2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

The 2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 1.^[1] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

The election saw an experiment in leaving polling stations open for a longer period.^[3] Along with neighbouring Westminster City Council polling stations were open from 7am to 10pm instead of the standard 8am to 9pm.^[4]

Election result

Wandsworth Local Election Result 2002^[5]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	50	0	83.3	53.7	95,535
Labour	10	-1	16.7	33.5	59,635
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0.0	9.1	16,155
Green	0	0	0.0	2.8	4,917
Independent	0	0	0.0	0.9	1,532
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0.0	0.04	76
CPA	0	0	0.0	0.03	58

Ward results

Balham (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Longmore	1,686
	Conservative	Lola Ayonrinde	1,676
	Conservative	Charles Walker	1,672
	Labour	Christopher Cooke	749
	Labour	Sally Gear	713
	Labour	Harvey Heath	665
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Green	274
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Vitelli	248
	Green	Robert Baker	231
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Moon	228
	Green	Roy Vickery	166
	Green	Graham Humphreys	158
Turnout			8,466

Bedford (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stewart Finn	1,394
	Conservative	Antonia Dunn	1,366
	Conservative	Sheldon Wilkie	1,276
	Labour	Nick Bowes	1,254
	Labour	Peter Carpenter	1,057
	Labour	James Whiting	1,019
	Green	John Rattray	533
	Liberal Democrats	Henrietta Norman	468
Turnout			8,367

Earlsfield (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Angela Graham	1,743
	Conservative	Marc Hope	1,684
	Conservative	Charles McNaught-Davis	1,607
	Labour	Peter Max	1,246
	Labour	Sophie Livingstone	1,232
	Labour	Leonie Cooper	1,230
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Dearden	282
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Irving	256
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Gilbert	229
	Green	Dorothy Horsler	210
	CPA	Cynthia Harry	58
Turnout			9,777

East Putney (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Diana Whittingham	1,870
	Conservative	Leslie McDonnell	1,866
	Conservative	Brian Prichard	1,846
	Labour	Scott Knox	741
	Labour	Richard Moir	729
	Labour	Alan Petrides	686
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Harris	402
	Liberal Democrats	James Durrant	341
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Clery	330
Turnout			8,811

Fairfield (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Vanessa Graham	1,642
	Conservative	Piers McCausland	1,564
	Conservative	Tessa Strickland	1,536
	Labour	Victoria Anifowoshe	738
	Labour	Brendan McMullan	723
	Labour	Tom Wright	672
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Warren	360
	Green	Martin Williams	313
Turnout			7,548

Furzedown (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Farebrother	1,727
	Conservative	Colin Dawe	1,696
	Conservative	Andrew Halford	1,651
	Labour	Bert Luthers	1,608
	Labour	Peter Marsden	1,606
	Conservative	Toufic Batal	1,572
	Green	John Valentine	395
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Elsley	298
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Parritt	253
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Williams	229
Turnout			11,035

Graveney (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Andy Gibbons	1,434
	Labour	Pamela Tatlow	1,290
	Labour	Del Hosain	1,277
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Cole	1,165
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Lowe	1,048
	Liberal Democrats	Mandy Wells	948
	Conservative	Samantha Hurley	536
	Conservative	David de Winton	532
	Conservative	Guy Hurley	527
	Green	Marian Hoffman	269
Turnout			9,026

Latchmere (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anthony Belton	1,365
	Labour	Maurice Johnson	1,351
	Labour	Bhavna Joshi	1,215
	Conservative	Jeremy Parkinson	953
	Conservative	George Smith	915
	Conservative	David Walden	890
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Giles	221
	Green	Michael Day	194
	Socialist Alliance	Stephen McNaughton	76
Turnout			7,180

Nightingale (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Katherine Lindsay	1,891
	Conservative	Maurice Heaster	1,875
	Conservative	Ravindra Govindia	1,832
	Labour	Anthony Langan	1,045
	Labour	Misbah Islam	990
	Labour	Martin Tupper	939
	Green	Bruce Mackenzie	497
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Knight	494
Turnout			9,563

Northcote (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Philip Beddows	1,940
	Conservative	Martin Johnson	1,895
	Conservative	Gordon Passmore	1,853
	Labour	Margaret McCabe	674
	Labour	Gordon Paterson	616
	Labour	Thomas Grinyer	602
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Green	344
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Cronin	330
	Green	Rick Crowhurst	322
	Liberal Democrats	James Sparling	192
Turnout			8,768

Queenstown (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Scott Caisley	1,390
	Conservative	Deidre Church	1,362
	Conservative	David Nurse	1,279
	Labour	Michael Hipwell	1,194
	Labour	Anna Steinitz	1,128
	Labour	Rachel Trim	1,112
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Jones	239
Turnout			7,704

Roehampton (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Penfold	1,668
	Conservative	Paul Reeve	1,612
	Conservative	Ryan Robson	1,581
	Labour	Pauline Brueseke	1,402
	Labour	Liz McNeil	1,375
	Labour	Martin Spence	1,236
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Shelmerdine	291
	Green	Polly Moore	241
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey Shockey	212
Turnout			9,618

St Mary's Park (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Davies	1,650
	Conservative	John Hallmark	1,597
	Conservative	Simon Williams	1,521
	Labour	Paul Peters	747
	Labour	Joan Cawston	715
	Labour	Maureen Walsh	641
	Green	Hugo Charlton	369
	Liberal Democrats	David Owen-Jones	227
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Woodley	223
Turnout			7,690

Shaftesbury (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Cousins	1,640
	Conservative	John Senior	1,619
	Conservative	John Ellis	1,571
	Labour	Elisabeth Davies	914
	Labour	Will McDonald	873
	Labour	Nigel Goldsmith	856
	Green	Sebastian Berry	357
	Liberal Democrats	David Patterson	293
Turnout			8,123

Southfields (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Simon Roberts	1,913
	Conservative	Janice Leigh	1,899
	Conservative	Richard Vivian	1,898
	Labour	Sarah Richards	946
	Labour	Beth Lamont	918
	Labour	Morgan McSweeney	771
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Ahmed	470
	Independent	June Hautot	426
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Burrett	404
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Cheetham	347
Turnout			9,992

Thamesfield (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roger Bird	1,838
	Conservative	Edward Lister	1,834
	Conservative	James Maddan	1,768
	Labour	Christopher Locke	663
	Labour	Christopher Shephard	661
	Labour	John Slater	660
	Independent	John Horrocks	627
	Independent	Christine Reeves	479
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Sanders	372
	Liberal Democrats	Martha Zantides	318
Turnout			9,220

Tooting (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Nicola Brown	1,534
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	1,407
	Labour	Stuart King	1,358
	Conservative	Andrew Lindsay	936
	Conservative	Duncan Dunn	924
	Conservative	Evelyn McDermott	877
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Petty	360
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Clifton	354
	Green	Matthew Ledbury	339
	Liberal Democrats	John Roscoe	239
Turnout			8,328

Wandsworth Common (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Katharine Tracey	2,094
	Conservative	Nicholas Longworth	2,090
	Conservative	Ian Hart	2,084
	Labour	Michael Dolan	627
	Labour	Billi Randall	560
	Labour	Mark Panto	526
	Green	Samantha Guy	323
	Liberal Democrats	David Hole	312
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Thorpe	278
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Martin-Kay	265
Turnout			9,159

West Hill (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Elizabeth Howlett	2,012
	Conservative	Benjamin Holland	1,913
	Conservative	Malcolm Grimston	1,902
	Labour	Martin Leigh	1,216
	Labour	Donald Roy	1,110
	Labour	Tom Sleigh	1,109
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Devons	394
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Spicer	276
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Walter	242
Turnout			10,174

West Putney (3)^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Martin Hime	2,061
	Conservative	Jane Cooper	2,055
	Conservative	Nadhim Zahawi	1,961
	Labour	Maureen Booker	779
	Labour	Anthony Stevens	708
	Labour	Robert Storey	696
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Dalley	384
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Shocket	366
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Ruddock	349
Turnout			9,359

References

^ "Wandsworth". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ "Local Elections: Results". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. p. 9.
^ "Q&A: The local elections". BBC News Online. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
^ Frean, Alexandra (3 May 2002). "Postal votes trial revives interest in local polls". The Times. p. 4.
^ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Wandsworth". Andrew Teale. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "London elections 2002 - part 3". Evening Standard. 3 May 2002. p. 67.

Preceded by 1998 Wandsworth Council election	Wandsworth local elections	Succeeded by 2006 Wandsworth Council election

[hold-1] "Wandsworth". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 September 2009.

[wandsworth-2] "Local Elections: Results". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. p. 9.

[qa-3] "Q&A: The local elections". BBC News Online. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

[revives-4] Frean, Alexandra (3 May 2002). "Postal votes trial revives interest in local polls". The Times. p. 4.

[change-5] "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.

[teale-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Wandsworth". Andrew Teale. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.

[part-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "London elections 2002 - part 3". Evening Standard. 3 May 2002. p. 67.

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