St Albans Council election, 2002

The 2002 St Albans Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of St Albans District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

A trial took place in Sopwell and Verulam wards under which voters could vote either by internet, phone, post or at the polling station using a touch screen system.[2][3] The internet voting trial was funded by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions as part of an attempt to get more people involved in elections.[4] As a result of the trial one of the wards set the fastest declaration time at only 4 minutes after the close of polling.[5] However turnout was actually down by 1% and 3% in the 2 wards involved.[5]

As well as the 3 main political parties, voters could also vote for the No Candidate Deserves My Vote! party in some wards, which was standing in order to give voters the chance to register their abstention at the polls.[6]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

St Albans Local Election Result 2002[8][9]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 8 +3 38.1 35.8 13,722
  Liberal Democrat 7 -3 33.3 38.8 14,896
  Labour 6 0 28.6 25.1 9,632
  No Candidate Deserves My Vote! 0 0 0 0.3 117

Ward results

Ashley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malachy Pakenham 768 41.3
Liberal Democrat Alan Marshall 678 36.5
Conservative Alec Campbell 382 20.5
No Candidate Deserves My Vote! Rosemary Flanagan 31 1.7
Majority 90 4.8
Turnout 1,859
Batchwood (2)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roma Mills 993
Labour Martin Leach 871
Conservative Margaret Brownlie 343
Conservative Pamela Farley 339
Liberal Democrat Richard Biddle 323
Liberal Democrat Debbie Williams 267
Turnout 3,136
Clarence[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Joyce Lusby 1,095 59.2
Labour Taufiq Lodhi 423 22.9
Conservative Louisa-Jane Rosalki 331 17.9
Majority 672 36.3
Turnout 1,849
Colney Heath[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Clarke 621 44.0
Liberal Democrat Christopher Brazier 514 36.4
Labour David Mclean 276 19.6
Majority 107 7.6
Turnout 1,411
Cunningham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Prowse 842 43.3
Labour Andrew Gilson 699 36.0
Conservative Diana Hall 402 20.7
Majority 143 7.3
Turnout 1,943
Harpenden East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Alison Steer 1,013 46.7
Conservative Victor Holley 830 38.3
Labour David Crew 324 15.0
Majority 183 8.4
Turnout 2,167
Harpenden North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Grenfell-Hill 935 47.9
Liberal Democrat John Coad 812 41.6
Labour Rosemary Ross 206 10.5
Majority 123 6.3
Turnout 1,953
Harpenden South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Teresa Heritage 1,254 63.4
Liberal Democrat Christopher Canfield 461 23.3
Labour David Lawlor 263 13.3
Majority 793 40.1
Turnout 1,978
Harpenden West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wicks 1,211 60.1
Liberal Democrat Nigel Jenkinson 505 25.1
Labour Benjamin Dearman 299 14.8
Majority 706 35.0
Turnout 2,015
London Colney[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Etheldreda Gordon 1,075 61.9
Conservative Geoffrey Brooking 409 23.5
Liberal Democrat Carol Prowse 253 14.6
Majority 666 38.4
Turnout 1,737
Marshalswick North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Thomas Clegg 942 47.5
Conservative John Foster 724 36.5
Labour John Baughan 319 16.1
Majority 218 11.0
Turnout 1,985
Marshalswick South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Michael Ketley 1,353 57.8
Conservative Roderick Douglas 667 28.5
Labour Janet Smith 321 13.7
Majority 686 29.3
Turnout 2,341
Park Street[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Aislinn Lee 1,276 65.5
Conservative James Vessey 418 21.5
Labour Janet Blackwell 253 13.0
Majority 858 44.0
Turnout 1,947
Redbourn[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Patricia Schofield 997 52.3
Conservative Paul Finigan 753 39.5
Labour Clive Newport 158 8.3
Majority 244 12.8
Turnout 1,908
Sandridge[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beric Read 548 41.3
Liberal Democrat William Morris 531 40.0
Labour Christine Dawson 226 17.0
No Candidate Deserves My Vote! Cliff Miller 21 1.6
Majority 17 1.3
Turnout 1,326
Sopwell[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dawn Pratley 664 58.3
Conservative Marilyn Madden 242 21.3
Liberal Democrat Moira Seton 196 17.2
No Candidate Deserves My Vote! Michael Horan 36 3.2
Majority 422 37.0
Turnout 1,138
St Peters[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Winifred Dunleavy 783 43.7
Liberal Democrat Ilyas Khan 684 38.1
Conservative Virginia Walker 326 18.2
Majority 99 5.6
Turnout 1,793
St Stephen[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Carr 1,086 55.3
Liberal Democrat Jadwiga Baillie 584 29.7
Labour Patricia Allen 295 15.0
Majority 502 25.6
Turnout 1,965
Verulam[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Buffham 934 48.7
Liberal Democrat Martin Frearson 711 37.1
Labour Linda Spiri 243 12.7
No Candidate Deserves My Vote! Peter Goodall 29 1.5
Majority 223 11.6
Turnout 1,917
Wheathampstead[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Stammers 967 48.4
Liberal Democrat Paul Edelston 859 43.0
Labour Mary Cheale 173 8.7
Majority 108 5.4
Turnout 1,999

References

  1. ^ "St Albans". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/134.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  2. ^ "Local election campaign round-up". guardian.co.uk. 2002-04-29. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/apr/29/localgovelections.politics. Retrieved 2002-04-29. 
  3. ^ Steiner, Rupert (2002-04-07). "Voters tick with a click". The Sunday Times. p. 24. 
  4. ^ "U.K. puts online voting to the test". CNET News. 2002-04-26. http://news.cnet.com/U.K.-puts-online-voting-to-the-test/2110-1023_3-893093.html. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  5. ^ a b "Brian Rudman: There's no easy panacea for voter apathy". The New Zealand Herald. 2002-05-27. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2043310. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
  6. ^ "Protest vote". Liverpool Echo. 2002-04-06. p. 4. 
  7. ^ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 2002-05-03. p. 6. 
  8. ^ "Local elections: early results". The Independent. 2002-05-03. p. 7. 
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "District Council Election Results 2nd May 2002". St Albans City and District Council. http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/electionresults/districtresults/sadc-2002.aspx. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
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