2002 UK local government election
The Broxbourne Council election, 2002 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.[1]
Composition of expiring seats before election
Ward |
Party |
Incumbent Elected |
Incumbent |
Standing again?
|
Broxbourne
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
Joyce Ball
|
Yes
|
Bury Green
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
Dennis Clayton
|
Yes
|
Cheshunt Central
|
Conservative
|
2000
|
Moyra O'Neill
|
Yes[a]
|
Cheshunt North
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
Kay Leese
|
Yes
|
Flamstead End
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
David Hadley Smith
|
No
|
Goffs Oak
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
Elizabeth Clayton
|
Yes
|
Hoddesdon North
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
William Cooper
|
No
|
Hoddesdon Town
|
Conservative
|
2002
|
Kenneth Ayling
|
Yes
|
Rosedale
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
Paul Seeby
|
Yes[b]
|
Rye Park
|
Labour
|
1999
|
Neil Harvey
|
No
|
Theobalds
|
Conservative
|
2001
|
Alan Smith
|
Yes[c]
|
Waltham Cross
|
Labour
|
1999
|
Linda Dambrauskas
|
No
|
Wormley / Turnford
|
Conservative
|
1999
|
Gordon Nicholson
|
Yes
|
- ^ Moyra O'Neill stood in Rye Park Ward in 2002 after being previously elected to Cheshunt Central Ward in the November 2000 by-election.
- ^ Paul Seeby stood in Flamstead End Ward in 2002.
- ^ Alan Smith stood in Hoddesdon North Ward in 2002 after being originally elected to Theobalds Ward in the November 2001 by-election.
Election results
Broxbourne Local Election Result 2002
Party
|
Seats
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Net gain/loss
|
Seats %
|
Votes %
|
Votes
|
+/−
|
|
Conservative
|
14
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
87.50
|
61.29
|
10,948
|
|
|
Labour
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
6.25
|
26.23
|
4,686
|
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7.28
|
1,301
|
|
|
Independent
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
+1
|
6.25
|
4.24
|
757
|
|
|
BNP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.96
|
170
|
|
Results summary
An election was held in all of the 13 wards on 2 May 2002.
16 council seats were involved with 2 seats being voted for in Goffs Oak Ward and 3 seats in Hoddesdon Town Ward.
Martin Greensmyth won the Bury Green Ward for the Independent "Bury Green Residents"
The new political balance of the council following this election was:
Ward results
References