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2002 Bexley Council election
All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council; 32 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2002 Bexley council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in orange.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Labour;

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The 2002 Bexley Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England.^[1]^[2] The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.

Election result[edit]

Bexley local election result 2002
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	32	8	0	8	50.8	33.0	19,593	TBD
Conservative	30	0	3	3	47.6	41.6	24,739	TBD
Liberal Democrats	1	0	5	5	1.6	15.0	8,929	TBD
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.4	3,193	TBD
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	1,382	TBD
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	1,203	TBD
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	365	New
English Pan-Nationalist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	38	New

Ward results[edit]

Barnehurst[edit]

Barnehurst (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Gillespie	1,583	50.5
	Conservative	William McEwen	1,512
	Conservative	Simon Windle	1,463
	Labour	Matthew Murphy	910	29.0
	Labour	Edward Leake	870
	Labour	Carol Pieri	843
	Liberal Democrats	Kaye Cudmore	391	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Cudmore	358
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Humphris	348
	UKIP	Barrie Thomas	249	7.9
Turnout				37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Belvedere[edit]

Belvedere (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel Francis	1,228	55.4
	Labour	Richard Lucas	1,180
	Labour	Peter Hollamby	1,171
	Conservative	John Mankerty	767	34.6
	Conservative	Juliet Mankerty	716
	Conservative	Gooroodev Nangon	599
	UKIP	Paula Dunford	222	10.0
Turnout				27.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackfen and Lamorbey[edit]

Blackfen and Lamorbey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Beckwith	1,337	44.7
	Conservative	Katherine Perrior	1,291
	Conservative	Peter Craske	1,220
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Brown	928	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Gallego	886
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Scopes	874
	Labour	Paul Brown	526	17.6
	Labour	Bernard Justham	481
	Labour	Josephine Chodha	472
	UKIP	Heather Bennett	200	6.7
Turnout				36.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Blendon and Penhill[edit]

Blendon and Penhill (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Cammish	1,555	58.3
	Conservative	Ronald Passey	1,534
	Conservative	Graham D'Amiral	1,490
	Labour	Catherine Deadman	531	19.9
	Labour	David Prior	520
	Labour	Gerda Slater	490
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Cooke	346	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Wagstaff	334
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Jaques	315
	UKIP	Deborah Thomas	179	6.7
	Independent	Philip Brown	57	2.1
Turnout				32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brampton[edit]

Brampton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald French	2,039	56.5
	Conservative	Teresa O'Neill	1,983
	Conservative	John Wilkinson	1,885
	Labour	Joan Browning	950	26.3
	Labour	Alan Scutt	888
	Labour	Rowan Blake	887
	Liberal Democrats	Janette Codd	453	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Standen	437
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Codd	423
	UKIP	George Wright	167	4.6
Turnout				43.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Christchurch[edit]

Christchurch (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Ashmole	1,529	56.5
	Conservative	Ian Clement	1,455
	Conservative	Leonard Newton	1,427
	Labour	Ursula Ayliffe	834	26.6
	Labour	Wendy Philips	785
	Labour	Lindsay Burnstead	784
	Liberal Democrats	John Brand	401	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Lockington	378
	Liberal Democrats	Maria O'Hare	318
	Independent	Stanley Carter	262	8.4
	UKIP	Lisa Hawkins	110	3.5
Turnout				35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colyers[edit]

Colyers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald Browning	1,127	46.5
	Labour	Denis Daniels	1,036
	Labour	Joga Minhas	1,005
	Conservative	John Bowes	952	39.3
	Conservative	Joseph Pollard	908
	Conservative	Gerald Quieros	857
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	184	7.6
	UKIP	Bernard Rainsbury	160	6.6
Turnout				29.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cray Meadows[edit]

Cray Meadows (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joel Briant	1,539	44.6
	Labour	Richard Justham	1,524
	Labour	Mo Khalid	1,465
	Conservative	Leonard Barnes	1,346	39.0
	Conservative	Hugh McBride	1,307
	Conservative	Janice McBride	1,287
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Kelly	265	7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen La Roche	237
	Liberal Democrats	John La Roche	221
	Green	Paul Perrin	168	4.9
	UKIP	Laurence Williams	129	3.7
Turnout				40.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Crayford[edit]

Crayford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,132	49.3
	Labour	Tonya Kelsey	1,078
	Labour	Trevor Perrin	1,024
	Conservative	Robert Stead	828	36.0
	Conservative	Daisy Clement	808
	Conservative	Bernard Clewes	801
	BNP	John Bowles	173	7.5
	UKIP	Kevin Cronin	164	7.1
Turnout				29.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Danson Park[edit]

Danson Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Bailey	1,320	46.2
	Conservative	Sharon Massey	1,237
	Conservative	John Waters	1,222
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Smoker	963	33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hurren	940
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Bargery	927
	Labour	Fiona Lawrenson	572	20.0
	Labour	Stuart Slater	531
	Labour	Robert Vines	519
Turnout				35.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Wickham[edit]

East Wickham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas O'Hare	1,059	35.9
	Labour	John Lawrenson	1,020	34.6
	Labour	Richard Everitt	961
	Labour	Stefano Borella	945
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Pickett	938
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Wright	923
	Conservative	Hazel Birch	733	24.9
	Conservative	Michael Crouch	720
	Conservative	William Flint	682
	UKIP	Kim Mitchell	136	4.6
Turnout				35.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Erith[edit]

Erith (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Ball	1,057	54.8
	Labour	Margaret O'Neill	982
	Labour	Munir Malik	898
	Conservative	Bernard Gillespie	616	31.9
	Conservative	Rosemary White	614
	Conservative	Carol Wilkinson	608
	BNP	Claire Sayers	144	7.5
	UKIP	Edward Llewellyn	112	5.8
Turnout				25.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Falconwood and Welling[edit]

Falconwood and Welling (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Betts	1,379	44.4
	Conservative	Peter Catterall	1,244
	Conservative	Valerie Clark	1,219
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Shrimpton	1,608	34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Standen	1,061
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Fortune	1,051
	Labour	Stephen Perfect	512	16.5
	Labour	Corinna Huxley	463
	Labour	Nora Wright	462
	UKIP	Bertram Ford	149	4.8
Turnout				37.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lesnes Abbey[edit]

Lesnes Abbey (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald Brown	1,451	44.8
	Labour	Samuel Blake	1,410
	Labour	John Pegg	1,381
	Conservative	John Davey	1,360	41.9
	Conservative	Raymond Hudson	1,336
	Conservative	David Hurt	1,324
	Liberal Democrats	David Hall	324	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Hall	308
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Woracker	275
	UKIP	Susan Dulwich	107	3.3
Turnout				39.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Longlands[edit]

Longlands (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kenneth McAndrew	1,490	51.1
	Conservative	Gareth Bacon	1,473
	Conservative	Michael Slaughter	1,385
	Labour	Patricia Ball	633	21.7
	Labour	Teresa Pearce	601
	Labour	Peter West	577
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Thick	577	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Shrimpton	431
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Oliver	410
	UKIP	Paul Cronin	217	7.4
Turnout				34.0
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

North End[edit]

North End (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Eastaugh	1,401	55.7
	Labour	Alan Deadman	1,341
	Labour	Sylvia Malt	1,298
	BNP	Colin Smith	541	21.5
	BNP	James Seadon	502
	BNP	Jay Lee	501
	Conservative	Philip Read	452	18.0
	Conservative	Sylvia Cassells	444
	Conservative	Peter Reader	407
	UKIP	David Tarrant	82	3.3
	English Pan-Nationalist Alliance	John-Antony Fitzpatrick	38	1.5
Turnout				33.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Northumberland Heath[edit]

Northumberland Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geoffrey Hacker	1,178	40.8
	Labour	Mary Lucas	1,161
	Labour	Kathryn Smith	1,102
	Conservative	John Allott	1,041	36.1
	Conservative	David Cammish	969
	Conservative	Terence Horlor	950
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Smith	333	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Smoker	246
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Weston	236
	UKIP	John Dunford	172	6.0
	BNP	Lee Barnes	161	5.6
Turnout				34.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's[edit]

St Mary's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Campbell	1,974	61.2
	Conservative	Alan Downing	1,946
	Conservative	Colin Tandy	1,914
	Labour	Broderick Bassett	609	18.9
	Labour	David Hinds	583
	Labour	Philip Scrivener	559
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Borrowman	310	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicolle	300
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Tatton-Kelly	278
	Green	David Harbud	197	6.1
	UKIP	Christopher Marshall	138	4.3
Turnout				37.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Michael's[edit]

St Michael's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elizabeth French	1,023	35.6
	Labour	Grant Blowers	981
	Labour	Wendy Perfect	972
	Conservative	Peter Baylis	887	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Justine Fernandes	831	28.9
	Conservative	John Warricker	775
	Conservative	Raymond Sams	766
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne McGlashen	760
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Vince	752
	UKIP	William Jenner	134	4.7
Turnout				35.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sidcup[edit]

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Sidcup (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Aileen Beckwith	1,247	34.5
	Conservative	Brian Francois	1,117
	Conservative	June Slaughter	1,093
	Independent	Graham Holland	1,063	29.4
	Independent	Robert Griffiths	768
	Labour	Colin Dawes	550	15.2
	Labour	Garth Pilling-Lindsell	501
	Labour	John Shaw	463
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Eady	385	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Eady	376
	UKIP	Janice Cronin	366	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Shrimpton	282
Turnout				35.8

Thamesmead East[edit]

Thamesmead East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Donna Briant	810	57.5
	Labour	Michael French	714
	Labour	Harbans Buttar	712
	Conservative	Edgar Silvester	304	21.6
	Conservative	Shirley Vick	296
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Cotton	295	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Folan	266
	Conservative	Priti Patel	259
	Liberal Democrats	John Wylie	251
Turnout				18.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Local Election Results 2002". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

[1] "Local Election Results 2002". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

[2] "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

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