2002 Harrogate Borough Council election

Election in North Yorkshire, England September 2019 December 2013 thumb|Map of the results The 2002 Harrogate Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 5. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/63.stm Harrogate 15 January 2011 BBC News Online The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Full results Financial Times 7 4 May 2002 Campaign Before the election the Liberal Democrats had a majority on the council with 39 councillors, compared to 19 Conservatives and one Labour councillor. Steve Parsley Changes ahead in council chamber The Northern Echo 6 19 April 2002 Boundary changes meant that every seat was being contested for the first time since 1974. The changes reduced the number of councillors by five from 59 to 54, while increasing the number of wards from 32 to 35. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Harrogate-Election-Results.176925.jp https://archive.today/20130505135644/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Harrogate-Election-Results.176925.jp dead 5 May 2013 Harrogate Election Results 15 January 2011 3 May 2002 Yorkshire Evening Post As well as candidates from the three main political parties, there were also five independents. However Wathvale ward saw the Conservative former group leader Chris Brown elected after no other candidates were nominated for the ward. Car parking charges in Ripon were an issue in the run up to the election, with the Conservatives attacking them, but the Liberal Democrat council announced that they would end the charges in the market place in the month before the election. Election result The results saw the Liberal Democrats lose their majority on the council, Still no sign of recovery for the Tories The Times 1 3 May 2002 after winning exactly half the seats on the council. Colin Tapping Labour suffers disappointment in triplicate at mayoral elections The Northern Echo 9 4 May 2002 The results came down to the final ward to declare in Bilton, with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives winning one seat each in the ward. This meant the Liberal Democrats has 27 seats, compared to 26 for the Conservatives and 1 independent, Andrew Williams. Harrogate local election result 2002 http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/pdf/DIST%20RESULTS%202002.PDF District Council election 15 January 2011 Harrogate Borough Council October 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Election results; Local Election The Times 16 4 May 2002 Liberal Democrats (UK) 27 -12 50.0 46.3 32,370 +2.2% Conservative Party (UK) 26 +7 48.1 45.0 31,520 -1.7% Independent (politician) 1 +1 1.9 2.9 2,020 +2.9% Labour Party (UK) 0 -1 0 5.8 4,073 -3.3% Ward results Bilton (2) Conservative Party (UK) Heather Adderley 798 Liberal Democrats (UK) Morris Lightfoot 787 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Adderley 776 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Richold 665 Labour Party (UK) Norman Dobell 115 3,141 38.5 Bishop Monkton Conservative Party (UK) Ian Galloway 572 54.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Phillip Barlow 474 45.3 98 9.4 1,046 49.3 Boroughbridge Conservative Party (UK) Brian Lumsden 379 56.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Phillips 237 35.2 Labour Party (UK) Ruth Dicken 58 8.6 142 21.1 674 29.6 Claro Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Bean 774 69.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith Rothwell 343 30.7 431 38.6 1,117 46.0 Granby (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) John Fox 818 Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley 783 Conservative Party (UK) David Pearson 222 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Singleton 203 Labour Party (UK) David King 114 2,140 26.5 Harlow Moor (2) Conservative Party (UK) David Simister 1,080 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Theakston 1,051 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jane Blayney 754 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Turner 655 Independent (politician) Andrew Bradwell 201 Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Jones 75 3,816 46.0 High Harrogate (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Macare 658 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Webber 546 Conservative Party (UK) William Hartmann 404 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Peyton 400 Independent (politician) Peter Armitage 177 Labour Party (UK) Eric Cunningham 119 2,304 28.1 Hookstone (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Marsh 1,114 Liberal Democrats (UK) Reginald Marsh 1,030 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Laycock 645 Conservative Party (UK) David Rimington 628 Labour Party (UK) Mark France 96 3,513 41.6 Killinghall Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bury 723 73.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Stockdale 258 26.3 465 47.4 981 44.3 Kirkby Malzeard Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Atkinson 703 69.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ernest O'Keefe 312 30.7 391 38.5 1,015 47.2 Knaresborough East (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Bill Hoult 647 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Tankard 630 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Aspin 402 Conservative Party (UK) Malcolm Jackson 394 Labour Party (UK) Althea Farmer 289 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Hayton 264 2,626 34.2 Knaresborough King James (2) Conservative Party (UK) John Smith 760 Conservative Party (UK) Diana Smith 756 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Hall 714 Liberal Democrats (UK) Terence Maude 690 Labour Party (UK) David Crosthwaite 170 Labour Party (UK) Simon Hutchings 127 3,217 42.5 Knaresborough Scriven Park (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Jones 550 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Hawkins 541 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Wright 516 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Hill 416 Labour Party (UK) Alan Beatham 401 Conservative Party (UK) Myra Smith 383 2,807 37.6 Low Harrogate (2) Conservative Party (UK) Eric Cooper 885 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Butterfield 882 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ruth Alliston 553 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Marshall 512 Labour Party (UK) Christine Colman 102 2,934 36.6 Lower Nidderdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Watson 646 50.4 Conservative Party (UK) Elwyn Hinchcliffe 637 49.6 9 0.7 1,283 55.0 Marston Moor Conservative Party (UK) Julian Sturdy 508 53.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillean Firth 366 38.6 Labour Party (UK) Patrick O'Connor 75 7.9 142 15.0 949 43.5 Mashamshire Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Simms 525 71.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Foster 206 28.2 319 43.6 731 39.8 New Park (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Crowther 755 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Richards 749 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Dennis 277 Conservative Party (UK) Sally Dennis 266 Labour Party (UK) Bryan Robinson 103 2,150 27.7 Newby Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Wilson 490 62.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Penelope Harriso 292 37.3 198 25.3 782 33.2 Nidd Valley Liberal Democrats (UK) Leslie Ellington 603 64.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Carter 326 35.1 277 29.8 929 46.7 Ouseburn Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Lewis 724 64.9 Conservative Party (UK) William Alton 391 35.1 333 29.9 1,115 50.1 Pannal (2) Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Willis 1,434 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Gardner 1,376 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Newby 764 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Morris 706 Independent (politician) Bryan Dunsby 246 Labour Party (UK) Cynthia Coltman 81 4,607 54.2 Pateley Bridge Liberal Democrats (UK) Stanley Beer 654 88.0 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Boyden 89 12.0 565 76.0 743 37.7 Ribston Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Bayliss 613 71.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pamela Godsell 246 28.6 367 42.7 859 37.1 Ripon Minster (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Stuart Martin 568 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sidney Hawke 501 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Collyer 489 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Mackintosh 475 2,033 27.4 Ripon Moorside (2) Independent (politician) Andrew Williams 1,101 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Simpson 379 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Jones 375 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Harrison 356 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Woodward 341 2,552 38.9 Ripon Spa (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Skidmore 813 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Freeman 755 Conservative Party (UK) Rosemarie Curlewis 610 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Pearson 587 2,765 38.9 Rossett (2) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Nash 1,259 Conservative Party (UK) James Clark 1,209 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Chapman 746 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Boddy 724 Labour Party (UK) George Mountford 114 4,052 45.0 Saltergate (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Newby 710 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Webber 704 Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Galvin 326 Conservative Party (UK) Karen Payne 303 2,043 24.8 Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale Conservative Party (UK) Shirley Fawcett 758 75.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jean Burdett 248 24.7 510 50.7 1,006 42.3 Starbeck (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Broadbank 899 Liberal Democrats (UK) Granville Ward 785 Conservative Party (UK) John Fletcher 279 Conservative Party (UK) Phillip Dixon 255 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Foxall 134 2,352 29.7 Stray (2) Conservative Party (UK) Clifford Trotter 1,016 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Jones 937 Liberal Democrats (UK) Claire Kelley 880 Liberal Democrats (UK) Charles Kilpatrick 733 Independent (politician) Barbara Coultas 295 Labour Party (UK) Roger Newby 92 3,953 47.6 Washburn Conservative Party (UK) Richard Grange 804 81.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Wensley 184 18.6 620 62.8 988 42.5 Wathvale Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Brown unopposed Woodfield (2) Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Goss 714 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Wren 693 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Foxall 487 Labour Party (UK) Peter Caunt 452 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Pritchard 208 Conservative Party (UK) Denis Muldoon 206 2,760 35.0 References 2002 Category:2002 English local elections Category:2000s in North Yorkshire