Welwyn Hatfield District Council election, 2002

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The 2002 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party. [1]

Welwyn Hatfield Borough & Non-metropolitan district in England

The Borough of Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district in southern Hertfordshire, England.

Hertfordshire County of England

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives win a majority of 4 on the council after gaining 3 seats from Labour. [3] The Conservatives gained seats in Hatfield West and Sherrards wards, as well as one of the 2 seats being contested in Hatfield North, where 3 recounts were needed to separate the top 4 candidates who all finished within 17 votes of each other. [3] The Liberal Democrats failed to win any seats, but came second in 4 wards and were within 22 votes of the Conservative winner in Handside ward. [3] Overall turnout in the election was 35.3%, [4] a rise of about 3% on the 2000 election after all voters were able to get postal votes for the first time. [3]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England

Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It had a population of 29,616 in 2001, and 39,201 at the 2011 Census. The settlement is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, home of the Marquess of Salisbury, forms the nucleus of the old town. From the 1930s when de Havilland opened a factory until the 1990s when British Aerospace closed it, aircraft design and manufacture employed more people there than any other industry. Hatfield was one of the post-war New Towns built around London and has much modernist architecture from the period. The University of Hertfordshire is based there.

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Welwyn Hatfield Local Election Result 2002 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1130+364.748.212,413+2.4%
  Labour 603-335.334.38,827-4.7%
  Liberal Democrat 0000017.54,506+4.5%

Ward results

Brookmans Park & Little Heath [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Dean1,28975.9+0.3
Liberal Democrat Catherine Edwards21712.8+1.9
Labour Derek Marcus19211.3-2.2
Majority1,07263.1+1.0
Turnout 1,698
Conservative hold Swing
Haldens [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Orrett76054.6-2.5
Conservative Stuart Jackson40729.2-1.3
Liberal Democrat Helen Bassett22516.2+3.7
Majority35325.4-1.2
Turnout 1,392
Labour hold Swing
Handside [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Carl Storer88841.6-7.2
Liberal Democrat Daniel Cooke86640.5+21.5
Labour Pascal Jacquemain38317.9-4.3
Majority221.1-25.5
Turnout 2,137
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield Central [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Colin Croft55842.6-2.2
Liberal Democrat Hazel Laming47035.9+10.1
Conservative Andrew Peffer28321.6-7.8
Majority886.7-8.7
Turnout 1,311
Labour hold Swing
Hatfield East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter O'Brien96958.1+8.8
Labour Margaret White42325.4-15.5
Liberal Democrat Lis Meyland-Smith27616.5+6.7
Majority54632.7+24.3
Turnout 1,668
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield North (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Davidson617
Labour Bridgit Croft609
Conservative John Morgan606
Labour Linda Mendez600
Liberal Democrat Richard Griffiths214
Liberal Democrat Maurice Richardson206
Turnout 2,852
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Hatfield West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Nicholas Atkinson83850.5+9.3
Labour Samuel Smith62537.7-9.3
Liberal Democrat Simon Archer19511.8+0.0
Majority21312.8
Turnout 1,658
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Hollybush [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Margaret Birleson78060.2-3.1
Conservative Marian Pile35627.5+2.3
Liberal Democrat Janet Gammage16012.3+0.8
Majority42432.7-5.4
Turnout 1,296
Labour hold Swing
Howlands [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Chesterman78053.4-3.0
Conservative John Burnapp46832.0-0.3
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Arch21414.6+3.4
Majority31221.4-2.7
Turnout 1,462
Labour hold Swing
Northaw [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Nicholls1,19679.6+20.1
Liberal Democrat Philip Edwards16210.8+0.9
Labour Brenda Marcus1459.6+0.9
Majority1,03468.8+31.2
Turnout 1,503
Conservative hold Swing
Panshanger [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Russell Le Page83750.9-2.5
Labour Julia Harrison48629.6-6.0
Liberal Democrat Ted Naseby32119.5+8.5
Majority35121.3+3.5
Turnout 1,644
Conservative hold Swing
Peartree [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jacqueline Russell63759.1-0.7
Conservative David Perkins24222.5-5.0
Liberal Democrat Gillian Armstrong-Bridges19818.4+5.7
Majority39536.6+4.3
Turnout 1,077
Labour hold Swing
Sherrards [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Scarff1,07447.0+2.3
Labour Lynn Chesterman96742.4-3.0
Liberal Democrat Louise Lotz24210.6+0.7
Majority1074.6
Turnout 2,283
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Welham Green [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Storey62263.3+0.0
Labour Margaret Toch22522.9-2.6
Liberal Democrat Nigel Bain13613.8+2.6
Majority39740.4+2.6
Turnout 983
Conservative hold Swing
Welwyn North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Scarff71963.5
Labour Jan Burnell21619.1
Liberal Democrat David Bartlett19817.5
Majority50344.4
Turnout 1,133
Conservative hold Swing
Welwyn South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Amanda Perkins1,00260.8-2.7
Labour Julia Henderson44126.7+5.7
Liberal Democrat Ian Skidmore20612.5-3.0
Majority56134.1-8.4
Turnout 1,649
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 2002-05-03. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tories seize control in Welwyn Hatfield elections". Southern Daily Echo . 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
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