2002 Hart District Council election

The 2002 Hart Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.[1] The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.[2]

2002 Hart District Council election

2 May 2002
All 35 seats to Hart District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats before 17 12 5 Seats after 22 10 3 Popular vote 14,470 29.600 13,228 Percentage 62.9 28.6 8.6
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Campaign

The election saw 10 sitting councillors decide not to seek re-election including 3 former chairmen of the council.[3] 6 Conservatives were unopposed in the election in the wards of Crondall, Eversley, Long Sutton and Odiham, while several independents stood for the council.[3] The independents included Archie Gillespie, a former Liberal Democrat standing as an independent after being deselected, former councillor Stephen Gorys and an "anti roadblock campaigner" Denis Gotel.[3]

During the campaign a Conservative candidate in Hartley Wintney, Andrew Davies, withdrew meaning only one Conservative would be standing in the ward against independent Susan Band and 2 Liberal Democrats.[4]

Election result

The results saw the Conservative gain a majority on the council after winning 22 seats on the council.[5] The Liberal Democrats were reduced to only 10 seats concentrated in their strongholds of Yateley and Hawley.[5] Meanwhile, 3 independents were successful in being elected, 2 in Fleet and 1 in Hartley Wintney.[5] Overall turnout in the election was 29.89%.[6]

Hart Local Election Result 2002[2][6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22			+6	62.9	45.6	14,470	-11.1%
	Liberal Democrats	10			-3	28.6	41.6	13,228	+11.7%
	Independent	3			-3	8.6	8.8	2,803	+2.3%
	Labour	0			0	0	3.6	1,141	-3.3%
	Green	0			0	0	0.4	118	+0.4%

Ward results

Blackwater and Hawley

Blackwater and Hawley (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blewett	565	60.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Neighbour	544
	Conservative	James Pugmore	369	39.5
Turnout			1,478	25.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Church Crookham East

Church Crookham East (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hutcheson	739	58.1
	Conservative	Deborah Moss	678
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Carter	533	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Emmanuel	501
Turnout			1,712	32.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Church Crookham West

Church Crookham West (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Poulton	746	60.4
	Conservative	Lorraine Fullbrook	722
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	490	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Fisher	402
Turnout			2,360	31.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crondall

Crondall (2) [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Lambert	unopposed
	Conservative	Brian Leversha	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eversley

Eversley [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo Eastwood	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet Central

Fleet Central (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Denis Gotel	695	38.8
	Conservative	Carol Leversha	635	35.4
	Conservative	John Stocks	600
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Smith	345	19.2
	Green	Lars Mosesson	118	6.6
Turnout			2,393	31.4
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet Courtmoor

Fleet Courtmoor (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Gorys	789	39.0
	Conservative	Peter Carr	608	30.0
	Conservative	Colin Hazell	521
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Dommett	413	20.4
	Labour	Sheila Stone	215	10.6
Turnout			2,546	36.1
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet North

Fleet North (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	441	61.3
	Conservative	William Barrell	395
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Axam	278	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robinson	210
Turnout			1,324	26.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet Pondtail

Fleet Pondtail (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sharyn Wheale	697	47.9
	Conservative	Janet Pearson	614
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Fisher	499	34.3
	Labour	Hugh Meredith	258	17.7
Turnout			2,068	33.6
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet West

Fleet West (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	804	71.8
	Conservative	Sean Holden	782
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Donkin	316	28.2
Turnout			1,902	30.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Frogmore and Darby Green

Frogmore and Darby Green (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Harward	797	54.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Street	708
	Independent	Archibald Gillespie	346	23.5
	Conservative	James Lawrence	233	15.8
	Labour	John Davies	97	6.6
	Labour	Joyce Still	94
Turnout			2,275	28.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Band	973	45.8
	Conservative	Mark Fullbrook	824	38.8
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Gale	326	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Johnson	266
Turnout			2,389	33.8
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hook

Hook (3)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Glen	988	54.0
	Conservative	Michael Haffey	937
	Conservative	Andrew Henderson	913
	Liberal Democrats	Fergus Kirkham	840	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	724
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Over	709
Turnout			5,111	31.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Long Sutton

Long Sutton[6] (unopposed)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Wallis	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Odiham

Odiham (2)[6] (unopposed)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Benford	unopposed
	Conservative	Roger Jones	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Yateley East

Yateley East (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bailey	734	65.4
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	698
	Conservative	Erica Newbury	309	27.5
	Conservative	Joan Fullbrook	291
	Labour	John Davis	80	7.1
	Labour	Kulwant Lit	54
Turnout			2,166	26.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Yateley North

Yateley North (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Keane	615	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	504
	Conservative	Edward Dawson	336	32.5
	Labour	Keith Spendlove	84	8.1
	Labour	Kim Spendlove	75
Turnout			1,614	23.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Yateley West

Yateley West (2)[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hammersley	624	59.1
	Liberal Democrats	Myra Billings	587
	Conservative	Maxwell Fullbrook	288	27.3
	Labour	Mary Jenkins	143	13.6
	Labour	Sophie Shepherd	41
Turnout			1,683	23.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
2. "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
3. "Challenge of the mavericks". gethampshire. 11 April 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
4. "Boost for Susan". gethampshire. 18 April 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
5. "Independents are back in Fleet". gethampshire. 9 May 2002. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
6. "Election Results for 4 May 2002". Hart District Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.