2002 Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council election

2002 local election in England

2002 Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council election

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All 46 seats to Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
24 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

32.0% (

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.

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%.

Ward results

Addison

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

Askew

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

Avonmore and Brook Green

Avonmore and Brook Green (3)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Bethell, William A.	1,240	40.6%
Conservative	Dawson, Sian E.	1,214
Conservative	Neubert, Jolyon N.	1,151
Labour	Brown, Daryl J.	1112	36.4%
Labour	Hillman, Julian D.	964
Labour	Stanley, Simon H.	952
Liberal Democrats	Bhatti, Norsheen M.	375	12.3%
Liberal Democrats	Watts, Anthony E.	349
Independent	Mallinson, Keith A.	327	10.7%

College Park and Old Oak

College Park and Old Oak (2)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Harcourt, Wesley S.	726	65.9%
Labour	McLaughlin, Reginald	715
Liberal Democrats	Halliday, Ian J.	206	18.7%
Conservative	Farquharson, Emma M.	170	15.4%
Liberal Democrats	Pollard, Timothy D.P	170
Conservative	Spencer-Smith, Gerald P.H.	158

Fulham Broadway

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

Fulham Reach

Fulham Reach (3)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Boyle, Charles R.	1,102	42.7%
Labour	Birdsey, Araminta	1,095	42.4%
Conservative	Donovan, Charles G.	1,094
Conservative	Harper, Victoria J.T.	1069
Labour	Homan, Lisa F.	1051
Labour	Vaughan, Rory J.	1011
Liberal Democrats	Campbell, Duncan G.A.	285	11.0%
Liberal Democrats	Jablkowska, Marytka K.	269
Liberal Democrats	Ruston, Graham C.	228
Independent	Braun, Christian A.	99	3.8%

Hammersmith Broadway

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

Munster

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

North End

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

Palace Riverside

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

Parsons Green and Walham

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

Ravenscourt Park

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

Sands End

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

Shepherds Bush Green

Shepherds Bush Green (3)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	Gibbons, Ivan	985	54.0%
Labour	Khaled, Abu S.M.J.	908
Labour	Umeh, Mercy C-E.	785
Conservative	Burns-Thomson, Nicola J.	475	26.0%
Conservative	Harvey, Anna	467
Conservative	Bob Seely	447
Liberal Democrats	Owen, Patricia	365	20.0%
Liberal Democrats	Andrew, Michael P	342
Liberal Democrats	McDonnell, Colquitto A.	322

Town

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

Wormholt and White City

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

References

"Local Election Summaries 2002". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ 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.
"Local Elections Archive Project - 2002 - Hammersmith and Fulham". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

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