2002 Fareham Borough Council election
# 2002 Fareham Borough Council election

The 2002 Fareham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The whole council was up for election with ward boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 11. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Candidates

All of the seats were contested after the wards had been re-organised. Every ward was contested by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, with Labour standing in every ward but one, and also 1 English Independence Party candidate.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain in control of the council with a reduced majority on 17 seats, compared to 14 for the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives lost a number of councillors, which they blamed on the boundary changes, while the Liberal Democrats were pleased with the gains they had made. The Liberal Democrat gains also saw the last 2 Labour councillors lose their seats, with the Labour leader Mark Prior losing in Fareham South. Overall turnout was the highest since 1996 at 35.68%.

Fareham Local Election Result 2002 :

| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 17 | -12 | 54.8 | 48.2 | 29,673 | -9.5% |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | +3 | 45.2 | 37.4 | 23,067 | +10.3% |
| Labour | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14.3 | 8,799 | -0.9% |
| English Independence Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 83 | +0.1% |

After the previous election and immediately prior to this election, the composition of the council was:

| 29 69.04% | 11 26.19% | 2 4.76% |
| - | - | - |
| Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Labour |

After the election result, with new wards the composition of the council became:

| 17 54.83% | 14 45.16% |
| - | - |
| Conservative | Liberal Democrats |

## Ward results

### Fareham East

Fareham East (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Murray | 1,070 | 48.74 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Trott | 919 | |
| | Conservative | Raymond Ellis | 842 | 38.35 |
| | Conservative | Peter Sandy | 722 | |
| | Labour | Simon Brown | 200 | 9.11 |
| | Labour | Edgar Webb | 195 | |
| | English Independence Party | Michael Ball | 83 | 3.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,031 | |

### Fareham North

Fareham North (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Pamela Bryant | 1,141 | 58.93 |
| | Conservative | John Bryant | 1,130 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eve Aldridge | 559 | 28.87 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Munday | 463 | |
| | Labour | Alan Mayes | 236 | 12.19 |
| | Labour | Stephen McCloskey | 197 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,726 | |

### Fareham North West

Fareham North West (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Davies | 699 | 41.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hester | 628 | |
| | Conservative | Evelyn Burley | 603 | 35.51 |
| | Conservative | Richard Henderson | 595 | |
| | Labour | Angela Carr | 396 | 23.32 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Knight | 335 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,256 | |

### Fareham South

Fareham South (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Leonard | 693 | 40.33 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Pritchard | 676 | |
| | Conservative | Dennis Steadman | 535 | 31.14 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Howard | 495 | |
| | Labour | Michael Prior | 490 | 28.52 |
| | Labour | James Carr | 465 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,354 | |

### Fareham West

Fareham West (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Leslie Keeble | 1,478 | 64.48 |
| | Conservative | Diana Harrison | 1,470 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Cox | 470 | 20.50 |
| | Labour | Timothy Brewer | 344 | 15.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luke Slough | 343 | |
| | Labour | Wilfred Phillips | 331 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,436 | |

### Hill Head

Hill Head (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Arthur Mandry | 1,362 | 55.52 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Knight | 1,349 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Megan Chapman | 835 | 34.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 828 | |
| | Labour | Jane Christie | 256 | 10.43 |
| | Labour | Janet Gay | 225 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,855 | |

### Locks Heath

Locks Heath (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Michael Godrich | 1,019 | 57.15 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Godrich | 996 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Englefield | 473 | 26.52 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Savage | 413 | |
| | Labour | Tracey Malizis | 291 | 16.32 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mooney | 262 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,454 | |

### Park Gate

Park Gate (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Brian Bayford | 932 | 65.49 |
| | Conservative | Marian Ellerton | 918 | |
| | Labour | Joyce Bond | 261 | 18.34 |
| | Labour | Brenda Caines | 244 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Chaloner | 230 | 16.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Smale | 185 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,770 | |

### Portchester East

Portchester East (3) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Price | 2,222 | 61.01 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Eastman | 1,931 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Norris | 1,921 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Alexander | 732 | 20.09 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Green | 709 | |
| | Labour | Richard Ryan | 688 | 18.89 |
| | Conservative | Susan Walker | 644 | |
| | Labour | Stuart Rose | 616 | |
| | Labour | Leslie Ricketts | 530 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,993 | |

### Portchester West

Portchester West (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ernest Crouch | 969 | 18.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Clark | 883 | 41.51 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Walker | 867 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Murray | 794 | |
| | Labour | Cameron Crouchman | 275 | 12.92 |
| | Labour | James Webb | 258 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,046 | |

### Sarisbury

Sarisbury (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Sean Woodward | 1,306 | 78.96 |
| | Conservative | David Swanbrow | 1,255 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Christie | 348 | 21.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Christie | 345 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,254 | |

### Stubbington

Stubbington (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorrine Burton-Jenkins | 1,276 | 53.93 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Forrest | 1,063 | |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Pockley | 923 | 39.01 |
| | Conservative | Gordan Coggan | 913 | |
| | Labour | Ian Christie | 167 | 7.05 |
| | Labour | Michael Taylor | 165 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,507 | |

### Titchfield

Titchfield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Constance Hockley | 1,137 | 65.04 |
| | Conservative | Francis Devonshire | 1,123 | |
| | Labour | Karen Postle | 314 | 17.96 |
| | Labour | Francis Allison | 313 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Munday | 297 | 16.99 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rudwick | 257 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,441 | |

### Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Englefield | 874 | 50.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Savage | 778 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Evans | 612 | 35.41 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Harper | 551 | |
| | Labour | James Malizis | 242 | 14.00 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Watkins | 133 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,190 | |

### Warsash

Warsash (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Trevor Cartwright | 1,194 | 69.86 |
| | Conservative | Mary Nadolski | 1,151 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Byrne | 308 | 18.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alice Herron | 286 | |
| | Labour | Simon Holford | 207 | 12.11 |
| | Labour | Wendy Ledger | 163 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,309 | |
