2002 Woking Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Woking council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002. Woking UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Woking council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002.

The 2002 Woking Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1] Overall turnout in the election was 33.28%, down from 34.32% in 2000. [2]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Woking Local Election Result 2002 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 610+146.244.98,488-0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 601-146.239.57,483+2.7%
  Labour 10007.713.82,605-2.0%
  UKIP 000001.1211+1.1%
  Independent 000000.7137-1.8%

Ward results

Byfleet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Todd95348.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts78739.7
Labour Michael Roberts24112.2
Majority1668.4
Turnout 1,98136.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Goldsworth East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cross79749.8
Conservative Bellord48830.5
Labour Ford31619.7
Majority30919.3
Turnout 1,60129.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Landon48558.2
Conservative Lawrence26631.9
Labour Wand8310.0
Majority21926.3
Turnout 83422.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South (2) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard695
Liberal Democrats Liddington643
Conservative Fisher366
Conservative Assi317
Labour Carman159
Labour Martin147
Turnout 2,32730.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Horsell West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sanderson1,17448.1
Conservative Atkins1,04742.9
Labour Worgan1315.4
UKIP Shaw883.6
Majority1275.2
Turnout 2,44046.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hayes-Allen84945.2
Liberal Democrats Shoraka81643.5
Labour Allan21311.3
Majority331.7
Turnout 1,87828.7
Conservative hold Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pope95059.1
Conservative Roe29318.2
Liberal Democrats Morales22714.1
Independent Osman1378.5
Majority65740.9
Turnout 1,60724.8
Labour hold Swing
Mayford and Sutton Green [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Palmer65375.0-0.5
Liberal Democrats Leach15117.3-1.0
UKIP Davey343.9+3.9
Labour Kendall333.8-2.5
Majority50257.7+0.5
Turnout 87144.9
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon East [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bittleston72860.6
Liberal Democrats Wilson32927.4
Labour Kennedy907.5
UKIP Squire544.5
Majority39933.2
Turnout 1,20134.1
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Smith75650.5
Conservative Hopkins63542.4
Labour Kapor724.8
UKIP Squire352.3
Majority1218.1
Turnout 1,49840.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kingsbury85669.1
Liberal Democrats Kremer30824.9
Labour Bramall746.0
Majority54844.2
Turnout 1,23835.2
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Popham1,03771.6
Liberal Democrats Grimshaw31521.8
Labour Byrne966.6
Majority72249.8
Turnout 1,44836.9
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Woking". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Election various wards Thursday 2 May 2002: Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Election results; Local Election". The Times . 4 May 2002. p. 16.
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