Winchester City Council election, 2002

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The 2002 Winchester Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England.

City of Winchester Place in England

The City of Winchester is a local government district in Hampshire, England, with city status.

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

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Hampshire County of England

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England. The county town is the city of Winchester. Its two largest cities, Southampton and Portsmouth, are administered separately as unitary authorities; the rest of the county is governed by Hampshire County Council.

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The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The boundary changes were the first since the 1970s and they saw the number of seats increased by 2. [1] [2]

The results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in overall control of the council after retaining 35 seats on the council. [3] However the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Sabine, lost his seat in New Alresfords ward. [2] The Conservatives increased their number of councillors from 11 to 14, while Labour lost 1 to only hold 3 seats. [3] Voter turnout was higher than nationally, with over 50% voting in 4 wards. [3]

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a centrist, liberal political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Vince Cable. It has 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, one member of the European Parliament, five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. At the height of its influence, the party served as junior partners in a coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2015.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Election result

Winchester Local Election Result 2002 [4] [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrat 35061.444.636,057+5.3%
  Conservative 14+324.636.629,600-5.9%
  Independent 508.89.57,684+2.7%
  Labour 3-15.39.27,459-2.2%

Ward results

Bishops Waltham (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Georgina Busher1,278
Independent Jean Hammerton1,203
Independent Colin Chamberlain1,166
Conservative Sally Lees442
Liberal Democrat Jillian Blackmore435
Liberal Democrat Andrew Philpott361
Labour Stephen Haines133
Labour David Picton-Jones85
Turnout 5,10338.1
Boarhunt & Southwick [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Carter25652.1
Conservative John Cooper23547.9
Majority214.2
Turnout 49150.3
Cheriton & Bishops Sutton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Harry Verney41952.5
Liberal Democrat Rosalind Sabine35844.9
Labour Kevin Barrett212.6
Majority617.6
Turnout 79849.0
Colden Common & Twyford (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ian Bidgood1,119
Liberal Democrat Cecily Sutton1,020
Liberal Democrat James Wagner1,005
Conservative Marcus Moosa487
Conservative Peter Facey474
Conservative Sheena Nicholson405
Labour David Smith133
Turnout 4,64342.1
Compton & Otterbourne (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Charlotte Bailey736
Liberal Democrat Peter Mason647
Conservative Margaret Campbell-White615
Conservative Maurray Macmillan602
Labour Kathleen Smith44
Turnout 2,64445.0
Denmead (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Frederick Allgood1,339
Conservative Michael Read1,170
Conservative Patricia Stallard1,114
Liberal Democrat Alan Slade756
Liberal Democrat Neil Brown550
Liberal Democrat Anne Sabine532
Turnout 5,46141.0
Droxford Soberton & Hambledon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Caroline Dinenage 59563.2
Liberal Democrat Margaret Scriven34736.8
Majority24826.4
Turnout 94258.7
Itchen Valley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Daniel Baxter50571.9
Liberal Democrat David Keston19728.1
Majority30843.8
Turnout 70241.9
Kings Worthy (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Graham Hutton766
Liberal Democrat Robert Johnston720
Conservative Victoria Hibberd407
Conservative Barbara Jeffs406
Labour John Craig100
Labour Elaine Fullaway85
Turnout 2,48441.9
Littleton & Harestock (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat George Fothergill957
Liberal Democrat Kelsie Learney898
Conservative Noelle Brelsford319
Conservative Ione Ashford305
Labour Malcolm Leatherdale63
Turnout 2,54241.7
Oliver's Battery & Badger Farm (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Brian Collin922
Liberal Democrat Geraldine Mckay889
Conservative William Halliwell359
Conservative James Holker314
Labour John Elliot-Smith87
Labour Pamela Smith86
Turnout 2,65749.7
Owslebury & Curdridge (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Richard Knasel770
Liberal Democrat David Mackenzie737
Conservative Malcolm Le May565
Conservative Charles Blackmore523
Labour Michael Chaplin63
Labour Timothy Curran45
Turnout 2,70349.7
Shedfield (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Paul Hoare850
Independent Ashley Goodall754
Conservative Roger Huxstep545
Conservative Susan Hughes392
Turnout 2,54143.5
Sparsholt [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat John Steel35951.3
Conservative David Parker34148.7
Majority182.6
Turnout 70049.7
St Barnabas (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Allan Mitchell971
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Porter860
Liberal Democrat John Higgins846
Conservative Eileen Berry838
Conservative Anne Saunders776
Conservative Stephen Brine 762
Independent Rupert Pitt307
Labour Tessa Valentine173
Labour Simon Woolfenden168
Labour Adrian Field167
Turnout 5,86847.1
St Bartholomew (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Dominic Hiscock846
Liberal Democrat James Maynard814
Liberal Democrat Susan Nelmes805
Conservative Christopher Coney451
Conservative Ian Jones424
Conservative Malcolm Wright375
Independent Philip Butterworth323
Labour Denis Archdeacon228
Labour Stephen Wyeth179
Labour Sally James171
Turnout 4,61637.9
St John & All Saints (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Chris Pines666
Labour Ann Craig580
Liberal Democrat Hillary Jones534
Labour Antony De Peyer512
Liberal Democrat Andrew Ewing486
Conservative Sally Goodman280
Conservative James Bone276
Conservative Andrew Beadle271
Independent Henry Cooper259
Turnout 3,86431.8
St Luke (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patrick Davies603
Liberal Democrat Ernest Nunn564
Liberal Democrat David Atwell556
Labour Clare McKenna519
Liberal Democrat Ralph Scott494
Labour Peter Rees455
Conservative Elizabeth Osborne290
Conservative Stanley Trusser259
Conservative Richard Worrall248
Turnout 3,98843.6
St Michael (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ian Tait892
Liberal Democrat John Beveridge759
Conservative Fiona Mather657
Conservative Elizabeth Loader622
Liberal Democrat Richard Coleman599
Liberal Democrat Angela Bamberg593
Independent Keith Story528
Independent Jocelyn Edmonstone385
Labour Denise Baker140
Labour Albert Edwards131
Labour Debra Grech119
Turnout 5,42544.0
St Paul (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Raymond Pearce823
Liberal Democrat Raymond Love816
Liberal Democrat Richard Bennetts798
Conservative Anthony Harding354
Conservative Simon Storey351
Conservative Michael Lovegrove343
Independent John Murray243
Labour Nigel Fox204
Labour Carol Orchard187
Labour Nicholas Burnham180
Turnout 4,29933.6
Swanmore & Newtown (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Sheila Campbell814
Conservative Frank Pearson781
Liberal Democrat Sarah Bradby723
Conservative James Thomson705
Independent Graham Acres102
Labour Denis May58
Turnout 3,18352.4
The Alresfords (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative George Hollingbery1,204
Liberal Democrat Simon Cook1,013
Conservative Ernest Jeffs981
Conservative Philip Millward978
Liberal Democrat Rodney Sabine928
Liberal Democrat John Thompson895
Labour Robin Atkins475
Independent Sonia Hale286
Labour Reginald Markin277
Turnout 7,03744.0
Upper Meon Valley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christine Quar51167.8
Liberal Democrat Diana Vear24332.2
Majority26835.6
Turnout 75450.8
Whiteley (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Brenda Hatch264
Liberal Democrat Patrick Wright255
Conservative Michael Fraser140
Conservative Caroline Watts140
Turnout 79924.7
Wickham (2) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Therese Evans632
Liberal Democrat Patrick Clohosey578
Conservative Elizabteh Tyrell243
Conservative Jocelyn Lovett237
Labour Patricia41
Turnout 1,73143.1
Wonston & Micheldever (3) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kenneth Oxley832
Conservative Barry Lipscomb792
Liberal Democrat Richard Bayley758
Liberal Democrat Stuart Newton744
Liberal Democrat Simon Girling709
Conservative Adrian Norman709
Labour Nigel Lickley119
Labour Alan Drury94
Labour Adam Hug68
Turnout 4,82541.9

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Out out out: Local election round-up". Southern Daily Echo . 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  3. 1 2 3 "Voters oust city leader". ThisIsHampshire.net. 2002-05-09. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
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  5. ↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16.
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