2002 Milton Keynes Council election

The 2002 Milton Keynes Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Milton Keynes Unitary Council in Buckinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.^[1] The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[2]

Background

Before the election Labour had 22 seats, compared to 20 for the Liberal Democrats and 8 for the Conservatives.^[3] However the council was a top target for the Liberal Democrats in the 2002 local elections.^[3]^[4]

Election result

Milton Keynes Local Election Result 2002^[5]^[6]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	27	+7	52.9	36.9	42,042	+2.4%
Labour	16	-6	31.4	31.8	36,258	+0.2%
Conservative	8	0	15.7	28.3	32,220	-2.4%
Green	0	0	0	1.4	1,604	0.0%
Independent	0	-1	0	1.0	1,154	-0.9%
UKIP	0	0	0	0.6	647	+0.6%

Ward results

Bletchley and Fenny Stratford (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Grant Gillingham	1,626
	Labour	Elizabeth Campbell	1,597
	Labour	Antony Mabbott	1,524
	Conservative	Douglas Bull	1,323
	Conservative	Dennis Simpson	1,249
	Conservative	Roger Jacobs	1,194
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa McPake	550
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllis Grantham	539
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Victory	529
	UKIP	Frederick Goldsmith	138
Turnout			10,269	40.3

Bradwell (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Clark	1,530
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Gerrella	1,480
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Exon	1,433
	Labour	Carol Wood	1,156
	Labour	Claudine Elliott	1,119
	Labour	Brian Gibbs	1,106
	Conservative	Peter Davies	342
	Conservative	Joseph Geary	325
	Conservative	Stewart Tate	317
	Green	Manfred Ambrosius	206
	UKIP	Alexander Mackenzie-Hay	96
Turnout			9,110	34.8

Campbell Park (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Wilson	1,328
	Liberal Democrats	Isobella Fraser	1,269
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Tallack	1,255
	Labour	Brian Barton	649
	Labour	Martin Petchey	600
	Labour	Stephen Phillips	489
	Conservative	William Clark	295
	Conservative	Nicholas Flaherty	275
	Conservative	Malcolm Fryer-Kelsey	249
	Green	Katrina Topping	159
	Independent	Neil Cawley	144
	UKIP	Michael Maylam	114
Turnout			6,826	24.4

Danesborough^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Hopkins	1,039	75.1
	Labour	Brenda Jarvis	127	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Evans	114	8.2
	Green	George Richardson	66	4.8
	UKIP	Arnold Leeming	38	2.7
Majority			912	65.9
Turnout			1,384	42.8

Denbigh (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Bristow	778
	Labour	Michael Legg	738
	Conservative	John Bailey	493
	Conservative	Daniel Hippey	456
	Independent	William Harnett	194
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Cockram	160
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Scudamore	156
Turnout			2,975	27.8

Eaton Manor (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Reginald Edwards	961
	Labour	Janet Lloyd	878
	Conservative	James Collins	362
	Conservative	Alexander Swanson	278
	Liberal Democrats	David Henchy	244
	Liberal Democrats	Alice Tootill	171
Turnout			2,894	27.4

Emerson Valley (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Burke	1,351
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Snell	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Drewett	1,274
	Labour	Gladstone McKenzie	408
	Labour	Colin Lund	405
	Conservative	Geoffrey Ealden	398
	Conservative	Dennis Thatcher	373
	Labour	Elaine Wales	372
	Conservative	Annette Irwin	371
Turnout			6,252	27.7

Furzton (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Carrington	1,128
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Williams	1,051
	Conservative	David Bint	542
	Conservative	Kevin Seager	518
	Labour	Samuel McCloskey	506
	Labour	Peter Turner	446
Turnout			4,191	37.0

Hanslope Park^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Geary	866	49.6
	Independent	Bert Tapp	597	34.2
	Labour	Brenda Gibbs	159	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey King	125	7.2
Majority			259	15.4
Turnout			1,747	54.2

Linford North (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Benning	1,127
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Pugh	1,085
	Conservative	Stephen Conlan	566
	Conservative	David Tunney	551
	Labour	Ernest Billups	498
	Labour	Gary Grindrod	408
	Green	Peter Edwards	140
Turnout			4,375	34.6

Linford South (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Monk	954
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Eaton	934
	Labour	John McLinton	401
	Labour	Mohammed Nawaz	329
	Conservative	Catriona Morris	287
	Conservative	Adrienne Lucas	285
	Green	Clive Bailey	117
	UKIP	Christopher Shaw	51
Turnout			3,358	29.4

Loughton Park (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Dransfield	1,226
	Conservative	Donald Hoyle	1,152
	Conservative	Ruth Jury	1,115
	Labour	Jonathan Billsberry	934
	Labour	Irving Nicol	882
	Labour	Michael O'Sullivan	854
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Cooper	534
	Liberal Democrats	John Napper	415
	Liberal Democrats	Jill White	412
	Green	Sheena Hirst-Styles	255
	Independent	Dennis Edwards	219
Turnout			7,998	33.4

Middleton (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Crooks	857
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Eastman	812
	Conservative	David Briscombe	340
	Conservative	Paul White	315
	Labour	Alan Roberts	216
	Labour	Gary Williams	195
	Green	Clare Butler	76
Turnout			2,811	32.5

Newport Pagnell North (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Euan Henderson	1,327
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Hardwick	1,260
	Conservative	Michael Horton	361
	Conservative	Dean Miah	271
	Labour	Hugh Burrell	207
	Labour	Susan Platt	190
Turnout			3,616	33.4

Newport Pagnell South (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Henderson	1,356
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas McCall	1,215
	Conservative	Louise Cooper	293
	Conservative	Cherilyn Williams	244
	Labour	William Bethune	203
	Labour	Ilhan Unsal	179
Turnout			3,490	32.5

Olney (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Mabbutt	1,519
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Clark	1,431
	Conservative	Peggy Butler	928
	Conservative	Gordon Williams	767
	Labour	Deirdre Bethune	290
	Labour	David Jones	219
	UKIP	Michael Phillips	121
Turnout			5,275	42.8

Sherington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Seymour	992	58.1
	Conservative	Peter Geary	611	35.8
	Labour	Peter Hevey	105	6.1
Majority			381	22.3
Turnout			1,708	52.9

Stantonbury (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Morsley	845
	Labour	Michael Pendry	827
	Conservative	Roy Miller	671
	Conservative	Richard Abery	648
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Newcombe	434
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Tootill	299
	Green	Carol Barac	191
Turnout			3,915	31.0

Stony Stratford (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Bartlett	1,610
	Conservative	Amanda Box	1,503
	Conservative	Brinley Carstens	1,425
	Labour	Michael Moutrie	1,255
	Labour	David Lewis	1,215
	Labour	Jessica Holroyd	1,209
	Liberal Democrats	Terence McGowan	621
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Moore	502
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Dnes	430
Turnout			9,770	38.1

Walton Park (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Wicker	1,281
	Liberal Democrats	Jaime Tamagnini-Barbosa	1,239
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Carruthers	1,229
	Conservative	Laura Davies	647
	Conservative	David Rumens	602
	Conservative	Andrew Sharples	602
	Labour	Sarah Gilmour-Sorensen	463
	Labour	George Byfield	403
	Labour	Donna Coventry	402
	UKIP	Donald Whiteley	89
Turnout			6,957	24.8

Whaddon (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel Long	1,003
	Labour	Gerrard Adderley	903
	Conservative	Donald McLeod	877
	Conservative	James Langley	813
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Cockram	376
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Punter	297
Turnout			4,269	34.1

Wolverton (3)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman Miles	1,384
	Labour	Hilary Saunders	1,366
	Labour	Janet Irons	1,365
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cavender	629
	Conservative	John Reeves	505
	Conservative	Kenton White	476
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Rackliff	404
	Green	Alan Francis	394
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Mwanza	363
	Liberal Democrats	John Whistlecraft	305
Turnout			7,191	26.7

Woughton (2)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Wilson	936
	Labour	Stephen Coventry	928
	Conservative	William Kenyon	326
	Conservative	Christopher Nixon-Cacney	309
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Otter	299
	Liberal Democrats	Edis Bevan	296
Turnout			3,094	24.3

References

^ "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.
^ ^a ^b Hetherington, Peter (2 May 2002). "Guide to the local elections: The country: Labour braces itself for losses as lowest turnout on record expected: Tories and Lib Dems set for modest gains". The Guardian. p. 9.
^ Ahmed, Kamal (28 April 2002). "Labour faces big local poll losses". The Observer. p. 2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

[gain-1] "Milton Keynes". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[full-2] "Full results". Financial Times. 4 May 2002. p. 7.

[braces-3] Hetherington, Peter (2 May 2002). "Guide to the local elections: The country: Labour braces itself for losses as lowest turnout on record expected: Tories and Lib Dems set for modest gains". The Guardian. p. 9.

[faces-4] Ahmed, Kamal (28 April 2002). "Labour faces big local poll losses". The Observer. p. 2.

[results-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Borough Council Election" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[local-6] "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.

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