- Maidstone Council election, 2002
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The 2002 Maidstone Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.[1] The council stayed under no overall control.[2]
Contents
Background
All 55 seats were being contested in the election after boundary changes were implemented.[3] The boundary changes kept the number of seats the same at 55, but reduced the wards from 28 to 26.[3]
139 candidates stood in the election, made up of 45 Conservatives, 42 Liberal Democrats, 29 Labour, 10 Green, 8 United Kingdom Independence Party and 5 independents.[3]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 31.7%.[3]
Maidstone Local Election Result 2002[3][4] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Liberal Democrat 21 -1 38.2 36.9 27,105 +5.5% Conservative 19 +3 34.5 38.6 28,352 -7.3% Labour 12 0 21.8 15.6 11,433 -2.0% Independent 3 -2 5.5 5.1 3,716 +1.1% Green 0 0 0 2.7 2,021 +1.7% UKIP 0 0 0 1.2 877 +1.2% Ward results
Allington (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Daniel Daley 1,642 Liberal Democrat Malcolm Robertson 1,501 Liberal Democrat Cynthia Robertson 1,500 Conservative Alison Swannick 385 Labour Marianna Poliszczuk 229 Labour Wendy Hollands 206 UKIP Gareth Kendall 128 Turnout 5,591 37.6 Barming[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul Oldham 801 89.5 Liberal Democrat John Featherstone 94 10.5 Majority 707 79.0 Turnout 895 48.0 Bearsted (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Patricia Marshall 1,528 Conservative Richard Ash 1,277 Conservative Allan Bradshaw 1,198 Conservative Gladys Haskett 1,111 Liberal Democrat Sheila Chittenden 530 Labour Jeanne Gibson 461 Green Hazel Chazal 256 Turnout 6,361 39.9 Bouhgton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Michael Fitzgerald 639 68.7 Conservative Michael Oben 291 31.3 Majority 348 37.4 Turnout 930 45.0 Boxley (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Derek Butler 809 Conservative Michael Yates 757 Conservative Robert Barnes 701 Liberal Democrat Ian Chittenden 517 Liberal Democrat John Doherty 476 Liberal Democrat Jean Harwood 475 Independent John Munson 329 Labour Stephen Gibson 256 Green Peter Bagshaw 196 Turnout 4,516 25.4 Bridge (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Brian Moss 458 Conservative Derek Nicholson 437 Liberal Democrat Trevor Matthews 427 Liberal Democrat Michael Tucker 426 Labour Richard Coates 195 Labour Linda Cogger 186 UKIP Keith Woollven 65 Turnout 2,194 28.5 Coxheath and Hunton (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Brian Mortimer 988 Liberal Democrat Moira Walter 925 Liberal Democrat John Williams 896 Conservative Adrian Brindle 789 Conservative Paul Butcher 698 Conservative John Swannick 634 Labour John Hughes 295 UKIP Duncan Spencer 89 Turnout 5,314 35.2 Detling and Thurnham[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Horne 413 63.1 Liberal Democrat John Watson 161 24.6 Labour Ray Huson 81 12.4 Majority 252 38.5 Turnout 655 29.0 Downswood and Otham[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Frederick Winckless 453 78.8 Conservative Angela Bentley 122 21.2 Majority 331 57.6 Turnout 575 27.0 East (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Margaret Shaw 1,090 Liberal Democrat Patrick Sellar 1,030 Liberal Democrat David Naghi 944 Conservative Alan Warner 741 Conservative Christopher Garland 721 Conservative Scott Hahnefeld 713 Labour Susan Burfield 260 UKIP Anthony Robertson 83 Turnout 5,582 34.1 Fant (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Roger Berriman 726 Labour Merello D'Souza 644 Labour John Morrison 621 Liberal Democrat Shona Stevens 600 Liberal Democrat Patrick Schnell 494 Conservative Jacqueline Wooder 336 Conservative Jeremy Hindle 323 Green Kathryn Moss 231 Green Ian Mcdonald 202 UKIP Stephen Dean 142 Turnout 4,319 28.1 Harrietsham and Lenham (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Tom Sams 830 Labour Janetta Sams 651 Conservative Richard Allen 649 Liberal Democrat Barbara Harris 437 Liberal Democrat Stephen Morris 321 Turnout 2,888 41.7 Headcorn (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jenefer Gibson 1,117 Conservative Ian Thick 985 Green Penelope Kemp 501 Turnout 2,603 38.5 Heath (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Mick Stevens 522 Liberal Democrat Peter Hooper 483 Conservative Malcolm Parker 262 Labour Patrick Coates 124 Turnout 1,391 26.3 High Street (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Clive English 752 Liberal Democrat Denise Joy 639 Liberal Democrat Frances Wilson 620 Conservative Angharad Davies 327 Labour Leonard Burfield 323 Conservative Sally Nicholson 322 Green Benjamin Hawkins 140 UKIP Terence Kendall 140 Green Sheila Kennedy 129 Green Johann Sikora 59 Turnout 3,451 22.9 Leeds[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Parvin 469 70.2 Liberal Democrat Michael Shaw 108 16.2 Labour Elizabeth Stevens 91 13.6 Majority 361 54.0 Turnout 668 36.0 Loose[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Hugh Laing 317 51.8 Conservative Kevan Hodges 295 48.2 Majority 22 3.6 Turnout 612 33.0 Marden and Yalding (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Roderick Nelson-Gracie 1,009 Conservative Elizabeth McGannan 982 Conservative Simon Anthonisz 978 Liberal Democrat Patricia Gerrish 549 Liberal Democrat Peter Williams 465 Labour Michael Jackson 412 Turnout 4,395 29.1 North (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Tony Harwood 1,020 Liberal Democrat Jennifer Paterson 974 Liberal Democrat Mervyn Warner 841 Conservative Valerie Parker 402 Conservative Carolyn Warner 390 Labour Edith Davis 226 UKIP Margaret Kendall 109 Turnout 3,962 28.2 North Downs[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Daphne Parvin 459 63.8 Liberal Democrat John Cobbett 175 24.3 Labour Keith Adkinson 86 11.9 Majority 284 39.4 Turnout 720 37.0 Park Wood (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Daniel Moriarty 420 Labour James Cook 352 Conservative Sandra Nahab 208 Turnout 980 20.9 Shepway North (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Frances Brown 799 Labour Julie Skinner 717 Labour Wendy Marlow 716 Conservative Christopher Hodges 624 Conservative Peter Veal 528 Liberal Democrat Phillip Palmby 288 Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Samme 229 Green Janet Richards 159 Green Stephen Muggeridge 148 Turnout 4,208 25.7 Shepway South (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Daniel Murphy 578 Labour Kenneth Stevens 516 Conservative Marion Ring 388 Turnout 1,482 23.6 South (3)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Malcolm Luxton 1,136 Liberal Democrat Ronald Ellis 897 Liberal Democrat John Wilson 818 Independent Alan Smith 767 Conservative Alan Chell 712 Conservative Lesley Polley 655 Conservative Theresa Stirk 555 UKIP John Botting 121 Turnout 5,661 37.0 Staplehurst (2)[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Eric Hotson 922 Conservative Richard Lusty 896 Liberal Democrat Steven Williams 300 Liberal Democrat Thomas Burnham 290 Labour Allan Rimmer 231 Labour John Randall 201 Turnout 2,840 31.6 Sutton Valence and Langley[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paulina Stockell 503 70.7 Liberal Democrat Sarah Gould 208 29.3 Majority 295 41.5 Turnout 711 33.0 References
- ^ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/88.stm. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Full results". Financial Times: p. 7. 4 May 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Election of Maidstone Borough Councillors - Thursday 2 May 2002". Maidstone Borough Council. http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202002.pdf. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times: p. 16. 4 May 2002.
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