2002 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2002 Southampton council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. 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] Party Seats Gains Losses 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
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