2002 Swindon Borough Council election

2002 UK local government election

The 2002 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Swindon Unitary Council in Wiltshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Voting pilot

The election in Swindon was one of thirty that trialed different methods of voting or counting in the 2002 local elections, with Swindon having a trial of voting via the internet. The trial results had 5% of voters using the phone to cast a vote and over 10% voting via the internet. A survey in Swindon found that those who voted via the Internet were more likely to be younger and male than those who voted at a polling station. Overall turnout in the election was 31.33%.

Election result

Swindon Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	9	1	1	47.4	34.2	13,539
Conservative	7	1	1	36.8	38.6	15,250
Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	15.8	24.3	9,609
Green	0	0	0	0	1.8	703
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.4	170
Rock 'n' Roll Loony	0	0	0	0	0.3	138
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.3	128

Ward results

Abbey Meads
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Justin Tomlinson	705	70.4
	Labour	Michelle Mahon	195	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Pajak	101	10.1
Majority			510	50.9
Turnout			1,001	28.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blunsdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Doreen Dart	796	72.2
	Labour	Lynn Vardy	160	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Fitchett	146	13.2
Majority			636	57.7
Turnout			1,102	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Nash	758	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dickinson	628	34.7
	Conservative	Peter Bates	300	16.6
	Green	Simon Smith	85	4.7
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	John Stuart	37	2.0
Majority			130	7.2
Turnout			1,808	25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Covingham and Nythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maureen Dilley	1,188	47.8
	Conservative	Angela Watts	984	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adelaide Dudman	313	12.6
Majority			204	8.2
Turnout			2,485	35.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Dorcan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Wren	1,056	44.5
	Conservative	Garry Perkins	986	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wheaver	275	11.6
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Bridget Jeffery	55	2.3
Majority			70	3.0
Turnout			2,372	34.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastcott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Evemy	1,030	47.8
	Labour	Richard Young	571	26.5
	Conservative	Russell Holland	352	16.3
	Green	Christine Smith	155	7.2
	Rock 'n' Roll Loony	Roland Gillard	46	2.1
Majority			459	21.3
Turnout			2,154	28.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Freshbrook and Grange Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Shepherd	879	40.9
	Conservative	Michael Bray	746	34.7
	Labour	Phil Rashid	526	24.5
Majority			133	6.2
Turnout			2,151	28.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gorse Hill and Pinehurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maurice Fanning	847	54.3
	Conservative	Mark Furkins	376	24.1
	Socialist Alliance	Andrew Newman	170	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Pajak	168	10.8
Majority			471	30.2
Turnout			1,561	22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Haydon Wick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Renard	1,133	47.9
	Labour	Fay Howard	821	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tel Hudson	411	17.4
Majority			312	13.2
Turnout			2,365	30.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Highworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lisa Hawkes	1,293	50.5
	Labour	Peter Mallinson	719	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Shorten	550	21.5
Majority			574	22.4
Turnout			2,562	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moredon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derique Montaut	843	46.4
	Conservative	Kirt Wakefield	646	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Bass	329	18.1
Majority			197	10.8
Turnout			1,818	24.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Town and Lawn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Johnson	1,933	48.9
	Conservative	Colin Lovell	1,603	40.5
	Labour	John Newman	273	6.9
	Green	John Hughes	147	3.7
Majority			330	8.3
Turnout			3,956	52.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barrie Thompson	973	64.4
	Conservative	Natasha Young	293	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Aylett	245	16.2
Majority			680	45.0
Turnout			1,511	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Penhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Glaholm	687	59.5
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Fitchett	253	21.9
	Conservative	Donald Day	215	18.6
Majority			434	37.6
Turnout			1,155	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Shaw and Nine Elms
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Douglas Stewart	1,000	53.2
	Labour	Neil Heavens	502	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Phipps	379	20.1
Majority			498	26.5
Turnout			1,881	27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Margaret
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard Baker	1,069	47.2
	Labour	Alison Durrant	897	39.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Newman	300	13.2
Majority			172	7.6
Turnout			2,266	30.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Philip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip Steele	1,006	45.4
	Conservative	Raymond Fisher	882	39.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wiltshire	214	9.7
	Green	Raymond Smith	113	5.1
Majority			124	5.6
Turnout			2,215	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Western
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Small	1,068	50.2
	Conservative	Paul Saunders	535	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clifton-Page	301	14.2
	Independent	Michael Morton	128	6.0
	Green	Robert Heritage	94	4.4
Majority			533	25.1
Turnout			2,126	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wroughton and Chiseldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jemima Milton	1,336	43.8
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Hooper	1,154	37.9
	Labour	Andy Harrison	449	14.7
	Green	James Bevan	109	3.6
Majority			182	6.0
Turnout			3,048	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Swindon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
"Local Elections: Results". The Guardian. 3 May 2002. p. 9.
Hurst, Greg (5 April 2002). "Ministers shun fears over votes on the Net". The Times. p. 16.
Rogers, James (14 May 2002). "E-voting fails to electrify battle of the hustings". The Daily Telegraph. p. 32.
"Analysis: Does e-voting work?". BBC News Online. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
^ "Swindon Borough Council 2002 election results". Swindon Advertiser. 3 May 2002.
"Election results; Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6.

v t e Council elections in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Council	2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Swindon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
North Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Salisbury District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Wiltshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
West Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
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