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2002 Winchester City Council election

Election in Hampshire, England

Election in Hampshire, England

FieldValue
election_name2002 Winchester City Council election
next_election2003 Winchester City Council election
seats135
party1Liberal Democrats (UK)
election_date2 May 2002
majority_seats29
next_year2003
previous_year2000
previous_election2000 Winchester City Council election
party_colouryes
ongoingno
typeParliamentary
countryEngland
percentage144.6%
seats_for_electionAll 57 seats to Winchester City Council
after_electionLiberal Democrats
seats214
titleCouncil control
map_captionResults by Ward
map_imageFile:Winchester 2002 election map.svg
popular_vote136,057
percentage236.6%
popular_vote229.600
before_electionLiberal Democrats
posttitleCouncil control after election
party2Conservative Party (UK)
percentage49.5%
popular_vote47,684
seats45
party4Independent politician
percentage59.2%
popular_vote57,459
seats53
party5Labour Party (UK)

The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The boundary changes were the first since the 1970s and they saw the number of seats increased by 2.

The results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in overall control of the council after retaining 35 seats on the council. However the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Sabine, lost his seat in New Alresfords ward. The Conservatives increased their number of councillors from 11 to 14, while Labour lost 1 to only hold 3 seats. Voter turnout was higher than nationally, with over 50% voting in 4 wards.

Election result

|seats % = 61.4 |votes % = 44.6 |plus/minus = +5.3 |seats % = 24.6 |votes % = 36.6 |plus/minus = -5.9 |seats % = 8.8 |votes % = 9.5 |plus/minus = +2.7 |seats % = 5.3 |votes % = 9.2 |plus/minus = -2.2

Ward results

Bishops Waltham

Boarhunt & Southwick

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton

Colden Common & Twyford

Compton & Otterbourne

Denmead

Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon

Itchen Valley

Kings Worthy

Littleton & Harestock

Oliver's Battery & Badger Farm

Owslebury & Curdridge

Shedfield

Sparsholt

St Barnabas

St Bartholomew

St John & All Saints

St Luke

St Michael

St Paul

Swanmore & Newton

The Alresfords

Upper Meon Valley

Whiteley

Wickham

Wonston & Micheldever

References

prev=2000 Winchester Council election| list=Winchester local elections| next=2003 Winchester Council election

References

  1. "Winchester". BBC News.
  2. (2002-05-03). "Out out out: Local election round-up". [[Southern Daily Echo]].
  3. (2002-05-09). "Voters oust city leader". ThisIsHampshire.net.
  4. "WINCHESTER CITY COUNCIL – ELECTION RESULTS 2002". [[Winchester City Council]].
  5. "Winchester City Council - Election results 2002". Winchester City Council.
  6. (2002-05-04). "Election results; Local Election". The Times.
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