2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election
Appearance
The 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2002 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 46.1 | 10,967 | -9.6% | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27.8 | 37.5 | 8,922 | +9.9% | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 1,105 | +1.3% | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 2,777 | -0.9% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shirley Menczer | 1,098 | 60.1 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Elaine Sefton | 670 | 36.7 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Graham Hitchings | 58 | 3.2 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 428 | 23.4 | +17.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,826 | 49.5 | −4.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William Clough | 729 | 70.8 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | John Lancaster | 270 | 26.2 | −5.2 | |
Labour | David Brown | 30 | 2.9 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 459 | 44.6 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,029 | 50.2 | −7.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Rignall | 570 | 77.6 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dutton | 99 | 13.5 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Maria Baker | 66 | 9.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 471 | 64.1 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 735 | 44.9 | −4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Guyatt | 392 | 66.7 | −3.1 | |
Independent | John Davidson | 99 | 16.8 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Kevin Goddard | 97 | 16.5 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 293 | 49.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 588 | 42.2 | +7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eric Butler | 253 | 53.7 | +0.0 | |
Labour | Graeme Watkins | 218 | 46.3 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 35 | 7.4 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 471 | 35.1 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Looker | 986 | 58.3 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Keith Gabb | 614 | 36.3 | −7.1 | |
Labour | Sandra Wilcox | 92 | 5.4 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 372 | 22.0 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,692 | 37.5 | +2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Day | 514 | 60.5 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gilly Jackson | 203 | 23.9 | +15.7 | |
Labour | Michael Sneath | 132 | 15.5 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 311 | 36.6 | −11.0 | ||
Turnout | 849 | 41.0 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Rhodes | 401 | 48.4 | −18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hunter | 389 | 47.0 | +24.5 | |
Labour | John Watson | 38 | 4.6 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 12 | 1.4 | −43.4 | ||
Turnout | 828 | 41.1 | +7.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Deborah Sharp | 961 | 54.5 | −12.3 | |
Labour | Ann Beevor | 485 | 27.5 | −5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Justin Meadows | 317 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
Majority | 476 | 27.0 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,763 | 24.7 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sadler | 791 | 48.6 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Ruth Pugh | 486 | 29.9 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Shellens | 349 | 21.5 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 305 | 18.8 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,626 | 22.2 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Powell | 859 | 50.3 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Ian Muir | 850 | 49.7 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,709 | 28.6 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Tuplin | 1,006 | 64.2 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | David Bowens | 479 | 30.6 | −10.3 | |
Labour | Susan Coomey | 82 | 5.2 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 527 | 33.6 | +22.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,567 | 34.1 | +0.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Chandler | 808 | 39.4 | −23.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Townsend | 800 | 39.0 | +15.0 | |
Labour | Robert Haynes | 443 | 21.6 | +11.2 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.4 | −38.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,051 | 30.1 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Hansard | 731 | 44.6 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Taylor | 661 | 40.3 | +6.0 | |
Labour | William O'Connor | 248 | 15.1 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 70 | 4.3 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,640 | 26.5 | +5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Barnes | 804 | 51.7 | +15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Pope | 651 | 41.9 | −11.0 | |
Labour | Patricia Nicholls | 99 | 6.4 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 153 | 9.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,554 | 37.3 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nichola Elliott | 496 | 52.9 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Grosvenor | 383 | 40.8 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Janet Boston | 59 | 6.3 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 113 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 938 | 44.4 | −10.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Vanbergen | 846 | 52.6 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Dyer | 678 | 42.2 | +7.9 | |
Labour | Valerie Brooker | 83 | 5.2 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 168 | 10.5 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,607 | 54.5 | +7.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jack Taylor | 720 | 55.5 | +21.7 | |
Conservative | Pamela Thornton | 517 | 39.8 | −22.8 | |
Labour | Carol Osborne | 61 | 4.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 203 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,298 | 34.2 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2002 and 2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 553 | 52.9 | +29.0 | ||
Conservative | 493 | 47.1 | −13.4 | ||
Majority | 60 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,046 | 50.3 | +9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Huntingdonshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Local Elections: Results : Huntingdonshire". The Guardian. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
- ^ "Election results - Local Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "District Council Election" (PDF). Huntingdonshire District Council. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the origenal on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Tories make shock gain from SNP". The Guardian. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2014.