Hastings Council election, 2002

Elections to Hastings Council were held on 2 May, 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.0%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 21
*Conservative 10
*Liberal Democrat 1

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 21
gain =
loss =
net = +3
seats % = 65.6
votes % = 45.7
votes = 16,666
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain =
loss =
net = +4
seats % = 31.3
votes % = 33.0
votes = 12,051
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain =
loss =
net = -7
seats % = 3.1
votes % = 17.6
votes = 6,432
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.8
votes = 1,017
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 264
plus/minus = Election Summary
party = Rock 'n' Roll Loony
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 42
plus/minus =

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Wilson
votes = 558
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Cooke
votes = 549
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Colin Dormer
votes = 331
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kenneth Hadler
votes = 324
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Inge Eveleigh
votes = 318
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Henry Campbell
votes = 310
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,390
percentage = 32.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Hart
votes = 473
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ion Castro
votes = 448
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gillian Bing
votes = 368
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Esther Carpenter
votes = 362
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Randell
votes = 175
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,826
percentage = 27.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Godfrey Daniel
votes = 831
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Sabetian
votes = 697
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Marchant
votes = 343
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Prince
votes = 328
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Saxby
votes = 189
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roy Tobin
votes = 166
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Amanda Eyre
votes = 81
percentage =
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party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michael Turner
votes = 73
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Longworth
votes = 68
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,776
percentage = 38.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Pamela Brown
votes = 627
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Clive Jackson
votes = 583
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Melanie Rycroft
votes = 541
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Smith
votes = 483
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cynthia Jones
votes = 153
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Patten
votes = 151
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Laurence Homewood
votes = 121
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,659
percentage = 32.5
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Humphries
votes = 690
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Webb
votes = 608
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Fiona Evans
votes = 405
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eve Martin
votes = 398
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Thomas Leitch
votes = 171
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Emily Johns
votes = 138
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,410
percentage = 30.9
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Moon
votes = 656
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Pragnell
votes = 627
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Nicholson
votes = 357
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Greg Rose
votes = 354
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Luke
votes = 325
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Robert Harris
votes = 196
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,515
percentage = 35.6
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Cartwright
votes = 498
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Rushbrook
votes = 436
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Vivienne Bond
votes = 425
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gary Pantrey
votes = 346
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Wendy Goldsmith
votes = 229
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Jones
votes = 229
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Modlinger
votes = 93
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,349
percentage = 27.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Silverson
votes = 511
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Soan
votes = 508
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philippe Bedford
votes = 177
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elfriede Molloy
votes = 176
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Roger Weeden
votes = 111
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Kevin Young
votes = 74
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,557
percentage = 22.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joy Waite
votes = 624
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Charlesworth
votes = 623
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephanie Edmonds
votes = 329
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bruce Dowling
votes = 319
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susannah Farley-Green
votes = 286
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Dalton
votes = 234
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Mary Robertson
votes = 86
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,501
percentage = 33.4
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Bigg
votes = 778
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Kitson
votes = 637
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ian Porter
votes = 473
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Burgess
votes = 453
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Palmer
votes = 371
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anne Scott
votes = 328
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Diana Marquand
votes = 137
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,177
percentage = 39.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Hancock
votes = 503
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Chowney
votes = 450
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Charlesworth
votes = 268
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Feeley
votes = 245
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jocette Wilson
votes = 222
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Sally Phillips
votes = 118
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,806
percentage = 27.0
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Annette Barton
votes = 601
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Roberts
votes = 546
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Theresa Lock
votes = 376
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Shefali Nimbark
votes = 326
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = William Third
votes = 244
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Simon Medhurst
votes = 96
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,189
percentage = 35.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Bing
votes = 781
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Lock
votes = 760
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Ward
votes = 637
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Waller
votes = 631
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Feargal Coffey
votes = 281
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,090
percentage = 41.3
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jay Kramer
votes = 500
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor May
votes = 452
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lyn Burgess
votes = 138
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robin Edmonds
votes = 137
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Catherine Cassidy
votes = 131
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,358
percentage = 23.2
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Finch
votes = 346
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Beaver
votes = 337
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Munch-Petersen
votes = 286
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Wood
votes = 277
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joan Feeley
votes = 206
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Donald Wise
votes = 203
percentage =
change = Election box candidate
party = Rock 'n' Roll Loony
candidate = Brett McLean
votes = 42
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,697
percentage = 31.1
change =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeremy Birch
votes = 895
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Scott
votes = 720
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Molloy
votes = 256
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Quentin Waite
votes = 228
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Antony Davis
votes = 166
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,265
percentage = 34.4
change =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/67.stm 2002 Hastings election result]
* [http://www.hastings.gov.uk/elections/election_020502_hbc_results.aspx Ward results]

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