2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election

2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election

2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
18 of 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Lab LD Leader F. John Smith David Kearns Steve Jarvis Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 27 19 3 Seats after 28 17 4 Seat change 1 2 1
Leader before election F. John Smith Conservative Leader after election F. John Smith Conservative

The 2002 North Hertfordshire District Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. 18 of the 49 seats on North Hertfordshire District Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Royston Heath ward.^[1]

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk(*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.^[2][3]

Baldock Town ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Muir*	1,357	65.4	+8.3
	Labour	Rodney Leete	487	23.5	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Hollands	230	11.1	+2.7
Turnout				36.8
Registered electors			5,640
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.7

Codicote ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Omer* (Karry Omer)	600	55.7	−4.1
	Conservative	Alan Bardett	478	44.3	+11.8
Turnout				53.3
Registered electors			2,027
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Hitchin Bearton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Terry	849	50.4	−0.8
	Conservative	Pat Cherry	507	30.1	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Catchpole	187	11.1	+3.9
	Green	Nigel Howitt	142	8.4	+4.9
Turnout				31.8
Registered electors			5,326
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Hitchin Highbury ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clark*	1,405	63.4	+5.7
	Conservative	Ray Shakespeare-Smith	713	32.2	−10.1
	Green	George Winston Howe	98	4.4	+4.4
Turnout				40.8
Registered electors			5,466
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.9

Hitchin Oughton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Billing	656	58.6	−4.3
	Conservative	Tony Strong	308	27.5	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ingeborg Sutcliffe	156	13.9	+6.5
Turnout				29.9
Registered electors			3,750
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.6

Hitchin Priory ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allison Ashley	991	64.4	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Heather MacMillan	314	20.4	+9.1
	Labour	Tanjeet Rehal	234	15.2	−1.7
Turnout				38.9
Registered electors			3,962
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.3

Hitchin Walsworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Lunn*	1,000	46.8	−1.3
	Conservative	David Miller	847	39.6	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Shirley	198	9.3	+1.0
	Green	Evelyn Howe	92	4.3	−1.4
Turnout				39.5
Registered electors			5,423
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Kimpton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Horrell*	551	72.9	−6.2
	Labour	Jean Wood	100	13.2	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ircha	67	8.9	+8.9
	Green	David Ashton	38	5.0	+5.0
Turnout				44.5
Registered electors			1,710
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Knebworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Gray*	826	61.9	−10.3
	Labour	David Stears	266	19.9	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilkins	183	13.7	+0.8
	Green	Stuart Madgin	60	4.5	+0.9
Turnout				33.8
Registered electors			3,955
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.5

Letchworth East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Hartley*	650	47.5	−1.9
	Conservative	Elizabeth Allen	356	26.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gammell	241	17.6	+2.7
	Green	Eric Blakeley	120	8.8	+8.8
Turnout				29.3
Registered electors			5,292
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Letchworth Grange ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Mardell*	920	59.2	+8.6
	Conservative	Judith Gower	439	28.2	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Minards Gammell	195	12.5	+0.5
Turnout				30.1
Registered electors			5,171
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

Letchworth South East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barry	811	44.5	−1.0
	Labour	Nigel Agar*	656	36.0	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Winder	355	19.5	+1.5
Turnout				35.7
Registered electors			5,117
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-0.2

Letchworth South West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Kingman	1,369	47.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Neil Refern*	1,244	43.5	−3.8
	Labour	Jacqueline Hartley	247	8.6	+1.4
Turnout				50.7
Registered electors			5,653
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.1

Letchworth Wilbury ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Mantle*	578	54.1	−1.8
	Conservative	Jessica Cook	333	31.2	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Butcher	157	14.7	+2.6
Turnout				26.7
Registered electors			4,023
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Royston Heath ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Greenwood	671	54.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Peter Burt*	651	52.9	+0.2
	Labour	Robin Anthony King	350	28.4	+3.4
	Labour	Kenneth Garland	322	26.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Ledden	283	23.0	+0.7
Turnout				31.6
Registered electors			3,897
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election in Royston Heath was to replace Conservative councillor Rod Kennedy.

Royston Meridian ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hunter*	611	53.0	−1.1
	Labour	Dorothy Fryer	309	26.8	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Baxter	232	20.1	+0.3
Turnout				31.2
Registered electors			3,704
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

Royston Palace ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Davidson	543	51.5	+3.5
	Labour	Les Baker*	512	48.5	+18.1
Turnout				28.0
Registered electors			3,805
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-7.3

References

1. "The District of North Hertfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1998/2555, retrieved 14 March 2023
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Hertfordshire District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
3. "May 2002 Election Results". North Hertfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2002. Retrieved 16 March 2023.