- Purbeck Council election, 2002
Elections to Purbeck Council were held on
2 May ,2002 . One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 16
*Independent 4
*Liberal Democrat 4Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 50.0
votes % = 30.5
votes = 2,344
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 3
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 37.5
votes % = 21.2
votes = 1,627
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 12.5
votes % = 35.9
votes = 2,757
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 12.5
votes = 962
plus/minus =One Independent candidate was unopposed.
Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Peter Wharf
votes = unopposed
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Cake
votes = 329
percentage = 51.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mark Howlett
votes = 200
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Huskinson
votes = 114
percentage = 17.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 129
percentage = 20.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 643
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Lovell
votes = 393
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Wilson
votes = 304
percentage = 41.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leigh van de Zande
votes = 43
percentage = 5.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 89
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 740
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Angus McDonald
votes = 652
percentage = 53.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Royston Fox
votes = 575
percentage = 46.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 77
percentage = 6.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,227
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Elizabeth Rudd
votes = 279
percentage = 69.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jon Davey
votes = 120
percentage = 30.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 159
percentage = 39.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 399
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gary Suttle
votes = 717
percentage = 42.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Cherry Bartlett
votes = 566
percentage = 33.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Hilary O'Donocan
votes = 406
percentage = 24.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 151
percentage = 9.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,689
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Budd
votes = 1,003
percentage = 42.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Leslie Burns
votes = 696
percentage = 29.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Patterson
votes = 544
percentage = 23.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Audrey Tighe
votes = 119
percentage = 5.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 307
percentage = 13.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,362
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Barnes
votes = 361
percentage = 57.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eric Osmond
votes = 269
percentage = 42.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 92
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 630
percentage =
change =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/107.stm 2002 Purbeck election result]
* [http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/p.txt Ward results]sequence
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