2002 Winchester City Council election explained

Election Name:2002 Winchester City Council election
Next Election:2003 Winchester City Council election
Seats1:35
Party1:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Election Date:2 May 2002
Majority Seats:29
Next Year:2003
Previous Year:2000
Previous Election:2000 Winchester City Council election
Party Colour:yes
Ongoing:no
Type:Parliamentary
Country:England
Percentage1:44.6
Seats For Election:All 57 seats to Winchester City Council
After Election:Liberal Democrats
Seats2:14
Council control
Popular Vote1:36,057
Percentage2:36.6
Popular Vote2:29.600
Before Election:Liberal Democrats
Posttitle:Council control after election
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Percentage4:9.5
Popular Vote4:7,684
Seats4:5
Party4:Independent politician
Percentage5:9.2
Popular Vote5:7,459
Seats5:3
Party5:Labour Party (UK)

The 2002 Winchester Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England.

The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The boundary changes were the first since the 1970s and they saw the number of seats increased by 2.[1] [2]

The results saw the Liberal Democrats stay in overall control of the council after retaining 35 seats on the council.[3] [4] However the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Rodney Sabine, lost his seat in New Alresfords ward.[2] The Conservatives increased their number of councillors from 11 to 14, while Labour lost 1 to only hold 3 seats.[3] Voter turnout was higher than nationally, with over 50% voting in 4 wards.[3]

Ward results

Wonston & Micheldever

Notes and References

  1. News: Winchester . 2010-01-29 . BBC News Online.
  2. News: Out out out: Local election round-up . 2010-01-29 . 2002-05-03 . Southern Daily Echo.
  3. Web site: Voters oust city leader . 2010-01-29 . 2002-05-09 . ThisIsHampshire.net.
  4. Web site: WINCHESTER CITY COUNCIL – ELECTION RESULTS 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614085800/http://www.winchester.gov.uk/Documents/Elections/Results2002.pdf. 2011-06-14. 2021-01-25. Winchester City Council.