2002 UK local government election
The 2002 Maidstone Borough 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]
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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | Daniel Daley | 1,642 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Robertson | 1,501 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | Ian Chittenden | 517 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Doherty | 476 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Trevor Matthews | 427 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Brian Mortimer | 988 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Moira Walter | 925 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | Margaret Shaw | 1,090 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Sellar | 1,030 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Shona Stevens | 600 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Barbara Harris | 437 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Mick Stevens | 522 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hooper | 483 | | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Parker | 262 | | |
| Labour | Patrick Coates | 124 | | |
Turnout | 1,391 | 26.3 | |
High Street (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive English | 752 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denise Joy | 639 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | Patricia Gerrish | 549 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 465 | | |
| Labour | Michael Jackson | 412 | | |
Turnout | 4,395 | 29.1 | |
North (3)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Harwood | 1,020 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Paterson | 974 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | Phillip Palmby | 288 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Malcolm Luxton | 1,136 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ronald Ellis | 897 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Steven Williams | 300 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Sarah Gould | 208 | 29.3 | |
Majority | 295 | 41.5 | |
Turnout | 711 | 33.0 | |
References
- ^ "Maidstone". BBC News Online. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Maidstone Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.