2002 Portsmouth City Council election

2002 Portsmouth City Council election
All 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Results by Ward
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 3. The council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party with 15 seats.

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	15	-1	35.71	37.57	45,765
Labour	14	-1	33.33	31.21	38,011
Liberal Democrats	13	+5	30.95	29.73	36,208
Green	0	0	0	0.74	907
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0.40	498
Independent	0	0	0	0.32	397

Ward results

Baffins

Baffins (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Bentley	1,667	41.08
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Andrewes	1,507
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Goble	1,507
	Conservative	David Banks	1,318	32.48
	Conservative	Robert Pettigrew	1,312
	Conservative	Andrew Pursglove	1,201
	Labour	Thomas Clayton	780	19.22
	Labour	Erica Halvorsen	725
	Labour	Stuart Vine	690
	Green	Sarah Coote	292	7.19
Majority			349	8.60
Turnout			4,057
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Central Southsea

Southsea Central (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Hunt	1,447	36.22
	Labour	Michael Blandford	1,397	34.96
	Labour	Mark Button	1,374
	Conservative	Peter Montague	1,297
	Conservative	Linda Symes	1,257
	Labour	John Ferrett	1,226
	Liberal Democrats	Benn Berry	639	15.99
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Couldwell	509
	Liberal Democrats	John Wearn	460
	Green	Andrea Smith	259	6.48
	Socialist Alliance	Timothy Evans	160	4.00
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Thatcher	141
	Socialist Alliance	Michael Skiggs	136
	Independent	Daniel Marshman	93	2.32
Turnout			3,995
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Hancock	1,242	45.09
	Labour	Peter Guthrie	1,206	43.79
	Labour	John McIntyre	1,154
	Labour	Lauren Semke	1,140
	Liberal Democrats	James Bowen	976
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Wylie	926
	Conservative	Ellen Hurst	306	11.11
	Conservative	Pamela Lacey	305
	Conservative	Valerie Measures	291
Turnout			2,754
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Copnor

Copnor (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Park	1,446	47.56
	Conservative	Malcolm Hey	1,386
	Conservative	Alan Langford	1,269
	Labour	Barbara Sparrow	1,060	34.86
	Labour	Gavin Wade	954
	Labour	John Spiegelhalter	929
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Burton	534	17.56
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Lunn	423
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Rendle	376
Majority			386	12.69
Turnout			3,040
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cosham

Cosham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carolyn Lowndes	1,441	48.37
	Labour	Graham Heaney	1,425
	Labour	David Horne	1,367
	Conservative	Dominic Fairfax	1,100	36.92
	Conservative	Lee Mason	1,087
	Conservative	Sylvia Jarman	1,053
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	438	14.70
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Stallard	398
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Stallard	370
Majority			341	11.44
Turnout			2,979
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Drayton and Farlington

Drayton and Farlington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Bosher	2,402	55.70
	Conservative	Barry Maine	2,344
	Conservative	Robin Sparshatt	2,338
	Labour	Phyllis Rapson	1,037	24.04
	Labour	Sonia Relf	968
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Whittle	873	20.24
	Labour	Geoff Wade	819
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Jensen	618
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burton	605
Majority			1,365	31.65
Turnout			4,312
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eastney and Craneswater

Eastney and Craneswater (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Hall	1,422	45.67
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Martin	1,358
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Charlton	1,357
	Conservative	Andrew Storey	1,228	39.44
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	1,219	39.15
	Conservative	Nicholas Lacey	1,200
	Labour	Anthony Basker	463	14.87
	Labour	June Clarkson	445
	Labour	John Pilkington	391
Majority			1,422	45.67
Turnout			3,113
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fratton

Fratton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hancock	1,767	61.16
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Shaddock	1,518
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Scott	1,452
	Labour	Beverley Hancock	595	20.59
	Conservative	Irene Strange	465	16.09
	Labour	Nicholas Durrant	438
	Conservative	Deborah Tomes	432
	Conservative	Barbara White	420
	Labour	Keith Roberts	374
	Socialist Alliance	Jonathan Molyneux	62	2.14
Majority			1,172	40.56
Turnout			2,889
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hilsea

Hilsea (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Blair	1,408	45.20
	Conservative	Jezz Baker	1,278	41.02
	Conservative	Alistair Thompson	1,250
	Labour	Donna Abrahart	1,248
	Conservative	Jessica Mott	1,245
	Labour	Michael Tiller	1,171
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Strawbridge	429	13.77
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Skerratt	424
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Mason	359
Turnout			3,115
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Milton

Milton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Scott	1,763	50.71
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Bentley	1,760
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Sizer	1,494
	Conservative	Gerald Shimbart	928	26.69
	Conservative	Michael Lowery	880
	Conservative	Peter Wright	823
	Labour	Frances Fox	481	13.83
	Labour	Kenneth Ferrett	445
	Labour	Wendy Hunt	374
	Independent	Marie Adams	304	8.74
Majority			835	24.02
Turnout			3,476
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Nelson

Nelson (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jason Fazackarley	1,261	52.76
	Labour	Patricia Bateman	1,242
	Labour	Leo Madden	1,238
	Conservative	David Plater	704	29.45
	Conservative	Barbara Maine	675
	Conservative	Sandra Plater	635
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Evens	425	17.78
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Guy	392
	Liberal Democrats	John Ramsbottom	327
Majority			557	23.30
Turnout			2,390
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Paulsgrove

Paulsgrove (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jim Patey	1,514	60.12
	Labour	Andrew Silvester	1,220
	Labour	Keith Crabbe	1,188
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	712	28.27
	Conservative	Christopher Jarman	672
	Conservative	Philip Ludlam	649
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Holliday	292	11.59
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Price	291
	Liberal Democrats	Moreena Mohammed-Campey	171
Majority			802	31.85
Turnout			2,518
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St Jude

St Jude (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Elaine Baker	1,108	41.71
	Conservative	George Semmens	1,057
	Conservative	Malcolm Chewter	1,047
	Liberal Democrats	David Butler	769	28.95
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Inkpen	686
	Liberal Democrats	James Inkpen	681
	Labour	Matthew Gummerson	423	15.92
	Labour	Gerrard Blair	399
	Labour	John Stevenson	393
	Green	Richard Lines	356	13.40
Majority			339	12.76
Turnout			2,656
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Thomas

St Thomas (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Worley	1,363	45.81
	Conservative	Stephen Wemyss	1,340
	Conservative	Elaine Shimbart	1,276
	Liberal Democrats	Finni Golden	1,070	35.96
	Liberal Democrats	Roisin Kehoe-Pank	977
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Stevens	956
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	542	18.21
	Labour	Stephen Reid	537
	Labour	Roger Thomas	529
Majority			293	9.84
Turnout			2,975
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

Preceded by 2000 Portsmouth City Council election	Portsmouth City Council elections	Succeeded by 2003 Portsmouth City Council election