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2002 Maidstone Borough Council election
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2002 UK local government election
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thumb|Results of the 2002 Maidstone District Council 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/88.stm Maidstone BBC News 5 March 2011 The council stayed under no overall control.Full results 4 May 2002 Financial Times 7
Background
All 55 seats were being contested in the election after boundary changes were implemented.http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202002.pdf Election of Maidstone Borough Councillors - Thursday 2 May 2002 Maidstone Borough Council 5 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002104706/http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/pdf/Election%20Results%202002.pdf 2 October 2011 dead The boundary changes kept the number of seats the same at 55, but reduced the wards from 28 to 26.
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.
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 31.7%.
Maidstone local election result 2002Election results; Local Election 4 May 2002 The Times 16
Liberal Democrats (UK)
21
-1
38.2
36.9
27,105
+5.5%
Conservative Party (UK)
19
+3
34.5
38.6
28,352
-7.3%
Labour Party (UK)
12
0
21.8
15.6
11,433
-2.0%
Independent (politician)
3
-2
5.5
5.1
3,716
+1.1%
Green Party of England and Wales
0
0
0
2.7
2,021
+1.7%
United Kingdom Independence Party
0
0
0
1.2
877
+1.2%
Ward results
Allington (3)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Daniel Daley
1,642
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Malcolm Robertson
1,501
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Cynthia Robertson
1,500
Conservative Party (UK)
Alison Swannick
385
Labour Party (UK)
Marianna Poliszczuk
229
Labour Party (UK)
Wendy Hollands
206
United Kingdom Independence Party
Gareth Kendall
128
5,591
37.6
Barming
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Oldham
801
89.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Featherstone
94
10.5
707
79.0
895
48.0
Bearsted (3)
Independent (politician)
Patricia Marshall
1,528
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Ash
1,277
Conservative Party (UK)
Allan Bradshaw
1,198
Conservative Party (UK)
Gladys Haskett
1,111
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sheila Chittenden
530
Labour Party (UK)
Jeanne Gibson
461
Green Party of England and Wales
Hazel Chazal
256
6,361
39.9
Bouhgton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton
Independent (politician)
Michael Fitzgerald
639
68.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Oben
291
31.3
348
37.4
930
45.0
Boxley (3)
Conservative Party (UK)
Derek Butler
809
Conservative Party (UK)
Michael Yates
757
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Barnes
701
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Ian Chittenden
517
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Doherty
476
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jean Harwood
475
Independent (politician)
John Munson
329
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Gibson
256
Green Party of England and Wales
Peter Bagshaw
196
4,516
25.4
Bridge (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Moss
458
Conservative Party (UK)
Derek Nicholson
437
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Trevor Matthews
427
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Tucker
426
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Coates
195
Labour Party (UK)
Linda Cogger
186
United Kingdom Independence Party
Keith Woollven
65
2,194
28.5
Coxheath and Hunton (3)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Brian Mortimer
988
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Moira Walter
925
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Williams
896
Conservative Party (UK)
Adrian Brindle
789
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Butcher
698
Conservative Party (UK)
John Swannick
634
Labour Party (UK)
John Hughes
295
United Kingdom Independence Party
Duncan Spencer
89
5,314
35.2
Detling and Thurnham
Conservative Party (UK)
John Horne
413
63.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Watson
161
24.6
Labour Party (UK)
Ray Huson
81
12.4
252
38.5
655
29.0
Downswood and Otham
Independent (politician)
Frederick Winckless
453
78.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Angela Bentley
122
21.2
331
57.6
575
27.0
East (3)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Margaret Shaw
1,090
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patrick Sellar
1,030
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Naghi
944
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Warner
741
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Garland
721
Conservative Party (UK)
Scott Hahnefeld
713
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Burfield
260
United Kingdom Independence Party
Anthony Robertson
83
5,582
34.1
Fant (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Roger Berriman
726
Labour Party (UK)
Merello D'Souza
644
Labour Party (UK)
John Morrison
621
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Shona Stevens
600
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patrick Schnell
494
Conservative Party (UK)
Jacqueline Wooder
336
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeremy Hindle
323
Green Party of England and Wales
Kathryn Moss
231
Green Party of England and Wales
Ian Mcdonald
202
United Kingdom Independence Party
Stephen Dean
142
4,319
28.1
Harrietsham and Lenham (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Tom Sams
830
Labour Party (UK)
Janetta Sams
651
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Allen
649
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Barbara Harris
437
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Stephen Morris
321
2,888
41.7
Headcorn (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Jenefer Gibson
1,117
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian Thick
985
Green Party of England and Wales
Penelope Kemp
501
2,603
38.5
Heath (2)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mick Stevens
522
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Hooper
483
Conservative Party (UK)
Malcolm Parker
262
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Coates
124
1,391
26.3
High Street (3)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Clive English
752
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Denise Joy
639
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Frances Wilson
620
Conservative Party (UK)
Angharad Davies
327
Labour Party (UK)
Leonard Burfield
323
Conservative Party (UK)
Sally Nicholson
322
Green Party of England and Wales
Benjamin Hawkins
140
United Kingdom Independence Party
Terence Kendall
140
Green Party of England and Wales
Sheila Kennedy
129
Green Party of England and Wales
Johann Sikora
59
3,451
22.9
Leeds
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Parvin
469
70.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Shaw
108
16.2
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Stevens
91
13.6
361
54.0
668
36.0
Loose
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Hugh Laing
317
51.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Kevan Hodges
295
48.2
22
3.6
612
33.0
Marden and Yalding (3)
Conservative Party (UK)
Roderick Nelson-Gracie
1,009
Conservative Party (UK)
Elizabeth McGannan
982
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon Anthonisz
978
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patricia Gerrish
549
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Williams
465
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Jackson
412
4,395
29.1
North (3)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Tony Harwood
1,020
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jennifer Paterson
974
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mervyn Warner
841
Conservative Party (UK)
Valerie Parker
402
Conservative Party (UK)
Carolyn Warner
390
Labour Party (UK)
Edith Davis
226
United Kingdom Independence Party
Margaret Kendall
109
3,962
28.2
North Downs
Conservative Party (UK)
Daphne Parvin
459
63.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Cobbett
175
24.3
Labour Party (UK)
Keith Adkinson
86
11.9
284
39.4
720
37.0
Park Wood (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Daniel Moriarty
420
Labour Party (UK)
James Cook
352
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandra Nahab
208
980
20.9
Shepway North (3)
Labour Party (UK)
Frances Brown
799
Labour Party (UK)
Julie Skinner
717
Labour Party (UK)
Wendy Marlow
716
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Hodges
624
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Veal
528
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Phillip Palmby
288
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Geoffrey Samme
229
Green Party of England and Wales
Janet Richards
159
Green Party of England and Wales
Stephen Muggeridge
148
4,208
25.7
Shepway South (2)
Labour Party (UK)
Daniel Murphy
578
Labour Party (UK)
Kenneth Stevens
516
Conservative Party (UK)
Marion Ring
388
1,482
23.6
South (3)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Malcolm Luxton
1,136
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Ronald Ellis
897
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Wilson
818
Independent (politician)
Alan Smith
767
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Chell
712
Conservative Party (UK)
Lesley Polley
655
Conservative Party (UK)
Theresa Stirk
555
United Kingdom Independence Party
John Botting
121
5,661
37.0
Staplehurst (2)
Conservative Party (UK)
Eric Hotson
922
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Lusty
896
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Steven Williams
300
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Thomas Burnham
290
Labour Party (UK)
Allan Rimmer
231
Labour Party (UK)
John Randall
201
2,840
31.6
Sutton Valence and Langley
Conservative Party (UK)
Paulina Stockell
503
70.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sarah Gould
208
29.3
295
41.5
711
33.0
References
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