2002 Sutton London Borough Council election

2002 Sutton London Borough Council Election

2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
All 54 seats up for election to Sutton London Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Registered	133,044[1]
Turnout	48,236, 36.26% ( 0.91)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Graham N. Tope Unknown Unknown Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Leader since 1986 Unknown Unknown Leader's seat Sutton Central Unknown Unknown Last election 46 seats, 51.81% 5 seats, 28.21% 5 seats, 17.87% Seats before 46 5 5 Seats won 43 8 3 Seat change 3 3 2 Popular vote 68,842 49,896 16,516 Percentage 49.80% 36.09% 11.95% Swing 2.01 7.88 5.92
Map of the Sutton Election results. Yellow-Liberal Democrat. Red-Labour Party, Blue-Conservative Party
Council control before election . Liberal Democrats Council control after election Liberal Democrats

The 2002 Sutton London Borough Council election was a local election for the representation of the Sutton district in London. It was a part of the 2002 London local elections. The Liberal Democrats won 49.1% of the vote in the district which was their most successful district of that election, and the only district which they retained control of since the previous 1998 London local elections.^[2] Borough turnout was approximately 36.3%, which was similar to the previous election in 1998.^[3]

These elections were the first held with the new ward boundaries which decreased the total number of Councillors by 2, from 56 to 54.

Background

Council Composition

In between this election and the 1998 election there a total of 2 by-elections to replaced councillors who resigned their seats. Despite this, neither of these seats changed parties during their respective by-elections.^[4]

Aside from this, there were no changes to the council, which meant the composition just before the election was as follows:^[5]

↓

5	46	5
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Redistricting

Wards Created

• Carshalton South and Clockhouse (3)
• Nonsuch (3)
• Stonecot (3)
• Sutton North (3)
• The Wrythe (3)

Wards Eliminated

• Carshalton Beeches (3)
• Carshalton North (2)
• Clockhouse (1)
• Rosehill (2)
• Sutton Common (3)
• Sutton East (3)
• Woodcote (1)
• Wrythe Green (2)

Wards Merged

• Cheam (3) - merged from Cheam South (2), Cheam West (2) and North Cheam (2) wards
• St Helier (3) - merged from St Helier North (3) and St Helier South (2) wards
• Worcester Park (3) - merged from Worcester Park North (3) and Worcester Park South (2) wards

Wards Expanded

• Belmont - Increased from 2 seats to 3.
• Carshalton Central - Increased from 2 seats to 3.
• Sutton Central - Increased from 2 seats to 3.
• Sutton West - Increased from 2 seats to 3.
• Wandle Valley - Increased from 2 seats to 3.

Election Results

2002 Sutton London Borough Council local elections^[6][7]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	43	23	26	3	79.63	49.80	68,842	2.01
	Conservative	8	6	3	3	14.81	36.09	49,896	7.88
	Labour	3	3	5	2	5.56	11.95	16,516	5.92
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	2.10	2,904	0.19
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	89	New
Total		54						138,247

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

↓

3	43	8
Labour	Lib Dem	Conservative

Ward Results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Beddington North

Beddington North (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Keys^†[n 1]	1,168	50.19	6.24
	Liberal Democrats	John Leach*	1,143
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Hartfield	1,116
	Conservative	Howard Bowles	871	37.40	10.15
	Conservative	Spencer Franks	848
	Conservative	Lorraine Snowball	835
	Labour	Geoffrey Collier	307	12.40	0.59
	Labour	Margaret Collier	279
	Labour	Susan Theobald	261
Registered electors			7,499		2,414
Turnout			2,423	32.31	1.16
Rejected ballots			3	0.12	0.06
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Beddington South

Beddington South (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catriona Ison	1,343	49.27	4.38
	Liberal Democrats	Colleen Saunders*	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Ferris Moussa*[n 2]	1,299
	Conservative	Graham Whitham	1,137	42.17	21.48
	Conservative	Moira Butt	1,133
	Conservative	Laura Requena	1,104
	Labour	Hayley Bond	249	8.56	17.09
	Labour	Joyce Smith^†[n 3]	219
	Labour	Marley Renuka	217
Registered electors			7,039		607
Turnout			2,744	38.98	9.07
Rejected ballots			5	0.18	0.02
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Belmont

Belmont (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Pickles	1,708	53.28	15.69
	Conservative	Peter Geiringer^†[n 4]	1,689
	Conservative	Pamela Picknett	1,628
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Wallace*	1,312	41.37	12.85
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Mathys	1,303
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmood Bhatti	1,287
	Labour	Philip Bassett	182	5.35	0.27
	Labour	Geoffrey Brennan	164
	Labour	Stephen Blears	159
Registered electors			7,481		1,012
Turnout			3,254	43.50	3.40
Rejected ballots			6	0.18	0.06
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carshalton Central

Carshalton Central (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Baughan*	1,502	52.12	0.22
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cooper^†[n 5]	1,446
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Pollock	1,391
	Conservative	Peter Cattermole	903	31.62	3.59
	Conservative	Owen Hanson	868
	Conservative	Nigel Petre	861
	Labour	David Davis	262	9.03	2.82
	Labour	John Young	246
	Labour	Sam Towler	244
	Green	Susan Riddlestone	213	7.23	0.99
	Green	Simon Dixon	209
	Green	Neil Hornsby	180
Registered electors			7,321		2,488
Turnout			2,879	39.33	0.13
Rejected ballots			6	0.21	0.21
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Carshalton South and Clockhouse

Carshalton South and Clockhouse (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Reynolds	1,498	45.07	New
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Yeo	1,477
	Liberal Democrats	Lal Hussain	1,476
	Conservative	John Kennedy	1,464	42.80	New
	Conservative	Robert Gill	1,415
	Conservative	Francis Requena	1,348
	Labour Co-op	Marilynne Burbage	244	7.09	New
	Labour Co-op	Claire Shearer	244
	Labour Co-op	Kevin Willsher	212
	Green	Nicholas Greaves	171	5.04	New
	Green	Peter Rudkin	161
Registered electors			7,062		New
Turnout			3,325	47.08	New
Rejected ballots			5	0.15	New
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cheam

Cheam (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eleanor Pinfold	1,741	50.39	New
	Conservative	Edward Trevor^†[n 6]	1,708
	Conservative	Syed Zaidi	1,634
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Gleeson^†[n 7]	1,603	45.95	New
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hewitt^†[n 8]	1,542
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ruxton^†[n 9]	1,490
	Labour	David Jarman	143	3.66	New
	Labour	Helen Jones	118
	Labour	Marian Ponto	108
Registered electors			7,631		New
Turnout			3,478	45.58	New
Rejected ballots			0	0.00	New
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Nonsuch

Nonsuch (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Bradley^†[n 10]	1,542	53.47	New
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Roberts^†[n 11]	1,496
	Liberal Democrats	Lynette Gleeson^†[n 12]	1,490
	Conservative	John Boyce	1,188	40.85	New
	Conservative	Marilyn Cappiello	1,142
	Conservative	Ian Pendlington	1,129
	Labour	David Hosking	181	5.68	New
	Labour	Joan Jarman	159
	Labour	Cyril Salmon	141
Registered electors			7,641		New
Turnout			2,931	38.36	New
Rejected ballots			1	0.03	New
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St. Helier

St Helier (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Mansell^†[n 13]	878	49.11	New
	Labour	Joseph Magee	874
	Labour	Andrew Theobald^†[n 14]	797
	Liberal Democrats	Paulus Hienkens	516	28.56	New
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Pickering	497
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Reed	469
	Conservative	Brian Keynes	390	22.33	New
	Conservative	Charles Manton	388
	Conservative	Eric Pillinger	381
Registered electors			7,479		New
Turnout			1,870	25.00	New
Rejected ballots			10	0.53	New
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stonecot

Stonecot (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Brett Young	1,623	64.24	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley O'Connell^†[n 15]	1,597
	Liberal Democrats	Anna-Nicolette Gallop^†[n 15]	1,579
	Conservative	Christine Barnett	710	28.18	New
	Conservative	Christopher Furey	706
	Conservative	Christine Hicks	689
	Labour	Dennis Baldry	207	7.58	New
	Labour	David Fleming	184
	Labour	David Towler	175
Registered electors			7,695		New
Turnout			2,588	33.63	New
Rejected ballots			5	0.19	New
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sutton Central

Sutton Central (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Brennan*	1,010	41.93	26.58
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Lowne^†[n 16]	983
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Tope*	948
	Labour	Kathleen Allen	751	30.08	14.57
	Labour	Gale Blears	695
	Labour	John Morgan^†[n 17]	664
	Conservative	Stewart England	477	19.78	3.80
	Conservative	Annabel Wells	460
	Conservative	Lynne Isaby	450
	Green	Margaret Williams	192	8.21	New
Registered electors			7,267		2,319
Turnout			2,333	32.10	0.67
Rejected ballots			7	0.30	0.09
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sutton North

Sutton North (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Brims^†[n 18]	1,419	60.23	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Dombey	1,416
	Liberal Democrats	Marlene Heron	1,388
	Conservative	Clifford Carter	721	30.11	New
	Conservative	John Hutchinson	696
	Conservative	Peter North	694
	Labour	John Brown	239	9.66	New
	Labour	Stephen Morton	227
	Labour	Aisha Latif	211
Registered electors			7,320		New
Turnout			2,465	33.67	New
Rejected ballots			6	0.24	New
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sutton South

Sutton South (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Shields	1,170	44.39	0.35
	Liberal Democrats	Nasser Butt	1,157	42.65	0.54
	Conservative	Paul Newman	1,154
	Conservative	Graham Jarvis	1,152
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Stears	1,109
	Liberal Democrats	Wolfgang Kuhn	1,074
	Labour	Paul Harrison	191	6.98	1.71
	Labour	Patricia Simons	186
	Green	Simon Honey	176	5.98	1.91
	Labour	John Cooper	170
	Green	Maureen Peglar	136
Registered electors			6,887		881
Turnout			2,634	38.25	2.48
Rejected ballots			6	0.23	0.09
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Sutton West

Sutton West (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Crowhurst*	1,439	55.33	4.49
	Liberal Democrats	Myfawny Wallace*	1,379
	Liberal Democrats	Jerome Gerard	1,344
	Conservative	Jeannette Bird	861	33.91	9.10
	Conservative	Andrew Drummond	845
	Conservative	David Park^†[n 19]	845
	Labour	Sarah Banks	164	5.84	3.95
	Labour	Ronald Williams	143
	Green	Eric Hickson	138	4.92	0.67
	Labour	Shawn Buck	132
	Green	Jose Hickson	125
	Green	Peter Hickson	107
Registered electors			7,578		3,249
Turnout			2,579	34.03	2.79
Rejected ballots			1	0.04	0.15
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Wrythe

The Wrythe (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Stears^†[n 20]	1,176	52.93	New
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Siggins^†[n 20]	1,142
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Thistle^†[n 21]	1,103
	Conservative	Robert Creece	544	25.07	New
	Conservative	Christopher Wortley	540
	Conservative	Marion Williams	536
	Labour	Richard Collier	377	16.96	New
	Labour	Anthony Thorpe	365
	Labour	Bodipala Wijeyesinghe	354
	Green	Karin Andrews	118	5.04	New
	Green	William Fuller	99
Registered electors			7,573		New
Turnout			2,348	31.00	New
Rejected ballots			6	0.26	New
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wallington North

Wallington North (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dodwell*	1,128	43.46	6.35
	Liberal Democrats	Joan McMullen	1,073
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Marvelly*	1,046
	Conservative	Desmond Bowles	961	37.69	10.46
	Conservative	Mark Franks	940
	Conservative	Dee Hyatt	915
	Labour	Margaret Cooper	333	12.42	4.85
	Labour	John Joyce	305
	Labour	Peter Turner	290
	Green	Penelope Mouncey	181	6.43	0.74
	Green	Philip Mouncey	139
Registered electors			7,453		30
Turnout			2,555	34.28	1.41
Rejected ballots			8	0.31	0.02
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Wallington South

Wallington South (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bailey*	1,465	48.20	2.50
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hall*	1,427
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Landeryou	1,411
	Conservative	Daniel Lewis	1,074	35.21	3.83
	Conservative	Paul Scully	1,065
	Conservative	Peter Wootten	1,004
	Labour	Mary Ryan	232	7.01	3.65
	Labour	Clive Poge	211
	Green	Malin Andrews	207	6.59	2.04
	Green	Amanda Lewis	185
	Labour	Paul Wingrove	183
	Monster Raving Loony	Danny Blue	89	2.99	New
Registered electors			7,367		273
Turnout			2,931	39.79	1.49
Rejected ballots			5	0.17	0.01
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Wandle Valley

Wandle Valley (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Andrews*	1,320	54.45	3.98
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Court*	1,296
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Kane	1,271
	Labour	Stephen Lloyd^†[n 22]	743	30.53	8.42
	Labour	John Weir	732
	Labour	Visvanathan Sriganeshakumar	704
	Conservative	Louise Heate	379	15.02	4.44
	Conservative	Patrick Jacques	351
	Conservative	Hilary Wortley	342
Registered electors			7,332		2,403
Turnout			2,530	34.51	2.07
Rejected ballots			6	0.24
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Worcester Park

Worcester Park (3)^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Freeman^†[n 23]	1,327	53.55	New
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Coman^†[n 24]	1,274
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Overy^†[n 25]	1,212
	Conservative	Beryl Moxon	725	29.52	New
	Conservative	Glenys Longhurst	699
	Conservative	Julie Park	678
	Labour	John Evers	249	9.89	New
	Labour	Graham Hosking	229
	Labour	Hilary Hosking	226
	Green	Christopher Holmes	167	7.04	New
Registered electors			7,419		New
Turnout			2,369	31.93	New
Rejected ballots			3	0.13	New
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Notes

1. Keys was a sitting councillor representing the Wallington North ward
2. Moussa was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Richard Aitken in 2001^[8]
3. Smith was a sitting councillor representing the former St Helier North ward
4. Geiringer was a sitting councillor representing the Sutton South ward
5. Cooper was a sitting councillor representing the Carshalton North ward
6. Trevor was a sitting councillor representing the former Cheam South ward
7. Gleeson was a sitting councillor representing the former Cheam West ward
8. Hewitt was a sitting councillor representing the Carshalton North ward
9. Ruxton was a sitting councillor representing the former Worcester Park North ward
10. Bradley was a sitting councillor representing the Worcester Park South ward
11. Roberts was a sitting councillor representing the former Worcester Park South ward
12. Gleeson was a sitting councillor representing the former Cheam West ward
13. Mansell was a sitting councillor representing the former St Helier South ward
14. Theobald was a sitting councillor representing the former St Helier North ward
15. O'Connell and Gallop were sitting councillors representing the former Sutton Common ward
16. Lowne was a sitting councillor representing the former Sutton East ward
17. Morgan was a sitting councillor representing the former St Helier North ward
18. Brims was a sitting councillor representing the former Sutton East ward
19. Park was a sitting councillor representing the former Cheam South ward. He was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Sarah Wallace in 1999^[8]
20. Stears and Siggins were both sitting councillors representing the former Wrythe Green ward
21. Thistle was a sitting councillor representing the Clockhouse ward
22. Lloyd was a sitting councillor representing the former St Helier South ward
23. Freeman was a sitting councillor representing the former North Cheam ward
24. Coman was a sitting councillor representing the former Worcester Park North (ward)
25. Overy was a sitting councillor representing the former Rosehill ward

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