2002 local election in England
Map of the results of the 2002 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. The 2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 1.[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
The election saw an experiment in leaving polling stations open for a longer period.[3] Along with neighbouring Westminster City Council polling stations were open from 7am to 10pm instead of the standard 8am to 9pm.[4]
Election result Wandsworth Local Election Result 2002[5] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 50 0 83.3 53.7 95,535 Labour 10 -1 16.7 33.5 59,635 Liberal Democrats 0 0 0.0 9.1 16,155 Green 0 0 0.0 2.8 4,917 Independent 0 0 0.0 0.9 1,532 Socialist Alliance 0 0 0.0 0.04 76 CPA 0 0 0.0 0.03 58
Ward results Balham (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Longmore 1,686 Conservative Lola Ayonrinde 1,676 Conservative Charles Walker 1,672 Labour Christopher Cooke 749 Labour Sally Gear 713 Labour Harvey Heath 665 Liberal Democrats Matthew Green 274 Liberal Democrats Siobhan Vitelli 248 Green Robert Baker 231 Liberal Democrats Christian Moon 228 Green Roy Vickery 166 Green Graham Humphreys 158 Turnout 8,466
Bedford (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Stewart Finn 1,394 Conservative Antonia Dunn 1,366 Conservative Sheldon Wilkie 1,276 Labour Nick Bowes 1,254 Labour Peter Carpenter 1,057 Labour James Whiting 1,019 Green John Rattray 533 Liberal Democrats Henrietta Norman 468 Turnout 8,367
Earlsfield (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Angela Graham 1,743 Conservative Marc Hope 1,684 Conservative Charles McNaught-Davis 1,607 Labour Peter Max 1,246 Labour Sophie Livingstone 1,232 Labour Leonie Cooper 1,230 Liberal Democrats Stephanie Dearden 282 Liberal Democrats Abigail Irving 256 Liberal Democrats Andrew Gilbert 229 Green Dorothy Horsler 210 CPA Cynthia Harry 58 Turnout 9,777
East Putney (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Diana Whittingham 1,870 Conservative Leslie McDonnell 1,866 Conservative Brian Prichard 1,846 Labour Scott Knox 741 Labour Richard Moir 729 Labour Alan Petrides 686 Liberal Democrats Tracy Harris 402 Liberal Democrats James Durrant 341 Liberal Democrats Jeremy Clery 330 Turnout 8,811
Fairfield (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Vanessa Graham 1,642 Conservative Piers McCausland 1,564 Conservative Tessa Strickland 1,536 Labour Victoria Anifowoshe 738 Labour Brendan McMullan 723 Labour Tom Wright 672 Liberal Democrats Patrick Warren 360 Green Martin Williams 313 Turnout 7,548
Furzedown (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Farebrother 1,727 Conservative Colin Dawe 1,696 Conservative Andrew Halford 1,651 Labour Bert Luthers 1,608 Labour Peter Marsden 1,606 Conservative Toufic Batal 1,572 Green John Valentine 395 Liberal Democrats Derek Elsley 298 Liberal Democrats Simon Parritt 253 Liberal Democrats Richard Williams 229 Turnout 11,035
Graveney (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Andy Gibbons 1,434 Labour Pamela Tatlow 1,290 Labour Del Hosain 1,277 Liberal Democrats Sally Cole 1,165 Liberal Democrats Nicholas Lowe 1,048 Liberal Democrats Mandy Wells 948 Conservative Samantha Hurley 536 Conservative David de Winton 532 Conservative Guy Hurley 527 Green Marian Hoffman 269 Turnout 9,026
Latchmere (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Anthony Belton 1,365 Labour Maurice Johnson 1,351 Labour Bhavna Joshi 1,215 Conservative Jeremy Parkinson 953 Conservative George Smith 915 Conservative David Walden 890 Liberal Democrats Alan Giles 221 Green Michael Day 194 Socialist Alliance Stephen McNaughton 76 Turnout 7,180
Nightingale (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Katherine Lindsay 1,891 Conservative Maurice Heaster 1,875 Conservative Ravindra Govindia 1,832 Labour Anthony Langan 1,045 Labour Misbah Islam 990 Labour Martin Tupper 939 Green Bruce Mackenzie 497 Liberal Democrats Timothy Knight 494 Turnout 9,563
Northcote (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Philip Beddows 1,940 Conservative Martin Johnson 1,895 Conservative Gordon Passmore 1,853 Labour Margaret McCabe 674 Labour Gordon Paterson 616 Labour Thomas Grinyer 602 Liberal Democrats Christine Green 344 Liberal Democrats Charles Cronin 330 Green Rick Crowhurst 322 Liberal Democrats James Sparling 192 Turnout 8,768
Queenstown (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Scott Caisley 1,390 Conservative Deidre Church 1,362 Conservative David Nurse 1,279 Labour Michael Hipwell 1,194 Labour Anna Steinitz 1,128 Labour Rachel Trim 1,112 Liberal Democrats Ashley Jones 239 Turnout 7,704
Roehampton (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Penfold 1,668 Conservative Paul Reeve 1,612 Conservative Ryan Robson 1,581 Labour Pauline Brueseke 1,402 Labour Liz McNeil 1,375 Labour Martin Spence 1,236 Liberal Democrats Valerie Shelmerdine 291 Green Polly Moore 241 Liberal Democrats Godfrey Shockey 212 Turnout 9,618
St Mary's Park (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark Davies 1,650 Conservative John Hallmark 1,597 Conservative Simon Williams 1,521 Labour Paul Peters 747 Labour Joan Cawston 715 Labour Maureen Walsh 641 Green Hugo Charlton 369 Liberal Democrats David Owen-Jones 227 Liberal Democrats Christopher Woodley 223 Turnout 7,690
Shaftesbury (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Cousins 1,640 Conservative John Senior 1,619 Conservative John Ellis 1,571 Labour Elisabeth Davies 914 Labour Will McDonald 873 Labour Nigel Goldsmith 856 Green Sebastian Berry 357 Liberal Democrats David Patterson 293 Turnout 8,123
Southfields (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Simon Roberts 1,913 Conservative Janice Leigh 1,899 Conservative Richard Vivian 1,898 Labour Sarah Richards 946 Labour Beth Lamont 918 Labour Morgan McSweeney 771 Liberal Democrats Anna Ahmed 470 Independent June Hautot 426 Liberal Democrats Anthony Burrett 404 Liberal Democrats Thomas Cheetham 347 Turnout 9,992
Thamesfield (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roger Bird 1,838 Conservative Edward Lister 1,834 Conservative James Maddan 1,768 Labour Christopher Locke 663 Labour Christopher Shephard 661 Labour John Slater 660 Independent John Horrocks 627 Independent Christine Reeves 479 Liberal Democrats Moira Sanders 372 Liberal Democrats Martha Zantides 318 Turnout 9,220
Tooting (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nicola Brown 1,534 Labour Sadiq Khan 1,407 Labour Stuart King 1,358 Conservative Andrew Lindsay 936 Conservative Duncan Dunn 924 Conservative Evelyn McDermott 877 Liberal Democrats Maureen Petty 360 Liberal Democrats Michael Clifton 354 Green Matthew Ledbury 339 Liberal Democrats John Roscoe 239 Turnout 8,328
Wandsworth Common (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Katharine Tracey 2,094 Conservative Nicholas Longworth 2,090 Conservative Ian Hart 2,084 Labour Michael Dolan 627 Labour Billi Randall 560 Labour Mark Panto 526 Green Samantha Guy 323 Liberal Democrats David Hole 312 Liberal Democrats Emma Thorpe 278 Liberal Democrats Jayne Martin-Kay 265 Turnout 9,159
West Hill (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Elizabeth Howlett 2,012 Conservative Benjamin Holland 1,913 Conservative Malcolm Grimston 1,902 Labour Martin Leigh 1,216 Labour Donald Roy 1,110 Labour Tom Sleigh 1,109 Liberal Democrats Catherine Devons 394 Liberal Democrats Laurence Spicer 276 Liberal Democrats Gerard Walter 242 Turnout 10,174
West Putney (3)[6] [7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Martin Hime 2,061 Conservative Jane Cooper 2,055 Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 1,961 Labour Maureen Booker 779 Labour Anthony Stevens 708 Labour Robert Storey 696 Liberal Democrats Joan Dalley 384 Liberal Democrats Susan Shocket 366 Liberal Democrats Eleanor Ruddock 349 Turnout 9,359
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