2002 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

2002 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election
all 60 seats to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.3
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

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

Background

Before the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties had run the council together for the previous 7 years.^[3] Since the 2000 election both the parties had 15 seats, so they had 4 cabinet seats each and shared the leadership of the council for 6 months each.^[3]

Boundary changes increased the number of seats to 60 from the previous 57.^[3] This meant all of the seats were being contested instead of the usual one third of the council.^[3]

The Conservatives hoped to take control of the council and the local party was supported by visits from the national Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith and the party chairman David Davis.^[3] The Conservatives said their campaign focused on issues such as youth crime, but were accused by the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Brian Gurden, of running a negative campaign.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain the largest party, but they remained on 25 seats.^[3] As a result, the Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition remained in control of the council with 32 of the 60 seats between them.^[3]

The Liberal Democrats made a net gain of 2 seats, after picking up 3 seats and losing 1.^[3] This included taking seats in Eastrop and Tadley North from other parties and meant the Liberal Democrats had 17 seats, compared to 15 for Labour.^[3] This meant Liberal Democrat Brian Gurden remained as leader of the council.^[3]

Meanwhile, both sitting independent councillors were re-elected and a third, Ian Tilbury, gained a seat in Overton.^[3] 4 sitting councillors were defeated at the election, 3 Labour, Pam Lonie, Carl Reader and Rose Wellman, and 1 Conservative, Robert Musson.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 34.3%,^[5] an increase from 29% in 2000.^[3]

Basingstoke and Deane Local Election Result 2002^[5]^[2]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	25	0	41.7	45.8	38,344
Liberal Democrats	17	+2	28.3	27.8	23,289
Labour	15	0	25.0	21.9	18,312
Independent	3	+1	5.0	4.4	3,702

Ward results

Basing (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Reid	1,511	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Read	1,387	18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Day	1,260	16.3
	Conservative	Stephen Marks	1,195	15.5
	Conservative	James Holder	1,181	15.3
	Conservative	Hazel Kennedy	1,173	15.2
Turnout			7,707	41.7

Baughurst^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sheila Allen	496	65.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Winfield	262	34.6
Majority			234	30.9
Turnout			758	39.1

Brighton Hill North (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Rowland	597
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Gurden	592
	Conservative	Deborah Burns	326
	Conservative	Lynda Coyde	326
	Labour	Mark Bennett	145
	Labour	Charles James	130
Turnout			2,116	29.2

Brighton Hill South (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Barnes	495
	Labour	Thomas Millar	480
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Oxlade	474
	Labour	Carl Reader	460
	Conservative	Richard Court	241
	Conservative	Jill Reed	204
Turnout			2,354	29.2

Brookvale & Kings Furlong (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Shaw	744
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Jones	731
	Labour	Daryl Rennie	268
	Labour	Pamela Lonie	252
	Conservative	Christine Heath	241
	Conservative	Michael Cohen	232
Turnout			2,468	32.1

Buckskin (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Antony Jones	577
	Labour	David Potter	554
	Conservative	Stephen McIntyre-Stewart	302
	Conservative	Peter Dalton	280
Turnout			1,713	25.6

Burghclere^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Clegg	574	81.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Davies	128	18.2
Majority			446	63.5
Turnout			702	35.7

Calleva (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marilyn Tucker	841
	Conservative	Roger Gardiner	839
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Barnard	236
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Protheroe	212
	Labour	Leslie Clarke	189
	Labour	Katherine Cumming	181
Turnout			2,498	30.4

Chineham (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Martin Biermann	1,101
	Conservative	Elaine Still	858
	Conservative	John Downes	675
	Conservative	Thomas Bursnall	614
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Martin	240
	Labour	Eileen Cavanagh	209
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Old	194
	Labour	Upali Wickremeratne	154
Turnout			4,045	33.5

East Woodhay^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Ross	538	72.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Knight	207	27.8
Majority			331	44.4
Turnout			745	34.6

Eastrop (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Parker	616
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Shaw	570
	Conservative	Ronald Collins	397
	Conservative	Christopher Jones	375
	Labour	Julie Johnson	185
	Labour	Terence Jones	172
Turnout			2,315	37.7

Grove (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Hussey	1,304
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Green	1,216
	Conservative	Penelope Bates	805
	Conservative	Richard Clewer	767
Turnout			4,092	46.7

Hatch Warren & Beggarwood (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Heath	894
	Conservative	Dan Putty	884
	Conservative	Harold Robinson	791
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Shelley	236
	Labour	Philip Courtenay	235
	Labour	Mark Jeffery	218
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Oliver	205
	Labour	Clarence Street	192
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Janes	191
Turnout			3,846	23.8

Highclere and Bourne^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Jardine	725	66.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Watts	373	34.0
Majority			352	32.1
Turnout			1,098	47.4

Kempshott (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wilhelmine Court	1,467
	Conservative	Rita Burgess	1,369
	Conservative	Peter Lewington	1,353
	Labour	Richard Davey	598
	Labour	Helen Jeffery	429
	Labour	Philip Devine	415
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Crawford	411
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hicken	378
Turnout			6,420	38.5

Kingslere (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Denness	879
	Conservative	Rose Wellman	809
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Peplow	263
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Ward	194
	Labour	John Jackson	140
	Labour	Robert Cross	133
Turnout			2,418	32.3

Norden (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Hood	909
	Labour	Laura James	906
	Labour	Paul Harvey	796
	Conservative	Nigel McNair-Scott	404
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harris	389
	Conservative	Jervoise Loveys	363
	Conservative	Gordon Pirie	339
Turnout			4,106	25.8

Oakley and North Waltham (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cecilia Morrison	1,448
	Conservative	Gweneth Richardson	1,353
	Conservative	Paul Findlow	1,333
	Independent	Marvin Gregory	681
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Baker	432
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Lessware	360
	Labour	Joy Potter	262
	Labour	Warwick Dady	252
Turnout			6,121	39.8

Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Baker	976
	Independent	Ian Tilbury	859
	Liberal Democrats	Williams Sloane	594
	Conservative	Melvin Byles	407
	Conservative	Christopher Van Der Noot	242
	Independent	Stanley Bray	159
	Labour	Elizabeth Freemantle	90
	Labour	David Cavanagh	89
Turnout			3,416	47.2

Pamber^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Chapman	620	73.7
	Labour	Stephen Rothman	221	26.3
Majority			399	47.4
Turnout			841	39.0

Popley East (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Donnelly	467
	Labour	Andrew McCormick	412
	Conservative	Carol Gould	179
	Conservative	Rebecca Downes	174
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Damant	146
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Grassi	118
Turnout			1,496	21.3

Popley West (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Frankum	477
	Labour	Paul Frankum	388
	Conservative	Graham Conner	176
	Conservative	Karen Dignan	156
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Berwick-Gooding	141
Turnout			1,338	26.5

Rooksdown^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Peters	189	69.7
	Labour	Stanley Parry	82	30.3
Majority			107	39.5
Turnout			271	30.7

Sherborne St John^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Leek	684	80.9
	Labour	Katherine Lomas	161	19.1
Majority			523	61.9
Turnout			845	35.7

South Ham (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerald Taynor	1,068
	Labour	Colin Regan	1,058
	Labour	Sean Keating	1,028
	Conservative	Anthony Kirby	455
	Conservative	Justin Hereford	453
	Conservative	Christopher Ling	431
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Renwick	211
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Pomfret	170
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Whitechurch	157
Turnout			5,031	29.3

Tadley North (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Warwick Lovegrove	995
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Slimin	928
	Conservative	Robert Musson	723
	Conservative	Stephen West	686
Turnout			3,332	37.8

Tadley South (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Leeks	902
	Conservative	Terence Faulkner	724
	Labour	James Gibb	310
Turnout			1,936	28.5

Upton Grey and The Candovers^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Ruffell	657	70.4
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Clover	146	15.6
	Labour	John Rogers	130	13.9
Majority			511	54.8
Turnout			933	43.5

Whitchurch (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Wall	956
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Nethercott	905
	Conservative	Therese Coffey	463
	Conservative	Lucinda Henzell-Thomas	436
	Labour	Pauline Courtenay	96
	Labour	Patricia Wickremeratne	68
Turnout			2,924	38.7

Wicklebury (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Connor	971
	Labour	Lea Jeff	907
	Conservative	Jonathan Curry	874
	Conservative	Hayley Eachus	873
	Conservative	Andrew Giles	851
	Labour	Gary Watts	848
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Blackmore-Squires	248
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Adams	190
Turnout			5,762	38.3

References

^ "Basingstoke & Deane". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Labour and Lib Dems retain control of council". Southern Daily Echo. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
^ "Joint administration stays put". Southern Daily Echo. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af "2002 Local Election Results - Wards". Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

Preceded by 2000 Basingstoke and Deane Council election	Basingstoke and Deane local elections	Succeeded by 2003 Basingstoke and Deane Council election

[change-1] "Basingstoke & Deane". BBC News Online. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

[local-2] "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.

[retain-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Labour and Lib Dems retain control of council". Southern Daily Echo. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2011.

[joint-4] "Joint administration stays put". Southern Daily Echo. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2011.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af "2002 Local Election Results - Wards". Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

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