2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
All 61 seats up for election to Wandsworth London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered210,364[1]
Turnout62,581, 29.75% ( 9.63)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edward J.U. Lister Unknown Unknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1992 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Thamesfield Unknown Unknown
Last election 50 seats, 53.42% 11 seats, 36.55% 0 seats, 8.55%
Seats before 49 11 0
Seats won 50 10 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 95,535 59,635 16,155
Percentage 53.70% 33.52% 9.08%
Swing 0.28 3.03 0.53
Map of the results of the 2002 Wandsworth council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

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.[2] The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.[3]

The election saw an experiment in leaving polling stations open for a longer period.[4] Along with neighbouring Westminster City Council polling stations were open from 7 am to 10 pm instead of the standard 8 am to 9 pm.[5]

Background

As part of a major redistricting, Wandsworth council along with every other London Council created new districts, eliminated some, and expanded others. The results of this redistrictinng were as follows:[6][7]

Wards Created

  • Wandsworth Common (3) - Created from parts of Earlsfield, Fairfield, Springfield and St John wards

Wards Eliminated

  • Parkside (2) - Absorbed by West Hill ward
  • St John (3) - Land divided among Fairfield, Latchmere and St Mary's Park wards as well as part of the new Wandsworth Common ward
  • Springfield (3) - Land divided between Earlsfield ward and the new Wandsworth Common ward

Wards Expanded

  • Earlsfield - increased from 2 to 3 seats
  • Fairfield - increased from 2 seats to 3
  • Queenstown - Increased from 2 seats to 3
  • West Hill - Increased from 2 seats to 3

Wards Renamed

During the process of redistrictinng, the number of seats on Wandworth London Borough Council dropped from 61 to 60.


In the years between this election and the previous one there were 2 by-elections triggered by the resignation and deaths of their respective councillors, however neither of them resulted in the seats changing parties.[8] In addition to this there was a single seat that became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election to fill it, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[9]

↓
11 49 1
Labour Conservative Vacant

Election result

-Wandsworth local election result 2002[10][11][12]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 50 8[n 1] 8[n 1] 83.33 53.70 95,535 0.28
  Labour 10 0 1 1 16.67 33.52 59,635 3.03
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0.00 9.08 16,155 0.53
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 2.76 4,917 1.28
  Independent 0 0 0 0.00 0.86 1,532 New
  London Socialist 0 0 0 0.00 0.04 76 New
  CPA 0 0 0 0.00 0.03 58 New
Total 60 177,908

After the election, the composition was as follows:

↓
10 50
Labour Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Balham

Balham (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Longmore*[n 2] 1,686 59.46 4.64
Conservative Bernadina Ayonrinde* 1,676
Conservative Charles Walker 1,672
Labour Christopher Cooke 749 25.12 6.80
Labour Sally Gear 713
Labour Harvey Heath 665
Liberal Democrats Matthew Green 274 8.86 2.00
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Vitelli 248
Green Robert Baker 231 6.56 0.17
Liberal Democrats Christian Moon 228
Green Albert Vickery 166
Green Graham Humphreys 158
Registered electors 10,615 1,355
Turnout 2,914 27.45 13.86
Rejected ballots 5 0.17 0.14
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Bedford

Bedford (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stewart Finn* 1,394 38.92 9.09
Conservative Antonia Dunn 1,366
Conservative Sheldon Wilkie* 1,276
Labour Nicholas Bowes 1,254 32.12 6.35
Labour Peter Carpenter 1,057
Labour James Whiting 1,019
Green John Rattray 533 15.42 7.91
Liberal Democrats Henrietta Norman 468 13.54 7.51
Registered electors 10,463 821
Turnout 2,991 28.59 11.88
Rejected ballots 6 0.20 0.36
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Earlsfield

Earlsfield (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Graham* 1,743 48.81 5.74
Conservative Marc Hope 1,684
Conservative Charles McNaught-Davis* 1,607
Labour Peter Max 1,246 35.95 0.07
Labour Sophie Livingstone 1,232
Labour Leonie Cooper 1,230
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Dearden 282 7.44 2.80
Liberal Democrats Abigail Irving 256
Liberal Democrats Andrew Gilbert 229
Green Dorothy Horsler 210 6.11
CPA Cynthia Harry 58 1.69 New
Registered electors 10,536 3,805
Turnout 3,412 32.38 11.33
Rejected ballots 5 0.15 0.19
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Putney

East Putney (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Whittingham* 1,870 63.35 1.47
Conservative Leslie McDonnell* 1,866
Conservative Brian Prichard* 1,846
Labour Scott Knox 741 24.47 2.88
Labour Richard Moir 729
Labour Alan Petrides 686
Liberal Democrats Tracy Harris 402 12.18 1.41
Liberal Democrats James Durrant 341
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Clery 330
Registered electors 10,888 585
Turnout 3,021 27.75 7.98
Rejected ballots 3 0.10 0.25
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanessa Graham* 1,642 53.32 10.37
Conservative Piers McCausland†[n 3] 1,564
Conservative Tessa Strickland* 1,536
Labour Victoria Anifowoshe 738 23.98 6.77
Labour Brendan McMullan 723
Labour Tom Wright 672
Liberal Democrats Patrick Warren 360 12.14 6.58
Green Martin Williams 313 10.56 New
Registered electors 10,321 4,326
Turnout 2,709 26.25 18.22
Rejected ballots 3 0.11 0.27
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

Furzedown

Furzedown (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Farebrother* 1,727 41.78 3.79
Conservative Colin Dawe†[n 4] 1,696 41.60 2.02
Conservative Andrew Halford 1,651
Labour Vibert Luthers 1,608
Labour Peter Marsden 1,606
Conservative Toufic Batal 1,572
Green Donald Valentine 395 10.02 4.74
Liberal Democrats Derek Elsley 298 6.60 1.07
Liberal Democrats Simon Parritt 253
Liberal Democrats Richard Williams 229
Registered electors 10,430 74
Turnout 3,863 37.04 5.65
Rejected ballots 12 0.31 0.48
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Graveney

Graveney (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Gibbons* 1,434 41.83 4.04
Labour Pamela Tatlow* 1,290
Labour Thakur Hosain* 1,277
Liberal Democrats Sarah Cole 1,165 33.05 2.36
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Lowe 1,048
Liberal Democrats Amanda Wells 948
Conservative Samantha Hurley 536 16.68 0.04
Conservative David de Winton 532
Conservative Guy Hurley†[n 5] 527
Green Marian Hoffman 269 8.44 1.64
Registered electors 10,737 204
Turnout 3,220 29.99 4.61
Rejected ballots 6 0.19 0.06
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Latchmere

Latchmere (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Belton* 1,365 48.16 2.17
Labour Maurice Johnson* 1,351
Labour Bhavna Joshi 1,215
Conservative Jeremy Parkinson 953 33.79 10.34
Conservative George Smith 915
Conservative David Walden 890
Liberal Democrats Alan Giles 221 8.12 2.58
Green Michael Day 194 7.13 New
London Socialist Stephen McNaughton 76 2.79 New
Registered electors 10,174 1,931
Turnout 2,633 25.88 5.84
Rejected ballots 8 0.30 0.04
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Nightingale

Nightingale (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Katharine Lindsay 1,891 48.49 2.63
Conservative Maurice Heaster* 1,875
Conservative Ravindra Govindia* 1,832
Labour Anthony Langan 1,045 25.76 11.05
Labour Misbah Islam 990
Labour Martin Tupper 939
Green Bruce Mackenzie 497 12.91 6.95
Liberal Democrats Timothy Knight 494 12.84 6.73
Registered electors 10,895 1,351
Turnout 3,440 31.57 9.90
Rejected ballots 3 0.09 0.36
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Northcote

Northcote (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Beddows†[n 6] 1,940 60.43 1.40
Conservative Martin Johnson* 1,895
Conservative Gordon Passmore* 1,853
Labour Margaret McCabe 674 20.10 4.45
Labour Gordon Paterson 616
Labour Thomas Grinyer 602
Liberal Democrats Christine Green 344 9.20 1.30
Liberal Democrats Charles Cronin 330
Green Richmond Crowhurst 322 10.27 4.55
Liberal Democrats James Sparling 192
Registered electors 10,714 1,614
Turnout 3,030 28.28 12.19
Rejected ballots 4 0.13 0.06
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Queenstown

Queenstown (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Scott Caisley 1,390 49.27 New
Conservative Deidre Church 1,362
Conservative David Nurse 1,279
Labour Michael Hipwell 1,194 41.97 New
Labour Anna Steinitz 1,128
Labour Erica Trim 1,112
Liberal Democrats Ashley Jones 239 8.76 New
Registered electors 9,849 New
Turnout 2,776 28.19 New
Rejected ballots 14 0.50 New
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roehampton

Roehampton (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Penfold 1,668 46.96 2.60
Conservative Paul Reeve 1,612
Conservative Ryan Robson 1,581
Labour Pauline Brueseke 1,402 38.77 3.46
Labour Elizabeth McNeil 1,375
Labour Martin Spence 1,236
Liberal Democrats Valerie Shelmerdine 291 7.29 0.92
Green Polly Moore 241 6.98 New
Liberal Democrats Godfrey Shockey 212
Registered electors 10,276 1,432
Turnout 3,387 32.96 4.78
Rejected ballots 6 0.18 0.06
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

St Mary's Park

St Mary's Park (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Davies 1,650 55.10 0.88
Conservative John Hallmark* 1,597
Conservative Simon Williams* 1,521
Labour Paul Peters 747 24.31 7.99
Labour Joan Cawston 715
Labour Maureen Walsh 641
Green William Charlton 369 12.79 5.66
Liberal Democrats David Owen-Jones 227 7.80 3.21
Liberal Democrats Christopher Woodley 223
Registered electors 10,366 1,243
Turnout 2,725 26.29 14.04
Rejected ballots 2 0.07 0.31
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Cousins* 1,640 51.26 2.86
Conservative John Senior* 1,619
Conservative John Ellis 1,571
Labour Elisabeth Davies 914 28.05 5.86
Labour William McDonald 873
Labour Nigel Goldsmith 856
Green Sebastian Berry 357 11.37 4.99
Liberal Democrats David Patterson 293 9.33 3.74
Registered electors 10,770 674
Turnout 2,861 26.56 11.22
Rejected ballots 2 0.07 0.06
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Southfields

Southfields (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Roberts 1,913 52.66 New
Conservative Janice Leigh†[n 7] 1,899
Conservative Richard Vivian†[n 8] 1,898
Labour Sarah Richards 946 24.30 New
Labour Beth Lamont 918
Labour Morgan McSweeney 771
Liberal Democrats Anna Ahmed 470 11.26 New
Independent June Hautot 426 11.78 New
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burrett 404
Liberal Democrats Thomas Cheetham 347
Registered electors 10,983 New
Turnout 3,490 31.78 New
Rejected ballots 5 0.14 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Thamesfield

Thamesfield (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Bird* 1,838 46.19 17.87
Conservative Edward Lister* 1,834
Conservative James Maddan 1,768
Labour Christopher Locke 663 16.85 7.63
Labour Christopher Shephard 661
Labour John Slater 660
Independent John Horrocks 627 15.97 New
Independent Christine Reeves 479 12.20 New
Liberal Democrats Moira Sanders 372 8.79 2.67
Liberal Democrats Martha Zantides 318
Registered electors 10,155 193
Turnout 3,227 31.78 8.88
Rejected ballots 3 0.09 0.27
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Tooting

Tooting (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nicola Brown 1,534 47.74 6.87
Labour Sadiq Khan* 1,407
Labour Stuart King* 1,358
Conservative Andrew Lindsay 936 30.39 1.56
Conservative Duncan Dunn 924
Conservative Evelyn McDermott†[n 9] 877
Liberal Democrats Maureen Petty 360 10.58 1.91
Liberal Democrats Michael Clifton 354
Green Matthew Ledbury 339 11.29 3.39
Liberal Democrats John Roscoe 239
Registered electors 11,105 844
Turnout 2,948 26.55 8.07
Rejected ballots 7 0.24 0.01
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Wandsworth Common

Wandsworth Common (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Katharine Tracey†[n 10] 2,094 63.93 New
Conservative Nicholas Longworth†[n 11] 2,090
Conservative Ian Hart†[n 12] 2,084
Labour Michael Dolan 627 17.47 New
Labour Belinda Randall 560
Labour Mark Panto 526
Green Samantha Guy 323 9.88 New
Liberal Democrats David Hole 312 8.72 New
Liberal Democrats Emma Thorpe 278
Liberal Democrats Jayne Martin-Kay 265
Registered electors 10,039 New
Turnout 3,164 31.52 New
Rejected ballots 7 0.22 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Hill

West Hill (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Howlett†[n 13] 2,012 57.27 3.53
Conservative Benjamin Holland 1,913
Conservative Malcolm Grimston* 1,902
Labour Martin Leigh 1,216 33.76 4.68
Labour Donald Roy 1,110
Labour Tom Sleigh 1,109
Liberal Democrats Catherine Devons 394 8.96 1.26
Liberal Democrats Laurence Spicer 276
Liberal Democrats Gerard Walter 242
Registered electors 10,829 4,686
Turnout 3,555 32.83 8.89
Rejected ballots 6 0.17 0.03
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Putney

West Putney (3)[11][12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Hime 2,061 64.93 1.74
Conservative Jane Cooper 2,055
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi* 1,961
Labour Maureen Booker 779 23.33 5.29
Labour Anthony Stevens 708
Labour Robert Storey 696
Liberal Democrats Joan Dalley 384 11.74 3.55
Liberal Democrats Susan Shocket 366
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Ruddock 349
Registered electors 10,219 476
Turnout 3,215 31.46 7.02
Rejected ballots 2 0.06 0.15
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Gains include 10 new seats either added to existing wards or created for new wards and losses are just from wards that were eliminated
  2. ^ Longmore was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Andrew White in 1999[8]
  3. ^ McCausland was a sitting councillor representing the St John ward
  4. ^ Dawe was a sitting councillor representing the Bedford ward
  5. ^ Hurley was a sitting councillor representing the Balham ward
  6. ^ Beddows was a sitting councillor representing the Shaftesbury ward
  7. ^ Leigh was a sitting councillor representing the Southfield ward
  8. ^ Vivian was a sitting councillor representing the Queenstown ward
  9. ^ McDermott was a sitting councillor representing the Nightingale ward
  10. ^ Tracey was a sitting councillor representing the Springfield ward
  11. ^ Longworth was a sitting councillor representing the Southfield ward
  12. ^ Hart was a sitting councillor representing the Furzedown ward
  13. ^ Howlett was a sitting councillor representing the Parkside ward

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "Londonn Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 208.
  2. ^ "Wandsworth". BBC News. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Local Elections: Results". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Q&A: The local elections". BBC News. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  5. ^ Frean, Alexandra (3 May 2002). "Postal votes trial revives interest in local polls". The Times. p. 4.
  6. ^ The London Borough of Wandsworth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The London Borough of Wandsworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 2 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 171. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  9. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - Changes 1998-02" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 167. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. pp. 169–171, 208–209. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough of Wandsworth Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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. London. 3 May 2002. p. 67.
Preceded by
1998 Wandsworth Council election 		Wandsworth local elections Succeeded by
2006 Wandsworth Council election
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