The 2002 Fareham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with ward boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 11.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
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Candidates
editAll of the seats were contested after the wards had been re-organised.[3] Every ward was contested by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour standing in every ward but one, and also 1 English Independence Party candidate.[3]
Election result
editThe 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
editFareham East
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
edit- ^ "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 |
Fareham local elections | Succeeded by 2004 Fareham Council election |