Winchester City Council election, 2002

The 2002 Winchester Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England.

The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The boundary changes were the first since the 1970s and they saw the number of seats increased by 2.^[1]^[2]

The results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in overall control of the council after retaining 35 seats on the council.^[3] However the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Sabine, lost his seat in New Alresfords ward.^[2] The Conservatives increased their number of councillors from 11 to 14, while Labour lost 1 to only hold 3 seats.^[3] Voter turnout was higher than nationally, with over 50% voting in 4 wards.^[3]

Election result

Winchester Local Election Result 2002^[4]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	35			0	61.4	44.6	36,057	+5.3%
	Conservative	14			+3	24.6	36.6	29,600	-5.9%
	Independent	5			0	8.8	9.5	7,684	+2.7%
	Labour	3			-1	5.3	9.2	7,459	-2.2%

Ward results

Bishops Waltham (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Georgina Busher	1,278
	Independent	Jean Hammerton	1,203
	Independent	Colin Chamberlain	1,166
	Conservative	Sally Lees	442
	Liberal Democrat	Jillian Blackmore	435
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Philpott	361
	Labour	Stephen Haines	133
	Labour	David Picton-Jones	85
Turnout			5,103	38.1

Boarhunt & Southwick^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Carter	256	52.1
	Conservative	John Cooper	235	47.9
Majority			21	4.2
Turnout			491	50.3

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Verney	419	52.5
	Liberal Democrat	Rosalind Sabine	358	44.9
	Labour	Kevin Barrett	21	2.6
Majority			61	7.6
Turnout			798	49.0

Colden Common & Twyford (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Bidgood	1,119
	Liberal Democrat	Cecily Sutton	1,020
	Liberal Democrat	James Wagner	1,005
	Conservative	Marcus Moosa	487
	Conservative	Peter Facey	474
	Conservative	Sheena Nicholson	405
	Labour	David Smith	133
Turnout			4,643	42.1

Compton & Otterbourne (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte Bailey	736
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Mason	647
	Conservative	Margaret Campbell-White	615
	Conservative	Maurray Macmillan	602
	Labour	Kathleen Smith	44
Turnout			2,644	45.0

Denmead (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Allgood	1,339
	Conservative	Michael Read	1,170
	Conservative	Patricia Stallard	1,114
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Slade	756
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Brown	550
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Sabine	532
Turnout			5,461	41.0

Droxford Soberton & Hambledon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Dinenage	595	63.2
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Scriven	347	36.8
Majority			248	26.4
Turnout			942	58.7

Itchen Valley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Baxter	505	71.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Keston	197	28.1
Majority			308	43.8
Turnout			702	41.9

Kings Worthy (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Hutton	766
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Johnston	720
	Conservative	Victoria Hibberd	407
	Conservative	Barbara Jeffs	406
	Labour	John Craig	100
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	85
Turnout			2,484	41.9

Littleton & Harestock (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	George Fothergill	957
	Liberal Democrat	Kelsie Learney	898
	Conservative	Noelle Brelsford	319
	Conservative	Ione Ashford	305
	Labour	Malcolm Leatherdale	63
Turnout			2,542	41.7

Oliver's Battery & Badger Farm (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Collin	922
	Liberal Democrat	Geraldine Mckay	889
	Conservative	William Halliwell	359
	Conservative	James Holker	314
	Labour	John Elliot-Smith	87
	Labour	Pamela Smith	86
Turnout			2,657	49.7

Owslebury & Curdridge (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Knasel	770
	Liberal Democrat	David Mackenzie	737
	Conservative	Malcolm Le May	565
	Conservative	Charles Blackmore	523
	Labour	Michael Chaplin	63
	Labour	Timothy Curran	45
Turnout			2,703	49.7

Shedfield (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Hoare	850
	Independent	Ashley Goodall	754
	Conservative	Roger Huxstep	545
	Conservative	Susan Hughes	392
Turnout			2,541	43.5

Sparsholt^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Steel	359	51.3
	Conservative	David Parker	341	48.7
Majority			18	2.6
Turnout			700	49.7

St Barnabas (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Mitchell	971
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Porter	860
	Liberal Democrat	John Higgins	846
	Conservative	Eileen Berry	838
	Conservative	Anne Saunders	776
	Conservative	Stephen Brine	762
	Independent	Rupert Pitt	307
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	173
	Labour	Simon Woolfenden	168
	Labour	Adrian Field	167
Turnout			5,868	47.1

St Bartholomew (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dominic Hiscock	846
	Liberal Democrat	James Maynard	814
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Nelmes	805
	Conservative	Christopher Coney	451
	Conservative	Ian Jones	424
	Conservative	Malcolm Wright	375
	Independent	Philip Butterworth	323
	Labour	Denis Archdeacon	228
	Labour	Stephen Wyeth	179
	Labour	Sally James	171
Turnout			4,616	37.9

St John & All Saints (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Pines	666
	Labour	Ann Craig	580
	Liberal Democrat	Hillary Jones	534
	Labour	Antony De Peyer	512
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Ewing	486
	Conservative	Sally Goodman	280
	Conservative	James Bone	276
	Conservative	Andrew Beadle	271
	Independent	Henry Cooper	259
Turnout			3,864	31.8

St Luke (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Davies	603
	Liberal Democrat	Ernest Nunn	564
	Liberal Democrat	David Atwell	556
	Labour	Clare McKenna	519
	Liberal Democrat	Ralph Scott	494
	Labour	Peter Rees	455
	Conservative	Elizabeth Osborne	290
	Conservative	Stanley Trusser	259
	Conservative	Richard Worrall	248
Turnout			3,988	43.6

St Michael (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Tait	892
	Liberal Democrat	John Beveridge	759
	Conservative	Fiona Mather	657
	Conservative	Elizabeth Loader	622
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Coleman	599
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Bamberg	593
	Independent	Keith Story	528
	Independent	Jocelyn Edmonstone	385
	Labour	Denise Baker	140
	Labour	Albert Edwards	131
	Labour	Debra Grech	119
Turnout			5,425	44.0

St Paul (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Pearce	823
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Love	816
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Bennetts	798
	Conservative	Anthony Harding	354
	Conservative	Simon Storey	351
	Conservative	Michael Lovegrove	343
	Independent	John Murray	243
	Labour	Nigel Fox	204
	Labour	Carol Orchard	187
	Labour	Nicholas Burnham	180
Turnout			4,299	33.6

Swanmore & Newtown (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Campbell	814
	Conservative	Frank Pearson	781
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Bradby	723
	Conservative	James Thomson	705
	Independent	Graham Acres	102
	Labour	Denis May	58
Turnout			3,183	52.4

The Alresfords (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hollingbery	1,204
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Cook	1,013
	Conservative	Ernest Jeffs	981
	Conservative	Philip Millward	978
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Sabine	928
	Liberal Democrat	John Thompson	895
	Labour	Robin Atkins	475
	Independent	Sonia Hale	286
	Labour	Reginald Markin	277
Turnout			7,037	44.0

Upper Meon Valley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Quar	511	67.8
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Vear	243	32.2
Majority			268	35.6
Turnout			754	50.8

Whiteley (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brenda Hatch	264
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Wright	255
	Conservative	Michael Fraser	140
	Conservative	Caroline Watts	140
Turnout			799	24.7

Wickham (2)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Therese Evans	632
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Clohosey	578
	Conservative	Elizabteh Tyrell	243
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lovett	237
	Labour	Patricia	41
Turnout			1,731	43.1

Wonston & Micheldever (3)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Oxley	832
	Conservative	Barry Lipscomb	792
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Bayley	758
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Newton	744
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Girling	709
	Conservative	Adrian Norman	709
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	119
	Labour	Alan Drury	94
	Labour	Adam Hug	68
Turnout			4,825	41.9

References

↑ "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
1 2 "Out out out: Local election round-up". Southern Daily Echo. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
1 2 3 "Voters oust city leader". ThisIsHampshire.net. 2002-05-09. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Winchester City Council - Election results 2002" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
↑ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 2002-05-04. p. 16. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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