Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 2 May 2002. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.[1] These elections were held under new ward boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to sixty from fifty-seven.[1] Labour remained in overall control of the council with a reduced majority.[1]
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![]() Map of the results of the 2002 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
editBetween the last election and the polling day, an unusual number of seat changes had occurred. At a by-election in West Barnes on 9 November 2000, the Conservatives gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats. Of the 39 Labour councillors elected in 1998, one defected to the Green Party, three defected to independent Labour, one resigned from the party and one seat had become vacant in 2002. This meant that, on the eve of the election, Labour had 33 seats to the Conservatives' 13 and the Liberal Democrats had 2.[1]
The Labour Party maintained its overall majority control in the borough, but its majority was reduced to four seats. The Conservatives made significant gains and indeed polled a higher vote share than Labour, despite winning fewer seats. The Liberal Democrats failed to hold onto the newly-redrawn ward of West Barnes, losing their three seats in the ward to the Conservatives.[1]
The Merton Park Ward Residents' Association maintained its three councillors in Merton Park.[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 25 | 13 | 41.7% | 38.0% | 48,188 | 5.1% | |||
Labour | 32 | 7 | 53.3% | 37.1% | 47,081 | 7.1% | |||
Merton Park Residents | 3 | 0 | 5.0% | 3.4% | 4,334 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 3 | 0% | 11.1% | 14,063 | 3.4% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0% | 7.3% | 9,279 | 2.5% | |||
Wimbledon Park Independent Residents | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.7% | 2,198 | n/a | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.7% | 851 | n/a | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.5% | 644 | n/a | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.2% | 302 | 0.1% |
Results by Ward
editAbbey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Su Assinen* | 766 | 39.9 | ||
Labour | Pauline Abrams | 765 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | Mick Fitzgerald | 710 | 37.0 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Ashcroft | 644 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Anne Bottell | 613 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Raymond | 538 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Brown | 320 | 16.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John O'Boyle | 301 | 15.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Celia Lee | 260 | 13.5 | ||
Green | Jacqueline Barrow | 233 | 12.1 | ||
Green | John Barrow | 180 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Conal Cunningham | 166 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,927 | 27.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cannon Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Deborah Shears | 1,396 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | Fiona Bryce | 1,341 | 45.8 | ||
Conservative | David Shellhorn | 1,277 | 43.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Alambritis | 893 | 30.5 | ||
Labour | Henry MacAuley | 803 | 27.4 | ||
Labour | Charles Lucas* | 785 | 26.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Blaise Eglington | 351 | 12.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Spalding | 333 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ladmore | 319 | 10.9 | ||
Independent | Despina Steiert | 215 | 7.3 | ||
UKIP | Graham Mills | 175 | 6.0 | ||
Green | Francis Cluer | 153 | 5.2 | ||
Green | Catherine Fallowfield | 119 | 4.1 | ||
Green | Giles Fallowfield | 98 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,928 | 42.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Colliers Wood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nicholas Draper | 1,328 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Sheila Knight* | 1,306 | 50.8 | ||
Labour | George Reynolds* | 1,254 | 48.8 | ||
Green | Thomas Walsh | 940 | 36.5 | ||
Green | Alan Johnson | 813 | 31.6 | ||
Green | Rajeev Thacker | 752 | 29.2 | ||
Conservative | Philip Beard | 179 | 7.0 | ||
Conservative | Joan Boyes | 158 | 6.1 | ||
Conservative | John Lewis | 145 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,572 | 37.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Cricket Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Munn* | 1,160 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Russell Makin* | 1,120 | 53.2 | ||
Labour | Judith Saunders* | 1,012 | 48.1 | ||
Conservative | Sally Hammond | 557 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Rhoda McCorquodale | 531 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Southcott | 481 | 22.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Pizey | 321 | 15.3 | ||
Green | Louise Deere | 216 | 10.3 | ||
Green | Michael Deere | 180 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,104 | 30.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Dundonald
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Bird | 792 | 35.5 | ||
Conservative | Corinna O'Brien-Edge | 769 | 34.5 | ||
Labour | Amanda Ramsay | 756 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Michael Brunt* | 751 | 33.7 | ||
Labour | Stuart Pickover* | 729 | 32.7 | ||
Conservative | Paul Wigham | 716 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Blanchard | 455 | 20.4 | ||
Green | Christina Langley | 330 | 14.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Oxford | 328 | 14.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harbron | 322 | 14.4 | ||
Independent | Julia Goldsmith | 238 | 10.7 | ||
Independent | Rathy Alagaratnam | 191 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,231 | 33.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Figge's Marsh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geraldine Stanford* | 1,052 | 54.4 | ||
Labour | Danny Connellan* | 988 | 51.1 | ||
Labour | Andrew Judge* | 939 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | David Hart | 483 | 25.0 | ||
Conservative | James Walsh | 430 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | Robert Marven | 425 | 22.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Geldart | 325 | 16.8 | ||
Green | Janette Wilkin | 199 | 10.3 | ||
Green | Simon Wilkin | 137 | 7.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,933 | 28.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Graveney
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Kirby* | 1,197 | 58.9 | ||
Labour | Joe Abrams* | 1,193 | 58.7 | ||
Labour | John Dehaney | 1,087 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | John Stephenson | 436 | 21.5 | ||
Conservative | Joy Woods | 423 | 20.8 | ||
Conservative | Mohammad Qureshi | 406 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eamonn Clifford | 324 | 15.9 | ||
Green | Emma-Ruth Crowhurst | 200 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Mark Adri-Soejoko | 160 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,032 | 29.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Hillside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Harwood* | 1,053 | 53.1 | ||
Conservative | David Williams* | 1,031 | 52.0 | ||
Conservative | David Simpson | 982 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | Linda Thomas | 444 | 22.4 | ||
Labour | Geeta Nargund | 420 | 21.2 | ||
Labour | Stephen Thomas | 395 | 19.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joan Pyke-Lees | 387 | 19.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philippa Willott | 366 | 18.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Bradley | 363 | 18.3 | ||
Green | Nicholas Robins | 243 | 12.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,983 | 30.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lavender Fields
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Dunn | 886 | 56.4 | ||
Labour | Mark Allison | 873 | 55.6 | ||
Labour | Edith Macauley* | 760 | 48.4 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Acott | 378 | 24.1 | ||
Conservative | June Hayles | 367 | 23.4 | ||
Conservative | Eugene Byrne | 358 | 22.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Conway | 227 | 14.4 | ||
Green | Jennifer Barker | 224 | 14.3 | ||
Green | John Barker | 171 | 10.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,571 | 24.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Longthornton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Austin | 1,180 | 49.7 | ||
Labour | David Chung | 1,107 | 46.7 | ||
Labour | Leighton Veale | 963 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | David Robinson | 921 | 38.8 | ||
Conservative | Louisa Hatcher | 897 | 37.8 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Cox | 886 | 37.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Barry | 281 | 11.8 | ||
Green | Jonathan Halls | 183 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,372 | 35.8 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Lower Morden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Groves* | 1,378 | 53.8 | ||
Conservative | Terence Sullivan | 1,183 | 46.2 | ||
Conservative | Leslie Mutch | 1,180 | 46.1 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Daughters | 682 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | Alan Hodgson | 621 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | Muhammod Rahman | 537 | 21.0 | ||
UKIP | Adrian Roberts | 385 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Pearce | 345 | 13.5 | ||
Green | Giles Barrow | 233 | 9.1 | ||
Green | Anthony Hewitt | 123 | 4.8 | ||
Green | Leslie Johnson | 107 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,560 | 39.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Merton Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Merton Park Residents | Jillian Ashton | 1,499 | 54.2 | ||
Merton Park Residents | Peter Southgate | 1,420 | 51.4 | ||
Merton Park Residents | John Nelson-Jones* | 1,415 | 51.2 | ||
Conservative | David Edge | 765 | 27.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Chellew | 731 | 26.4 | ||
Conservative | Richard Mernane | 716 | 25.9 | ||
Labour | Richard Nichols | 409 | 14.8 | ||
Labour | Michael Reddin | 373 | 13.5 | ||
Labour | Robert Powell | 355 | 12.8 | ||
Green | Naomi Adams | 201 | 7.3 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Mills | 127 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,765 | 41.8 | |||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing | ||||
Merton Park Residents hold | Swing |
Pollards Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cole* | 1,167 | 53.4 | ||
Labour | Michael Tilcock | 1,153 | 52.8 | ||
Labour | Martin Whelton | 1,026 | 47.0 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Neville | 690 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Butt | 631 | 28.9 | ||
Conservative | Paul Goulden | 602 | 27.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Wren | 257 | 11.8 | ||
Green | Robin Bannister | 205 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,184 | 31.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Ravensbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Jones* | 946 | 49.8 | ||
Labour | Peter McCabe* | 909 | 47.8 | ||
Labour | Tony Giles | 894 | 47.1 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Mansfield | 583 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Jeffrey Gunn | 540 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | Reginald Martin | 527 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Danielle Toyer | 343 | 18.1 | ||
Green | Paul Barasi* | 205 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,900 | 29.0 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Raynes Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Brierly* | 1,294 | 49.4 | ||
Conservative | Horst Bullinger | 1,186 | 45.2 | ||
Conservative | Michael Cheng | 1,131 | 43.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Harlow | 809 | 30.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gail Moss | 764 | 29.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kamaljit Sood | 626 | 23.9 | ||
Labour | Michael Somerville | 422 | 16.1 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Roberts | 419 | 16.0 | ||
Labour | Stefano Scalzo | 395 | 15.1 | ||
Green | Richard Evans | 232 | 8.8 | ||
Green | Jean Curry | 155 | 5.9 | ||
Green | Brian Parkin | 127 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,622 | 38.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
St Helier
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dennis Pearce* | 958 | 44.7 | ||
Labour | Maxi Martin* | 947 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | Mickey Spacey* | 840 | 39.2 | ||
Conservative | Joan Goodacre | 532 | 24.8 | ||
Conservative | Sydney Quick | 519 | 24.2 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Wilson | 509 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joyce Smith | 324 | 15.1 | ||
BNP | Danny Ford | 302 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Susan Boulding | 192 | 9.0 | ||
Green | Stephen Boulding | 178 | 8.3 | ||
UKIP | Christopher Byrne | 164 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,143 | 32.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Trinity
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorothy Kilsby | 805 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | Christopher McLaughlin | 799 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | Andrew Coles | 781 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | Maria Miller | 780 | 36.5 | ||
Labour | Vivien Guy* | 771 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Mohammad Karim* | 687 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Colette Mulchrone | 312 | 14.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bonita Ralph | 293 | 13.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Shoebridge | 270 | 12.6 | ||
Green | Jennifer Barrow | 246 | 11.5 | ||
Green | Lisa Ingram | 203 | 9.5 | ||
Green | Hector Ingram | 199 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,138 | 33.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Hammond | 1,667 | 70.0 | ||
Conservative | John Bowcott | 1,662 | 69.8 | ||
Conservative | Samantha George* | 1,629 | 68.4 | ||
Labour | William Bottriell | 321 | 13.5 | ||
Labour | Michelle McNicol | 303 | 12.7 | ||
Labour | David Ives | 299 | 12.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gerald Blanchard | 290 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alison Edelsten | 285 | 12.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Tyler | 259 | 10.9 | ||
Green | Rupert Stevens | 166 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,382 | 37.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West Barnes
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gillian Lewis-Lavender* | 1,198 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | William Brierly | 1,174 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | Angela Caldara | 1,106 | 40.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Iain Dysart* | 1,054 | 38.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Harris* | 913 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Pugh | 856 | 31.0 | ||
Labour | David Filby | 466 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Margaret Layton | 422 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Angela Manser | 361 | 13.1 | ||
Green | Michael Bell | 157 | 5.7 | ||
Green | Mark Davidson | 135 | 4.9 | ||
Green | David Patterson | 91 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,757 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wimbledon Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elisabeth Mitchell | 1,058 | 37.8 | ||
Conservative | Oonagh Moulton | 1,018 | 36.3 | ||
Conservative | Tariq Ahmad | 982 | 35.1 | ||
Wimbledon Park Ward Independent Residents | Stephen Saul | 782 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Nelson | 743 | 26.5 | ||
Wimbledon Park Ward Independent Residents | John White | 723 | 25.8 | ||
Wimbledon Park Ward Independent Residents | Mark Thompson* | 693 | 24.7 | ||
Labour | Syed Rizvi | 643 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Wilshire | 598 | 21.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Houlihan | 256 | 9.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Tibbetts | 234 | 8.4 | ||
Green | Ernest Dennis | 204 | 7.3 | ||
Green | Sarah Miskin | 131 | 4.7 | ||
Green | Nicholas Miskin | 92 | 3.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,801 | 40.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
By-Elections
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Alambritis | 1,014 | 46.4 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Barbara J. Mansfield | 942 | 43.1 | +12.4 | |
UKIP | Adrian K. J. Roberts | 116 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Green | Richard M. Evans | 112 | 5.1 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 72 | 3.3 | −13.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,184 | 33.7 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Tony Giles.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald W. Wilson | 1,401 | 49.9 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Terence J. Daniels | 576 | 20.5 | −6.1 | |
UKIP | Adrian K. J. Roberts | 392 | 14.0 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lina Akbar | 262 | 9.3 | −4.2 | |
Green | Giles T. Barrow | 175 | 6.2 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 825 | 29.4 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,806 | 43.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Leslie D. Mutch.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Merton Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Merton Council Elections 2002" (PDF). Merton Electoral Services. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Ravensbury ward by-election - 6 March 2003" (PDF). Merton Council. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Lower Morden by-election results". Merton Council. 11 June 2004. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2009.