2002 Barnet London Borough Council election

The 2002 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council.

2002 Barnet London Borough Council election

2 May 2002
All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 39 21 3 Seat change 11 5 3 Popular vote 32,882 28,041 14,176 Percentage 39.7% 33.9% 17.1% Swing 1.2% 6.1% 0.8%
Map of the results of the 2002 Barnet council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Conservative Party (UK) Council control after election Conservative Party (UK)

Background

Before the election a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition ran the council. Since the last election in 1998, the Local Government Commission carried out a periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1992 and made a number of boundary changes increasing the number of seats by three.[1][2]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 34.04%.

Barnet Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33			+5	52.4	42.7	94,692
	Labour	24			-2	38.1	36.0	79,775
	Liberal Democrats	6			0	9.5	17.8	39,470
	Green	0			0	0	3.1	6,822
	Independent	0			0	0	0.4	854
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	148

Ward results

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andreas Tambourides*	2,278	50.6
	Conservative	Daniel Hope	2,269	50.4
	Conservative	Lynne Hillan*	2,267	50.3
	Labour	Geoffrey Cooke*	1,627	36.1
	Labour	Antonakis Vourou	1,494	33.2
	Labour	Kelly Tebb	1,488	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Finlayson	463	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Neil	443	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Wicksteed	323	7.2
	Green	Dennis Vigay	257	5.7
Turnout			4,506	40.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Allan Turner*	1,675	69.6
	Labour	Alan Williams*	1,657	68.8
	Labour	Linda McFadyen*	1,496	62.2
	Conservative	Patricia Sparrow	426	17.7
	Conservative	Joanne Williams	412	17.1
	Conservative	Rene Braun	411	17.1
	Green	Audrey Poppy	194	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Roberts	145	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Hatchett	144	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hewryk Freszczur	82	3.4
Turnout			2,407	24.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Cohen*	1,779	51.3
	Liberal Democrats	Monroe Palmer*	1,775	51.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susette Palmer*	1,703	49.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Harris	856	24.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Herbst	790	22.8
	Conservative	Jagmail Gill	740	21.3
	Labour	David Robinson	717	20.7
	Labour	Claire Farrier	688	19.5
	Labour	Dilip Mitra	607	17.5
	Green	Julie Rosenfield	288	8.3
Turnout			3,469	29.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colindale

Colindale (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danish Chopra*	1,314	61.9
	Labour	Gillian Sargeant*	1,302	61.3
	Labour	Alan Sloam	1,219	57.4
	Conservative	Keith Dyall	376	17.7
	Conservative	Marilyn Manning	376	17.7
	Conservative	Ashton Doherty	374	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Estermann	294	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Reynolds	282	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Jacobs	238	11.2
	Green	John Incenzo	156	7.3
Turnout			2,123	20.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Coppetts

Coppetts (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Rogers*	1,816	51.3
	Labour	Barry Rawlings*	1,742	49.2
	Labour	Soon-Hoe Teh	1,578	44.6
	Conservative	Mukesh Depala	1,119	31.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Shrank	1,086	30.7
	Conservative	Poli Tsoukka	1,026	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ashfield	443	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Lamprell	439	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Sullivan	387	10.9
	Green	David Gutmann	381	10.8
Turnout			3,542	31.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olwen Evans*	2,157	46.3
	Conservative	Terence Burton	2,074	44.6
	Conservative	Susan Steinberg	2,069	44.4
	Labour	Anne Jarvis*	1,969	42.3
	Labour	Gordon Massey	1,792	38.5
	Labour	Timothy Roberts	1,706	36.6
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Wardle	461	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Watkins	441	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Mayes	394	8.5
	Green	Tracey Mason	393	8.4
Turnout			4,655	40.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Moore*	2,013	54.0
	Labour	Colin Rogers	1,933	51.8
	Labour	Phil Yeoman*	1,900	50.9
	Conservative	Dermott Donnelly	879	23.6
	Conservative	Andrew Berkeley	823	22.1
	Conservative	Manish Depala	798	21.4
	Green	Noel Lynch	626	16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Arram	547	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barber	489	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Avery	365	9.8
	UKIP	Stuart Rising	148	4.0
Turnout			3,730	35.1
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helena Hart	1,861	51.8
	Conservative	Malcolm Lester*	1,854	51.6
	Conservative	Joan Scannell*	1,792	49.9
	Labour	Harold Russell	966	26.9
	Labour	Rajasingham Jayadevan	897	25.0
	Labour	Pierre Jeanmarie	859	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elias Abeles	592	16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mira Levy	468	13.0
	Independent	Colin Leci	331	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Iwi	292	8.1
	Green	Debra Green	251	7.0
Turnout			3,590	32.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley Church End

Finchley Church End (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eva Greenspan*	2,126	58.7
	Conservative	Leslie Sussman*	2,047	56.5
	Conservative	Mike Freer*	1,971	54.4
	Labour	Mary McGuirk	930	25.7
	Labour	Nick Guest	919	25.4
	Labour	Lily Mitchell	899	24.8
	Green	Miranda Dunn	396	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Rodwell	387	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Millicent Watkins	344	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lusher	331	9.1
Turnout			3,623	34.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Marshall*	2,262	56.0
	Conservative	Vanessa Gearson*	1,913	47.3
	Conservative	Jazmin Naghar*	1,815	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Harris	1,343	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Marshall	1,286	31.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kovar	1,124	27.8
	Labour	Rachel Cashman	549	13.6
	Labour	Fred Tyler	435	10.8
	Labour	Julian Mason	414	10.2
	Green	Andrew Farrer	313	7.7
Turnout			4,042	38.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Cohen*	2,160	59.4
	Conservative	Aba Dunner*	2,154	59.2
	Conservative	Christopher Harris*	2,019	55.5
	Labour	Mira Goldberg	1,014	27.9
	Labour	Jean Thorp	945	26.0
	Labour	Bill Thorp	893	24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Leonie Stephen	304	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Inge Graber	285	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Sutcliffe	267	7.3
	Green	Dolores Incenzo	229	6.3
Turnout			3,639	37.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hale

Hale (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Blomer*	1,879	44.6
	Labour	Ruth Nyman*	1,855	44.0
	Conservative	Brian Gordon*	1,801	42.7
	Labour	Zakia Zubairi	1,678	39.8
	Conservative	Caroline Margo	1,618	38.4
	Conservative	Hugh Rayner	1,598	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllis Fiander	446	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Gottsche	433	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Rowlands	407	9.7
	Green	David Lake	256	6.1
Turnout			4,215	36.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Finn*	1,591	45.1
	Conservative	Maureen Braun*	1,492	42.3
	Conservative	Matthew Offord	1,345	38.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Moleman	1,122	31.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Green	1,084	30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Deller	1,039	29.4
	Labour	Aubrey Ross	827	23.4
	Labour	Anthony Boulton	668	18.9
	Labour	Doreen Neall	662	18.7
	Green	Georgia Theodorou	207	5.9
Turnout			3,531	30.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

High Barnet

High Barnet (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Prentice*	2,225	54.9
	Conservative	Katia David*	2,129	52.5
	Conservative	Kanti Patel*	1,989	49.1
	Labour	Alison Rogers	1,054	26.0
	Labour	Glyn Thomas	954	23.5
	Labour	Liam Cook	937	23.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Nowell	578	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Harris	549	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Barton	490	12.1
	Green	Tim Riley	478	11.8
	Independent	Chris Johnson	273	6.7
Turnout			4,055	37.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Casey*	2,434	60.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Davies*	2,344	57.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Hooker*	2,089	51.6
	Conservative	John Hart	1,081	26.7
	Conservative	Paul Amsterdam	1,061	26.2
	Conservative	Sachin Rajput	960	23.7
	Labour	James Wragg	460	11.4
	Labour	Vinod Sodha	453	11.2
	Labour	Saira Hettiarachchi	439	10.9
	Green	Pablo De Mello	256	6.3
Turnout			4,046	36.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Oakleigh

Oakleigh (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Salinger*	1,889	48.9
	Conservative	Robert Newton	1,860	48.1
	Conservative	Gerard Silverstone	1,828	47.3
	Labour	Kathleen Levine	1,234	31.9
	Labour	David McNulty	1,209	31.3
	Labour	Ross Houston	1,194	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Ferguson	565	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Wicksteed	528	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brigid Povah	456	11.8
	Green	Angela Ryan	335	8.7
Turnout			3,864	33.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Coleman*	2,145	60.8
	Conservative	Victor Lyon*	2,120	60.1
	Conservative	Kevin Edson*	2,075	58.8
	Labour	Marianne Haylett	766	21.7
	Labour	Jacques Astruc	701	19.9
	Labour	Robert Persad	621	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Keech	497	14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Corney	453	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	430	12.2
	Green	Brian Jacobs	367	10.4
Turnout			3,529	34.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Underhill

Underhill (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Bulmer	1,936	44.6
	Labour	Anita Campbell*	1,869	43.0
	Conservative	Peter Davis	1,850	42.6
	Conservative	Joan Levinson	1,780	41.0
	Labour	Pauline Coakley-Webb*	1,750	40.3
	Labour	Chris Underwood	1,604	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Keech	393	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Davies	370	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cole	359	8.3
	Green	Colin Newman	331	7.6
	Independent	James Crawford	147	3.4
	Independent	George Tranda	103	2.4
Turnout			4,344	38.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Finchley

West Finchley (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kitty Lyons*	1,795	47.6
	Labour	Kath McGuirk*	1,770	47.0
	Labour	Jim Tierney*	1,732	46.0
	Conservative	Patrick Foley	1,234	32.7
	Conservative	Chris Kilmister	1,188	31.5
	Conservative	Syed Meer	1,098	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Turner	502	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Blount	456	12.1
	Green	Gustav Clarkson	448	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Davis	433	11.5
Turnout			3,768	35.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

West Hendon

Hendon West (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arun Ghosh*	1,614	51.9
	Labour	Agnes Slocombe*	1,561	50.2
	Labour	Ansuya Sodha*	1,431	46.0
	Conservative	Asher Bornstein	994	32.0
	Conservative	Susan Lee	932	30.0
	Conservative	Michael Grenfell	882	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Levy	388	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Coward	330	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Rodwell	315	10.1
	Green	Christine Antoniou	228	7.3
Turnout			3,109	29.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats)[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Hutton	1,953	47.2
	Labour	Mark Langton	1,935	46.8
	Labour	Alan Schneiderman	1,717	41.5
	Conservative	Victor Kaye	1,486	35.9
	Conservative	Jolanta Broom	1,483	35.9
	Conservative	Satpal Chadha	1,442	34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Murphy	493	11.9
	Green	Gardi Vaswani	432	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Druiff	416	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Landeryou	411	9.9
Turnout			4,134	36.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 2002 and 2006

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak by-election, 19 June 2003[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Farrier	1,774	76.0	+7.2
	Conservative	Sachin Rajput	329	14.1	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Diana C. Iwi	178	7.6	+1.6
	Green	Edelgard Vaswani	53	2.3	-5.8
Majority			1,445	61.9
Turnout			2,334	23.2	-1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan J. Williams.

Hale

Hale by-election, 5 February 2004[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mencer	1,329	43.7	-0.3
	Conservative	Lesley G. Evans	1,175	38.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Clive S. M. Cohen	423	13.9	+3.3
	Green	David G. Williams	113	3.7	-2.4
Majority			154	5.0
Turnout			3,040	26.6	-9.9
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ruth J. Nyman.

Colindale

Colindale by-election, 7 April 2005[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zakia Zubairi	1,154	63.4	+6.0
	Conservative	Alan R. Maund	299	16.4	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey A. Jacobs	220	12.1	+0.9
	Green	David G. Williams	73	4.0	-3.3
	UKIP	Melvyn Smallman	45	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Mirsad Becirovic	29	1.6	+1.6
Majority			855	47.0
Turnout			1,820	20.1	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Alan M. Sloam.

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb by-election, 5 May 2005[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Harper	3,365	50.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Harris	1,834	27.6	-5.6
	Labour	Kenneth Murrell	1,154	17.4	+3.8
	Green	Miranda Dunn	242	3.6	-4.1
	UKIP	Primrose Chamberlin	42	0.6	+0.6
Majority			1,531	23.1
Turnout			6,637	66.9	+28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa R. Gearson.

High Barnet

High Barnet by-election, 15 December 2005[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan C. Macdonald	1,409	44.4	+30.1
	Conservative	Bridget T. Perry	1,295	40.8	-8.3
	Labour	Timothy J. K. Roberts	354	11.2	-14.8
	Green	Audrey Poppy	89	2.8	-9.0
	Independent	Christopher V. Johnson	26	0.7	-6.0
Majority			114	3.6
Turnout			3,173	30.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kantilal S. Patel in October 2005.[7] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election.[8]

References

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