2002 Adur District Council election

Elections to Adur District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 33%.

The Conservatives won 9 of the 14 seats up for election after the Liberal Democrats did not stand any candidates.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	5	0	+5	64.3	49.3	7,856	+8.5%
Labour	4	0	1	-1	28.6	40.6	6,468	+12.2%
Independent	1	0	0	0	7.1	4.8	765	-3.0%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	341	+2.1%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	264	+1.7%
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	132	+0.8%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	4	-4	0	0.7	109	-22.2%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Blunden	892	68.9	+5.7
	Labour	Peter Osmond	293	22.6	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter West	109	8.4	−14.6
Majority			599	46.3	+6.1
Turnout			1,294

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Kerner	680	56.4	+18.8
	Labour	Joyce Bridges	394	32.7	−0.8
	Socialist Alliance	Jane Bromley	132	10.9	+10.9
Majority			286	23.7	+19.6
Turnout			1,206

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Bashford	590	57.9	+7.2
	Conservative	Suzanne McGregor	429	42.1	+18.2
Majority			161	15.8	−9.5
Turnout			1,019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Munnery	702	56.8	+14.5
	Conservative	Paul Berseford-Hough	534	43.2	+0.0
Majority			168	13.6
Turnout			1,236

2002 Adur District Council election

Results

Ward results

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Willson	756	55.8	+21.2
	Conservative	Kathryn Lyon	599	44.2	+0.1
Majority			157	11.6	+2.1
Turnout			1,355

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Dollemore	583	54.7	+15.8
	Labour	Ronald Horne	280	26.3	+14.0
	UKIP	Lionel Parsons	203	19.0	+19.0
Majority			303	28.4
Turnout			1,066

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Maurice Pitchford	765	74.7
	Green	Moyra Martin	143	14.0
	Labour	Stephen Mear	116	11.3
Majority			622	60.7
Turnout			1,024

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Susan Alexander	419
	Conservative	Carol Bradburn	411
	Labour	Ann Bridges	382
	Labour	Jeanette White	357
Turnout			1,568

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Mendoza	514	55.5	+14.0
	Labour	John Wales	412	44.5	+15.7
Majority			102	11.0	−0.8
Turnout			926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Parkin	706	49.8	+5.7
	Labour	Phillip Jones	452	31.9	−3.6
	UKIP	Kenneth Bishop	138	9.7	+9.7
	Green	Vincent Tilsley	121	8.5	+8.5
Majority			254	17.9	+9.3
Turnout			1,417

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia King	601	51.6	+9.3
	Conservative	Felicity Deen	563	48.4	+3.6
Majority			38	3.2
Turnout			1,164

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Julie Searle	692	61.2
	Labour	Alan Mair	438	38.8
Majority			254	22.4
Turnout			1,130

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Nicklen	834	54.5	+1.9
	Labour	Adrienne Lowe	695	45.5	+14.3
Majority			139	9.0	−12.4
Turnout			1,529