2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

2002 local election in England April 2025 December 2013 2002 05 02 yes 2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election parliamentary Coat of arms of the London Borough of Wandsworth.svg 1998 1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election 2006 Wandsworth London Borough Council election 2006 All 61 seats up for election to Wandsworth London Borough Council 31 210,364https://data.london.gov.uk/download/3d9f79d6-f2d8-4f42-910e-a9564382c8b8/7ab5d023-6683-44ee-8638-dd00593e2055/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf Londonn Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - Ward Voting Statistics London Datastore Greater London Authority Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 208 62,581, 29.75% ( 9.63) Edward Lister.jpg 115x50px|Blank 115x50px|Blank Wandsworth London UK local election 2002 map.svg Map of the results of the 2002 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Conservative Party (UK) 50 seats, 53.42% 49 50 0.28 95,535 53.70% Labour Party (UK) 11 10 11 seats, 36.55% 1 59,635 33.52% 3.03 Council control Conservative Party (UK) Council control after election Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 seats, 8.55% 16,155 9.08% 0.53 Edward J.U. Lister 1992 Thamesfield Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown The 2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 1. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/156.stm Wandsworth 2009-09-13 BBC News The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Local Elections: Results The Guardian 9 2002-05-03 The election saw an experiment in leaving polling stations open for a longer period. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1965523.stm Q&A: The local elections 2009-09-14 2002-05-03 BBC News Along with neighbouring Westminster City Council polling stations were open from 7 am to 10 pm instead of the standard 8 am to 9 pm. Alexandra Frean Postal votes trial revives interest in local polls The Times 4 2002-05-03 Background As part of a major redistricting, Wandsworth council along with every other London Council created new districts, eliminated some, and expanded others. The results of this redistricting were as follows:The London Borough of Wandsworth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977legislation.gov.uk - The London Borough of Wandsworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 2 March 2015. Wards Created Wandsworth Common (3) - Created from parts of Earlsfield, Fairfield, Springfield and St John wards Wards Eliminated Parkside (2) - Absorbed by West Hill ward St John (3) - Land divided among Fairfield, Latchmere and St Mary's Park wards as well as part of the new Wandsworth Common ward Springfield (3) - Land divided between Earlsfield ward and the new Wandsworth Common ward Wards Expanded Earlsfield - increased from 2 to 3 seats Fairfield - increased from 2 seats to 3 Queenstown - Increased from 2 seats to 3 West Hill - Increased from 2 seats to 3 Wards Renamed Southfield (3) - renamed to Southfields ward During the process of redistrictinng, the number of seats on Wandworth London Borough Council dropped from 61 to 60. In the years between this election and the previous one there were 2 by-elections triggered by the resignation and deaths of their respective councillors, however neither of them resulted in the seats changing parties.Minors Michael Grenham Dennis London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - By-elections https://data.london.gov.uk/download/3d9f79d6-f2d8-4f42-910e-a9564382c8b8/7ab5d023-6683-44ee-8638-dd00593e2055/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf 8 Oct 2025 London Datastore Greater London Authority 171 In addition to this there was a single seat that became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election to fill it, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:Minors Michael Grenham Dennis London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - Changes 1998-02 https://data.london.gov.uk/download/3d9f79d6-f2d8-4f42-910e-a9564382c8b8/7ab5d023-6683-44ee-8638-dd00593e2055/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf 8 Oct 2025 London Datastore Greater London Authority 167 +↓11491Labour Party (UK) LabourConservative Party (UK) ConservativeIndependent politician Vacant Election result -Wandsworth local election result 2002 Election results; Local Elections The Times 6 2002-05-03 https://data.london.gov.uk/download/3d9f79d6-f2d8-4f42-910e-a9564382c8b8/7ab5d023-6683-44ee-8638-dd00593e2055/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 3 Oct 2025 Greater London Authority London Datastore Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 169–171, 208–209https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Wandsworth-1964-2010.pdf London Borough of Wandsworth Election Results 1964-2010 3 Oct 2025 Plymouth University Elections Centre Michael Minors Dennis Grenham 12–13 Conservative Party (UK) 50 8n "changes" Gains include 10 new seats either added to existing wards or created for new wards and losses are just from wards that were eliminated 8n "changes" 83.33 53.70 95,535 0.28 yes Labour Party (UK) 10 0 1 1 16.67 33.52 59,635 3.03 Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0.00 9.08 16,155 0.53 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.00 2.76 4,917 1.28 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.00 0.86 1,532 New London Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0.00 0.04 76 New Christian Peoples Alliance 0 0 0 0.00 0.03 58 New 60 177,908After the election, the composition was as follows: +↓1050Labour Party (UK) LabourConservative Party (UK) Conservative Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward Balham Balham (3) http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/w.txt Wandsworth 2009-09-13 Andrew Teale https://web.archive.org/web/20091027010348/http://uk.geocities.com/AndrewTeale/local02/w.txt dead 2009-10-27 London elections 2002 - part 3 Evening Standard London 67 2002-05-03 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Longmore*n Longmore was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Andrew White in 1999 1,686 59.46 4.64 Conservative Party (UK) Bernadina Ayonrinde* 1,676 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Walker 1,672 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Cooke 749 25.12 6.80 Labour Party (UK) Sally Gear 713 Labour Party (UK) Harvey Heath 665 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Green 274 8.86 2.00 Liberal Democrats (UK) Siobhan Vitelli 248 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Baker 231 6.56 0.17 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christian Moon 228 Green Party of England and Wales Albert Vickery 166 Green Party of England and Wales Graham Humphreys 158 10,615 1,3552,914 27.45 13.865 0.17 0.14Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Bedford Bedford (3) Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Finn* 1,394 38.92 9.09 Conservative Party (UK) Antonia Dunn 1,366 Conservative Party (UK) Sheldon Wilkie* 1,276 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Bowes 1,254 32.12 6.35 Labour Party (UK) Peter Carpenter 1,057 Labour Party (UK) James Whiting 1,019 Green Party of England and Wales John Rattray 533 15.42 7.91 Liberal Democrats (UK) Henrietta Norman 468 13.54 7.51 10,463 8212,991 28.59 11.886 0.20 0.36Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Earlsfield Earlsfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Angela Graham* 1,743 48.81 5.74 Conservative Party (UK) Marc Hope 1,684 Conservative Party (UK) Charles McNaught-Davis* 1,607 Labour Party (UK) Peter Max 1,246 35.95 0.07 Labour Party (UK) Sophie Livingstone 1,232 Labour Party (UK) Leonie Cooper 1,230 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephanie Dearden 282 7.44 2.80 Liberal Democrats (UK) Abigail Irving 256 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Gilbert 229 Green Party of England and Wales Dorothy Horsler 210 6.11 Christian Peoples Alliance Cynthia Harry 58 1.69 New 10,536 3,8053,412 32.38 11.335 0.15 0.19Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) East Putney East Putney (3) Conservative Party (UK) Diana Whittingham* 1,870 63.35 1.47 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie McDonnell* 1,866 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Prichard* 1,846 Labour Party (UK) Scott Knox 741 24.47 2.88 Labour Party (UK) Richard Moir 729 Labour Party (UK) Alan Petrides 686 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tracy Harris 402 12.18 1.41 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Durrant 341 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeremy Clery 330 10,888 5853,021 27.75 7.983 0.10 0.25 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Fairfield Fairfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Vanessa Graham* 1,642 53.32 10.37 Conservative Party (UK) Piers McCausland†n McCausland was a sitting councillor representing the St John ward 1,564 Conservative Party (UK) Tessa Strickland* 1,536 Labour Party (UK) Victoria Anifowoshe 738 23.98 6.77 Labour Party (UK) Brendan McMullan 723 Labour Party (UK) Tom Wright 672 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick Warren 360 12.14 6.58 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Williams 313 10.56 New 10,321 4,3262,709 26.25 18.223 0.11 0.27 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Furzedown Furzedown (3) Labour Party (UK) John Farebrother* 1,727 41.78 3.79 Conservative Party (UK) Colin Dawe†n Dawe was a sitting councillor representing the Bedford ward 1,696 41.60 2.02 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Halford 1,651 Labour Party (UK) Vibert Luthers 1,608 Labour Party (UK) Peter Marsden 1,606 Conservative Party (UK) Toufic Batal 1,572 Green Party of England and Wales Donald Valentine 395 10.02 4.74 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Elsley 298 6.60 1.07 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Parritt 253 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Williams 229 10,430 743,863 37.04 5.6512 0.31 0.48 Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Graveney Graveney (3) Labour Party (UK) Andrew Gibbons* 1,434 41.83 4.04 Labour Party (UK) Pamela Tatlow* 1,290 Labour Party (UK) Thakur Hosain* 1,277 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sarah Cole 1,165 33.05 2.36 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Lowe 1,048 Liberal Democrats (UK) Amanda Wells 948 Conservative Party (UK) Samantha Hurley 536 16.68 0.04 Conservative Party (UK) David de Winton 532 Conservative Party (UK) Guy Hurley†n Hurley was a sitting councillor representing the Balham ward 527 Green Party of England and Wales Marian Hoffman 269 8.44 1.64 10,737 2043,220 29.99 4.616 0.19 0.06 Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Latchmere Latchmere (3) Labour Party (UK) Anthony Belton* 1,365 48.16 2.17 Labour Party (UK) Maurice Johnson* 1,351 Labour Party (UK) Bhavna Joshi 1,215 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Parkinson 953 33.79 10.34 Conservative Party (UK) George Smith 915 Conservative Party (UK) David Walden 890 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Giles 221 8.12 2.58 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Day 194 7.13 New London Socialist Alliance Stephen McNaughton 76 2.79 New 10,174 1,9312,633 25.88 5.848 0.30 0.04 Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Nightingale Nightingale (3) Conservative Party (UK) Katharine Lindsay 1,891 48.49 2.63 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Heaster* 1,875 Conservative Party (UK) Ravindra Govindia* 1,832 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Langan 1,045 25.76 11.05 Labour Party (UK) Misbah Islam 990 Labour Party (UK) Martin Tupper 939 Green Party of England and Wales Bruce Mackenzie 497 12.91 6.95 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Knight 494 12.84 6.73 10,895 1,3513,440 31.57 9.903 0.09 0.36 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Northcote Northcote (3) Conservative Party (UK) Philip Beddows†n Beddows was a sitting councillor representing the Shaftesbury ward 1,940 60.43 1.40 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Johnson* 1,895 Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Passmore* 1,853 Labour Party (UK) Margaret McCabe 674 20.10 4.45 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Paterson 616 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Grinyer 602 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Green 344 9.20 1.30 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Cronin 330 Green Party of England and Wales Richmond Crowhurst 322 10.27 4.55 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Sparling 192 10,714 1,6143,030 28.28 12.194 0.13 0.06 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Queenstown Queenstown (3) Conservative Party (UK) Scott Caisley 1,390 49.27 New Conservative Party (UK) Deidre Church 1,362 Conservative Party (UK) David Nurse 1,279 Labour Party (UK) Michael Hipwell 1,194 41.97 New Labour Party (UK) Anna Steinitz 1,128 Labour Party (UK) Erica Trim 1,112 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ashley Jones 239 8.76 New 9,849 New2,776 28.19 New14 0.50 New Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Roehampton Roehampton (3) Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Penfold 1,668 46.96 2.60 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Reeve 1,612 Conservative Party (UK) Ryan Robson 1,581 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Brueseke 1,402 38.77 3.46 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth McNeil 1,375 Labour Party (UK) Martin Spence 1,236 Liberal Democrats (UK) Valerie Shelmerdine 291 7.29 0.92 Green Party of England and Wales Polly Moore 241 6.98 New Liberal Democrats (UK) Godfrey Shockey 212 10,276 1,4323,387 32.96 4.786 0.18 0.06 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) St Mary's Park St Mary's Park (3) Conservative Party (UK) Mark Davies 1,650 55.10 0.88 Conservative Party (UK) John Hallmark* 1,597 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Williams* 1,521 Labour Party (UK) Paul Peters 747 24.31 7.99 Labour Party (UK) Joan Cawston 715 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Walsh 641 Green Party of England and Wales William Charlton 369 12.79 5.66 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Owen-Jones 227 7.80 3.21 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Woodley 223 10,366 1,2432,725 26.29 14.042 0.07 0.31Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Shaftesbury Shaftesbury (3) Conservative Party (UK) James Cousins* 1,640 51.26 2.86 Conservative Party (UK) John Senior* 1,619 Conservative Party (UK) John Ellis 1,571 Labour Party (UK) Elisabeth Davies 914 28.05 5.86 Labour Party (UK) William McDonald 873 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Goldsmith 856 Green Party of England and Wales Sebastian Berry 357 11.37 4.99 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Patterson 293 9.33 3.74 10,770 6742,861 26.56 11.222 0.07 0.06 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Southfields Southfields (3) Conservative Party (UK) Simon Roberts 1,913 52.66 New Conservative Party (UK) Janice Leigh†n Leigh was a sitting councillor representing the Southfield ward 1,899 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Vivian†n Vivian was a sitting councillor representing the Queenstown ward 1,898 Labour Party (UK) Sarah Richards 946 24.30 New Labour Party (UK) Beth Lamont 918 Labour Party (UK) Morgan McSweeney 771 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anna Ahmed 470 11.26 New Independent (politician) June Hautot 426 11.78 New Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Burrett 404 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Cheetham 347 10,983 New3,490 31.78 New5 0.14 NewConservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Thamesfield Thamesfield (3) Conservative Party (UK) Roger Bird* 1,838 46.19 17.87 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Lister* 1,834 Conservative Party (UK) James Maddan 1,768 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Locke 663 16.85 7.63 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Shephard 661 Labour Party (UK) John Slater 660 Independent (politician) John Horrocks 627 15.97 New Independent politician Christine Reeves 479 12.20 New Liberal Democrats (UK) Moira Sanders 372 8.79 2.67 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martha Zantides 318 10,155 1933,227 31.78 8.883 0.09 0.27 Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Tooting Tooting (3) Labour Party (UK) Nicola Brown 1,534 47.74 6.87 Labour Party (UK) Sadiq Khan* 1,407 Labour Party (UK) Stuart King* 1,358 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Lindsay 936 30.39 1.56 Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Dunn 924 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn McDermott†n McDermott was a sitting councillor representing the Nightingale ward 877 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Petty 360 10.58 1.91 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Clifton 354 Green Party of England and Wales Matthew Ledbury 339 11.29 3.39 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Roscoe 239 11,105 8442,948 26.55 8.077 0.24 0.01 Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK)Labour Party (UK) Wandsworth Common Wandsworth Common (3) Conservative Party (UK) Katharine Tracey†n Tracey was a sitting councillor representing the Springfield ward 2,094 63.93 New Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Longworth†n Longworth was a sitting councillor representing the Southfield ward 2,090 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Hart†n Hart was a sitting councillor representing the Furzedown ward 2,084 Labour Party (UK) Michael Dolan 627 17.47 New Labour Party (UK) Belinda Randall 560 Labour Party (UK) Mark Panto 526 Green Party of England and Wales Samantha Guy 323 9.88 New Liberal Democrats (UK) David Hole 312 8.72 New Liberal Democrats (UK) Emma Thorpe 278 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jayne Martin-Kay 265 10,039 New3,164 31.52 New7 0.22 NewConservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) West Hill West Hill (3) Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Howlett†n Howlett was a sitting councillor representing the Parkside ward 2,012 57.27 3.53 Conservative Party (UK) Benjamin Holland 1,913 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Grimston* 1,902 Labour Party (UK) Martin Leigh 1,216 33.76 4.68 Labour Party (UK) Donald Roy 1,110 Labour Party (UK) Tom Sleigh 1,109 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Devons 394 8.96 1.26 Liberal Democrats (UK) Laurence Spicer 276 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerard Walter 242 10,829 4,6863,555 32.83 8.896 0.17 0.03Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) West Putney West Putney (3) Conservative Party (UK) Martin Hime 2,061 64.93 1.74 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Cooper 2,055 Conservative Party (UK) Nadhim Zahawi* 1,961 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Booker 779 23.33 5.29 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Stevens 708 Labour Party (UK) Robert Storey 696 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Dalley 384 11.74 3.55 Liberal Democrats (UK) Susan Shocket 366 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eleanor Ruddock 349 10,219 4763,215 31.46 7.022 0.06 0.15Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK)Conservative Party (UK) Notes n References 1998 Wandsworth Council election Wandsworth local elections 2006 Wandsworth Council election Category:2002 London Borough council elections 2002