2002 Westminster City Council election

2002 Westminster City Council election
May 2, 2002 (2002-05-02)
all 60 seats up for election to Westminster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered133,281
Turnout36,480, 27.37% ( 4.62)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Simon H. Milton Unknown Unknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2000 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Lancaster Gate Unknown Unknown
Last election 47 seats, 55.02% 13 seats, 33.80% 0 seats, 9.03%
Seats won 48 12 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 60,245 29,461 11,272
Percentage 58.84% 28.78% 11.01%
Swing 3.82 5.02 1.98
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a Conservative majority.

Background

Like all other boroughs in this election, Westminster went through a major redistricting, merging several wards, eliminating others as well as creating new wards. The changes were as follows:[2][3]

New wards

Eliminated wards

  • Baker Street (2 seats)
  • Cavendish (3 seats)
  • Hamilton Terrace (2 seats)
  • Lord's (2 seats)
  • Millbank (3 seats)
  • St George's (3 seats)
  • Victoria (2 seats)

Merged wards

Expanded wards

Election results

2002 Westminster City Council local elections[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 23[n 1] 22 1 80.00 58.84 60,245 3.82
  Labour 12 0 1 1 20.00 28.78 29,461 5.02
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0.00 11.01 11,272 1.98
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 685 0.37
  Independent 0 0 0 0.00 0.51 526 0.11
  London Socialist 0 0 0 0.00 0.19 193 New
Total 60 102,382

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

↓
12 48
Labour Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey Road

Abbey Road (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Warner†[n 2] 1,269 55.85 New
Conservative Cyril Nemeth†[n 3] 1,265
Conservative Kevin Gardner†[n 3] 1,230
Labour Katharine Hoskyns 338 14.20 New
Labour Phillida Inman 313
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 308 13.71 New
Labour Margherita Rendel 306
Independent Elizabeth Maxwell 217 9.66 New
Independent Michele Staniland 148 6.59 New
Registered electors 6,872 New
Turnout 1,901 27.66 New
Rejected ballots 7 0.37 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bayswater

Bayswater (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frixos Tombolis* 911 52.50 2.93
Conservative Michael Brahams* 908
Conservative Brian Connell 867
Labour Timothy Nolan 558 30.16 5.30
Labour Lewis Baston 510
Labour Daphne Segre 475
Liberal Democrats Morag Beattle 319 17.34 8.62
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Castles 293
Liberal Democrats Monica Kendall 275
Registered electors 6,978 419
Turnout 1,789 25.64 7.81
Rejected ballots 13 0.73 0.69
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Bryanston and Dorset Square

Bryanston and Dorset Square (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Audrey Lewis 1,157 68.53 New
Conservative Carolyn Keen 1,147
Conservative Angela Hooper†[n 4] 1,123
Labour Brenda Buxton 295 16.72 New
Labour David Bradby 277
Labour Derek Buckland 264
Liberal Democrats Alexis Batterbee 260 14.76 New
Liberal Democrats Nikhil Seth 232
Registered electors 6,800 New
Turnout 3,656 53.76 New
Rejected ballots 6 0.16 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Church Street

Church Street (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Grahame* 969 59.17 1.60
Labour Antony Mothersdale*[n 5] 921
Labour Murad Qureshi* 905
Conservative Ian Balcombe 460 27.94 0.45
Conservative Daniel Defoe 450
Conservative Stephen Garside 410
Liberal Democrats Iain Black 211 12.89 2.05
Liberal Democrats Niall Macmahon 195
Registered electors 6,450 376
Turnout 1,659 25.72 0.54
Rejected ballots 17 1.02 0.08
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Churchill

Churchill (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Havery 1,378 66.87 11.01
Conservative John Wyatt 1,364
Conservative Sarah Richardson 1,361
Labour Josephine Abercrombie 499 23.22 8.93
Labour Margaret Cavalla 486
Labour Cass Cass-Horne 444
Liberal Democrats Rhoda Torres 214 10.11 3.70
Liberal Democrats Colin Bell 211
Liberal Democrats Michael Holmans 197
Registered electors 6,146 513
Turnout 2,222 36.15 9.16
Rejected ballots 8 0.36 0.36
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Harrow Road

Harrow Road (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Guthrie McKie*[n 6] 1,029 52.19 13.60
Labour Sharan Tabari 952
Labour Josephine Ohene-Djan*[n 6] 942
Conservative Andrew Reid 362 17.44 5.41
Conservative Jeremy Fox 328
Green Paul Miller 289 15.48 New
Conservative Edward Vaizey 287
Liberal Democrats Melissa Foux 278 14.89 3.54
Registered electors 6,568 834
Turnout 1,642 25.00 0.84
Rejected ballots 5 0.30 1.01
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hyde Park

Hyde Park (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Batty* 1,095 72.34 4.10
Conservative Anne Mallinson* 1,071
Conservative Colin Barrow 1,066
Labour Louis Al-Dhahir 250 15.62 0.41
Labour Prosser-Wegg 236
Liberal Democrats Barbara Bridge 231 12.04 2.53
Labour Joseph Ogden 212
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Mackeith 157
Liberal Democrats Esther Stansfield 150
Registered electors 6,636 1,279
Turnout 1,590 23.96 1.95
Rejected ballots 9 0.57 0.28
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

Knightsbridge and Belgravia (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Harvey 1,126 77.96 New
Conservative Elizabeth Blois†[n 7] 1,124
Conservative Catherine Longworth†[n 7] 1,114
Liberal Democrats Tania Chislett 144 9.36 New
Liberal Democrats Simon Bryden-Brook 130
Liberal Democrats Angela Whitelegge 130
Green Thomas Bewley 112 7.79 New
Labour Peter Cavalla 74 4.89 New
Labour Angela Forrester 72
Labour Malwine Eyre 65
Registered electors 6,401 New
Turnout 1,419 22.17 New
Rejected ballots 4 0.28 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lancaster Gate

Lancaster Gate (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Burbridge†[n 8] 1,180 66.51 0.46
Conservative Robert Davis* 1,160
Conservative Simon Milton* 1,128
Labour Elizabeth Whitmore 332 18.05 4.38
Labour Tony Rea 310
Labour Stephen Gruneberg 299
Liberal Democrats Susan Baring 295 15.44 4.84
Liberal Democrats Monica Wilson 269
Liberal Democrats Mark Gray 241
Registered electors 7,408 1,801
Turnout 1,841 24.85 1.35
Rejected ballots 9 0.49 0.39
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Little Venice

Little Venice (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Melvyn Caplan* 1,177 65.99 4.67
Conservative Ian Adams 1,159
Conservative Barbara Schmeling* 1,147
Labour Paul O'Donnell 395 21.71 8.83
Labour Beryl Leaver 377
Labour Basma Elsafi 374
Liberal Democrats Michael Ryan 236 12.30 4.16
Liberal Democrats Michael Dearden 214
Liberal Democrats Philip Wardle 199
Registered electors 6,645 547
Turnout 1,843 27.74 9.86
Rejected ballots 8 0.43 0.40
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Maida Vale

Maida Vale (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Prendergast* 1,179 52.74 4.18
Conservative Ronald Raymond-Cox* 1,108
Conservative Alastair Moss 1,066
Labour David Lancaster 780 35.98 0.04
Labour Syed Hayat 762
Labour Albert Catterall 745
Liberal Democrats Anne Couchman 279 11.28 4.22
Liberal Democrats Robert Scott 237
Liberal Democrats Zena Lutrin 201
Registered electors 6,728 4
Turnout 2,196 32.64 6.19
Rejected ballots 10 0.46 0.27
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Marylebone High Street

Marylebone High Street (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harvey Marshall†[n 9] 1,328 71.79 New
Conservative Mark Page†[n 9] 1,295
Conservative Michael Vearncombe 1,257
Liberal Democrats Susan Stocker 278 14.04 New
Labour Mair Garside 264 14.17 New
Labour Owain Garside 255
Labour David Worton 247
Liberal Democrats David Brewin 246
Liberal Democrats Michael Sibley 235
Registered electors 6,751 New
Turnout 1,899 28.13 New
Rejected ballots 6 0.32 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barrie Taylor* 1,154 61.40 9.59
Labour Paul Dimoldenberg* 1,122
Labour Mushtaq Qureshi* 1,080
Conservative Peter Prendergast 318 16.94 0.64
Conservative Nita Fernandez 317
Conservative Richard Phibbs 291
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wardle 219 11.06 7.22
London Socialist Monia Kefi 193 10.59 New
Liberal Democrats Bernard Silver 184
Registered electors 6,992 716
Turnout 1,836 26.26 1.70
Rejected ballots 12 0.65 0.89
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Astaire*[n 10] 1,145 60.36 7.56
Conservative Gwyneth Hampson 1,138
Conservative Timothy Joiner* 1,079
Labour Peter Denton 410 20.50 2.31
Labour Joseph Thomas 375
Labour David Woodgate 357
Liberal Democrats Richard de Ste Croix 207 10.47 1.20
Liberal Democrats Herbert Hartwell 199
Liberal Democrats Alan Thompson 177
Independent Nasir Qureshi 161 8.67 New
Registered electors 6,678 564
Turnout 1,860 27.85 6.32
Rejected ballots 7 0.38 0.19
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

St James's

St James's (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louise Hyams* 1,056 58.99 5.84
Conservative Timothy Mitchell†[n 11] 1,034
Conservative Alexander Nicoll* 977
Labour Stephanie Ayres 355 19.72 15.45
Labour Lynda Giddings 343
Labour Pamela Eyre 327
Liberal Democrats Marie-Louise Rossi 255 13.10 New
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bliss 199
Green Peter Budge 144 8.19 New
Green Lydia Howitt 140
Registered electors 6,439 2,892
Turnout 1,699 26.39 7.13
Rejected ballots 16 0.94 0.57
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

Tachbrook

Tachbrook (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Bradley†[n 12] 1,451 62.69 New
Conservative Nicholas Evans 1,377
Conservative Dominic Schofield 1,369
Labour Charles Campion 583 25.01 New
Labour William Thomson 548
Labour Michael Dumigan 543
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hayes 300 12.30 New
Liberal Democrats John Stevens 249
Registered electors 6,194 New
Turnout 2,313 37.34 New
Rejected ballots 8 0.35 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Vincent Square

Vincent Square (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Sandys 1,351 67.74 New
Conservative Danny Chalkley 1,308
Conservative Justin Powell-Tuck 1,270
Labour Steven Friel 406 19.90 New
Labour Gillian Guy 391
Labour Alen Mathewson 357
Liberal Democrats Margaret Lang 264 12.36 New
Liberal Democrats Janice Taverne 230
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Hobbins 223
Registered electors 6,199 New
Turnout 2,048 33.04 New
Rejected ballots 6 0.29 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Warwick

Warwick (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Mitchell 1,282 70.00 New
Conservative David Clark 1,265
Conservative Christopher Malthouse†[n 13] 1,259
Labour Nicholas Gartside 318 14.99 New
Liberal Democrats Anthony Brett-Jones 283 15.01 New
Liberal Democrats Keith Dugmore 261
Labour Violet Spencer 251
Labour Babette Payne 246
Registered electors 6,488 New
Turnout 1,846 28.45 New
Rejected ballots 8 0.43 New
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West End

West End (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glenys Roberts*[n 14] 949 64.65 23.91
Conservative Ian Wilder†[n 15] 938
Conservative John Cox 919
Labour David Bleda 409 22.19 8.84
Labour Harold Brookstone 340
Labour Richard Hearnden 214
Liberal Democrats Michael Pepperrell 198 13.16 2.03
Liberal Democrats Ian Steers 191
Liberal Democrats Susan Kendrick 182
Registered electors 6,726 1,910
Turnout 1,577 23.45 7.45
Rejected ballots 4 0.25 0.02
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new seat)

Westbourne

Westbourne (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Boothroyd 969 62.48 7.31
Labour Simon Stockill†[n 16] 923
Labour Vinod d'Cruz 908
Conservative Alexander Story 399 24.44 2.30
Conservative Mary Agrafiotou 365
Conservative Iheoma Oteh 331
Liberal Democrats Martin Thompson 203 13.08 1.51
Liberal Democrats Anthony Williams 202
Liberal Democrats Vera Williams 181
Registered electors 7,182 214
Turnout 1,644 22.89 2.52
Rejected ballots 18 1.09 0.82
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Notes

  1. ^ several wards were eliminated an merged in between this election and the previous election
  2. ^ Warner was a sitting councillor representing the Hamilton Terrace ward
  3. ^ a b Nemeth and Gardner were sitting councillors representing the Lord's ward
  4. ^ Hooper was a sitting councillor representing the Baker Street ward
  5. ^ Mothersdale was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Ron Harley in 2000[6]
  6. ^ a b McKie and Ohene-Djan were both elected in a by-election triggered by the resignations of Cllr Jillian Selbourne and Cllr Gary Martin in 2000[6]
  7. ^ a b Blois and Longworth were sitting councillors representing the Belgrave ward
  8. ^ Burbridge was a sitting councillor representing the Maida Vale ward
  9. ^ a b Marshall and Page were sitting councillors representing the Cavendish ward
  10. ^ Astaire was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Jonathan Djanogly in 2001[6]
  11. ^ Mitchell was a sitting councillor representing the Victoria ward
  12. ^ Bradley was a sitting councillor representing the St George's ward
  13. ^ Malthouse was a sitting councillor representing the St George's ward
  14. ^ Roberts was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Glenys Roberts in 1999[6]
  15. ^ Wilder was a sitting councillor representing the Baker Street ward
  16. ^ Stockill was a sitting councillor representing the Westbourne ward. He replaced Cllr Nicola Russell in a by-election triggered by here resignation in 1999[6]

References

  1. ^ Item 7 (PDF), November 27, 2002
  2. ^ The City of Westminster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Westminster (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 2 March 2015.
  4. ^ 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. 174–176. Retrieved 27 Sep 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Westminster City Council Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 27 Sep 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. p. 176. Retrieved 30 Sep 2025.
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