2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election

The 2002 Rushmoor Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 3.^[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Candidates

Due to the boundary changes all 42 seats on the council were contested with 119 candidates standing in the election.^[3] Among the candidates from the main political parties was Paul Bourke, formerly a Conservative, who stood for the Liberal Democrats in Wellington ward and a former parliamentary candidate John Card for Labour in Mayfield.^[3] As well as the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, there were also 9 Green Party candidates contesting the election in Aldershot wards.^[3]

Independents standing in the election included the sitting councillor, Patrick Kirby, who was joined by another 2 independent candidates in Knellwood.^[3] Other independents were campaigner Peter Sandy in Heron Wood, poet Derek Asker in Empress ward and the many times candidate Arthur Uther Pendragon.^[3]

One sitting councillor who did not stand in the election however was John Debenham, who stood down after having served on the council since it was created in 1974.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives maintain control of the council after winning 25 of the 42 seats.^[4] The Liberal Democrats stayed on 10 seats after regaining a seat in Cove and Southwood, but losing a seat in Manor Park where the deputy mayor George Papresti was defeated.^[4] Labour was reduced to 6 seats after losing their last seats in Farnborough, while the only independent elected was Patrick Kirby, who was re-elected in Knellwood.^[4]

Split ward results occurred in Knellwood where two Conservatives were elected as well as Patrick Kirby and in St Marks where one Liberal Democrat and two Conservatives won election.^[4] The two successful Conservative candidates in Knellwood had to toss a coin to decide which of them would serve 1 or 2 years after they finished with the same number of votes.^[4] Roland Dibbs won the coin toss and was elected to 2 years on the council.^[4]

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2002^[5]^[6]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	25	+1	59.5	45.6	24,319	-2.4%
Liberal Democrats	10	0	23.8	28.5	15,229	+0.3%
Labour	6	-4	14.3	19.2	10,262	+1.4%
Independent	1	0	2.4	4.5	2,401	-0.9%
Green	0	0	0	2.2	1,156	+1.6%

Ward results

Cove and Southwood (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Banner	724
	Liberal Democrats	John Matthews	647
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Jupp	608
	Conservative	Alan Chainey	573
	Conservative	Keith Jenner	547
	Conservative	David Thomas	537
	Labour	Edward Shelton	146
Turnout			3,782

Empress (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Devereux	1,139
	Conservative	Rosemary Possee	1,010
	Conservative	John Wall	896
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Chowns	522
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Bell	506
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Wickens	445
	Labour	Stephen Cottingham	198
	Independent	Derek Asker	192
Turnout			4,908

Fernhill (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alan Ferrier	714
	Conservative	John Marsh	646
	Conservative	Kenneth Muschamp	608
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Goldie	306
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Pratt	285
	Liberal Democrats	Ena Bocon	280
	Labour	Simon Wright	153
Turnout			2,992

Grange (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Smith	631
	Conservative	Maurice Sheehan	563
	Conservative	Jon Weston	520
	Labour	Stella Olivier	450
	Labour	Barry Jones	407
	Labour	Terence Bridgeman	394
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Fraser-Fleming	218
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Manning	218
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Bramham	217
	Independent	Arthur Pendragon	123
Turnout			3,741

Heron Wood (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Roberts	745
	Labour	Frank Rust	621
	Labour	Donald Cappleman	612
	Conservative	Hedy Brennan	344
	Conservative	Sandria Gardiner	338
	Conservative	Rosemary Stevens	320
	Independent	Peter Sandy	182
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Ward	160
	Green	Ann Hunt	82
	Green	Adrian Ashurst	76
	Green	Carrie De Fey	55
Turnout			3,535

Knellwood (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	James Kirby	756
	Conservative	Roland Dibbs	735
	Conservative	Paul Taylor	735
	Conservative	Steffen Stoneman	661
	Independent	Keith Parkins	590
	Independent	Gwilym Anthony	558
	Liberal Democrats	Montserrat Starling	333
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Jupp	330
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Kaye	316
	Labour	William Tootill	143
Turnout			5,157

Manor Park (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Colin Balchin	665
	Conservative	Anthony Gardiner	656
	Conservative	Claire Burridge	636
	Liberal Democrats	George Paparesti	558
	Liberal Democrats	Nickolas Burfield	456
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Burfield	432
	Labour	James White	323
	Labour	Carolyne Culver	279
	Labour	June Smith	279
Turnout			4,284

Mayfield (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Card	478
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Fraser-Fleming	477
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Dewey	464
	Labour	John Card	403
	Labour	Clive Grattan	370
	Labour	Robert Sullivan	358
	Conservative	Roderick Baulk	265
Turnout			2,815

North Town (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Keith Dibble	787
	Labour	Susan Dibble	699
	Labour	Andrew Straker	630
	Conservative	Keith Stott	420
	Conservative	Neil Watkin	378
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Chittock	189
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Kilburn	182
	Green	Adam Stacey	152
	Green	Samantha Stacey	148
	Green	Peter Still	96
Turnout			3,681

Rowhill (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roger Kimber	810
	Conservative	David Welch	753
	Conservative	Mohammad Choudhary	722
	Labour	Jill Clark	342
	Labour	Lesley Pestridge	315
	Labour	Carol Rust	299
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ketley	222
	Green	Peter Barnett	200
	Green	Julia Fowler	178
	Green	Timothy Simmons	169
Turnout			4,010

St John's (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Dawson	796
	Conservative	Peter Moyle	789
	Conservative	Graham Tucker	767
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Darby	402
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Banner	360
	Liberal Democrats	John Simpkins	281
	Labour	Mary Lawrance	236
Turnout			3,631

St Mark's (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	John Starling	680
	Conservative	Nigel Baines	673
	Conservative	Diane Bedford	647
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mackie	633
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Eaglestone	632
	Conservative	Geraldine Bullard	616
	Labour	Sean Clarke	198
Turnout			4,079

Wellington (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Clifford	447
	Conservative	Edmund Poole	420
	Conservative	Francis Williams	418
	Labour	Alexander Crawford	245
	Labour	Roy King	228
	Labour	Jeremy Wines	210
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thompson	174
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Bourke	157
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Woodcock	147
Turnout			2,446

West Heath (3)^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Murphy	748
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Neal	730
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Murphy	712
	Conservative	Stephen Masterson	668
	Conservative	Barry Jenner	664
	Conservative	John Skeggs	592
	Labour	Philip Collins	192
Turnout			4,306

References

^ "Rushmoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "A rush for the Rushmoor seats". gethampshire. 11 April 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "True blue Rushmoor". gethampshire. 9 May 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Election results - 2 May 2002". Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 February 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

Preceded by 2000 Rushmoor Council election	Rushmoor local elections	Succeeded by 2003 Rushmoor Council election

[hold-1] "Rushmoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 18 September 2010.

[full-2] "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.

[rush-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "A rush for the Rushmoor seats". gethampshire. 11 April 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[blue-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "True blue Rushmoor". gethampshire. 9 May 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Election results - 2 May 2002". Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 February 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2010.

[local-6] "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

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