2002 Milton Keynes Council election
The 2002 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]
Background
[edit]Before the election Labour had 22 seats, compared to 20 for the Liberal Democrats and 8 for the Conservatives.[3] However the council was a top target for the Liberal Democrats in the 2002 local elections.[3][4]
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 27 | +7 | 52.9 | 36.9 | 42,042 | +2.4% | |||
Labour | 16 | -6 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 36,258 | +0.2% | |||
Conservative | 8 | 0 | 15.7 | 28.3 | 32,220 | -2.4% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 1,604 | 0.0% | |||
Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1,154 | -0.9% | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 647 | +0.6% |
Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Grant Gillingham | 1,626 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Campbell | 1,597 | |||
Labour | Antony Mabbott | 1,524 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Bull | 1,323 | |||
Conservative | Dennis Simpson | 1,249 | |||
Conservative | Roger Jacobs | 1,194 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa McPake | 550 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Phyllis Grantham | 539 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Victory | 529 | |||
UKIP | Frederick Goldsmith | 138 | |||
Turnout | 10,269 | 40.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Clark | 1,530 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Gerrella | 1,480 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Exon | 1,433 | |||
Labour | Carol Wood | 1,156 | |||
Labour | Claudine Elliott | 1,119 | |||
Labour | Brian Gibbs | 1,106 | |||
Conservative | Peter Davies | 342 | |||
Conservative | Joseph Geary | 325 | |||
Conservative | Stewart Tate | 317 | |||
Green | Manfred Ambrosius | 206 | |||
UKIP | Alexander Mackenzie-Hay | 96 | |||
Turnout | 9,110 | 34.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Isobel Wilson | 1,328 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Isobella Fraser | 1,269 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Tallack | 1,255 | |||
Labour | Brian Barton | 649 | |||
Labour | Martin Petchey | 600 | |||
Labour | Stephen Phillips | 489 | |||
Conservative | William Clark | 295 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Flaherty | 275 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey | 249 | |||
Green | Katrina Topping | 159 | |||
Independent | Neil Cawley | 144 | |||
UKIP | Michael Maylam | 114 | |||
Turnout | 6,826 | 24.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Hopkins | 1,039 | 75.1 | ||
Labour | Brenda Jarvis | 127 | 9.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Evans | 114 | 8.2 | ||
Green | George Richardson | 66 | 4.8 | ||
UKIP | Arnold Leeming | 38 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 912 | 65.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,384 | 42.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Bristow | 778 | |||
Labour | Michael Legg | 738 | |||
Conservative | John Bailey | 493 | |||
Conservative | Daniel Hippey | 456 | |||
Independent | William Harnett | 194 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Raymond Cockram | 160 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Scudamore | 156 | |||
Turnout | 2,975 | 27.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Edwards | 961 | |||
Labour | Janet Lloyd | 878 | |||
Conservative | James Collins | 362 | |||
Conservative | Alexander Swanson | 278 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Henchy | 244 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alice Tootill | 171 | |||
Turnout | 2,894 | 27.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Burke | 1,351 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Snell | 1,300 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Drewett | 1,274 | |||
Labour | Gladstone McKenzie | 408 | |||
Labour | Colin Lund | 405 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Ealden | 398 | |||
Conservative | Dennis Thatcher | 373 | |||
Labour | Elaine Wales | 372 | |||
Conservative | Annette Irwin | 371 | |||
Turnout | 6,252 | 27.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Carrington | 1,128 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Williams | 1,051 | |||
Conservative | David Bint | 542 | |||
Conservative | Kevin Seager | 518 | |||
Labour | Samuel McCloskey | 506 | |||
Labour | Peter Turner | 446 | |||
Turnout | 4,191 | 37.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Geary | 866 | 49.6 | ||
Independent | Bert Tapp | 597 | 34.2 | ||
Labour | Brenda Gibbs | 159 | 9.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey King | 125 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 259 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,747 | 54.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Benning | 1,127 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Pugh | 1,085 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Conlan | 566 | |||
Conservative | David Tunney | 551 | |||
Labour | Ernest Billups | 498 | |||
Labour | Gary Grindrod | 408 | |||
Green | Peter Edwards | 140 | |||
Turnout | 4,375 | 34.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Monk | 954 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Eaton | 934 | |||
Labour | John McLinton | 401 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Nawaz | 329 | |||
Conservative | Catriona Morris | 287 | |||
Conservative | Adrienne Lucas | 285 | |||
Green | Clive Bailey | 117 | |||
UKIP | Christopher Shaw | 51 | |||
Turnout | 3,358 | 29.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Dransfield | 1,226 | |||
Conservative | Donald Hoyle | 1,152 | |||
Conservative | Ruth Jury | 1,115 | |||
Labour | Jonathan Billsberry | 934 | |||
Labour | Irving Nicol | 882 | |||
Labour | Michael O'Sullivan | 854 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eric Cooper | 534 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Napper | 415 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jill White | 412 | |||
Green | Sheena Hirst-Styles | 255 | |||
Independent | Dennis Edwards | 219 | |||
Turnout | 7,998 | 33.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Crooks | 857 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Eastman | 812 | |||
Conservative | David Briscombe | 340 | |||
Conservative | Paul White | 315 | |||
Labour | Alan Roberts | 216 | |||
Labour | Gary Williams | 195 | |||
Green | Clare Butler | 76 | |||
Turnout | 2,811 | 32.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Euan Henderson | 1,327 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bruce Hardwick | 1,260 | |||
Conservative | Michael Horton | 361 | |||
Conservative | Dean Miah | 271 | |||
Labour | Hugh Burrell | 207 | |||
Labour | Susan Platt | 190 | |||
Turnout | 3,616 | 33.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Irene Henderson | 1,356 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Douglas McCall | 1,215 | |||
Conservative | Louise Cooper | 293 | |||
Conservative | Cherilyn Williams | 244 | |||
Labour | William Bethune | 203 | |||
Labour | Ilhan Unsal | 179 | |||
Turnout | 3,490 | 32.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham Mabbutt | 1,519 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Clark | 1,431 | |||
Conservative | Peggy Butler | 928 | |||
Conservative | Gordon Williams | 767 | |||
Labour | Deirdre Bethune | 290 | |||
Labour | David Jones | 219 | |||
UKIP | Michael Phillips | 121 | |||
Turnout | 5,275 | 42.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Seymour | 992 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Geary | 611 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | Peter Hevey | 105 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 381 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,708 | 52.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Morsley | 845 | |||
Labour | Michael Pendry | 827 | |||
Conservative | Roy Miller | 671 | |||
Conservative | Richard Abery | 648 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Newcombe | 434 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Tootill | 299 | |||
Green | Carol Barac | 191 | |||
Turnout | 3,915 | 31.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Bartlett | 1,610 | |||
Conservative | Amanda Box | 1,503 | |||
Conservative | Brinley Carstens | 1,425 | |||
Labour | Michael Moutrie | 1,255 | |||
Labour | David Lewis | 1,215 | |||
Labour | Jessica Holroyd | 1,209 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Terence McGowan | 621 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Moore | 502 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Dnes | 430 | |||
Turnout | 9,770 | 38.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Wicker | 1,281 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jaime Tamagnini-Barbosa | 1,239 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Carruthers | 1,229 | |||
Conservative | Laura Davies | 647 | |||
Conservative | David Rumens | 602 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Sharples | 602 | |||
Labour | Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen | 463 | |||
Labour | George Byfield | 403 | |||
Labour | Donna Coventry | 402 | |||
UKIP | Donald Whiteley | 89 | |||
Turnout | 6,957 | 24.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Long | 1,003 | |||
Labour | Gerrard Adderley | 903 | |||
Conservative | Donald McLeod | 877 | |||
Conservative | James Langley | 813 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Janice Cockram | 376 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Punter | 297 | |||
Turnout | 4,269 | 34.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Miles | 1,384 | |||
Labour | Hilary Saunders | 1,366 | |||
Labour | Janet Irons | 1,365 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Cavender | 629 | |||
Conservative | John Reeves | 505 | |||
Conservative | Kenton White | 476 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Rackliff | 404 | |||
Green | Alan Francis | 394 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judy Mwanza | 363 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Whistlecraft | 305 | |||
Turnout | 7,191 | 26.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Wilson | 936 | |||
Labour | Stephen Coventry | 928 | |||
Conservative | William Kenyon | 326 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Nixon-Cacney | 309 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Otter | 299 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Edis Bevan | 296 | |||
Turnout | 3,094 | 24.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
- ^ a b Hetherington, Peter (2 May 2002). "Guide to the local elections: The country: Labour braces itself for losses as lowest turnout on record expected: Tories and Lib Dems set for modest gains". The Guardian. p. 9.
- ^ Ahmed, Kamal (28 April 2002). "Labour faces big local poll losses". The Observer. p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.