats Roland Cundy88442.5−4.7
Majority 31015.0+9.4
Turnout 2,07846.1−22.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Finchampstead South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Cockroft1,01271.5+9.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Bristow40328.5−9.8
Majority 60943.0+19.6
Turnout 1,41529.9+0.9
Conservative hold Swing
Little Hungerford [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Edmunds1,41750.8+12.2
Liberal Democrats Caroline Smith1,10639.6−4.3
Labour Jacqueline Rupert2689.6−7.9
Majority 31111.2
Turnout 2,79133.9−29.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Loddon [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Denis Thair71047.9+6.0
Conservative Joanna Vosser47832.2−1.6
Labour Janice Kite22415.1−9.2
UKIP Noel Squire714.8+4.8
Majority 23215.7+7.6
Turnout 1,48323.0−37.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Norreys [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Robertson1,24159.0+8.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray39218.6−8.8
Labour Paul Sharples37217.7−4.0
UKIP Antony Whitfield974.6+4.6
Majority 84940.4+16.9
Turnout 2,10233.6−31.3
Conservative hold Swing
Redhatch [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Spratling1,60753.2+7.8
Conservative Norman Jorgensen1,11136.8+1.4
Labour Nirmala Harlow30510.1−4.2
Majority 49616.4+6.4
Turnout 3,02324.8−34.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Remenham & Wargrave [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Haacke97369.0−5.6
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Ferris43731.0+13.6
Majority 53638.0−19.2
Turnout 1,41041.8+9.1
Conservative hold Swing
Shinfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Pollock1,07563.9+11.5
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Rowland35120.9−5.0
Labour Owen Waite25615.2−6.6
Majority 72443.0+12.5
Turnout 1,68228.0−32.1
Conservative hold Swing
South Lake [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Rowland59653.0+1.8
Conservative William Soane22319.8−5.2
Labour David Kay20117.9−5.9
UKIP Peter Williams1059.3+9.3
Majority 37333.2+7.0
Turnout 1,12524.2−34.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Swallowfield [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Beatty41978.8+1.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Harper11321.2+10.7
Majority 30657.6−7.7
Turnout 53236.0
Conservative hold Swing
Twyford & Ruscombe [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deirdre Tomlin1,41561.6+4.4
Conservative John Jarvis70730.8−1.3
Labour Roy Mantel1757.6−3.1
Majority 70830.8+5.7
Turnout 2,29739.7−27.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winnersh [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ball1,05150.0+0.8
Liberal Democrats Morag Ward64030.4−9.1
Independent Robert Turner30614.5+14.5
Labour Robert Woodrow1075.1−6.2
Majority 41119.6+9.9
Turnout 2,10434.8−27.9
Conservative hold Swing
Wokingham Without [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Rossunopposed
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Wokingham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Election results; Local Elections". The Times . 3 May 2002. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Joy for Tories in Wokingham". Reading Evening Post. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Lib Dem blues as Tories take control". getwokingham. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Local election results". Wokingham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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