2002 Woking Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2002 Woking council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002.

The 2002 Woking Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Woking Borough Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1] Overall turnout in the election was 33.28%, down from 34.32% in 2000.[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Woking Local Election Result 2002[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 1 0 +1 46.2 44.9 8,488 -0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 1 -1 46.2 39.5 7,483 +2.7%
  Labour 1 0 0 0 7.7 13.8 2,605 -2.0%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 211 +1.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 137 -1.8%

Ward results

Byfleet[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Todd 953 48.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Roberts 787 39.7
Labour Michael Roberts 241 12.2
Majority 166 8.4
Turnout 1,981 36.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Goldsworth East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cross 797 49.8
Conservative Bellord 488 30.5
Labour Ford 316 19.7
Majority 309 19.3
Turnout 1,601 29.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Goldsworth West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Landon 485 58.2
Conservative Lawrence 266 31.9
Labour Wand 83 10.0
Majority 219 26.3
Turnout 834 22.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hermitage and Knaphill South (2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Howard 695
Liberal Democrats Liddington 643
Conservative Fisher 366
Conservative Assi 317
Labour Carman 159
Labour Martin 147
Turnout 2,327 30.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Horsell West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sanderson 1,174 48.1
Conservative Atkins 1,047 42.9
Labour Worgan 131 5.4
UKIP Shaw 88 3.6
Majority 127 5.2
Turnout 2,440 46.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knaphill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hayes-Allen 849 45.2
Liberal Democrats Shoraka 816 43.5
Labour Allan 213 11.3
Majority 33 1.7
Turnout 1,878 28.7
Conservative hold Swing
Maybury and Sheerwater[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pope 950 59.1
Conservative Roe 293 18.2
Liberal Democrats Morales 227 14.1
Independent Osman 137 8.5
Majority 657 40.9
Turnout 1,607 24.8
Labour hold Swing
Mayford and Sutton Green[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Palmer 653 75.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Leach 151 17.3 −1.0
UKIP Davey 34 3.9 +3.9
Labour Kendall 33 3.8 −2.5
Majority 502 57.7 +0.5
Turnout 871 44.9
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bittleston 728 60.6
Liberal Democrats Wilson 329 27.4
Labour Kennedy 90 7.5
UKIP Squire 54 4.5
Majority 399 33.2
Turnout 1,201 34.1
Conservative hold Swing
Mount Hermon West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Smith 756 50.5
Conservative Hopkins 635 42.4
Labour Kapor 72 4.8
UKIP Squire 35 2.3
Majority 121 8.1
Turnout 1,498 40.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Johns and Hook Heath[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kingsbury 856 69.1
Liberal Democrats Kremer 308 24.9
Labour Bramall 74 6.0
Majority 548 44.2
Turnout 1,238 35.2
Conservative hold Swing
West Byfleet[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Popham 1,037 71.6
Liberal Democrats Grimshaw 315 21.8
Labour Byrne 96 6.6
Majority 722 49.8
Turnout 1,448 36.9
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Woking". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Election various wards Thursday 2 May 2002: Results" (PDF). Woking Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Election results; Local Election". The Times. 4 May 2002. p. 16.