Maidstone Borough Council election, 2002
The 2002 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000.[1] The council stayed under no overall control.[2]
Background
All 55 seats were being contested in the election after boundary changes were implemented.[3] The boundary changes kept the number of seats the same at 55, but reduced the wards from 28 to 26.[3]
139 candidates stood in the election, made up of 45 Conservatives, 42 Liberal Democrats, 29 Labour, 10 Green, 8 United Kingdom Independence Party and 5 independents.[3]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 31.7%.[3]
Maidstone Local Election Result 2002[3][4] |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Liberal Democrat |
21 |
|
|
-1 |
38.2 |
36.9 |
27,105 |
+5.5% |
|
Conservative |
19 |
|
|
+3 |
34.5 |
38.6 |
28,352 |
-7.3% |
|
Labour |
12 |
|
|
0 |
21.8 |
15.6 |
11,433 |
-2.0% |
|
Independent |
3 |
|
|
-2 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
3,716 |
+1.1% |
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2.7 |
2,021 |
+1.7% |
|
UKIP |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.2 |
877 |
+1.2% |
Ward results
Allington (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Daniel Daley |
1,642 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Malcolm Robertson |
1,501 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Cynthia Robertson |
1,500 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alison Swannick |
385 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Marianna Poliszczuk |
229 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Wendy Hollands |
206 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Gareth Kendall |
128 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,591 |
37.6 |
|
Barming[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Paul Oldham |
801 |
89.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Featherstone |
94 |
10.5 |
|
Majority |
707 |
79.0 |
|
Turnout |
895 |
48.0 |
|
Bouhgton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Michael Fitzgerald |
639 |
68.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Oben |
291 |
31.3 |
|
Majority |
348 |
37.4 |
|
Turnout |
930 |
45.0 |
|
Boxley (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Derek Butler |
809 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Yates |
757 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Barnes |
701 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ian Chittenden |
517 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Doherty |
476 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jean Harwood |
475 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Munson |
329 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Gibson |
256 |
|
|
|
Green |
Peter Bagshaw |
196 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,516 |
25.4 |
|
Bridge (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Brian Moss |
458 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Derek Nicholson |
437 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Trevor Matthews |
427 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Tucker |
426 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Richard Coates |
195 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Linda Cogger |
186 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Keith Woollven |
65 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,194 |
28.5 |
|
Coxheath and Hunton (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Mortimer |
988 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Moira Walter |
925 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Williams |
896 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Adrian Brindle |
789 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Butcher |
698 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Swannick |
634 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Hughes |
295 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Duncan Spencer |
89 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,314 |
35.2 |
|
Detling and Thurnham[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
John Horne |
413 |
63.1 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Watson |
161 |
24.6 |
|
|
Labour |
Ray Huson |
81 |
12.4 |
|
Majority |
252 |
38.5 |
|
Turnout |
655 |
29.0 |
|
Downswood and Otham[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Frederick Winckless |
453 |
78.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Angela Bentley |
122 |
21.2 |
|
Majority |
331 |
57.6 |
|
Turnout |
575 |
27.0 |
|
East (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Margaret Shaw |
1,090 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patrick Sellar |
1,030 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Naghi |
944 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Warner |
741 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Garland |
721 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Scott Hahnefeld |
713 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Susan Burfield |
260 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Anthony Robertson |
83 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,582 |
34.1 |
|
Fant (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Roger Berriman |
726 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Merello D'Souza |
644 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Morrison |
621 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Shona Stevens |
600 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patrick Schnell |
494 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jacqueline Wooder |
336 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jeremy Hindle |
323 |
|
|
|
Green |
Kathryn Moss |
231 |
|
|
|
Green |
Ian Mcdonald |
202 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Stephen Dean |
142 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,319 |
28.1 |
|
Harrietsham and Lenham (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Tom Sams |
830 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Janetta Sams |
651 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Allen |
649 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barbara Harris |
437 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Morris |
321 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,888 |
41.7 |
|
Heath (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mick Stevens |
522 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Hooper |
483 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Parker |
262 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Patrick Coates |
124 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,391 |
26.3 |
|
High Street (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Clive English |
752 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Denise Joy |
639 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Frances Wilson |
620 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Angharad Davies |
327 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Leonard Burfield |
323 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Sally Nicholson |
322 |
|
|
|
Green |
Benjamin Hawkins |
140 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Terence Kendall |
140 |
|
|
|
Green |
Sheila Kennedy |
129 |
|
|
|
Green |
Johann Sikora |
59 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,451 |
22.9 |
|
Leeds[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Peter Parvin |
469 |
70.2 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Michael Shaw |
108 |
16.2 |
|
|
Labour |
Elizabeth Stevens |
91 |
13.6 |
|
Majority |
361 |
54.0 |
|
Turnout |
668 |
36.0 |
|
Loose[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Hugh Laing |
317 |
51.8 |
|
|
Conservative |
Kevan Hodges |
295 |
48.2 |
|
Majority |
22 |
3.6 |
|
Turnout |
612 |
33.0 |
|
Marden and Yalding (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Roderick Nelson-Gracie |
1,009 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth McGannan |
982 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Simon Anthonisz |
978 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Gerrish |
549 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Williams |
465 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Jackson |
412 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,395 |
29.1 |
|
North (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Tony Harwood |
1,020 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jennifer Paterson |
974 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mervyn Warner |
841 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Valerie Parker |
402 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Carolyn Warner |
390 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Edith Davis |
226 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Margaret Kendall |
109 |
|
|
Turnout |
3,962 |
28.2 |
|
North Downs[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Daphne Parvin |
459 |
63.8 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Cobbett |
175 |
24.3 |
|
|
Labour |
Keith Adkinson |
86 |
11.9 |
|
Majority |
284 |
39.4 |
|
Turnout |
720 |
37.0 |
|
Shepway North (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Frances Brown |
799 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Julie Skinner |
717 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Wendy Marlow |
716 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher Hodges |
624 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Veal |
528 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Phillip Palmby |
288 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Geoffrey Samme |
229 |
|
|
|
Green |
Janet Richards |
159 |
|
|
|
Green |
Stephen Muggeridge |
148 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,208 |
25.7 |
|
South (3)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Malcolm Luxton |
1,136 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ronald Ellis |
897 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Wilson |
818 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Alan Smith |
767 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alan Chell |
712 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Lesley Polley |
655 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Theresa Stirk |
555 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
John Botting |
121 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,661 |
37.0 |
|
Staplehurst (2)[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Eric Hotson |
922 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Lusty |
896 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Steven Williams |
300 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Thomas Burnham |
290 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Allan Rimmer |
231 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Randall |
201 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,840 |
31.6 |
|
Sutton Valence and Langley[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Paulina Stockell |
503 |
70.7 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sarah Gould |
208 |
29.3 |
|
Majority |
295 |
41.5 |
|
Turnout |
711 |
33.0 |
|
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