Fareham Borough Council election, 2002

The 2002 Fareham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Fareham 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 11.^[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Candidates

All of the seats were contested after the wards had been re-organised.^[3] Every ward was contested by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour standing in every ward but one, and also 1 English Independence Party candidate.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council with a reduced majority on 17 seats, compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats.^[4] The Conservatives lost a number of councillors, which they blamed on the boundary changes, while the Liberal Democrats were pleased with the gains they had made.^[4] The Liberal Democrat gains also saw the last 2 Labour councillors lose their seats,^[4] with the Labour leader Mark Prior losing in Fareham South.^[5] Overall turnout was the highest since 1996 at 35.68%.^[4]

Fareham Local Election Result 2002[6][7]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17			-12	54.8	48.2	29,673	-9.5%
	Liberal Democrat	14			+3	45.2	37.4	23,067	+10.3%
	Labour	0			-2	0	14.3	8,799	-0.9%
	English Independence Party	0			0	0	0.1	83	+0.1%

Ward results

Fareham East (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Murray	1,070
	Liberal Democrat	Kathleen Trott	919
	Conservative	Raymond Ellis	842
	Conservative	Peter Sandy	722
	Labour	Simon Brown	200
	Labour	Edgar Webb	195
	English Independence Party	Michael Ball	83
Turnout			4,031

Fareham North (2) [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Bryant	1,141
	Conservative	John Bryant	1,130
	Liberal Democrat	Eve Aldridge	559
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Munday	463
	Labour	Alan Mayes	236
	Labour	Stephen McCloskey	197
Turnout			3,726

Fareham North West (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Davies	699
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Hester	628
	Conservative	Evelyn Burley	603
	Conservative	Richard Henderson	595
	Labour	Angela Carr	396
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	335
Turnout			3,256

Fareham South (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Leonard	693
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Pritchard	676
	Conservative	Dennis Steadman	535
	Conservative	Trevor Howard	495
	Labour	Michael Prior	490
	Labour	James Carr	465
Turnout			3,354

Fareham West (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Keeble	1,478
	Conservative	Diana Harrison	1,470
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Cox	470
	Labour	Timothy Brewer	344
	Liberal Democrat	Luke Slough	343
	Labour	Wilfred Phillips	331
Turnout			4,436

Hill Head (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Mandry	1,362
	Conservative	Timothy Knight	1,349
	Liberal Democrat	Megan Chapman	835
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Chapman	828
	Labour	Jane Christie	256
	Labour	Janet Gay	225
Turnout			4,855

Locks Heath (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Godrich	1,019
	Conservative	Ruth Godrich	996
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon Englefield	473
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Savage	413
	Labour	Tracey Malizis	291
	Labour	Andrew Mooney	262
Turnout			3,454

Park Gate (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Bayford	932
	Conservative	Marian Ellerton	918
	Labour	Joyce Bond	261
	Labour	Brenda Caines	244
	Liberal Democrat	Jennifer Chaloner	230
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Smale	185
Turnout			2,770

Portchester East (3)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Price	2,222
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Eastman	1,931
	Liberal Democrat	David Norris	1,921
	Conservative	Robert Alexander	732
	Conservative	Eileen Green	709
	Labour	Richard Ryan	688
	Conservative	Susan Walker	644
	Labour	Stuart Rose	616
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	530
Turnout			9,993

Portchester West (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Crouch	969
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Clark	883
	Conservative	Nicholas Walker	867
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor Murray	794
	Labour	Cameron Crouchman	275
	Labour	James Webb	258
Turnout			4,046

Sarisbury (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Woodward	1,306
	Conservative	David Swanbrow	1,255
	Liberal Democrat	Vanessa Christie	348
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Christie	345
Turnout			3,254

Stubbington (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dorrine Burton-Jenkins	1,276
	Liberal Democrat	James Forrest	1,063
	Conservative	Rosemary Pockley	923
	Conservative	Gordan Coggan	913
	Labour	Ian Christie	167
	Labour	Michael Taylor	165
Turnout			4,507

Titchfield[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Hockley	1,137
	Conservative	Francis Devonshire	1,123
	Labour	Karen Postle	314
	Labour	Francis Allison	313
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Munday	297
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rudwick	257
Turnout			3,441

Titchfield Common (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Englefield	874
	Liberal Democrat	David Savage	778
	Conservative	Keith Evans	612
	Conservative	Malcolm Harper	551
	Labour	James Malizis	242
	Labour	Jonathan Watkins	133
Turnout			3,190

Warsash (2)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Cartwright	1,194
	Conservative	Mary Nadolski	1,151
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Byrne	308
	Liberal Democrat	Alice Herron	286
	Labour	Simon Holford	207
	Labour	Wendy Ledger	163
Turnout			3,309

References

1. "Fareham". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
2. "Full results". Financial Times. 2002-05-04. p. 7.
3. "Election hopefuls named". The News. 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
4. "Fareham: Labour reach rock bottom". Southern Daily Echo. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
5. "Wipeout!". Southern Daily Echo. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
6. "Election Results - 2002". Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
7. "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 2002-05-03. p. 6.