2002 English local election
2002 Westminster City Council election Turnout 27%[ 1] First party Second party Third party Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 47 seats 13 seats 0 seats Seats won 48 12 0 Seat change 1 1 0 Popular vote 20,573 10,387 4,982 Percentage 55.5% 28.0% 13.4%
The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council . It resulted in a conservative majority.
The election resulted in a Conservative majority of 48 seats. The Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground party ran in protest of the 40% budget cut of the playground by the previous city council.[ 3] [ 4]
The results for each individual ward are as follows.[ 2]
Abbey Road Candidate Party Votes Percent Judith Warner Conservative 1269 59.5% Cyril Nemeth 1265 Kevin Gardner 1230 Katharine Hoskyns Labour 338 15.9% Phillida Inman 313 Robert Bell Liberal Democrats 308 14.4% Margherita Rendel Labour 306 Elizabeth Maxwell Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground 217 10.2% Michele Staniland 217
Bayswater Candidate Party Votes Percent Frixos Tombolis Conservative 911 51.0% Michael Brahams 908 Brian Connell 867 Timothy Nolan Labour 558 31.2% Lewis Baston 510 Daphne Segre 475 Morag Beattie Liberal Democrats 319 17.8% Jacqueline Castles 293 Monica Kendall 275
Bryanston and Dorset Square [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes Percent Audrey Lewis Conservative 1157 67.6% Carolyn Keen 1147 Angela Hooper 1123 Brenda Buxton Labour 295 17.2% David Bradby 277 Derek Buckland 264 Alexis Batterbee Liberal Democrats 260 15.2% Nikhil Seth 232
Candidate Party Votes Percent Barbara Graham Labour 969 59.1% Antony Mothersdale 921 Murad Qureshi 905 Ian Balcombe Conservative 460 28.0% Daniel Defoe 450 Stephen Garside 410 Iain Black Liberal Democrats 211 12.9% Niall McMahon 195
Candidate Party Votes Percent Andrew Havery Conservative 1378 65.9% John Wyatt 1364 Sarah Richardson 1361 Josephine Abercrombie Labour 499 23.9% Madge Cavalla 486 Cass Cass-Horne 444 Rhoda Torres Liberal Democrats 214 10.2% Colin Bell 211 Michael Holmans 197
Candidate Party Votes Percent Guthrie McKie Labour 1029 52.6% Sharan Tabari 952 Josephine Ohene-Djan 942 Andrew Reid Conservative 499 18.5% Jeremy Fox 486 Paul Miller Green 444 14.8% Edward Vaizey Conservative 214 Melissa Foux Liberal Democrats 211 14.2%
Candidate Party Votes Percent Pamela Batty Conservative 1095 69.5% Anne Mallinson 1071 Colin Barrow 1066 Louis Al-Dhahir Labour 250 15.9% Victoria Wegg-Prosser 236 Barbara Bridge Liberal Democrats 231 14.7% Joseph Ogden Labour 212 Elizabeth Mackeith Liberal Democrats 157 Esther Stansfield 150
Knightsbridge and Belgravia [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes Percent Angela Harvey Conservative 1126 77.3% Elizabeth Blois 1124 Catherine Longworth 1114 Tania Chislett Liberal Democrats 144 9.9% Simon Bryden-Brook 130 Angela Whittelegge 130 Thomas Bewley Green 112 7.7% Peter Cavalla Labour 74 5.1% Angelar Forester 72 Malwine Eyre 65
Candidate Party Votes Percent Susan Burbridge Conservative 1180 65.3% Robert Davis 1160 Simon Milton 1128 Elizabeth Whitmore Labour 332 18.4% Tony Rea 310 Stephen Gruneberg 299 Susan Baring Liberal Democrats 295 16.3% Monica Wilson 269 Mark Gray 241
Candidate Party Votes Percent Melvin Caplan Conservative 1177 65.1% Ian Adams 1159 Barbara Schmeling 1147 Paul O'Donnell Labour 395 21.8% Beryl Leaver 377 Basema Elsafi 374 Michael Ryan Liberal Democrats 236 13.1% Michael Dearden 214 Phillip Wardle 199
Candidate Party Votes Percent Jan Prendergast Conservative 1179 52.7% Ronald Raymond-Cox 1108 Alastair Moss 1066 David Lancaster Labour 780 34.9% Syed Hayat 762 Albert Catterall 745 Anne Couchman Liberal Democrats 279 12.5% Robert Scott 237 Zena Lutrin 201
Marylebone High Street [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes Percent Harvey Marshall Conservative 1328 71.0% Mark Page 1295 Michael Vearncombe 1257 Susan Stocker Liberal Democrats 278 14.9% Mair Garside Labour 264 14.1% Owain Garside 255 David Worton 236 David Brewin Liberal Democrats 214 Michael Sibley 199
Candidate Party Votes Percent Barrie Taylor Labour 1154 61.3% Paul Dimoldenberg 1122 Mushtaq Qureshi 1080 Peter Prendergast Conservative 318 16.9% Nita Fernandez 317 Richard Phibbs 291 Jonathan Wardle Liberal Democrats 219 11.6% Monica Kefi Socialist Alliance 193 10.2% Bernard Silver Liberal Democrats 184
Candidate Party Votes Percent Daniel Astaire Conservative 1145 59.5% Gwyneth Hampson 1138 Timothy Joiner 1079 Peter Denton Labour 410 21.3% Joseph Thomas 375 David Woodgate 357 Richard Croix Liberal Democrats 207 10.8% Herbert Hartwell 199 Alan Thompson 177 Nasir Qureshi Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground 161 8.4%
Candidate Party Votes Percent Louise Hyams Conservative 1056 58.3% Timothy Mitchell 1034 Alexander Nicoll 977 Stephanie Ayres Labour 355 19.6% Lynda Giddings 343 Pamela Eyre 327 Marie-Louise Rossi Liberal Democrats 255 14.1% Nigel Bliss 199 Peter Budge Green 144 8.0% Lydia Howitt 140
Candidate Party Votes Percent Alan Bradley Conservative 1451 62.2% Nicholas Evans 1377 Dominic Schofield 1369 Charles Campion Labour 583 25.0% William Thomson 548 Michael Dumigan 543 Josephine Hayes Liberal Democrats 300 12.9% John Stephens 249
Candidate Party Votes Percent Duncan Sandys Conservative 1351 66.8% Danny Chalkley 1308 Justin Powell-Truck 1270 Steven Friel Labour 406 20.1% Gillian Guy 391 Alen Matthewson 357 Margaret Lang Liberal Democrats 264 13.1% Jancie Taverne 230 Kathleen Hobbins 223
Candidate Party Votes Percent Matthew Mitchell Conservative 1282 68.1% David Clark 1265 Christopher Malthouse 1259 Nicholas Gartside Labour 318 16.9% Anthony Brett-Jones Liberal Democrats 283 15.0% Keith Dugmore 261 Violet Spencer Labour 251 Babette Payne 246
Candidate Party Votes Percent Glenys Roberts Conservative 949 61.0% Ian Wilder 938 John Cox 919 David Bieda Labour 409 26.3% Harold Brookstone 340 Richard Hearnden 214 Michael Pepperell Liberal Democrats 198 12.7% Ian Steers 191 Susan Kendrick 182
Candidate Party Votes Percent David Boothroyd Labour 969 61.7% Simon Stockill 923 Rupert d'Cruz 908 Alexander Story Conservative 399 25.4% Mary Agrafiotou 365 Iheoma Oteh 331 Martin Thompson Liberal Democrats 203 12.9% Anthony Williams 202 Vera Williams 181