2002 English local election
2002 Westminster City Council election |
all 60 council seats 31 seats needed for a majority |
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Turnout | 27%[1] |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Last election | 47 seats | 13 seats | 0 seats | Seats won | 48 | 12 | 0 | Seat change | 1 | 1 | 0 | Popular vote | 20,573 | 10,387 | 4,982 | Percentage | 55.5% | 28.0% | 13.4% | |
The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a conservative majority.
Election results
Election results[2] Party | Votes | Percent | Seats | Change |
Conservative | 20,573 | 55.5% | 48 | 1 |
Labour | 10,387 | 28.0% | 12 | 1 |
Liberal Democrat | 4,982 | 13.4% | 0 | 0 |
Green Party | 545 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 378 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 |
Socialist Alliance | 193 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
Total votes | 37,058 | | | |
The election resulted in a Conservative majority of 48 seats. The Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground party ran in protest of the 40% budget cut of the playground by the previous city council.[3][4]
Ward results
The results for each individual ward are as follows.[2]
Abbey Road
Abbey Road Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Judith Warner | Conservative | 1269 | 59.5% |
Cyril Nemeth | 1265 |
Kevin Gardner | 1230 |
Katharine Hoskyns | Labour | 338 | 15.9% |
Phillida Inman | 313 |
Robert Bell | Liberal Democrats | 308 | 14.4% |
Margherita Rendel | Labour | 306 | |
Elizabeth Maxwell | Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 217 | 10.2% |
Michele Staniland | 217 |
Bayswater
Bayswater Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Frixos Tombolis | Conservative | 911 | 51.0% |
Michael Brahams | 908 |
Brian Connell | 867 |
Timothy Nolan | Labour | 558 | 31.2% |
Lewis Baston | 510 |
Daphne Segre | 475 |
Morag Beattie | Liberal Democrats | 319 | 17.8% |
Jacqueline Castles | 293 |
Monica Kendall | 275 |
Bryanston and Dorset Square
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Audrey Lewis | Conservative | 1157 | 67.6% |
Carolyn Keen | 1147 |
Angela Hooper | 1123 |
Brenda Buxton | Labour | 295 | 17.2% |
David Bradby | 277 |
Derek Buckland | 264 |
Alexis Batterbee | Liberal Democrats | 260 | 15.2% |
Nikhil Seth | 232 |
Church Street
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Barbara Graham | Labour | 969 | 59.1% |
Antony Mothersdale | 921 |
Murad Qureshi | 905 |
Ian Balcombe | Conservative | 460 | 28.0% |
Daniel Defoe | 450 |
Stephen Garside | 410 |
Iain Black | Liberal Democrats | 211 | 12.9% |
Niall McMahon | 195 |
Churchill
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Andrew Havery | Conservative | 1378 | 65.9% |
John Wyatt | 1364 |
Sarah Richardson | 1361 |
Josephine Abercrombie | Labour | 499 | 23.9% |
Madge Cavalla | 486 |
Cass Cass-Horne | 444 |
Rhoda Torres | Liberal Democrats | 214 | 10.2% |
Colin Bell | 211 |
Michael Holmans | 197 |
Harrow Road
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Guthrie McKie | Labour | 1029 | 52.6% |
Sharan Tabari | 952 |
Josephine Ohene-Djan | 942 |
Andrew Reid | Conservative | 499 | 18.5% |
Jeremy Fox | 486 |
Paul Miller | Green | 444 | 14.8% |
Edward Vaizey | Conservative | 214 | |
Melissa Foux | Liberal Democrats | 211 | 14.2% |
Hyde Park
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Pamela Batty | Conservative | 1095 | 69.5% |
Anne Mallinson | 1071 |
Colin Barrow | 1066 |
Louis Al-Dhahir | Labour | 250 | 15.9% |
Victoria Wegg-Prosser | 236 |
Barbara Bridge | Liberal Democrats | 231 | 14.7% |
Joseph Ogden | Labour | 212 | |
Elizabeth Mackeith | Liberal Democrats | 157 | |
Esther Stansfield | 150 |
Knightsbridge and Belgravia
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Angela Harvey | Conservative | 1126 | 77.3% |
Elizabeth Blois | 1124 |
Catherine Longworth | 1114 |
Tania Chislett | Liberal Democrats | 144 | 9.9% |
Simon Bryden-Brook | 130 |
Angela Whittelegge | 130 |
Thomas Bewley | Green | 112 | 7.7% |
Peter Cavalla | Labour | 74 | 5.1% |
Angelar Forester | 72 |
Malwine Eyre | 65 |
Lancaster Gate
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Susan Burbridge | Conservative | 1180 | 65.3% |
Robert Davis | 1160 |
Simon Milton | 1128 |
Elizabeth Whitmore | Labour | 332 | 18.4% |
Tony Rea | 310 |
Stephen Gruneberg | 299 |
Susan Baring | Liberal Democrats | 295 | 16.3% |
Monica Wilson | 269 |
Mark Gray | 241 |
Little Venice
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Melvin Caplan | Conservative | 1177 | 65.1% |
Ian Adams | 1159 |
Barbara Schmeling | 1147 |
Paul O'Donnell | Labour | 395 | 21.8% |
Beryl Leaver | 377 |
Basema Elsafi | 374 |
Michael Ryan | Liberal Democrats | 236 | 13.1% |
Michael Dearden | 214 |
Phillip Wardle | 199 |
Maida Vale
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Jan Prendergast | Conservative | 1179 | 52.7% |
Ronald Raymond-Cox | 1108 |
Alastair Moss | 1066 |
David Lancaster | Labour | 780 | 34.9% |
Syed Hayat | 762 |
Albert Catterall | 745 |
Anne Couchman | Liberal Democrats | 279 | 12.5% |
Robert Scott | 237 |
Zena Lutrin | 201 |
Marylebone High Street
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Harvey Marshall | Conservative | 1328 | 71.0% |
Mark Page | 1295 |
Michael Vearncombe | 1257 |
Susan Stocker | Liberal Democrats | 278 | 14.9% |
Mair Garside | Labour | 264 | 14.1% |
Owain Garside | 255 |
David Worton | 236 |
David Brewin | Liberal Democrats | 214 | |
Michael Sibley | 199 |
Queen's Park
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Barrie Taylor | Labour | 1154 | 61.3% |
Paul Dimoldenberg | 1122 |
Mushtaq Qureshi | 1080 |
Peter Prendergast | Conservative | 318 | 16.9% |
Nita Fernandez | 317 |
Richard Phibbs | 291 |
Jonathan Wardle | Liberal Democrats | 219 | 11.6% |
Monica Kefi | Socialist Alliance | 193 | 10.2% |
Bernard Silver | Liberal Democrats | 184 | |
Regent's Park
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Daniel Astaire | Conservative | 1145 | 59.5% |
Gwyneth Hampson | 1138 |
Timothy Joiner | 1079 |
Peter Denton | Labour | 410 | 21.3% |
Joseph Thomas | 375 |
David Woodgate | 357 |
Richard Croix | Liberal Democrats | 207 | 10.8% |
Herbert Hartwell | 199 |
Alan Thompson | 177 |
Nasir Qureshi | Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 161 | 8.4% |
St Jame's
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Louise Hyams | Conservative | 1056 | 58.3% |
Timothy Mitchell | 1034 |
Alexander Nicoll | 977 |
Stephanie Ayres | Labour | 355 | 19.6% |
Lynda Giddings | 343 |
Pamela Eyre | 327 |
Marie-Louise Rossi | Liberal Democrats | 255 | 14.1% |
Nigel Bliss | 199 |
Peter Budge | Green | 144 | 8.0% |
Lydia Howitt | 140 |
Tachbrook
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Alan Bradley | Conservative | 1451 | 62.2% |
Nicholas Evans | 1377 |
Dominic Schofield | 1369 |
Charles Campion | Labour | 583 | 25.0% |
William Thomson | 548 |
Michael Dumigan | 543 |
Josephine Hayes | Liberal Democrats | 300 | 12.9% |
John Stephens | 249 |
Vincent Square
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Duncan Sandys | Conservative | 1351 | 66.8% |
Danny Chalkley | 1308 |
Justin Powell-Truck | 1270 |
Steven Friel | Labour | 406 | 20.1% |
Gillian Guy | 391 |
Alen Matthewson | 357 |
Margaret Lang | Liberal Democrats | 264 | 13.1% |
Jancie Taverne | 230 |
Kathleen Hobbins | 223 |
Warwick
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Matthew Mitchell | Conservative | 1282 | 68.1% |
David Clark | 1265 |
Christopher Malthouse | 1259 |
Nicholas Gartside | Labour | 318 | 16.9% |
Anthony Brett-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 283 | 15.0% |
Keith Dugmore | 261 |
Violet Spencer | Labour | 251 | |
Babette Payne | 246 |
West End
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
Glenys Roberts | Conservative | 949 | 61.0% |
Ian Wilder | 938 |
John Cox | 919 |
David Bieda | Labour | 409 | 26.3% |
Harold Brookstone | 340 |
Richard Hearnden | 214 |
Michael Pepperell | Liberal Democrats | 198 | 12.7% |
Ian Steers | 191 |
Susan Kendrick | 182 |
Westbourne
Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
David Boothroyd | Labour | 969 | 61.7% |
Simon Stockill | 923 |
Rupert d'Cruz | 908 |
Alexander Story | Conservative | 399 | 25.4% |
Mary Agrafiotou | 365 |
Iheoma Oteh | 331 |
Martin Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 203 | 12.9% |
Anthony Williams | 202 |
Vera Williams | 181 |
References
- ^ Item 7 (PDF), November 27, 2002
- ^ a b "Local Election Results 2002". Local Elections Archive Project.
- ^ "Single-issue candidates in shock victories". The Independent. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Addley, Esther (2003-11-25). "'It's just a lot of suits and faceless men'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-07.