2002_Swale_Borough_Council_election

2002 Swale Borough Council election

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The 2002 Swale Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Swale Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by two.^[1] The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[2]

Map of the results of the 2002 Swale Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

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"Swale Borough Council Election Results". Swale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 8 September 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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"Election results - Local Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2002. p. 6.

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	25	+10	53.2	43.6	23,301
Liberal Democrats	12	-10	25.5	22.2	11,892
Labour	10	-2	21.3	32.5	17,365
Rock 'n' Roll Loony	0	0	0	1.2	652
Independent	0	0	0	0.5	276

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryan Mulhern	652
	Labour	Peter Salmon	550
	Conservative	Anita Walker	548
	Labour	Trevor Payne	490
Turnout			2,240	32.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Woodland	246	45.1
	Conservative	Roger Hoare	231	42.3
	Labour	Patricia Donnellan	69	12.6
Majority			15	2.8
Turnout			546	31.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Bowles	950
	Conservative	George Bobbin	917
	Labour	Valerie Rowe	360
	Labour	Edwina Adderley	337
Turnout			2,564	33.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roger Truelove	514
	Labour	Ghlin Whelan	454
	Liberal Democrats	David Spurling	394
	Liberal Democrats	David Banks	392
	Conservative	Edward Gent	236
	Conservative	Patricia Martin	229
Turnout			2,219	30.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Tovey	414	62.0
	Labour	Caroline MacDonald	254	38.0
Majority			160	24.0
Turnout			668	35.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Prescott	552	75.8
	Labour	Jeremy Wilson	176	24.2
Majority			376	51.6
Turnout			728	36.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Lowe	542
	Liberal Democrats	David Manning	508
	Conservative	David Goodwin	296
	Conservative	Daphne Wyatt	295
	Labour	John Lewis	197
	Labour	Gail Martin	141
Turnout			1,979	28.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Lewin	820
	Conservative	John Wright	762
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Dunster	421
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Mould	389
	Labour	Timothy Higgins	267
	Labour	Matthew Wheatcroft	192
Turnout			2,851	34.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Goodger	337	56.3
	Conservative	Jacqueline Alcon	147	24.5
	Labour	David Walker	115	19.2
Majority			190	31.8
Turnout			599	33.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brenda Simpson	572
	Conservative	Susan Gent	464
	Labour	Maureen Phillips	207
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Stammers	185
	Labour	Anthony Winckless	157
Turnout			1,585	22.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Boden	354	59.6
	Labour	Alison Seymour-Jones	124	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Partis	65	10.9
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	James Mumford	51	8.6
Majority			230	38.7
Turnout			594	28.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elvina Lowe	564
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Baldock	523
	Labour	Anthony Phillips	475
	Labour	Fiona Gowdy	457
	Conservative	Sylvia Bennett	146
	Conservative	Reginald Gent	137
Turnout			2,302	32.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Stanford	702
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brown	610
	Conservative	Adrian Crowther	606
	Conservative	Robin Harris	552
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Groves	549
	Labour	Kedar Prasad	529
	Conservative	Benjamin Stokes	529
	Labour	Florence Dethridge	426
	Labour	Mark Tucker	401
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Michael Young	82
Turnout			4,457	33.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Calvert	546
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Wherrell	526
	Labour	Kenneth Stevens	266
	Labour	Phyllis Stevens	249
	Conservative	Martin Clarke	146
	Conservative	Keith Ferrin	132
Turnout			1,865	26.6

Queenborough & Halfway (3 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Constable	814
	Conservative	Paul Hayes	810
	Conservative	Martin Goodhew	698
	Conservative	Sandra Garside	628
	Labour	Philip Gull	620
	Labour	Elizabeth Higgisn	551
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Christopher Driver	331
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Ellis	174
	Liberal Democrats	John Ellis	166
Turnout			4,792	32.6

Roman (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Clark	649
	Labour	Michael Haywood	616
	Liberal Democrats	William Daw	377
	Liberal Democrats	Renee Wherrell	356
	Conservative	Mayuri Patel	163
	Conservative	Nailesh Patel	152
Turnout			2,313	32.4

St Ann's (2 seats)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Cosgrove	631
	Conservative	Trevor Fentiman	618
	Labour	Paul Durkin	455
	Labour	Lionel Vaughan	439
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Stanford	226
Turnout			2,369	32.3

West Downs^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Jordan	541	72.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Jenkins	109	14.5
	Labour	Kay Murphy	101	13.4
Majority			432	57.5
Turnout			751	39.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ian Smart	453
	Labour	Mary Ronan	445
	Conservative	David Jones	291
	Conservative	Kenneth Mackness	276
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Christopher Austin	87
Turnout			1,552	24.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angela Harrison	625
	Labour	Stephen Worrall	619
	Independent	David Cassidy	176
	Conservative	Michael Gallagher	167
	Conservative	John Marsh	111
Turnout			1,698	25.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Morris	509
	Conservative	Timothy Hammond	504
	Conservative	Christine Coles	483
	Labour	John Crouch	447
	Labour	Ronald Smith	390
	Labour	Libby Tucker	381
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Brown	219
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Choppen	142
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Martin	132
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Alma Driver	101
Turnout			3,308	23.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Hammond	546
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Davidson	488
	Conservative	Susan Norris	439
	Conservative	Derek Carnell	399
	Labour	Edward Norton	191
	Labour	Kenneth Rowles	157
	Independent	Bernard Bibby	100
Turnout			2,320	35.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sylvia Butt	687
	Conservative	Richard Barnicott	611
	Labour	Martin Bellis	436
	Labour	Stephen Lutman	409
Turnout			2,143	29.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cynthia Davis	1,094
	Conservative	David Simmons	1,036
	Labour	Michael Frohnsdorff	401
	Labour	Barry Hefferon	367
Turnout			2,898	41.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Willicombe	932
	Conservative	Jean Willicombe	834
	Liberal Democrats	Anne McLean	747
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Baxter	711
	Labour	Jeane Holmes	200
	Labour	Andrew Cooper	192
Turnout			3,616	47.1

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