2002 West Oxfordshire District Council election
The 2002 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.[1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
Background
Before the election the Conservatives had a two-seat majority with 25 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 12 seats, Independents had nine, the Labour Party had two seats and one seat was vacant.[3][4] Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election with the whole council being elected for the first time since 1976.[3] Only seven wards had no boundary change and the number of councillors for Witney increased from 9 to 12.[3]
A total of 108 candidates stood for the 49 seats on the council, 46 Conservatives, 27 Liberal Democrats, 18 Labour, 10 Independents, 6 Green Party and 1 United Kingdom Independence Party.[3][4] 39 councillors sought re-election, with the Conservative group leader Barry Norton being re-elected in North Leigh without opposition.[4][5]
Election result
The Conservative majority on the council increased to 15, after 32 Conservative councillors were elected.[3] 35 of the 39 councillors who sought election were re-elected, with the Liberal Democrats taking 10 seats, independents 5 seats and Labour kept the 2 seats they had been defending.[3] The Green Party failed to win any seats, with 324 votes in fourth place in Witney North being their best result.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 39%.[4]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 32 | +7 | 65.3 | 43.6 | 21,164 | -3.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 10 | -2 | 20.4 | 27.5 | 13,341 | +6.6 | |||
Independent | 5 | -4 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 5,882 | +0.5 | |||
Labour | 2 | 0 | 4.1 | 13.7 | 6,637 | -6.4 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 1,399 | +2.5 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 117 | +0.2 | |||
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Neale | 421 | 71.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Southey | 172 | 29.0 | ||
Majority | 249 | 42.0 | |||
Turnout | 593 | 42.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hilary Hibbert-Biles | 439 | 57.4 | ||
Independent | Robert Barrett | 326 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 113 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 765 | 47.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jonathan Phillips | 795 | 46.9 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Gray | 665 | 39.2 | ||
Labour | Mark Albert | 235 | 13.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,695 | 37.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Verena Hunt | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Keith Davies | 407 | 56.5 | ||
Conservative | Donald Seale | 313 | 43.5 | ||
Majority | 94 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 720 | 47.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald Mason | unopposed | |||
Conservative | Keith Stone | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David King | 555 | |||
Conservative | Peter Handley | 515 | |||
Independent | Paul Wesson | 448 | |||
Turnout | 1,518 | 28.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Windell Walcott | 793 | |||
Conservative | Harry Watts | 448 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Madden | 402 | |||
Turnout | 1,643 | 31.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Owen | 402 | 65.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Epps | 212 | 34.5 | ||
Majority | 190 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 614 | 40.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Glena Chadwick | 902 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Breakell | 708 | |||
Independent | Robert Potter | 405 | |||
Conservative | Simon Hoare | 321 | |||
Conservative | Philip Rand | 275 | |||
Labour | Stephen Hague | 214 | |||
Turnout | 2,825 | 50.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Hannis | 1,000 | |||
Conservative | Michael Howes | 813 | |||
Labour | Evelyn Coles | 797 | |||
Labour | Georgina Burrows | 610 | |||
Conservative | Carolyn Hazeel | 608 | |||
Labour | Stephen Akers | 547 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Dawson | 209 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Brown | 197 | |||
Turnout | 4,781 | 38.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Hayward | 303 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | June Taylor | 135 | 23.9 | ||
Labour | Sheila Cuss | 128 | 22.6 | ||
Majority | 168 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 566 | 35.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Harry Wyatt | 1,008 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Stevens | 967 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Rossiter | 892 | |||
Conservative | Frederick Wright | 625 | |||
Conservative | Frances Pike | 546 | |||
Conservative | Alison Fayers-Kerr | 541 | |||
Green | Jill Jones | 201 | |||
Turnout | 4,780 | 37.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Epps | 866 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David James | 844 | |||
Conservative | David Dawes | 566 | |||
Conservative | Helen Barrow | 431 | |||
Turnout | 2,707 | 46.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Kellow | 780 | |||
Conservative | Warwick Robinson | 695 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Blount | 415 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm West | 282 | |||
Turnout | 2,172 | 39.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Walker | 768 | |||
Conservative | Rodney Rose | 712 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Worrall | 411 | |||
Labour | Melanie Deans | 344 | |||
Turnout | 2,235 | 42.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeffrey Haine | 524 | 76.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Lily | 162 | 23.6 | ||
Majority | 362 | 52.8 | |||
Turnout | 686 | 42.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Norton | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Smith | 915 | |||
Conservative | James Mills | 606 | |||
Independent | John Faulkner | 548 | |||
Turnout | 2,069 | 43.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Derrick Milard | 903 | |||
Independent | Charles Cottrell-Dormer | 635 | |||
Labour | David Cullen | 471 | |||
Conservative | Gillian Oldfield | 284 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Miller | 222 | |||
Conservative | Sandra Rasch | 204 | |||
Turnout | 2,719 | 47.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Goffe | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Cooper | 587 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Creery | 429 | |||
Conservative | Akin Adams | 424 | |||
Labour | Richard Kelsall | 401 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brenda Churchill | 277 | |||
Green | Colette Jones | 171 | |||
Turnout | 2,289 | 41.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Holborough | 521 | |||
Conservative | Frank Smith | 470 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Rands | 446 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Nicholson | 443 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Willis | 437 | |||
Conservative | Grant Stanley | 412 | |||
Labour | Raymond Harris | 243 | |||
Green | Christopher Marchant | 186 | |||
Turnout | 3,158 | 33.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Chapman | 491 | |||
Conservative | Roger Curry | 484 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Serena Martin | 387 | |||
Green | Richard Dossett-Davies | 324 | |||
Labour | Alison Bettle | 234 | |||
Turnout | 1,920 | 33.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Harvey | 748 | |||
Conservative | Peter Green | 703 | |||
Conservative | Ross McFarlane | 598 | |||
Independent | Thomas Titherington | 415 | |||
Labour | Michael Enright | 412 | |||
Labour | Andrew Ross | 360 | |||
Labour | David Wesson | 360 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Branner | 226 | |||
Green | Stephen Mohammad | 132 | |||
UKIP | James Robertshaw | 117 | |||
Turnout | 4,071 | 32.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louise Chapman | 469 | |||
Conservative | Lesley Semaine | 448 | |||
Labour | Ross Beadle | 231 | |||
Labour | William Tumbridge | 220 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anna Fairhurst | 190 | |||
Turnout | 1,558 | 26.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julian Cooper | 939 | |||
Conservative | Ian Hudspeth | 451 | |||
Conservative | Joanne Chow | 438 | |||
Green | Paul Creighton | 385 | |||
Labour | Duncan Enright | 243 | |||
Turnout | 2,456 | 47.9 |
References
- "West Oxfordshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- "Election results - Local Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
- "Tories tighten grip on West Oxfordshire". Oxfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2002.
- "West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results 1998 - 2010" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- "Council leaders escape poll tests". Oxfordshire County Publications. NewsBank. 12 April 2002.