2002 Colchester Borough Council election

The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom.

2002 Colchester Borough Council election
2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
All 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout30.9% (Increase1.2%)
  First party Second party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 23 seats, 33.1% 21 seats, 38.8%
Seats won 26 24
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 29,899 32,459
Percentage 36.4% 39.5%
Swing Increase 3.3% Increase 0.7%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Labour Independent
Last election 15 seats, 24.1% 0 seats, 1.6%
Seats won 6 4
Seat change Decrease 9 Increase 4
Popular vote 15,669 3,078
Percentage 19.1% 3.7%
Swing Decrease 5.0% Increase 2.1%
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1][2]

Summary

Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively.[3] This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 9 seats to only have 6 councillors.[3]

In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame.[4] Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected.[3] Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council.[5]

Candidates by party
Conservative Party (60/60)





Liberal Democrats (46/60)





Labour Party (39/60)





Green Party (5/60)





Independent (5/60)





Socialist Alliance (1/60)





Election result
Colchester Borough Council Election, 2002[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 26 5 3 Increase 3 43.3 36.4 29,899 +3.3
  Conservative 24 5 2 Increase 3 40.0 39.5 32,459 +0.7
  Labour 6 1 7 Decrease 9 10.0 19.1 15,669 –5.0
  Independent 4 3 0 Increase 4 6.7 3.7 3,078 +2.1
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 970 N/A
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 106 N/A
  Tiptree Residents 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 0.0 0 –2.4

Ward results

Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.[6][7]

Berechurch
Berechurch (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Terence Sutton* 913 49.9
Liberal Democrats Craig Sutton 900 49.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Brooks 875 47.8
Labour Dave Harris 661 36.1
Labour Paul Bishop 613 33.5
Labour Christopher Pearson 592 32.3
Conservative Elizabeth Lee 249 13.6
Conservative Peter Burgoyne 239 13.1
Conservative Patricia Conville 234 12.8
Turnout 1,830 31.0
Registered electors 5,877
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Birch and Winstree
Birch and Winstree
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kevin Bentley 1,117 69.6
Conservative Peter Crowe* 1,046 65.2
Liberal Democrats Sharon Coveney 364 22.7
Labour Derek Jones 311 19.4
Turnout 1,605 39.0
Registered electors 4,107
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Castle
Castle
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Christopher Hall* 1,068 58.7
Liberal Democrats Henry Spyvee* 1,044 57.4
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Jones* 984 54.1
Conservative Lynne Dingemans 369 20.3
Conservative Alison Baxter 357 19.6
Conservative Andrew Baxter 357 19.6
Labour Lisa Laybourne 268 14.7
Labour Hugh Thomas 254 14.0
Labour Julia Thomas 253 13.9
Green Peter Lynn 190 10.4
Green Andrew Senter 128 7.0
Turnout 1,820 32.0
Registered electors 5,675
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Christ Church
Christ Church
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Cope* 559 46.9
Conservative Roger Buston* 545 42.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Hunt 530 41.5
Conservative Anthony Hauton 488 38.2
Labour Maureen Lee 231 18.1
Turnout 1,278 40.0
Registered electors 3,191
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Copford & West Stanway
Copford & West Stanway
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Elizabeth Blundell* 384 75.2
Liberal Democrats Sally Scott 125 24.5
Majority 259 50.7
Turnout 511 35.0
Registered electors 1,472
Conservative win (new seat)

Dedham & Langham
Dedham & Langham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Garnett* 757 73.7
Liberal Democrats Carolyn West 197 19.2
Labour Geraldine Harris 73 7.1
Majority 560 54.5
Turnout 1,029 45.0
Registered electors 2,305
Conservative win (new seat)

East Donyland
East Donyland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Raison 286 43.2 +9.7
Conservative Patricia Sanderson* 246 37.2 -6.2
Liberal Democrats Barry Woodward 130 19.6 -3.5
Majority 40 6.0 N/A
Turnout 662 36.0 -6.0
Registered electors 1,860
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase8.0

Fordham & Stour
Fordham & Stour
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Christopher Arnold* 960 71.7
Conservative Nigel Chapman* 917 68.5
Liberal Democrats Alexander Scott 341 25.5
Labour Thomas Prosser 248 18.5
Turnout 1,338 33.0
Registered electors 4,002
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Great Tey
Great Tey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Chillingworth 566 65.7 +20.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Phillips* 295 34.3 -11.5
Majority 271 31.5 N/A
Turnout 862 40.0 -4.7
Registered electors 2,172
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase15.8

No Labour candidate as previous (8.5%).

Harbour
Harbour
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Patricia Blandon* 674 52.4
Liberal Democrats Justin Knight 548 42.6
Labour David Canning* 424 33.0
Labour Jane Green 392 30.5
Conservative Michael Coyne 184 14.3
Conservative Sandra Rae 165 12.8
Turnout 1,286 29.0
Registered electors 4,376
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Highwoods
Highwoods
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Gerard Oxford* 665 58.6
Liberal Democrats Beverley Oxford* 649 57.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Ringer 560 49.3
Conservative Sarah McClean 294 25.9
Conservative Alan Blundell 293 25.8
Conservative Richard Stevenson 278 24.5
Labour Edmund Chinnery 228 20.1
Labour Michael Smith 208 18.3
Turnout 1,135 20.0
Registered electors 5,592
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lexden
Lexden
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sonia Lewis* 1,258 66.2
Conservative Donald Henshall* 1,091 57.5
Liberal Democrats Barbara Williamson 688 36.2
Labour Alan Trudgian 239 12.6
Turnout 1,889 44.0
Registered electors 4,311
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Marks Tey
Marks Tey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Gower* 405 64.7 -0.7
Labour Edna Salmon 125 20.0 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray 96 15.3 +0.2
Majority 280 44.7 -1.1
Turnout 627 31.0 -2.0
Registered electors 2,009
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.6

Mile End
Mile End
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Nicholas Taylor* 599 45.8
Conservative Matthew Eaton 593 45.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Turrell 546 41.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Hayman 529 40.4
Conservative Wendy Scattergood* 526 40.2
Labour Lucy Wood 446 34.1
Independent John Sutcliffe 187 14.3
Turnout 1,309 26.0
Registered electors 5,108
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

New Town
New Town
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Theresa Higgins* 970 60.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Higgins 948 59.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fisher 932 58.3
Labour Jean Quinn 465 29.1
Conservative Colin Beattie 267 16.7
Conservative Glenn Bath 260 16.3
Conservative Angus Allan 236 14.8
Turnout 1,599 26.0
Registered electors 6,079
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Prettygate
Prettygate
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Paul Sheppard* 1,015 45.3
Liberal Democrats John Gray* 1,013 45.2
Conservative Ron Levy 996 44.5
Conservative Peter Crafford* 975 43.5
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gray* 974 43.5
Conservative Michael Pearson 940 42.0
Labour Andrew Frost 326 14.6
Turnout 2,239 37.0
Registered electors 6,009
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Pyefleet
Pyefleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Davidson 581 66.9 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Wilma Sutton 287 33.1 +16.1
Majority 294 33.9 -15.8
Turnout 875 43.0 +0.8
Registered electors 2,012
Conservative hold Swing Decrease8.0

No Labour candidate as previous (16.3%).

St. Andrew's
St Andrew's
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julie Young* 851 63.8
Labour Don Quinn* 818 61.4
Labour Tim Young* 808 60.6
Liberal Democrats John Fellows 323 24.2
Conservative Anne Allan 238 17.9
Conservative Susan Burgoyne 213 16.0
Conservative Pauline Lucas 203 15.2
Socialist Alliance Jeremy Jepps 106 8.0
Turnout 1,333 20.0
Registered electors 6,696
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St. Anne's
St Anne's
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Mike Hogg* 895 56.1
Liberal Democrats Helen Chuah* 824 51.7
Liberal Democrats Barrie Cook 785 49.2
Labour Peter Brine 425 26.7
Labour David Jonas 394 24.7
Labour Paul Fryer-Kelsey 385 24.2
Conservative Brigitte Beard 299 18.8
Conservative Richard Lamberth 272 17.1
Conservative Allan Doran 257 16.1
Turnout 1,594 25.0
Registered electors 6,488
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

St. John's
St John's
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Ray Gamble* 1,030 69.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith* 919 62.0
Conservative Derek Smith 366 24.7
Conservative Elizabeth Gorman 308 20.8
Labour Anna Trudgian 123 8.3
Turnout 1,482 36.0
Registered electors 4,162
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Shrub End
Shrub End
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Winifred Foster 593 36.9
Conservative Amanda Arnold 589 36.6
Conservative Alan Scattergood 561 34.9
Labour Richard Bourne* 553 34.4
Labour Luke Dopson 520 32.3
Labour Kim Naish 502 31.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Hindle 490 30.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Frame* 458 28.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Waite 452 28.1
Turnout 1,608 25.0
Registered electors 6,338
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Stanway
Stanway
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Colin Sykes 1,137 56.0
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Ilott* 1,099 54.2
Liberal Democrats Leslie Scott-Boutell 1,043 51.4
Conservative Jane Collier 730 36.0
Conservative Jonathan Pyman* 717 35.3
Conservative Michael Segal 670 33.0
Labour Ian Yates 261 12.9
Turnout 2,029 34.0
Registered electors 5,930
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Tiptree
Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Tony Webb* 757 44.8
Independent John Elliott 620 36.7
Independent Anne Burgess 617 36.5
Labour Alan Mogridge* 569 33.7
Labour Audrey Spencer 432 25.6
Conservative Agnes Cannon 398 23.6
Conservative Margaret Crowe 398 23.6
Conservative John Reeves 354 21.0
Independent Helen Bunney 330 19.5
Green Stella Barnes 183 10.8
Turnout 1,689 29.0
Registered electors 5,793
Independent gain from Tiptree Residents
Independent gain from Labour
Independent gain from Labour

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Cannon* 757 60.7
Conservative Jill Todd 692 55.4
Liberal Democrats Una Jones 323 25.9
Labour Gary Griffiths 287 23.0
Green John Withers 238 19.1
Turnout 1,248 33.0
Registered electors 3,827
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

West Mersea
West Mersea
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Jowers* 1,348 74.3
Conservative John Bouckley* 1,184 65.3
Conservative Margaret Kimberley* 1,136 62.6
Labour Bry Mogridge 430 23.7
Liberal Democrats Ronald Baker 389 21.4
Turnout 1,814 31.0
Registered electors 5,801
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wivenhoe Cross
Wivenhoe Cross
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Philip Hawkins* 369 56.1
Conservative David Adams 303 46.0
Conservative Kenneth Rogers 290 44.1
Labour David Purdy 184 28.0
Liberal Democrats John Galpin 167 25.4
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mossop 149 22.6
Turnout 658 17.0
Registered electors 3,986
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe Quay
Wivenhoe Quay
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Bob Newman* 592 40.7
Independent Samuel Davies 567 38.9
Labour Stephen Ford 523 35.9
Conservative Eugene Kraft 412 28.3
Conservative Elizabeth Corke 399 27.4
Green Christopher Fox 231 15.9
Turnout 1,456 38.0
Registered electors 3,825
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. "BBC News Vote 2002 Local Elections". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. "Colchester : Labour suffer and Lib Dem leader goes". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
  4. "Colchester : Leader Bill's out of the Frame". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
  5. "Colchester : Lib Dems' leader returns recharged". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 6 May 2002.
  6. "Election Results". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. "Turnout". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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