2002 Southampton City Council election

The 2002 Southampton Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seat by 3.^[1] The council stayed under no overall control.^[2]

Election result

The results saw no party win a majority on the council,^[3] with Labour just remaining the largest party.^[4] The Conservatives gained 4 seats,^[4] but the Conservative group leader, Conor Burns, lost his seat.^[3] Burns came fourth in Bassett ward behind his two party colleagues and Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Mizon.^[4]

Southampton Local Election Result 2002^[2]^[5]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	19	3	39.6	35.5	46,669	3.9
Liberal Democrats	18	2	37.5	31.5	41,346	0.7
Conservative	11	4	22.9	28.4	37,359	3.5
Independent	0		0	2.2	2,875	0.8
Green	0		0	1.3	1,744	1.1
Socialist Alliance	0		0	0.5	687	0.5
UKIP	0		0	0.3	401	0.1
Socialist Labour	0		0	0.1	148	0.1
Socialist Alternative	0		0	0.1	109	0.1

Ward results

Bargate

Bargate (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard Harris	819
	Labour	John Noon	811
	Labour	Parvin Damani	787
	Conservative	Clifford Combes	501
	Conservative	Elsie Warbrick	458
	Conservative	Tina Lanning	448
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Blades	258
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Grant	258
	Liberal Democrats	Beaulis Hills	213
	UKIP	Lorraine Barter	104
	Socialist Labour	Daniel Angus	91
	UKIP	Hugo Lamb-Hickman	61
	Socialist Labour	Michael Holmes	57
Turnout			4,866	16.5

Bassett

Bassett (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Mizon	1,481
	Conservative	John Hannides	1,470
	Conservative	Alec Samuels	1,386
	Conservative	Conor Burns	1,352
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Byatt	1,294
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Chapman	1,282
	Labour	Michael Brainsby	551
	Labour	Caran Clay	469
	Labour	Jean Taylor	457
Turnout			9,742	31.7

Bevois

Bevois (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Burke	902
	Labour	Stephen Barnes-Andrews	855
	Labour	Jacqueline Rayment	775
	Independent	Bashir Ahmed	768
	Independent	Harjap Singh	736
	Independent	Anthony Broomes	640
	Conservative	Jean Baker	353
	Conservative	Edward Glossop	326
	Conservative	Susan Proctor	312
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Pike	298
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Beckett	286
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Kirkwood	261
	Green	David Cromwell^[6]	244
	Socialist Alternative	Gavin Marsh	109
	Socialist Alliance	Ella Noyes	109
Turnout			6,974	25.5

Bitterne

Bitterne (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Penelope Baldwin	1,432
	Labour	Christine Kelly	1,420
	Labour	Perry McMillan	1,366
	Conservative	John Hartwell	709
	Conservative	Arthur Weaver	616
	Conservative	Peter Nightingale	563
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Wills	349
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Key	347
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Naish	341
Turnout			7,143	29.9

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Impey	1,257
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Work	1,254
	Conservative	Peter Baillie	1,245
	Conservative	Eric Mintram	1,212
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	1,174
	Conservative	Matthew Dean	1,121
	Labour	Sarah Bogle	685
	Labour	Jonathan Walters	645
	Labour	David Furnell	637
Turnout			9,230	32.6

Coxford

Coxford (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Galton	1,328
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Mitchell	1,272
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gausden	1,185
	Labour	Susanne Fletcher	1,000
	Labour	Donald Thomas	968
	Labour	Stephen Fricker	927
	Conservative	Phyllis Boniface	398
	Conservative	Jacqueline Mason	377
	Conservative	Pamela Rees	352
Turnout			7,807	26.5

Freemantle

Freemantle (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeremy Moulton	1,087
	Labour	Simon Letts	1,062
	Conservative	Brian Parnell	1,060
	Labour	Nigel Clark	1,044
	Conservative	Michael Ball	1,039
	Labour	Funda Pepperell	993
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Cummins	494
	Liberal Democrats	James Rogerson	401
	Green	Owain Clarke	348
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Melrose	344
	Green	Darren Pickering	314
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Abel	140
	UKIP	Ronald Smith	74
Turnout			8,400	27.9

Harefield

Harefield (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Royston Smith	1,538
	Conservative	Richard Halderthay	1,512
	Conservative	Adrian Johnson	1,501
	Labour	Warwick Payne	1,287
	Labour	Kenneth Tew	1,252
	Labour	Norman Rides	1,206
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Smerdon	438
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Drake	431
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hordley	422
	Green	Andrew Shaw	204
Turnout			9,791	33.0

Millbrook

Millbrook (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wakeford	1,651
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Moore	1,587
	Liberal Democrats	George Melrose	1,548
	Labour	Ceren Davis	795
	Labour	Eileen Sharp	759
	Labour	Richard Fricker	710
	Conservative	William Reynard	394
	Conservative	Terry Withington	393
	Conservative	Julian Isaacson	390
	Green	Joseph Cox	237
Turnout			8,464	28.7

Peartree

Peartree (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Drake	1,462
	Liberal Democrats	Norah Goss	1,404
	Liberal Democrats	John Slade	1,315
	Labour	Carolyn Burfitt	764
	Labour	Peter Davis	732
	Labour	Roger Iles	725
	Conservative	Marie Chamberlain	430
	Conservative	Keith Worthy	394
	Conservative	Brian Lankford	386
Turnout			7,612	28.3

Portswood

Portswood (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Baston	1,830
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Vinson	1,675
	Liberal Democrats	Calvin Horner	1,623
	Conservative	Liam Ascough	827
	Conservative	Nicholas Howells	803
	Conservative	Edward Daunt	798
	Labour	Joseph Hannigan	667
	Labour	Joan Rogers	654
	Labour	Jacob Rahman	591
	Socialist Alliance	Philip Pope	154
	Socialist Alliance	Anthony Twine	140
Turnout			9,762	32.3

Redbridge

Redbridge (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Russell	1,444
	Labour	Dennis Harryman	1,357
	Labour	Peter Marsh-Jenks	1,283
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Rudge	831
	Conservative	Enid Greenham	567
	Conservative	Lesley Matthews	531
	Conservative	Christina Philbrick	512
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Blake	466
	Liberal Democrats	June Mitchell	414
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Nicholson	78
	Socialist Alliance	Mathew Danaher	66
Turnout			7,549	25.0

Shirley

Shirley (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwina Cooke	1,462
	Conservative	Terence Matthews	1,388
	Conservative	Paulette Holt	1,382
	Labour	Anthony Rees	1,177
	Labour	William Kearns	1,126
	Labour	Stuart Webb	997
	Independent	Simon Hardy	731
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Kobryn	457
	Liberal Democrats	Violet Riddle	404
	Green	John Spottiswoode	397
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Trent	384
	UKIP	Valerie Aston	162
Turnout			10,067	35.6

Sholing

Sholing (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Blatchford	1,525
	Labour	June Bridle	1,508
	Labour	Paul Jenks	1,291
	Conservative	Lesley Hilliam	1,227
	Conservative	Philip Lankford	1,174
	Conservative	Philip Williams	1,105
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Gatesman	468
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Hawkins	454
	Liberal Democrats	John Hills	437
Turnout			9,189	31.8

Swaythling

Swaythling (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Beckett	1,154
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Milton	1,048
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Holden-Brown	1,006
	Labour	Christine Medway-Bull	678
	Labour	Michael Collins	663
	Labour	Ann Wardle	646
	Conservative	Emma Webster	404
	Conservative	Richard Forbes	402
	Conservative	Benjamin Guy	387
Turnout			6,388	23.3

Woolston

Woolston (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carol Cunio	1,443
	Labour	Richard Williams	1,412
	Labour	Julian Price	1,372
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	1,077
	Liberal Democrats	David Newman	1,025
	Liberal Democrats	Colin McPhee	958
	Conservative	Roy Chamberlain	365
	Conservative	John Martin	363
	Conservative	Doris Moore	339
Turnout			8,364	29.9

References

^ "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b "Surprises for Labour in London". BBC News Online. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Out Out Out: Local election round-up". Southern Daily Echo. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Election details". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
^ David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29

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

[change-1] "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[local-2] "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

[surprises-3] "Surprises for Labour in London". BBC News Online. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[round-4] "Out Out Out: Local election round-up". Southern Daily Echo. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Election details". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[6] David Cromwell Why Are We the Good Guys? Alresford, Hants: Zero Books, 2012, p.29

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