2002 Fareham Borough Council election
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The 2002 Fareham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of
Candidates
All of the seats were contested after the wards had been re-organised.
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council with a reduced majority on 17 seats, compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats.[4] The Conservatives lost a number of councillors, which they blamed on the boundary changes, while the Liberal Democrats were pleased with the gains they had made.[4] The Liberal Democrat gains also saw the last 2 Labour councillors lose their seats,[4] with the Labour leader Mark Prior losing in Fareham South.[5] Overall turnout was the highest since 1996 at 35.68%.[4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 17 | -12 | 54.8 | 48.2 | 29,673 | -9.5% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | +3 | 45.2 | 37.4 | 23,067 | +10.3% | |||
Labour | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14.3 | 8,799 | -0.9% | |||
English Independence Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 83 | +0.1% |
After the previous election and immediately prior to this election, the composition of the council was:
29
69.04% |
11
26.19% |
2 4.76% |
Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Labour |
After the election result, with new wards the composition of the council became:
17
54.83% |
14
45.16% |
Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
Ward results
Fareham East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Donald Murray | 1,070 | 48.74 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Trott | 919 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Ellis | 842 | 38.35 | ||
Conservative | Peter Sandy | 722 | |||
Labour | Simon Brown | 200 | 9.11 | ||
Labour | Edgar Webb | 195 | |||
English Independence Party | Michael Ball | 83 | 3.78 | ||
Turnout | 4,031 |
Fareham North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pamela Bryant | 1,141 | 58.93 | ||
Conservative | John Bryant | 1,130 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eve Aldridge | 559 | 28.87 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Munday | 463 | |||
Labour | Alan Mayes | 236 | 12.19 | ||
Labour | Stephen McCloskey | 197 | |||
Turnout | 3,726 |
Fareham North West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Davies | 699 | 41.16 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hester | 628 | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Burley | 603 | 35.51 | ||
Conservative | Richard Henderson | 595 | |||
Labour | Angela Carr | 396 | 23.32 | ||
Labour | Nicholas Knight | 335 | |||
Turnout | 3,256 |
Fareham South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Leonard | 693 | 40.33 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Pritchard | 676 | |||
Conservative | Dennis Steadman | 535 | 31.14 | ||
Conservative | Trevor Howard | 495 | |||
Labour | Michael Prior | 490 | 28.52 | ||
Labour | James Carr | 465 | |||
Turnout | 3,354 |
Fareham West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Keeble | 1,478 | 64.48 | ||
Conservative | Diana Harrison | 1,470 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Cox | 470 | 20.50 | ||
Labour | Timothy Brewer | 344 | 15.00 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Luke Slough | 343 | |||
Labour | Wilfred Phillips | 331 | |||
Turnout | 4,436 |
Hill Head
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Mandry | 1,362 | 55.52 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Knight | 1,349 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Megan Chapman | 835 | 34.03 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 828 | |||
Labour | Jane Christie | 256 | 10.43 | ||
Labour | Janet Gay | 225 | |||
Turnout | 4,855 |
Locks Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Godrich | 1,019 | 57.15 | ||
Conservative | Ruth Godrich | 996 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Englefield | 473 | 26.52 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Savage | 413 | |||
Labour | Tracey Malizis | 291 | 16.32 | ||
Labour | Andrew Mooney | 262 | |||
Turnout | 3,454 |
Park Gate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Bayford | 932 | 65.49 | ||
Conservative | Marian Ellerton | 918 | |||
Labour | Joyce Bond | 261 | 18.34 | ||
Labour | Brenda Caines | 244 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Chaloner | 230 | 16.16 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Smale | 185 | |||
Turnout | 2,770 |
Portchester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Price | 2,222 | 61.01 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joan Eastman | 1,931 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Norris | 1,921 | |||
Conservative | Robert Alexander | 732 | 20.09 | ||
Conservative | Eileen Green | 709 | |||
Labour | Richard Ryan | 688 | 18.89 | ||
Conservative | Susan Walker | 644 | |||
Labour | Stuart Rose | 616 | |||
Labour | Leslie Ricketts | 530 | |||
Turnout | 9,993 |
Portchester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ernest Crouch | 969 | 18.89 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Clark | 883 | 41.51 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Walker | 867 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Murray | 794 | |||
Labour | Cameron Crouchman | 275 | 12.92 | ||
Labour | James Webb | 258 | |||
Turnout | 4,046 |
Sarisbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sean Woodward | 1,306 | 78.96 | ||
Conservative | David Swanbrow | 1,255 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Christie | 348 | 21.03 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Christie | 345 | |||
Turnout | 3,254 |
Stubbington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dorrine Burton-Jenkins | 1,276 | 53.93 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Forrest | 1,063 | |||
Conservative | Rosemary Pockley | 923 | 39.01 | ||
Conservative | Gordan Coggan | 913 | |||
Labour | Ian Christie | 167 | 7.05 | ||
Labour | Michael Taylor | 165 | |||
Turnout | 4,507 |
Titchfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Constance Hockley | 1,137 | 65.04 | ||
Conservative | Francis Devonshire | 1,123 | |||
Labour | Karen Postle | 314 | 17.96 | ||
Labour | Francis Allison | 313 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Munday | 297 | 16.99 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Rudwick | 257 | |||
Turnout | 3,441 |
Titchfield Common
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Englefield | 874 | 50.57 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Savage | 778 | |||
Conservative | Keith Evans | 612 | 35.41 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Harper | 551 | |||
Labour | James Malizis | 242 | 14.00 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Watkins | 133 | |||
Turnout | 3,190 |
Warsash
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Trevor Cartwright | 1,194 | 69.86 | ||
Conservative | Mary Nadolski | 1,151 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Byrne | 308 | 18.02 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alice Herron | 286 | |||
Labour | Simon Holford | 207 | 12.11 | ||
Labour | Wendy Ledger | 163 | |||
Turnout | 3,309 |
References
- ^ "Fareham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
- ^ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
- ^ a b "Election hopefuls named". The News. 11 April 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Fareham: Labour reach rock bottom". Southern Daily Echo. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ "Wipeout!". Southern Daily Echo. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Election Results - 2002". Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
Preceded by 2000 Fareham Council election
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Fareham local elections
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Succeeded by 2004 Fareham Council election
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