2002 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2002 Hastings council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Elections to Hastings Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 32.0%.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Labour 21 Conservative 10 Liberal Democrat 1 Election result Hastings Local Election Result 2002 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour 21 +3 65.6 45.7 16,666 Conservative 10 +4 31.3 33.0 12,051 Liberal Democrats 1 -7 3.1 17.6 6,432 Green 0 0 0 2.8 1,017 Independent 0 0 0 0.7 264 Rock 'n' Roll Loony 0 0 0 0.1 42
Ward results Ashdown (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Wilson 558 Conservative Robert Cooke 549 Liberal Democrats Colin Dormer 331 Labour Kenneth Hadler 324 Labour Inge Eveleigh 318 Liberal Democrats Henry Campbell 310 Turnout 2,390 32.5
Baird (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Robert Hart 473 Labour Ion Castro 448 Conservative Gillian Bing 368 Conservative Esther Carpenter 362 Liberal Democrats Stephen Randell 175 Turnout 1,826 27.0
Braybrooke (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Godfrey Daniel 831 Labour Dominic Sabetian 697 Conservative Raymond Marchant 343 Conservative Nicholas Prince 328 Liberal Democrats Janet Saxby 189 Liberal Democrats Roy Tobin 166 Green Amanda Eyre 81 Green Michael Turner 73 Independent Robert Longworth 68 Turnout 2,776 38.1
Castle (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Pamela Brown 627 Labour Clive Jackson 583 Labour Melanie Rycroft 541 Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 483 Conservative Cynthia Jones 153 Conservative Joan Patten 151 Green Laurence Homewood 121 Turnout 2,659 32.5
Central St Leonards (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Humphries 690 Labour Trevor Webb 608 Conservative Fiona Evans 405 Conservative Eve Martin 398 Liberal Democrats Thomas Leitch 171 Green Emily Johns 138 Turnout 2,410 30.9
Conquest (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Dennis Moon 656 Conservative Peter Pragnell 627 Labour Hugh Nicholson 357 Liberal Democrats Greg Rose 354 Labour Andrew Luke 325 Independent Robert Harris 196 Turnout 2,515 35.6
Gensing (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Andrew Cartwright 498 Labour Ronald Rushbrook 436 Liberal Democrats Vivienne Bond 425 Liberal Democrats Gary Pantrey 346 Conservative Wendy Goldsmith 229 Conservative Joseph Jones 229 Green Modlinger 93 Turnout 2,349 27.3
Hollington (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Paul Silverson 511 Labour Terry Soan 508 Conservative Philippe Bedford 177 Conservative Elfriede Molloy 176 Liberal Democrats Roger Weeden 111 Green Kevin Young 74 Turnout 1,557 22.1
Maze Hill (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Joy Waite 624 Conservative Maureen Charlesworth 623 Liberal Democrats Stephanie Edmonds 329 Labour Bruce Dowling 319 Labour Susannah Farley-Green 286 Liberal Democrats Peter Dalton 234 Green Mary Robertson 86 Turnout 2,501 33.4
Old Hastings (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Bigg 778 Labour Arthur Kitson 637 Conservative Ian Porter 473 Conservative Arthur Burgess 453 Liberal Democrats Susan Palmer 371 Liberal Democrats Anne Scott 328 Green Diana Marquand 137 Turnout 3,177 39.3
Ore (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David Hancock 503 Labour Peter Chowney 450 Conservative Mark Charlesworth 268 Liberal Democrats Andrew Feeley 245 Conservative Jocette Wilson 222 Green Sally Phillips 118 Turnout 1,806 27.0
Silverhill (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Annette Barton 601 Labour Alan Roberts 546 Conservative Theresa Lock 376 Conservative Shefali Nimbark 326 Liberal Democrats William Third 244 Green Simon Medhurst 96 Turnout 2,189 35.3
St Helens (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Keith Bing 781 Conservative Matthew Lock 760 Labour John Ward 637 Labour David Waller 631 Liberal Democrats Feargal Coffey 281 Turnout 3,090 41.3
Tressell (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jay Kramer 500 Labour Trevor May 452 Conservative Lyn Burgess 138 Liberal Democrats Robin Edmonds 137 Conservative Catherine Cassidy 131 Turnout 1,358 23.2
West St. Leonards (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Finch 346 Conservative Matthew Beaver 337 Labour Thomas Munch-Petersen 286 Labour Keith Wood 277 Liberal Democrats Joan Feeley 206 Liberal Democrats Donald Wise 203 Rock 'n' Roll Loony Brett McLean 42 Turnout 1,697 31.1
Wishing Tree (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jeremy Birch 895 Labour Philip Scott 720 Conservative Raymond Molloy 256 Conservative Quentin Waite 228 Liberal Democrats Antony Davis 166 Turnout 2,265 34.4
References 2002 Hastings election result Ward results