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2002 Bexley London Borough Council election

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The 2002 Bexley Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England.[1][2] The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.

2002 Bexley Council election
← 1998 2 May 2002 2006 →
All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 32 30 1
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 3 Decrease 5
Popular vote 19,593 24,739 8,929
Percentage 33.0% 41.6% 15.0%
Map of the results of the 2002 Bexley council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in orange.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Labour

Election result

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Bexley local election result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 32 8 0   8 50.8 33.0 19,593 TBD
  Conservative 30 0 3   3 47.6 41.6 24,739 TBD
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 5   5 1.6 15.0 8,929 TBD
  UKIP 0 0 0   0 0.0 5.4 3,193 TBD
  Independent 0 0 0   0 0.0 2.3 1,382 TBD
  BNP 0 0 0   0 0.0 2.0 1,203 TBD
  Green 0 0 0   0 0.0 0.6 365 New
  English Pan-Nationalist Alliance 0 0 0   0 0.0 0.1 38 New

Ward results

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Barnehurst

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Barnehurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Gillespie 1,583 50.5
Conservative William McEwen 1,512
Conservative Simon Windle 1,463
Labour Matthew Murphy 910 29.0
Labour Edward Leake 870
Labour Carol Pieri 843
Liberal Democrats Kaye Cudmore 391 12.5
Liberal Democrats John Cudmore 358
Liberal Democrats Paul Humphris 348
UKIP Barrie Thomas 249 7.9
Turnout 37.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative win (new seat)

Belvedere

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Belvedere (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Francis 1,228 55.4
Labour Richard Lucas 1,180
Labour Peter Hollamby 1,171
Conservative John Mankerty 767 34.6
Conservative Juliet Mankerty 716
Conservative Gooroodev Nangon 599
UKIP Paula Dunford 222 10.0
Turnout 27.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Blackfen and Lamorbey

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Blackfen and Lamorbey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Beckwith 1,337 44.7
Conservative Katherine Perrior 1,291
Conservative Peter Craske 1,220
Liberal Democrats Terry Brown 928 31.0
Liberal Democrats Scott Gallego 886
Liberal Democrats Peter Scopes 874
Labour Paul Brown 526 17.6
Labour Bernard Justham 481
Labour Josephine Chodha 472
UKIP Heather Bennett 200 6.7
Turnout 36.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Blendon and Penhill

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Blendon and Penhill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Cammish 1,555 58.3
Conservative Ronald Passey 1,534
Conservative Graham D'Amiral 1,490
Labour Catherine Deadman 531 19.9
Labour David Prior 520
Labour Gerda Slater 490
Liberal Democrats Mary Cooke 346 13.0
Liberal Democrats Peggy Wagstaff 334
Liberal Democrats Michael Jaques 315
UKIP Deborah Thomas 179 6.7
Independent Philip Brown 57 2.1
Turnout 32.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Brampton

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Brampton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald French 2,039 56.5
Conservative Teresa O'Neill 1,983
Conservative John Wilkinson 1,885
Labour Joan Browning 950 26.3
Labour Alan Scutt 888
Labour Rowan Blake 887
Liberal Democrats Janette Codd 453 12.6
Liberal Democrats Janet Standen 437
Liberal Democrats Philip Codd 423
UKIP George Wright 167 4.6
Turnout 43.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Christchurch

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Christchurch (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Ashmole 1,529 56.5
Conservative Ian Clement 1,455
Conservative Leonard Newton 1,427
Labour Ursula Ayliffe 834 26.6
Labour Wendy Philips 785
Labour Lindsay Burnstead 784
Liberal Democrats John Brand 401 12.8
Liberal Democrats Betty Lockington 378
Liberal Democrats Maria O'Hare 318
Independent Stanley Carter 262 8.4
UKIP Lisa Hawkins 110 3.5
Turnout 35.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Colyers

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Colyers (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Browning 1,127 46.5
Labour Denis Daniels 1,036
Labour Joga Minhas 1,005
Conservative John Bowes 952 39.3
Conservative Joseph Pollard 908
Conservative Gerald Quieros 857
BNP Lawrence Rustem 184 7.6
UKIP Bernard Rainsbury 160 6.6
Turnout 29.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cray Meadows

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Cray Meadows (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joel Briant 1,539 44.6
Labour Richard Justham 1,524
Labour Mo Khalid 1,465
Conservative Leonard Barnes 1,346 39.0
Conservative Hugh McBride 1,307
Conservative Janice McBride 1,287
Liberal Democrats Robin Kelly 265 7.7
Liberal Democrats Doreen La Roche 237
Liberal Democrats John La Roche 221
Green Paul Perrin 168 4.9
UKIP Laurence Williams 129 3.7
Turnout 40.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crayford

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Crayford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Shepheard 1,132 49.3
Labour Tonya Kelsey 1,078
Labour Trevor Perrin 1,024
Conservative Robert Stead 828 36.0
Conservative Daisy Clement 808
Conservative Bernard Clewes 801
BNP John Bowles 173 7.5
UKIP Kevin Cronin 164 7.1
Turnout 29.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Danson Park

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Danson Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Bailey 1,320 46.2
Conservative Sharon Massey 1,237
Conservative John Waters 1,222
Liberal Democrats Carol Smoker 963 33.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Hurren 940
Liberal Democrats Paul Bargery 927
Labour Fiona Lawrenson 572 20.0
Labour Stuart Slater 531
Labour Robert Vines 519
Turnout 35.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

East Wickham

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East Wickham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas O'Hare 1,059 35.9
Labour John Lawrenson 1,020 34.6
Labour Richard Everitt 961
Labour Stefano Borella 945
Liberal Democrats Anthony Pickett 938
Liberal Democrats Colin Wright 923
Conservative Hazel Birch 733 24.9
Conservative Michael Crouch 720
Conservative William Flint 682
UKIP Kim Mitchell 136 4.6
Turnout 35.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Erith

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Erith (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Ball 1,057 54.8
Labour Margaret O'Neill 982
Labour Munir Malik 898
Conservative Bernard Gillespie 616 31.9
Conservative Rosemary White 614
Conservative Carol Wilkinson 608
BNP Claire Sayers 144 7.5
UKIP Edward Llewellyn 112 5.8
Turnout 25.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Falconwood and Welling

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Falconwood and Welling (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Betts 1,379 44.4
Conservative Peter Catterall 1,244
Conservative Valerie Clark 1,219
Liberal Democrats Edward Shrimpton 1,608 34.4
Liberal Democrats Barry Standen 1,061
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Fortune 1,051
Labour Stephen Perfect 512 16.5
Labour Corinna Huxley 463
Labour Nora Wright 462
UKIP Bertram Ford 149 4.8
Turnout 37.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lesnes Abbey

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Lesnes Abbey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Brown 1,451 44.8
Labour Samuel Blake 1,410
Labour John Pegg 1,381
Conservative John Davey 1,360 41.9
Conservative Raymond Hudson 1,336
Conservative David Hurt 1,324
Liberal Democrats David Hall 324 10.0
Liberal Democrats Maureen Hall 308
Liberal Democrats Daniel Woracker 275
UKIP Susan Dulwich 107 3.3
Turnout 39.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longlands

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Longlands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth McAndrew 1,490 51.1
Conservative Gareth Bacon 1,473
Conservative Michael Slaughter 1,385
Labour Patricia Ball 633 21.7
Labour Teresa Pearce 601
Labour Peter West 577
Liberal Democrats Angela Thick 577 19.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Shrimpton 431
Liberal Democrats Brian Oliver 410
UKIP Paul Cronin 217 7.4
Turnout 34.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

North End

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North End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Eastaugh 1,401 55.7
Labour Alan Deadman 1,341
Labour Sylvia Malt 1,298
BNP Colin Smith 541 21.5
BNP James Seadon 502
BNP Jay Lee 501
Conservative Philip Read 452 18.0
Conservative Sylvia Cassells 444
Conservative Peter Reader 407
UKIP David Tarrant 82 3.3
English Pan-Nationalist Alliance John-Antony Fitzpatrick 38 1.5
Turnout 33.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Northumberland Heath

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Northumberland Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Hacker 1,178 40.8
Labour Mary Lucas 1,161
Labour Kathryn Smith 1,102
Conservative John Allott 1,041 36.1
Conservative David Cammish 969
Conservative Terence Horlor 950
Liberal Democrats Peter Smith 333 11.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Smoker 246
Liberal Democrats Peter Weston 236
UKIP John Dunford 172 6.0
BNP Lee Barnes 161 5.6
Turnout 34.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Mary's

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St Mary's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Campbell 1,974 61.2
Conservative Alan Downing 1,946
Conservative Colin Tandy 1,914
Labour Broderick Bassett 609 18.9
Labour David Hinds 583
Labour Philip Scrivener 559
Liberal Democrats Duncan Borrowman 310 9.6
Liberal Democrats David Nicolle 300
Liberal Democrats Ruth Tatton-Kelly 278
Green David Harbud 197 6.1
UKIP Christopher Marshall 138 4.3
Turnout 37.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Michael's

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St Michael's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth French 1,023 35.6
Labour Grant Blowers 981
Labour Wendy Perfect 972
Conservative Peter Baylis 887 30.9
Liberal Democrats Justine Fernandes 831 28.9
Conservative John Warricker 775
Conservative Raymond Sams 766
Liberal Democrats Lynne McGlashen 760
Liberal Democrats Stanley Vince 752
UKIP William Jenner 134 4.7
Turnout 35.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sidcup

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Sidcup (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aileen Beckwith 1,247 34.5
Conservative Brian Francois 1,117
Conservative June Slaughter 1,093
Independent Graham Holland 1,063 29.4
Independent Robert Griffiths 768
Labour Colin Dawes 550 15.2
Labour Garth Pilling-Lindsell 501
Labour John Shaw 463
Liberal Democrats Gillian Eady 385 10.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Eady 376
UKIP Janice Cronin 366 10.1
Liberal Democrats William Shrimpton 282
Turnout 35.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thamesmead East

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Thamesmead East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna Briant 810 57.5
Labour Michael French 714
Labour Harbans Buttar 712
Conservative Edgar Silvester 304 21.6
Conservative Shirley Vick 296
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Cotton 295 20.9
Liberal Democrats Carol Folan 266
Conservative Priti Patel 259
Liberal Democrats John Wylie 251
Turnout 18.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local Election Results 2002". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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