The Bromley Council election of 2002 took place on 2 May, coinciding with 174 other council elections across Britain. The election saw the Conservatives make sweeping gains after the council almost went to NOC in 1998.
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 41 | +9 | 68.3 | 50.5 | 42,511 | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 13 | 9 | 21.7 | 32.6 | 27,387 | ||||
Labour | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 14.1 | 11,891 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1,003 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 818 | ||||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 192 | ||||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 176 | ||||
Christian Peoples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 135 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Jenkins | 2,756 | |||
Conservative | Ingrid Buckley | 2,753 | |||
Conservative | Catherine Rideout | 2,707 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brian Taylor | 683 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Ayres | 681 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Derek Gambell | 599 | |||
Labour | Susan Cox | 492 | |||
Labour | Christopher Clough | 478 | |||
Labour | Arthur Johnson | 445 | |||
Turnout | 3,999 | 36.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Gostt | 1,432 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Walter Shekyls | 1,402 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Norrie | 1,139 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Phipps | 993 | |||
UKIP | Arthur Holmans | 132 | |||
Labour | Keith Galley | 124 | |||
Labour | Brendan French | 121 | |||
Turnout | 2,783 | 36.1 | |||
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