- Milton Keynes Council election, 2002
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The 2002 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]
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Background
Before the election Labour had 22 seats, compared to 20 for the Liberal Democrats and 8 for the Conservatives.[3] However the council was a top target for the Liberal Democrats in the 2002 local elections.[3][4]
Election result
Milton Keynes Local Election Result 2002[5][6] Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Liberal Democrat 27 +7 52.9 36.9 42,042 +2.4% Labour 16 -6 31.4 31.8 36,258 +0.2% Conservative 8 0 15.7 28.3 32,220 -2.4% Green 0 0 0 1.4 1,604 +0.0% Independent 0 -1 0 1.0 1,154 -0.9% UKIP 0 0 0 0.6 647 +0.6% Ward results
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Grant Gillingham 1,626 Labour Elizabeth Campbell 1,597 Labour Antony Mabbott 1,524 Conservative Douglas Bull 1,323 Conservative Dennis Simpson 1,249 Conservative Roger Jacobs 1,194 Liberal Democrat Vanessa McPake 550 Liberal Democrat Phyllis Grantham 539 Liberal Democrat Ian Victory 529 UKIP Frederick Goldsmith 138 Turnout 10,269 40.3 Bradwell (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Sandra Clark 1,530 Liberal Democrat Philip Gerrella 1,480 Liberal Democrat Robert Exon 1,433 Labour Carol Wood 1,156 Labour Claudine Elliott 1,119 Labour Brian Gibbs 1,106 Conservative Peter Davies 342 Conservative Joseph Geary 325 Conservative Stewart Tate 317 Green Manfred Ambrosius 206 UKIP Alexander Mackenzie-Hay 96 Turnout 9,110 34.8 Campbell Park (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Isobel Wilson 1,328 Liberal Democrat Isobella Fraser 1,269 Liberal Democrat Roger Tallack 1,255 Labour Brian Barton 649 Labour Martin Petchey 600 Labour Stephen Phillips 489 Conservative William Clark 295 Conservative Nicholas Flaherty 275 Conservative Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey 249 Green Katrina Topping 159 Independent Neil Cawley 144 UKIP Michael Maylam 114 Turnout 6,826 24.4 Danesborough[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Hopkins 1,039 75.1 Labour Brenda Jarvis 127 9.2 Liberal Democrat Robert Evans 114 8.2 Green George Richardson 66 4.8 UKIP Arnold Leeming 38 2.7 Majority 912 65.9 Turnout 1,384 42.8 Denbigh (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Roger Bristow 778 Labour Michael Legg 738 Conservative John Bailey 493 Conservative Daniel Hippey 456 Independent William Harnett 194 Liberal Democrat Raymond Cockram 160 Liberal Democrat Jonathan Scudamore 156 Turnout 2,975 27.8 Eaton Manor (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Reginald Edwards 961 Labour Janet Lloyd 878 Conservative James Collins 362 Conservative Alexander Swanson 278 Liberal Democrat David Henchy 244 Liberal Democrat Alice Tootill 171 Turnout 2,894 27.4 Emerson Valley (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Stuart Burke 1,351 Liberal Democrat Martin Snell 1,300 Liberal Democrat Rosemary Drewett 1,274 Labour Gladstone McKenzie 408 Labour Colin Lund 405 Conservative Geoffrey Ealden 398 Conservative Dennis Thatcher 373 Labour Elaine Wales 372 Conservative Annette Irwin 371 Turnout 6,252 27.7 Furzton (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Jayne Carrington 1,128 Liberal Democrat Christopher Williams 1,051 Conservative David Bint 542 Conservative Kevin Seager 518 Labour Samuel McCloskey 506 Labour Peter Turner 446 Turnout 4,191 37.0 Hanslope Park[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Geary 866 49.6 Independent Bert Tapp 597 34.2 Labour Brenda Gibbs 159 9.1 Liberal Democrat Jeffrey King 125 7.2 Majority 259 15.4 Turnout 1,747 54.2 Linford North (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Robert Benning 1,127 Liberal Democrat Alan Pugh 1,085 Conservative Stephen Conlan 566 Conservative David Tunney 551 Labour Ernest Billups 498 Labour Gary Grindrod 408 Green Peter Edwards 140 Turnout 4,375 34.6 Linford South (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat John Monk 954 Liberal Democrat Christopher Eaton 934 Labour John McLinton 401 Labour Mohammed Nawaz 329 Conservative Catriona Morris 287 Conservative Adrienne Lucas 285 Green Clive Bailey 117 UKIP Christopher Shaw 51 Turnout 3,358 29.4 Loughton Park (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Dransfield 1,226 Conservative Donald Hoyle 1,152 Conservative Ruth Jury 1,115 Labour Jonathan Billsberry 934 Labour Irving Nicol 882 Labour Michael O'Sullivan 854 Liberal Democrat Eric Cooper 534 Liberal Democrat John Napper 415 Liberal Democrat Jill White 412 Green Sheena Hirst-Styles 255 Independent Dennis Edwards 219 Turnout 7,998 33.4 Middleton (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Samuel Crooks 857 Liberal Democrat Derek Eastman 812 Conservative David Briscombe 340 Conservative Paul White 315 Labour Alan Roberts 216 Labour Gary Williams 195 Green Clare Butler 76 Turnout 2,811 32.5 Newport Pagnell North (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Euan Henderson 1,327 Liberal Democrat Bruce Hardwick 1,260 Conservative Michael Horton 361 Conservative Dean Miah 271 Labour Hugh Burrell 207 Labour Susan Platt 190 Turnout 3,616 33.4 Newport Pagnell South (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Irene Henderson 1,356 Liberal Democrat Douglas McCall 1,215 Conservative Louise Cooper 293 Conservative Cherilyn Williams 244 Labour William Bethune 203 Labour Ilhan Unsal 179 Turnout 3,490 32.5 Olney (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Graham Mabbutt 1,519 Liberal Democrat Stephen Clark 1,431 Conservative Peggy Butler 928 Conservative Gordon Williams 767 Labour Deirdre Bethune 290 Labour David Jones 219 UKIP Michael Phillips 121 Turnout 5,275 42.8 Sherington[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Patricia Seymour 992 58.1 Conservative Peter Geary 611 35.8 Labour Peter Hevey 105 6.1 Majority 381 22.3 Turnout 1,708 52.9 Stantonbury (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Brian Morsley 845 Labour Michael Pendry 827 Conservative Roy Miller 671 Conservative Richard Abery 648 Liberal Democrat Derek Newcombe 434 Liberal Democrat Alan Tootill 299 Green Carol Barac 191 Turnout 3,915 31.0 Stony Stratford (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul Bartlett 1,610 Conservative Amanda Box 1,503 Conservative Brinley Carstens 1,425 Labour Michael Moutrie 1,255 Labour David Lewis 1,215 Labour Jessica Holroyd 1,209 Liberal Democrat Terence McGowan 621 Liberal Democrat Kenneth Moore 502 Liberal Democrat Adrian Dnes 430 Turnout 9,770 38.1 Walton Park (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Patricia Wicker 1,281 Liberal Democrat Jaime Tamagnini-Barbosa 1,239 Liberal Democrat Clive Carruthers 1,229 Conservative Laura Davies 647 Conservative David Rumens 602 Conservative Andrew Sharples 602 Labour Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen 463 Labour George Byfield 403 Labour Donna Coventry 402 UKIP Donald Whiteley 89 Turnout 6,957 24.8 Whaddon (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nigel Long 1,003 Labour Gerrard Adderley 903 Conservative Donald McLeod 877 Conservative James Langley 813 Liberal Democrat Janice Cockram 376 Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Punter 297 Turnout 4,269 34.1 Wolverton (3)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Norman Miles 1,384 Labour Hilary Saunders 1,366 Labour Janet Irons 1,365 Conservative Geoffrey Cavender 629 Conservative John Reeves 505 Conservative Kenton White 476 Liberal Democrat Peter Rackliff 404 Green Alan Francis 394 Liberal Democrat Judy Mwanza 363 Liberal Democrat John Whistlecraft 305 Turnout 7,191 26.7 Woughton (2)[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kevin Wilson 936 Labour Stephen Coventry 928 Conservative William Kenyon 326 Conservative Christopher Nixon-Cacney 309 Liberal Democrat Kenneth Otter 299 Liberal Democrat Edis Bevan 296 Turnout 3,094 24.3 References
- ^ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/91.stm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Full results". Financial Times: p. 7. 4 May 2002.
- ^ a b Hetherington, Peter (2 May 2002). "Guide to the local elections: The country: Labour braces itself for losses as lowest turnout on record expected: Tories and Lib Dems set for modest gains". The Guardian: p. 9.
- ^ Ahmed, Kamal (28 April 2002). "Labour faces big local poll losses". The Observer: p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Borough Council Election". Milton Keynes Council. http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/elections/documents/2002_Results_Candidates_Summary.pdf. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times: p. 16. 4 May 2002.
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