2002 Winchester City Council election

2002 Winchester City Council election
All 57 seats to Winchester City Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
	Results by Ward
Council control before election; Liberal Democrats;	Council control after election ; Liberal Democrats;

The 2002 Winchester Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England.

The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The boundary changes were the first since the 1970s and they saw the number of seats increased by 2.^[1]^[2]

The results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in overall control of the council after retaining 35 seats on the council.^[3]^[4] However the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Sabine, lost his seat in New Alresfords ward.^[2] The Conservatives increased their number of councillors from 11 to 14, while Labour lost 1 to only hold 3 seats.^[3] Voter turnout was higher than nationally, with over 50% voting in 4 wards.^[3]

Election result

Winchester Local Election Result 2002^[5]^[6]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	35	0	61.4	44.6	36,057	+5.3%
Conservative	14	+3	24.6	36.6	29,600	-5.9%
Independent	5	0	8.8	9.5	7,684	+2.7%
Labour	3	-1	5.3	9.2	7,459	-2.2%

Ward results

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Georgina Busher	1,278	55.85
	Independent	Jean Hammerton	1,203
	Independent	Colin Chamberlain	1,166
	Conservative	Sally Lees	442	19.31
	Liberal Democrats	Jillian Blackmore	435	19.01
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Philpott	361
	Labour	Stephen Haines	133	5.81
	Labour	David Picton-Jones	85
Turnout			5,103	38.1
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Boarhunt & Southwick

Boarhunt & Southwick^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Carter	256	52.13
	Conservative	John Cooper	235	47.86
Majority			21	4.2
Turnout			491	50.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harry Verney	419	52.50
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Sabine	358	44.86
	Labour	Kevin Barrett	21	2.63
Majority			61	7.64
Turnout			798	49.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Colden Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bidgood	1,119	64.34
	Liberal Democrats	Cecily Sutton	1,020
	Liberal Democrats	James Wagner	1,005
	Conservative	Marcus Moosa	487	28.00
	Conservative	Peter Facey	474
	Conservative	Sheena Nicholson	405
	Labour	David Smith	133	7.64
Turnout			4,643	42.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Compton & Otterbourne

Compton & Otterbourne (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Bailey	736	52.75
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mason	647
	Conservative	Margaret Campbell-White	615	44.08
	Conservative	Maurray Macmillan	602
	Labour	Kathleen Smith	44	3.15
Turnout			2,644	45.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Denmead

Denmead (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Allgood	1,339	63.91
	Conservative	Michael Read	1,170
	Conservative	Patricia Stallard	1,114
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Slade	756	36.08
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Brown	550
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Sabine	532
Turnout			5,461	41.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon

Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Dinenage	595	63.16
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Scriven	347	36.83
Majority			248	26.4
Turnout			942	58.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Itchen Valley

Itchen Valley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Baxter	505	71.93
	Liberal Democrats	David Keston	197	28.06
Majority			308	43.87
Turnout			702	41.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kings Worthy

Kings Worthy (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hutton	766	60.17
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johnston	720
	Conservative	Victoria Hibberd	407	31.97
	Conservative	Barbara Jeffs	406
	Labour	John Craig	100	7.85
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	85
Turnout			2,484	41.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Littleton & Harestock

Littleton & Harestock (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	George Fothergill	957	71.47
	Liberal Democrats	Kelsie Learney	898
	Conservative	Noelle Brelsford	319	23.82
	Conservative	Ione Ashford	305
	Labour	Malcolm Leatherdale	63	4.70
Turnout			2,542	41.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Oliver's Battery & Badger Farm

Oliver's Battery & Badger Farm (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Collin	922	67.39
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine McKay	889
	Conservative	William Halliwell	359	26.24
	Conservative	James Holker	314
	Labour	John Elliot-Smith	87	6.35
	Labour	Pamela Smith	86
Turnout			2,657	49.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Owslebury & Curdridge

Owslebury & Curdridge (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Knasel	770	55.07
	Liberal Democrats	David Mackenzie	737
	Conservative	Malcolm Le May	565	40.41
	Conservative	Charles Blackmore	523
	Labour	Michael Chaplin	63	4.50
	Labour	Timothy Curran	45
Turnout			2,703	49.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Shedfield

Shedfield (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Hoare	850	60.93
	Independent	Ashley Goodall	754
	Conservative	Roger Huxstep	545	39.06
	Conservative	Susan Hughes	392
Turnout			2,541	43.5
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Sparsholt

Sparsholt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Steel	359	51.28
	Conservative	David Parker	341	48.71
Majority			18	2.57
Turnout			700	49.7

St Barnabas

St Barnabas (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Mitchell	971	42.42
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Porter	860
	Liberal Democrats	John Higgins	846
	Conservative	Eileen Berry	838	36.60
	Conservative	Anne Saunders	776
	Conservative	Stephen Brine	762
	Independent	Rupert Pitt	307	13.41
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	173	7.55
	Labour	Simon Woolfenden	168
	Labour	Adrian Field	167
Turnout			5,868	47.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hiscock	846	45.77
	Liberal Democrats	James Maynard	814
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Nelmes	805
	Conservative	Christopher Coney	451	24.40
	Conservative	Ian Jones	424
	Conservative	Malcolm Wright	375
	Independent	Philip Butterworth	323	17.47
	Labour	Denis Archdeacon	228	12.33
	Labour	Stephen Wyeth	179
	Labour	Sally James	171
Turnout			4,616	37.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St John & All Saints

St John & All Saints (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Pines	666	38.29
	Labour	Ann Craig	580
	Liberal Democrats	Hillary Jones	534	30.70
	Labour	Antony De Peyer	512
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ewing	486
	Conservative	Sally Goodman	280	16.10
	Conservative	James Bone	276
	Conservative	Andrew Beadle	271
	Independent	Henry Cooper	259	14.89
Turnout			3,864	31.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Luke

St Luke (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Patrick Davies	603	41.38
	Liberal Democrats	Ernest Nunn	564	38.70
	Liberal Democrats	David Atwell	556
	Labour	Clare McKenna	519
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Scott	494
	Labour	Peter Rees	455
	Conservative	Elizabeth Osborne	290	19.90
	Conservative	Stanley Trusser	259
	Conservative	Richard Worrall	248
Turnout			3,988	43.6
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Michael

St Michael (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Tait	892	38.46
	Liberal Democrats	John Beveridge	759	32.72
	Conservative	Fiona Mather	657
	Conservative	Elizabeth Loader	622
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Coleman	599
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Bamberg	593
	Independent	Keith Story	528	22.76
	Independent	Jocelyn Edmonstone	385
	Labour	Denise Baker	140	6.03
	Labour	Albert Edwards	131
	Labour	Debra Grech	119
Turnout			5,425	44.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul

St Paul (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Pearce	823	50.67
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Love	816
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bennetts	798
	Conservative	Anthony Harding	354	21.79
	Conservative	Simon Storey	351
	Conservative	Michael Lovegrove	343
	Independent	John Murray	243	14.96
	Labour	Nigel Fox	204	12.56
	Labour	Carol Orchard	187
	Labour	Nicholas Burnham	180
Turnout			4,299	33.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Swanmore & Newton

Swanmore & Newtown (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Campbell	814	46.38
	Conservative	Frank Pearson	781	44.50
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Bradby	723
	Conservative	James Thomson	705
	Independent	Graham Acres	102	5.81
	Labour	Denis May	58	3.30
Turnout			3,183	52.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Alresfords

The Alresfords (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Hollingbery	1,204	54.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cook	1,013	45.7
	Conservative	Ernest Jeffs	981
	Conservative	Philip Millward	978
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Sabine	928
	Liberal Democrats	John Thompson	895
	Labour	Robin Atkins	475
	Independent	Sonia Hale	286
	Labour	Reginald Markin	277
Turnout			7,037	44.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christine Quar	511	67.77
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Vear	243	32.22
Majority			268	35.54
Turnout			754	50.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whiteley

Whiteley (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Hatch	264	65.34
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Wright	255
	Conservative	Michael Fraser	140	34.65
	Conservative	Caroline Watts	140
Turnout			799	24.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wickham

Wickham (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Therese Evans	632	68.99
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Clohosey	578
	Conservative	Elizabeth Tyrell	243	26.52
	Conservative	Jocelyn Lovett	237
	Labour	Patricia	41	4.47
Turnout			1,731	43.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth Oxley	832	48.68
	Conservative	Barry Lipscomb	792
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bayley	758	44.35
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Newton	744
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Girling	709
	Conservative	Adrian Norman	709
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	119	6.96
	Labour	Alan Drury	94
	Labour	Adam Hug	68
Turnout			4,825	41.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

^ "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Out out out: Local election round-up". Southern Daily Echo. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Voters oust city leader". ThisIsHampshire.net. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ "WINCHESTER CITY COUNCIL – ELECTION RESULTS 2002" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^ ^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 "Winchester City Council - Election results 2002" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

Preceded by 2000 Winchester Council election	Winchester local elections	Succeeded by 2003 Winchester Council election

[hold-1] "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[out-2] "Out out out: Local election round-up". Southern Daily Echo. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[oust-3] "Voters oust city leader". ThisIsHampshire.net. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[4] "WINCHESTER CITY COUNCIL – ELECTION RESULTS 2002" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

[results-5] ^ ^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 "Winchester City Council - Election results 2002" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[local-6] "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

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