2002 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 14
• Liberal Democrat 11
• Conservative 6
• Independent 4

Election result

Weymouth and Portland Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	1	1	0	50.0	38.5	5,714
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	0	0	33.3	23.8	3,528
	Conservative	1	1	0	+1	8.3	32.9	4,889
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	8.3	4.9	722

Ward results

Melcombe Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Stanley	676	61.5
	Conservative	Jacqueline Treanor	264	24.0
	Labour	Mary McHugh	159	14.5
Majority			412	37.5
Turnout			1,099	30.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Winter	510	42.1
	Conservative	George Granycome	410	33.9
	Labour	Peter Follows	290	24.0
Majority			100	8.2
Turnout			1,210	44.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John West	1,021	61.4
	Conservative	John Knipe	642	38.6
Majority			379	22.8
Turnout			1,663	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Ellis	1,125	51.2
	Conservative	Simon Emblen	898	40.9
	Labour	Susan Luxford	175	8.0
Majority			227	10.3
Turnout			2,198	51.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tophill East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Holt	412	54.6
	Labour	James Draper	194	25.7
	Conservative	Tracy Thomson	149	19.7
Majority			218	28.9
Turnout			755	31.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Tophill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Woodcock	441	52.3
	Conservative	Susan Taylor	403	47.7
Majority			38	4.6
Turnout			844	21.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Underhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kimber	406	68.5
	Conservative	Timothy Munro	187	31.5
Majority			219	37.0
Turnout			593	25.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Westham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harris	766	56.5
	Labour	Lindsay Drage	372	27.5
	Conservative	John Scott	217	16.0
Majority			394	29.0
Turnout			1,355	36.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Wheller	528	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Adams	451	46.1
Majority			77	7.8
Turnout			979	40.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Weymouth East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samantha Braund	547	54.3
	Labour	Antony Prowse	460	45.7
Majority			87	8.6
Turnout			1,007	37.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Weymouth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Blackwood	920	61.1
	Conservative	John Biggs	586	38.9
Majority			334	22.2
Turnout			1,506	36.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Wyke Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Kenwood	748	45.5
	Conservative	Douglas Swanson	586	35.6
	Independent	Jack Biggs	310	18.9
Majority			162	9.9
Turnout			1,644	39.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• 2002 Weymouth and Portland election result
• Few shocks as borough maintains its stalemate
• Ward results