2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election

2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election
2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
15 out of 39 seats to Hertsmere Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
Registered63,279
Turnout32.8% (2.5%)
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Seats won 7 4
Seats after 24 9
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 10,145 6,425
Percentage 44.8% 28.4%
Swing 13.0% 0.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won 4 0
Seats after 5 1
Seat change
Popular vote 4,988 888
Percentage 22.0% 3.9%
Swing 8.2 3.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election. Seats in white were not contested.
Control before election


Conservative

Control after election


Conservative

The 2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]

Summary

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 22 seats, compared to 10 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 2 independents.[3] Since the 2000 election 2 Labour councillors, husband and wife Martin and Jean Heywood, had left the party and became independents.[4]

13 of the 15 wards had seats contested in 2002, with only Aldenham East and Aldenham West having no election.[5] The Conservative and Labour parties both had 5 seats up for election, while the Liberal Democrats defended 4 and the independents had 1 seat being contested.[5]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority after gaining 2 seats from Labour to have 24 councillors, compared to 9 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.[3] The Conservatives gained Borehamwood Hillside by 74 votes, with the winning candidate, Sandra Parnell, becoming the first Conservative councillor for Borehamwood since 1976.[3] The other Conservative gain came in Shenley, where Rosemary Gilligan took the seat by 154 votes, after the Conservatives had gained the other seat in the ward at the last election in 2000.[3]

Despite losing 2 seats Labour did gain a seat in Borehamwood Cowley Hill by 193 votes defeating independent Jean Heywood.[3] Heywood had left Labour to sit as an independent in 2001 and both she and the Labour candidate Joe Goldberg accused the other of dirty tricks during the campaign.[3] Overall turnout at the election was 32.6%, an increase from 30.6% in 2000.[6]

Following the election the remaining independent councillor, Martin Heywood, joined the Conservatives, taking the Conservatives to a then record 25 seats on the council.[4]

2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election[7][8][9]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 7 2 46.7 15 24 61.5 10,145 44.8 –13.0
  Labour 4 2 26.7 5 9 23.1 6,425 28.4 +0.8
  Liberal Democrats 4 26.7 1 5 12.8 4,988 22.0 +8.2
  Independent 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 888 3.9 +3.0
  Green 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 108 0.5 N/A
  Socialist Labour 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 95 0.4 N/A

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Borehamwood Brookmeadow

Borehamwood Brookmeadow[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Len Silverstone* 736 60.2 +3.1
Conservative Simon Rubner 487 39.8 –3.1
Majority 249 20.4 +6.2
Turnout 1,223 24.4 +3.8
Registered electors 5,058
Labour hold Swing 3.8

Borehamwood Cowley Hill

Borehamwood Cowley Hill[6][8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Goldberg* 886 52.9 –13.5
Independent Jean Heywood* 693 41.4 N/A
Socialist Labour James Dry 95 5.7 N/A
Majority 193 11.5 –21.3
Turnout 1,674 29.8 +10.5
Registered electors 5,716
Labour hold

Borehamwood Hillside

Borehamwood Hillside[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sandra Parnell 1,054 51.8 +2.1
Labour Anthony Scott-Norman 980 48.2 –2.1
Majority 74 3.6 N/A
Turnout 2,034 35.3 +2.6
Registered electors 5,806
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 2.1

Borehamwood Kenilworth

Borehamwood Kenilworth (2 seats due to by-election)[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Butler 463 51.2 –14.7
Labour Francis Ward* 457 50.6 –11.3
Conservative David Wernick* 231 25.6 –1.3
Conservative Lucy Wernick 208 23.0 –1.0
Independent Peter Hedges 195 21.6 N/A
Turnout ~904 22.4 +2.0
Registered electors 4,036
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bushey Heath

Bushey Heath[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ron Gealy* 1,110 67.5 –0.1
Liberal Democrats Patrick Forsyth 361 22.0 +0.1
Labour Dinah Hoeksma 173 10.5 ±0.0
Majority 749 45.5 –0.2
Turnout 1,644 32.0 +3.2
Registered electors 5,163
Conservative hold Swing 0.1

Bushey North

Bushey North (2 seats due to by-election)[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Colne* 1,083 67.9 +13.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Gamble* 895 56.1 +1.3
Conservative Trevor Jones 356 22.3 –11.6
Conservative John Slade* 318 19.9 –14.0
Labour Sandra Mercado 172 10.8 –0.5
Green Vega Alvarado 108 6.8 N/A
Turnout ~1,594 34.6 +2.6
Registered electors 4,607
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Bushey Park

Bushey Park[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Hodgson* 651 46.9 +7.6
Conservative Anne Swerling 628 45.2 –8.7
Labour James Sowerbutts 110 7.9 +1.1
Majority 23 1.7 N/A
Turnout 1,389 40.7 +0.9
Registered electors 3,426
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 8.2

Bushey St. James

Bushey St. James[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Zita Hobbs 1,311 59.1 +18.3
Conservative David Bertin 748 33.7 –14.6
Labour Christine Sowerbutts 158 7.1 –3.8
Majority 563 25.4 N/A
Turnout 2,217 40.0 +7.2
Registered electors 5,560
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 16.5

Elstree

Elstree[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derrick Gunasekera* 768 68.6 +5.5
Labour Oliver De Peyer 223 19.9 –17.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Kutchinsky 128 11.4 N/A
Majority 545 48.7 N/A
Turnout 1,119 30.6 +0.6
Registered electors 3,646
Conservative hold Swing 11.3

Potters Bar Furzefield

Potters Bar Furzefield[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Calcutt* 859 54.8 –1.8
Labour James Fisher 415 26.5 –3.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Dean 293 18.7 –5.4
Majority 444 28.3 +6.9
Turnout 1,567 32.0 –2.3
Registered electors 4,930
Conservative hold Swing 1.1

Potters Bar Oakmere

Potters Bar Oakmere[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shirley Legate* 1,125 62.1 +1.4
Labour Ann Harrison 686 37.9 –1.4
Majority 439 24.2 +2.8
Turnout 1,811 32.3 –2.0
Registered electors 5,649
Conservative hold Swing 1.4

Potters Bar Parkfield

Potters Bar Parkfield[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Roach* 1,516 70.0 –10.3
Labour Liz Savage 383 17.7 –2.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Bonner 266 12.3 N/A
Majority 1,133 52.3 –8.3
Turnout 2,165 37.0 +4.2
Registered electors 5,846
Conservative hold Swing 4.2

Shenley

Shenley[8][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Gilligan 737 55.8 –5.8
Labour William Hogan* 583 44.2 +5.8
Majority 154 11.6 –11.6
Turnout 1,320 34.0 +3.6
Registered electors 3,836
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 5.8

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