Tunbridge Wells Council election, 2002

Elections to Tunbridge Wells Council were held on 2 May, 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 34
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 70.8
votes % = 58.9
votes = 33,666
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 11
gain =
loss =
net = +1
seats % = 22.9
votes % = 29.3
votes = 16,715
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 6.3
votes % = 9.0
votes = 5,125
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.4
votes = 828
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = -2
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 661
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 150
plus/minus =

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Davies
votes = 1,014
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Veitch
votes = 1,012
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Hall
votes = 863
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Kim Fletcher
votes = 661
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Hoare
votes = 607
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,157
percentage = 33.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Oliver-Smith
votes = 911
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Fairrie
votes = 870
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Ratcliffe
votes = 379
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,160
percentage = 33.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Crawford
votes = 481
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Cobbold
votes = 480
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Ollive
votes = 455
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Gregory
votes = 435
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,851
percentage = 31.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hugh Patterson
votes = 420
percentage = 63.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Pemberton
votes = 238
percentage = 36.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 182
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 658
percentage = 37.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Price
votes = 804
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eldred Wakefield
votes = 800
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wilfred Ekins-Daukes
votes = 799
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Aileen Prendergast
votes = 523
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Storr
votes = 497
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Brian Leslie
votes = 388
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,811
percentage = 28.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Smith
votes = 468
percentage = 70.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Lee
votes = 193
percentage = 29.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 275
percentage = 41.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 661
percentage = 39.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Noakes
votes = 784
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Bullock
votes = 728
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Fowler
votes = 269
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,781
percentage = 31.8
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Cunningham
votes = 945
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Beverley Palmer
votes = 912
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Weeden
votes = 861
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Brown
votes = 504
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Burgess
votes = 276
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,498
percentage = 32.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Marriott
votes = 489
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Waldock
votes = 359
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lorraine Braam
votes = 342
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Rich
votes = 229
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,419
percentage = 25.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Thomas
votes = 453
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stanley Ward
votes = 443
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Moon
votes = 222
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Walter Stone
votes = 217
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,335
percentage = 25.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Scholes
votes = 1,096
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Leonard Horwood
votes = 1,017
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Barber-Hughes
votes = 1,005
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael McDowall
votes = 454
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Wigley
votes = 428
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,000
percentage = 31.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Mayhew
votes = 1,007
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Bulman
votes = 952
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Harrison
votes = 928
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Hillier
votes = 640
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Bullion
votes = 629
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Skelton
votes = 620
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,776
percentage = 31.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Archibald Ballantine
votes = 926
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Barrington-King
votes = 911
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Mills
votes = 898
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Pavely
votes = 818
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Harding
votes = 789
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Sonya Wratten
votes = 687
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sally Osborn
votes = 182
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Toby Birkett
votes = 142
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Barney Richardson
votes = 65
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Storm Poorun
votes = 50
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,468
percentage = 42.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Wratten
votes = 530
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Edwards
votes = 396
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Gillmore
votes = 391
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Perry
votes = 385
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Kirkham
votes = 194
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Victor Webb
votes = 150
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,046
percentage = 33.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Neve
votes = 803
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Beatrice Lewis
votes = 764
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Fitzherbert
votes = 226
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Parkes
votes = 168
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Osborn
votes = 123
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,084
percentage = 30.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alfred Baker
votes = 745
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Bannister
votes = 742
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Young
votes = 664
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sean Lockhart
votes = 558
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Reich
votes = 543
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Dickens
votes = 531
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Ross-Skedd
votes = 206
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Phyllis Leslie
votes = 183
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,172
percentage = 30.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ted Jolley
votes = 505
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Williams
votes = 492
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Mayall
votes = 456
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Carvell
votes = 445
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Emma Collins
votes = 414
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hopkinson
votes = 340
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Cicilia Bannister
votes = 321
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,528
percentage = 23.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Clary
votes = 774
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jemima Blackmore
votes = 726
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronnie Ooi
votes = 725
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Bothwell
votes = 625
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Scott
votes = 577
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Wilkinson
votes = 514
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,941
percentage = 26.7
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Rusbridge
votes = 618
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trevor Poile
votes = 545
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Howell
votes = 531
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Billingham
votes = 475
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,169
percentage = 35.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Melvyn Howell
votes = 1,128
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Paulson-Ellis
votes = 1,126
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Jukes
votes = 1,096
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patrick Handcock
votes = 420
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jackie Cassidy
votes = 415
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 4,185
percentage = 35.5
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/131.stm 2002 Tunbridge Wells election result]
* [http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/section.asp?docid=774&catid=247 Ward results]
* [http://www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/section.asp?docid=1111&catid=247#2002 Turnout figures]

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