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
Registered	210,364[1]
Turnout	62,581, 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

2002 local election in England

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

• Southfield (3) - renamed to Southfields ward

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 I.T. Ayonrinde*	1,676
	Conservative	Charles A.R. Walker	1,672
	Labour	Christopher N. Cooke	749	25.12	6.80
	Labour	Sally J.E. Gear	713
	Labour	Harvey H. Heath	665
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew G. Green	274	8.86	2.00
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan M. Vitelli	248
	Green	Robert W. Baker	231	6.56	0.17
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Moon	228
	Green	Albert R. Vickery	166
	Green	Graham P. 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 P.A. Finn*	1,394	38.92	9.09
	Conservative	Antonia F.P. Dunn	1,366
	Conservative	Sheldon A. Wilkie*	1,276
	Labour	Nicholas J. Bowes	1,254	32.12	6.35
	Labour	Peter Carpenter	1,057
	Labour	James Whiting	1,019
	Green	John M. Rattray	533	15.42	7.91
	Liberal Democrats	Henrietta N. 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 E. Livingstone	1,232
	Labour	Leonie A. Cooper	1,230
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie M. Dearden	282	7.44	2.80
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail S. Irving	256
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew E. Gilbert	229
	Green	Dorothy H. 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 M. Whittingham*	1,870	63.35	1.47
	Conservative	Leslie F. McDonnell*	1,866
	Conservative	Brian N.C. Prichard*	1,846
	Labour	Scott R. Knox	741	24.47	2.88
	Labour	Richard J.D. Moir	729
	Labour	Alan B. Petrides	686
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy J. Harris	402	12.18	1.41
	Liberal Democrats	James R. Durrant	341
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy C. 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 C.L.C. Graham*	1,642	53.32	10.37
	Conservative	Piers C. McCausland†[n 3]	1,564
	Conservative	Tessa M.E. Strickland*	1,536
	Labour	Victoria Anifowoshe	738	23.98	6.77
	Labour	Brendan P. McMullan	723
	Labour	Tom F. Wright	672
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick M. Warren	360	12.14	6.58
	Green	Martin D. 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 F. Farebrother*	1,727	41.78	3.79
	Conservative	Colin F. Dawe†[n 4]	1,696	41.60	2.02
	Conservative	Andrew R. Halford	1,651
	Labour	Vibert C. Luthers	1,608
	Labour	Peter E.S. Marsden	1,606
	Conservative	Toufic Batal	1,572
	Green	Donald J. Valentine	395	10.02	4.74
	Liberal Democrats	Derek B. Elsley	298	6.60	1.07
	Liberal Democrats	Simon W. Parritt	253
	Liberal Democrats	Richard R. 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 R.A. Gibbons*	1,434	41.83	4.04
	Labour	Pamela R. Tatlow*	1,290
	Labour	Thakur D. Hosain*	1,277
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah E. Cole	1,165	33.05	2.36
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas J. Lowe	1,048
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda J. Wells	948
	Conservative	Samantha C.B. Hurley	536	16.68	0.04
	Conservative	David R.P. de Winton	532
	Conservative	Guy J.D. Hurley†[n 5]	527
	Green	Marian B. 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 J. Belton*	1,365	48.16	2.17
	Labour	Maurice Johnson*	1,351
	Labour	Bhavna Joshi	1,215
	Conservative	Jeremy C. Parkinson	953	33.79	10.34
	Conservative	George K. Smith	915
	Conservative	David S. Walden	890
	Liberal Democrats	Alan S. Giles	221	8.12	2.58
	Green	Michael L. Day	194	7.13	New
	London Socialist	Stephen D. 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 A. Lindsay	1,891	48.49	2.63
	Conservative	Maurice A.S. Heaster*	1,875
	Conservative	Ravindra P. Govindia*	1,832
	Labour	Anthony P. Langan	1,045	25.76	11.05
	Labour	Misbah Islam	990
	Labour	Martin C. Tupper	939
	Green	Bruce W.D. Mackenzie	497	12.91	6.95
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy J. 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 W. Beddows†[n 6]	1,940	60.43	1.40
	Conservative	Martin D. Johnson*	1,895
	Conservative	Gordon S. Passmore*	1,853
	Labour	Margaret A. McCabe	674	20.10	4.45
	Labour	Gordon E. Paterson	616
	Labour	Thomas P. Grinyer	602
	Liberal Democrats	Christine A. Green	344	9.20	1.30
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Cronin	330
	Green	Richmond A. Crowhurst	322	10.27	4.55
	Liberal Democrats	James P. 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 P. Nurse	1,279
	Labour	Michael D. Hipwell	1,194	41.97	New
	Labour	Anna R.K. Steinitz	1,128
	Labour	Erica R. Trim	1,112
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley W. 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 R.L. Penfold	1,668	46.96	2.60
	Conservative	Paul Reeve	1,612
	Conservative	Ryan J.H. Robson	1,581
	Labour	Pauline J. Brueseke	1,402	38.77	3.46
	Labour	Elizabeth A. McNeil	1,375
	Labour	Martin T. Spence	1,236
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Shelmerdine	291	7.29	0.92
	Green	Polly Moore	241	6.98	New
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey S. 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 S. Davies	1,650	55.10	0.88
	Conservative	John D. 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 H. Charlton	369	12.79	5.66
	Liberal Democrats	David R. Owen-Jones	227	7.80	3.21
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher R. 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 A. Cousins*	1,640	51.26	2.86
	Conservative	John G.B. Senior*	1,619
	Conservative	John P. Ellis	1,571
	Labour	Elisabeth S. Davies	914	28.05	5.86
	Labour	William S. McDonald	873
	Labour	Nigel R. Goldsmith	856
	Green	Sebastian P. 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 M.J. Roberts	1,913	52.66	New
	Conservative	Janice V. Leigh†[n 7]	1,899
	Conservative	Richard A.H. Vivian†[n 8]	1,898
	Labour	Sarah Richards	946	24.30	New
	Labour	Beth Lamont	918
	Labour	Morgan J. McSweeney	771
	Liberal Democrats	Anna M.L. Ahmed	470	11.26	New
	Independent	June Hautot	426	11.78	New
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony K. Burrett	404
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas R. 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 N. Bird*	1,838	46.19	17.87
	Conservative	Edward J.U. Lister*	1,834
	Conservative	James P.R. Maddan	1,768
	Labour	Christopher E. Locke	663	16.85	7.63
	Labour	Christopher J. Shephard	661
	Labour	John A. Slater	660
	Independent	John Horrocks	627	15.97	New
	Independent	Christine N. Reeves	479	12.20	New
	Liberal Democrats	Moira R. Sanders	372	8.79	2.67
	Liberal Democrats	Martha G. 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 F. Brown	1,534	47.74	6.87
	Labour	Sadiq A. Khan*	1,407
	Labour	Stuart T. King*	1,358
	Conservative	Andrew M. Lindsay	936	30.39	1.56
	Conservative	Duncan L. Dunn	924
	Conservative	Evelyn G. McDermott†[n 9]	877
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen A. Petty	360	10.58	1.91
	Liberal Democrats	Michael A. Clifton	354
	Green	Matthew Ledbury	339	11.29	3.39
	Liberal Democrats	John H. 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 R. Tracey†[n 10]	2,094	63.93	New
	Conservative	Nicholas R.S. Longworth†[n 11]	2,090
	Conservative	Ian P. Hart†[n 12]	2,084
	Labour	Michael P. Dolan	627	17.47	New
	Labour	Belinda Randall	560
	Labour	Mark S. Panto	526
	Green	Samantha Guy	323	9.88	New
	Liberal Democrats	David R. Hole	312	8.72	New
	Liberal Democrats	Emma C. Thorpe	278
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne E. 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 J. Holland	1,913
	Conservative	Malcolm C. Grimston*	1,902
	Labour	Martin J. Leigh	1,216	33.76	4.68
	Labour	Donald J. Roy	1,110
	Labour	Tom C.C. Sleigh	1,109
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine S. Devons	394	8.96	1.26
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Spicer	276
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard A. 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 N. Stevens	708
	Labour	Robert W. Storey	696
	Liberal Democrats	Joan P. 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. Gains include 10 new seats either added to exisiting 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. Rev. Andrew P.B. 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 sittinng 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. "Wandsworth". Andrew Teale. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
14. "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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