Havant Borough Council election, 2002

Map of the results of the 2002 Havant Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2002 Havant Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4.^[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[2]

Election result

The Conservatives won a majority on the council, taking 23 of the 38 seats on the council.^[3] Labour dropped from 11 to 9 seats, while the Liberal Democrats fell to 6 seats from 8 previously.^[3] The 3 independent councillors had stood down at the election, while the boundary changes were reported to have cost Labour 4 seats.^[3] Turnout was up on the 2000 election, but dropped to a low of just 14.6% in Warren Park ward.^[3]

Havant local election result 2002^[2]^[4]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23			+3	60.5	52.6	34,315	+2.4%
	Labour	9			-2	23.7	19.7	12,822	+3.8%
	Liberal Democrat	6			-2	15.8	24.1	15,693	-5.2%
	Green	0			0	0	3.2	2,077	+3.2%
	Independent	0			-3	0	0.4	289	-4.0%

Ward results

Barncroft (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	416
	Labour	Ronald Hoyle	406
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Lake	235
	Conservative	Sheila Culley	195
	Conservative	Carol Wynne	164
Turnout			1,416	18.9

Battins (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Hanan	529
	Labour	Paul Hansford	476
	Conservative	Jane Rayner	267
	Conservative	Ian Beagley	238
	Liberal Democrat	Cecil Sargent	212
Turnout			1,722	20.3

Bedhampton (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Bellinger	1,408
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Marshall	1,224
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Welch	1,134
	Conservative	Kenneth Harris	1,127
	Conservative	Angela Guest	1,111
	Conservative	Mark Ward	1,066
	Labour	William Fish	285
	Labour	Carl Roberts	258
	Labour	John Jackson	254
	Green	Terry Mitchell	140
Turnout			8,007	40.9

Bondfields (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardner	803
	Labour	Terence Hart	741
	Conservative	Mary Brown	226
	Conservative	Jennifer Wride	209
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Gatenby	187
Turnout			2,166	23.6

Cowplain (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Briggs	1,170
	Conservative	David Keast	1,056
	Conservative	Marjorie Smallcorn	999
	Liberal Democrat	Valerie Hartridge	961
	Liberal Democrat	Flora Ponsonby	766
Turnout			4,952	27.9

Emsworth (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gillett	1,842
	Conservative	David Colson	1,788
	Conservative	Virginia Wilson-Smith	1,727
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Benzie	1,056
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Cosslett	849
	Liberal Democrat	John Cosslett	803
	Labour	Anna Fitter	429
	Labour	William Gilchrist	412
	Labour	Phillip Rees	308
	Green	Michael Wood	243
Turnout			9,457	42.8

Hart Plain (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Purkis	896
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Troke	875
	Conservative	Leonard Shaw	800
	Conservative	Jacqueline Branson	758
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Pylee	750
	Conservative	Gopa Chakrabarti	673
	Independent	Kevin Ratcliffe	289
Turnout			5,041	25.0

Hayling East (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Erlebach	1,381
	Conservative	David Collins	1,311
	Conservative	Sheila Pearce	1,311
	Labour	Michael Clarke	561
	Labour	Lesley Marsden	519
	Labour	Sheila Mealy	500
	Liberal Democrat	John Clouting	355
	Green	Frederick Gibson	289
Turnout			6,227	32.8

Hayling West (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Pearce	1,590
	Conservative	Victor Pierce-Jones	1,565
	Conservative	David Weymouth	1,426
	Labour	Susan Underwood	433
	Labour	Graham Manning	425
	Labour	Andrew Stacey	409
	Liberal Democrat	Jill Allum	390
	Green	Gillian Leek	286
Turnout			6,524	34.6

Purbrook (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwendoline Blackett	1,500
	Conservative	David Farrow	1,413
	Conservative	Hilary Farrow	1,312
	Labour	William Wheeler	485
	Labour	Howard Sherlock	478
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Crawford	467
	Labour	Nicola Sherlock	458
Turnout			6,113	30.8

St. Faiths (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Fulcher	1,531
	Conservative	David Guest	1,393
	Conservative	Raymond Bolton	1,389
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis West	949
	Liberal Democrat	Liam Hutchings	926
	Green	Timothy Dawes	726
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Middleton	692
	Labour	Beryl Francis	430
	Labour	Alan Price	341
	Labour	Derek Smith	279
Turnout			8,656	45.4

Stakes (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olwyn Kennedy	747
	Conservative	Nigel Tarrant	688
	Labour	Margaret Beauvoisin	634
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Voice	428
	Green	Kevin Jacks	393
	Labour	Kim Vassallo	385
	Labour	Ronald Russell	379
Turnout			3,654	21.4

Warren Park (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Brown	407
	Labour	Virginia Steel	382
	Conservative	Thelma Carpenter	178
	Conservative	Clive Colson	164
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Ponsonby	130
Turnout			1,261	14.6

Waterloo (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Cole	unopposed
	Conservative	Kenneth Moss	unopposed
	Conservative	Geoffrey Tart	unopposed

References

↑ "Havant". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
1 2 "Election results - Local Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 3 May 2002. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 "Tories tighten control on redrawn borough". The News. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Local Council Election Results". Havant Borough Council. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

Council elections in Hampshire

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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

East Hampshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastleigh Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Fareham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Gosport Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Hart District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Havant Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

New Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Portsmouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Rushmoor Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Southampton City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Test Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Winchester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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