2002 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

2002 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council election[1]
2 May 2002
All 46 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.0% (2.2%)
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 36 seats, 50.1% 14 seats, 36.8%
Seats won 28 18
Seat change 8 4
Popular vote 15,199 15,245
Percentage 41.5% 41.7%
Swing 8.6% 4.9%
Map of the results of the 2002 Hammersmith and Fulham council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

The 2002 Hammersmith and Fulham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council, despite winning fewer votes than the Conservative party.[2]

Background

This was the first set of council election using new ward boundaries - a majority of which were three seaters. The total number of council seats was reduced from 50 to 46.

Election result

The Labour Party won 28 seats (on a 41.0% share of the vote) - 8 fewer seats than at previous election (on a loss of 8.7% of the vote), and maintained control of the council. The Conservative Party won 18 seats (with 42.5% of the vote) - 4 more seats than their previous result (increasing their vote share by 4.9%) The Liberal Democrats did not win any seats, and polled 14.1% of the votes cast - an increase of 1.5%.[2][3]

Ward results

Addison

Addison (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Siobhan Coughlan 1,058 45.3%
Labour Ghassan Karian 946
Labour Melanie Smallman 937
Conservative Belinda Donovan 911 39.0%
Conservative James Browne 897
Conservative Donal Blaney 886
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Pettit 369 15.8%
Liberal Democrats Lucien Bowater 341
Liberal Democrats John Sutton 309

Askew

Askew (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Graham 1,246 52.6%
Labour Josephine Wicks 1,056
Labour Timothy Stanley 1,021
Liberal Democrats Julie Perrin 465 19.6%
Conservative Sally Roberts 420 17.7%
Conservative Dowglass Cardale 391
Conservative Robert Watson 371
Liberal Democrats Graham Broomfield 369
Liberal Democrats Timothy Ocock 350
Socialist Alliance Fionntan Macdermott 130 5.5%
Independent Herbert Schouwenburg 108 4.6%

Avonmore and Brook Green

Avonmore and Brook Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Bethell 1,240 40.6%
Conservative Sian Dawson 1,214
Conservative Jolyon Neubert 1,151
Labour Daryl Brown 1112 36.4%
Labour Julian Hillman 964
Labour Simon Stanley 952
Liberal Democrats Norsheen Bhatti 375 12.3%
Liberal Democrats Anthony Wattsvotes= 349
Independent Keith Mallinson 327 10.7%

College Park and Old Oak

College Park and Old Oak (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wes Harcourt 726 65.9%
Labour Reginald McLaughlin 715
Liberal Democrats Ian Halliday 206 18.7%
Conservative Emma Farquharson 170 15.4%
Liberal Democrats Tomothy Pollard 170
Conservative Gerald Spencer-Smith 158

Fulham Broadway

Fulham Broadway (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Jones 1,276 47.4%
Labour Dominic Church 1,253
Labour Charles Napier 1,217
Conservative Jonathan Collett 1183 43.9%
Conservative Emma Swann 1169
Conservative Thomas Kenyon 1166
Liberal Democrats Margaret Miller 233 8.7%
Liberal Democrats Robert Falkner 188
Liberal Democrats Rowland Mynors 165

Fulham Reach

Fulham Reach (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Boyle 1,102 42.7%
Labour Araminta Birdsey 1,095 42.4%
Conservative Charles Donovan 1,094
Conservative Victoria Harper 1069
Labour Lisa Homan 1051
Labour Rory Vaughan 1011
Liberal Democrats Duncan Campbell 285 11.0%
Liberal Democrats Marytka Jablkowska 269
Liberal Democrats Martin Ruston 228
Independent Christian Braun 99 3.8%

Hammersmith Broadway

Hammersmith Broadway (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Huw Davies 1,061 51.3%
Labour Kenneth Cartwright 1,041
Labour Stephen Cowan 1,016
Conservative Tara Douglas-Home 562 27.2%
Conservative Hannah Parker 531
Conservative Nick Hillman 528
Liberal Democrats Sophie Sainty 380 18.4%
Liberal Democrats George Collie 373
Liberal Democrats Samuel Le Rougetel 318
UKIP Andrew Lawrie 64 3.1%
UKIP Gerald Roberts 52

Munster

Munster (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Adam 1,232 61.4%
Conservative Adronie Alford 1,197
Conservative Alexander Karmel 1,168
Labour Andreene Eaton 535 26.7%
Labour Simon Pearson 532
Labour John Grigg 518
Liberal Democrats Diane Muir 239 11.9%
Liberal Democrats Alastair Brett 231
Liberal Democrats Gary Mann 193

North End

North End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Williams 1,159 45.2%
Labour Charles Treloggan 1,136
Labour Andy Slaughter 1,127
Conservative Nick Boys Smith 1013 39.5%
Conservative Mark Vickers 993
Conservative Michael Woods 964
Liberal Democrats Kishwer Falkner 264 10.3%
Liberal Democrats Suzanna Harris 262
Liberal Democrats Pepita Diamand-Levy 217
Socialist Alliance George Colerick 63 2.5%
Socialist Labour Linda Sheridan 63 2.5%

Palace Riverside

Palace Riverside (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Lloyd-Harris 1,455 66.5%
Conservative Emile Al-Uzaizi 1,416
Labour John Leaver 443 20.3%
Labour Winifred Watson 393
Liberal Democrats Hector Macdonald 289 13.2%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Morris 219

Parsons Green and Walham

Parsons Green and Walham (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Loveday 1,710 71.3%
Conservative Nicholas Botterill 1,704
Conservative Frances Stainton 1,696
Labour Katherine Dunne 409 17.0%
Labour Michele Carlisle 403
Labour Francis Lukey 389
Liberal Democrats William Bagwell 280 11.7%
Liberal Democrats Shahina McKelvie 272
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brock 257

Ravenscourt Park

Ravenscourt Park (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Allen 1,177 37.4%
Conservative Caroline Donald 1,131 36.0%
Labour Fiona Evans-Lothian 1,128
Conservative Huw Merriman 1107
Labour Gregory Jackson 1102
Conservative Joseph Miles 1087
Liberal Democrats Margaret Goldstein 838 26.6%
Liberal Democrats Jon Burden 832
Liberal Democrats Katharine Poll 828

Sands End

Sands End (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brendan Bird 1,257 49.2%
Labour Jenny Vaughan 1,130
Conservative Stephen Hamilton 1,114 43.6%
Labour Colin Pavelin 1111
Conservative Mark Holdsworth 1061
Conservative Karen Woods 1058
Liberal Democrats Peter Hartwell 182 7.1%
Liberal Democrats Thierry Mercadier 174
Liberal Democrats Allan McKelvie 158

Shepherds Bush Green

Shepherds Bush Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivan Gibbons 985 54.0%
Labour Abu Khaled 908
Labour Mercy Umeh 785
Conservative Nicola Burns-Thomson 475 26.0%
Conservative Anna Harvey 467
Conservative Bob Seely 447
Liberal Democrats Particia Owen 365 20.0%
Liberal Democrats Michael Andrew 342
Liberal Democrats Colquitto McDonnell 322

Town

Town (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Greg Hands 1,161 60.3%
Conservative Stephen Greenhalgh 1,155
Conservative Antony Lillis 1,108
Labour Jeremy Fordham 519 27.0%
Labour Howard Dawber 468
Labour John Rham 396
Liberal Democrats Henry Braund 245 12.7%
Liberal Democrats Michael Cloney 242
Liberal Democrats Graham Muir 225

Wormholt and White City

Wormholt and White City (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Aherne 1,141 63.5%
Labour Sally Powell 1,084
Labour Stephen Burke 1,082
Conservative Sean Donovan-Smith 366 20.4%
Conservative Grace Oliver 337
Liberal Democrats Paul Morrison 289 16.1%
Liberal Democrats David Spencer 279
Conservative Arunasalam Yogeswaran 272
Liberal Democrats Richard Eze 242

References

  1. ^ "Local Election Summaries 2002". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com. Greater London Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2002 - Hammersmith and Fulham". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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