2002 Havant Borough Council election

The 2002 Havant Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

2002 Havant Borough Council election

2 May 2002
All 38 seats to Havant Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats after 23 9 6 Popular vote 34,315 12,822 15,693
Results by Ward
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

Election result

The Conservatives won a majority on the council, taking 23 of the 38 seats on the council. Labour dropped from 11 to 9 seats, while the Liberal Democrats fell to 6 seats from 8 previously. The 3 Independent councillors had stood down at the election, while the boundary changes were reported to have cost Labour 4 seats. Turnout was up on the 2000 election, but dropped to a low of just 14.6% in Warren Park ward.

Havant local election result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23			+3	60.5	52.6	34,315	+2.4%
	Labour	9			-2	23.7	19.7	12,822	+3.8%
	Liberal Democrats	6			-2	15.8	24.1	15,693	-5.2%
	Green	0			0	0	3.2	2,077	+3.2%
	Independent	0			-3	0	0.4	289	-4.0%

Ward results

Barncroft

Barncroft (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	416
	Labour	Ronald Hoyle	406
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lake	235
	Conservative	Sheila Culley	195
	Conservative	Carol Wynne	164
Turnout			1,416	18.9

Battins

Battins (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Hanan	529
	Labour	Paul Hansford	476
	Conservative	Jane Rayner	267
	Conservative	Ian Beagley	238
	Liberal Democrats	Cecil Sargent	212
Turnout			1,722	20.3

Bedhampton

Bedhampton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Bellinger	1,408
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Marshall	1,224
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Welch	1,134
	Conservative	Kenneth Harris	1,127
	Conservative	Angela Guest	1,111
	Conservative	Mark Ward	1,066
	Labour	William Fish	285
	Labour	Carl Roberts	258
	Labour	John Jackson	254
	Green	Terry Mitchell	140
Turnout			8,007	40.9

Bondsfields

Bondfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Gardner	803
	Labour	Terence Hart	741
	Conservative	Mary Brown	226
	Conservative	Jennifer Wride	209
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Gatenby	187
Turnout			2,166	23.6

Cowplain

Cowplain (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Briggs	1,170
	Conservative	David Keast	1,056
	Conservative	Marjorie Smallcorn	999
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Hartridge	961
	Liberal Democrats	Flora Ponsonby	766
Turnout			4,952	27.9

Emsworth

Emsworth (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gillett	1,842
	Conservative	David Colson	1,788
	Conservative	Virginia Wilson-Smith	1,727
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Benzie	1,056
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Cosslett	849
	Liberal Democrats	John Cosslett	803
	Labour	Anna Fitter	429
	Labour	William Gilchrist	412
	Labour	Phillip Rees	308
	Green	Michael Wood	243
Turnout			9,457	42.8

Hart Plain

Hart Plain (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Purkis	896
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Troke	875
	Conservative	Leonard Shaw	800
	Conservative	Jacqueline Branson	758
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Pylee	750
	Conservative	Gopa Chakrabarti	673
	Independent	Kevin Ratcliffe	289
Turnout			5,041	25.0

Hayling East

Hayling East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Erlebach	1,381
	Conservative	David Collins	1,311
	Conservative	Sheila Pearce	1,311
	Labour	Michael Clarke	561
	Labour	Lesley Marsden	519
	Labour	Sheila Mealy	500
	Liberal Democrats	John Clouting	355
	Green	Frederick Gibson	289
Turnout			6,227	32.8

Hayling West

Hayling West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Pearce	1,590
	Conservative	Victor Pierce-Jones	1,565
	Conservative	David Weymouth	1,426
	Labour	Susan Underwood	433
	Labour	Graham Manning	425
	Labour	Andrew Stacey	409
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allum	390
	Green	Gillian Leek	286
Turnout			6,524	34.6

Purbrook

Purbrook (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gwendoline Blackett	1,500
	Conservative	David Farrow	1,413
	Conservative	Hilary Farrow	1,312
	Labour	William Wheeler	485
	Labour	Howard Sherlock	478
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Crawford	467
	Labour	Nicola Sherlock	458
Turnout			6,113	30.8

St. Faiths

St. Faiths (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	June Fulcher	1,531
	Conservative	David Guest	1,393
	Conservative	Raymond Bolton	1,389
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis West	949
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Hutchings	926
	Green	Timothy Dawes	726
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Middleton	692
	Labour	Beryl Francis	430
	Labour	Alan Price	341
	Labour	Derek Smith	279
Turnout			8,656	45.4

Stakes

Stakes (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olwyn Kennedy	747
	Conservative	Nigel Tarrant	688
	Labour	Margaret Beauvoisin	634
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Voice	428
	Green	Kevin Jacks	393
	Labour	Kim Vassallo	385
	Labour	Ronald Russell	379
Turnout			3,654	21.4

Warren Park

Warren Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Brown	407
	Labour	Virginia Steel	382
	Conservative	Thelma Carpenter	178
	Conservative	Clive Colson	164
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ponsonby	130
Turnout			1,261	14.6

Waterloo

Waterloo (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Cole	unopposed
	Conservative	Kenneth Moss	unopposed
	Conservative	Geoffrey Tart	unopposed