Purbeck Council election, 2002
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Elections to Purbeck Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
[edit] Election result
| Purbeck Local Election Result 2002 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 50.0 | 30.5 | 2,344 | ||||
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 37.5 | 21.2 | 1,627 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 | 12.5 | 35.9 | 2,757 | ||||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 962 | ||||
One Independent candidate was unopposed.
[edit] Ward results
| Bere Regis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Peter Wharf | unopposed | |||
| Creech Barrow | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Cake | 329 | 51.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Howlett | 200 | 31.1 | ||
| Labour | Robert Huskinson | 114 | 17.7 | ||
| Majority | 129 | 20.1 | |||
| Turnout | 643 | ||||
| Langton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Lovell | 393 | 53.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | William Wilson | 304 | 41.1 | ||
| Labour | Leigh van de Zande | 43 | 5.8 | ||
| Majority | 89 | 12.0 | |||
| Turnout | 740 | ||||
| Lytchett Matravers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Angus McDonald | 652 | 53.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Royston Fox | 575 | 46.9 | ||
| Majority | 77 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,227 | ||||
| Purbeck West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Elizabeth Rudd | 279 | 69.9 | ||
| Labour | Jon Davey | 120 | 30.1 | ||
| Majority | 159 | 39.8 | |||
| Turnout | 399 | ||||
| Swanage South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Gary Suttle | 717 | 42.5 | ||
| Labour | Cherry Bartlett | 566 | 33.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Hilary O'Donocan | 406 | 24.0 | ||
| Majority | 151 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,689 | ||||
| Wareham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Budd | 1,003 | 42.5 | ||
| Independent | Leslie Burns | 696 | 29.5 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Patterson | 544 | 23.0 | ||
| Labour | Audrey Tighe | 119 | 5.0 | ||
| Majority | 307 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,362 | ||||
| Winfrith | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Keith Barnes | 361 | 57.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Eric Osmond | 269 | 42.7 | ||
| Majority | 92 | 14.6 | |||
| Turnout | 630 | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Purbeck Council election 2000 |
Purbeck local elections | Succeeded by Purbeck Council election 2003 |
