2002 Westminster City Council election
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2002 English local election
Registered133,281
Turnout36,480, 27.37% (
4.62)[1]
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The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a Conservative majority.
New wards
Like all other boroughs in this election, Westminster went through a major redistricting, merging several wards, eliminating others as well as creating new wards. The changes were as follows:[2][3]
- Abbey Road (3 seats)
- Marylebone High Street (3 seats)
- Tachbrook (3 seats)
- Vincent Square (3 seats)
- Warwick (3 seats)
Eliminated wards
- Baker Street (2 seats)
- Cavendish (3 seats)
- Hamilton Terrace (2 seats)
- Lord's (2 seats)
- Millbank (3 seats)
- St George's (3 seats)
- Victoria (2 seats)
Merged wards
- Knightsbridge (2 seats) and Belgrave (2 seats) - Knightsbridge and Belgravia (3 seats)
Expanded wards
- St James's - Increased from 2 to 3 seats
- West End - Increased from 2 to 3 seats
Election results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 48 | 23[n 1] | 22 | 80.00 | 58.84 | 60,245 | |||
| Labour | 12 | 0 | 1 | 20.00 | 28.78 | 29,461 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.01 | 11,272 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 685 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 526 | |||
| London Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 193 | New | ||
| Total | 60 | 102,382 | |||||||
After the election the composition of the council was as follows:
| 12 | 48 |
| Labour | Conservative |
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Abbey Road
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Judith Warner†[n 2] | 1,269 | 55.85 | New | |
| Conservative | Cyril Nemeth†[n 3] | 1,265 | |||
| Conservative | Kevin Gardner†[n 3] | 1,230 | |||
| Labour | Katharine Hoskyns | 338 | 14.20 | New | |
| Labour | Phillida Inman | 313 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Bell | 308 | 13.71 | New | |
| Labour | Margherita Rendel | 306 | |||
| Independent | Elizabeth Maxwell | 217 | 9.66 | New | |
| Independent | Michele Staniland | 148 | 6.59 | New | |
| Registered electors | 6,872 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,901 | 27.66 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.37 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Bayswater
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Frixos Tombolis* | 911 | 52.50 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Brahams* | 908 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Connell | 867 | |||
| Labour | Timothy Nolan | 558 | 30.16 | ||
| Labour | Lewis Baston | 510 | |||
| Labour | Daphne Segre | 475 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Morag Beattle | 319 | 17.34 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Castles | 293 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Monica Kendall | 275 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,978 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,789 | 25.64 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.73 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Bryanston and Dorset Square
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Audrey Lewis | 1,157 | 68.53 | New | |
| Conservative | Carolyn Keen | 1,147 | |||
| Conservative | Angela Hooper†[n 4] | 1,123 | |||
| Labour | Brenda Buxton | 295 | 16.72 | New | |
| Labour | David Bradby | 277 | |||
| Labour | Derek Buckland | 264 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexis Batterbee | 260 | 14.76 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nikhil Seth | 232 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,800 | New | |||
| Turnout | 3,656 | 53.76 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.16 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Church Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barbara Grahame* | 969 | 59.17 | ||
| Labour | Antony Mothersdale*[n 5] | 921 | |||
| Labour | Murad Qureshi* | 905 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Balcombe | 460 | 27.94 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel Defoe | 450 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen Garside | 410 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Black | 211 | 12.89 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Niall Macmahon | 195 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,450 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,659 | 25.72 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 1.02 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Churchill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Havery | 1,378 | 66.87 | ||
| Conservative | John Wyatt | 1,364 | |||
| Conservative | Sarah Richardson | 1,361 | |||
| Labour | Josephine Abercrombie | 499 | 23.22 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Cavalla | 486 | |||
| Labour | Cass Cass-Horne | 444 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Torres | 214 | 10.11 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Bell | 211 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Holmans | 197 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,146 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,222 | 36.15 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.36 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Harrow Road
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Guthrie McKie*[n 6] | 1,029 | 52.19 | ||
| Labour | Sharan Tabari | 952 | |||
| Labour | Josephine Ohene-Djan*[n 6] | 942 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Reid | 362 | 17.44 | ||
| Conservative | Jeremy Fox | 328 | |||
| Green | Paul Miller | 289 | 15.48 | New | |
| Conservative | Edward Vaizey | 287 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Melissa Foux | 278 | 14.89 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,568 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,642 | 25.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.30 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Hyde Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pamela Batty* | 1,095 | 72.34 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Mallinson* | 1,071 | |||
| Conservative | Colin Barrow | 1,066 | |||
| Labour | Louis Al-Dhahir | 250 | 15.62 | ||
| Labour | Prosser-Wegg | 236 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Bridge | 231 | 12.04 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Ogden | 212 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Mackeith | 157 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Esther Stansfield | 150 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,636 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,590 | 23.96 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.57 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Knightsbridge and Belgravia
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Angela Harvey | 1,126 | 77.96 | New | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Blois†[n 7] | 1,124 | |||
| Conservative | Catherine Longworth†[n 7] | 1,114 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Tania Chislett | 144 | 9.36 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Bryden-Brook | 130 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Whitelegge | 130 | |||
| Green | Thomas Bewley | 112 | 7.79 | New | |
| Labour | Peter Cavalla | 74 | 4.89 | New | |
| Labour | Angela Forrester | 72 | |||
| Labour | Malwine Eyre | 65 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,401 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,419 | 22.17 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.28 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Lancaster Gate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Burbridge†[n 8] | 1,180 | 66.51 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Davis* | 1,160 | |||
| Conservative | Simon Milton* | 1,128 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Whitmore | 332 | 18.05 | ||
| Labour | Tony Rea | 310 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Gruneberg | 299 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Baring | 295 | 15.44 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Monica Wilson | 269 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Gray | 241 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,408 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,841 | 24.85 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.49 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Little Venice
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Melvyn Caplan* | 1,177 | 65.99 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Adams | 1,159 | |||
| Conservative | Barbara Schmeling* | 1,147 | |||
| Labour | Paul O'Donnell | 395 | 21.71 | ||
| Labour | Beryl Leaver | 377 | |||
| Labour | Basma Elsafi | 374 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Ryan | 236 | 12.30 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Dearden | 214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Wardle | 199 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,645 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,843 | 27.74 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.43 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Maida Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Janet Prendergast* | 1,179 | 52.74 | ||
| Conservative | Ronald Raymond-Cox* | 1,108 | |||
| Conservative | Alastair Moss | 1,066 | |||
| Labour | David Lancaster | 780 | 35.98 | ||
| Labour | Syed Hayat | 762 | |||
| Labour | Albert Catterall | 745 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Couchman | 279 | 11.28 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Scott | 237 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Zena Lutrin | 201 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,728 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,196 | 32.64 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.46 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
Marylebone High Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Harvey Marshall†[n 9] | 1,328 | 71.79 | New | |
| Conservative | Mark Page†[n 9] | 1,295 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Vearncombe | 1,257 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Stocker | 278 | 14.04 | New | |
| Labour | Mair Garside | 264 | 14.17 | New | |
| Labour | Owain Garside | 255 | |||
| Labour | David Worton | 247 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Brewin | 246 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Sibley | 235 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,751 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,899 | 28.13 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.32 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Queen's Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barrie Taylor* | 1,154 | 61.40 | ||
| Labour | Paul Dimoldenberg* | 1,122 | |||
| Labour | Mushtaq Qureshi* | 1,080 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Prendergast | 318 | 16.94 | ||
| Conservative | Nita Fernandez | 317 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Phibbs | 291 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wardle | 219 | 11.06 | ||
| London Socialist | Monia Kefi | 193 | 10.59 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Silver | 184 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,992 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,836 | 26.26 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.65 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Regent's Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daniel Astaire*[n 10] | 1,145 | 60.36 | ||
| Conservative | Gwyneth Hampson | 1,138 | |||
| Conservative | Timothy Joiner* | 1,079 | |||
| Labour | Peter Denton | 410 | 20.50 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Thomas | 375 | |||
| Labour | David Woodgate | 357 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard de Ste Croix | 207 | 10.47 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Herbert Hartwell | 199 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Thompson | 177 | |||
| Independent | Nasir Qureshi | 161 | 8.67 | New | |
| Registered electors | 6,678 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,860 | 27.85 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.38 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
St James's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Louise Hyams* | 1,056 | 58.99 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy Mitchell†[n 11] | 1,034 | |||
| Conservative | Alexander Nicoll* | 977 | |||
| Labour | Stephanie Ayres | 355 | 19.72 | ||
| Labour | Lynda Giddings | 343 | |||
| Labour | Pamela Eyre | 327 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Marie-Louise Rossi | 255 | 13.10 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bliss | 199 | |||
| Green | Peter Budge | 144 | 8.19 | New | |
| Green | Lydia Howitt | 140 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,439 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,699 | 26.39 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.94 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Tachbrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Bradley†[n 12] | 1,451 | 62.69 | New | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Evans | 1,377 | |||
| Conservative | Dominic Schofield | 1,369 | |||
| Labour | Charles Campion | 583 | 25.01 | New | |
| Labour | William Thomson | 548 | |||
| Labour | Michael Dumigan | 543 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Hayes | 300 | 12.30 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Stevens | 249 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,194 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,313 | 37.34 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.35 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Vincent Square
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Duncan Sandys | 1,351 | 67.74 | New | |
| Conservative | Danny Chalkley | 1,308 | |||
| Conservative | Justin Powell-Tuck | 1,270 | |||
| Labour | Steven Friel | 406 | 19.90 | New | |
| Labour | Gillian Guy | 391 | |||
| Labour | Alen Mathewson | 357 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Lang | 264 | 12.36 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Taverne | 230 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Hobbins | 223 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,199 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,048 | 33.04 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.29 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Warwick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matthew Mitchell | 1,282 | 70.00 | New | |
| Conservative | David Clark | 1,265 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Malthouse†[n 13] | 1,259 | |||
| Labour | Nicholas Gartside | 318 | 14.99 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Brett-Jones | 283 | 15.01 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Dugmore | 261 | |||
| Labour | Violet Spencer | 251 | |||
| Labour | Babette Payne | 246 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,488 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,846 | 28.45 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.43 | New | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
West End
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Glenys Roberts*[n 14] | 949 | 64.65 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Wilder†[n 15] | 938 | |||
| Conservative | John Cox | 919 | |||
| Labour | David Bleda | 409 | 22.19 | ||
| Labour | Harold Brookstone | 340 | |||
| Labour | Richard Hearnden | 214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Pepperrell | 198 | 13.16 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Steers | 191 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Kendrick | 182 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,726 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,577 | 23.45 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.25 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Westbourne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | David Boothroyd | 969 | 62.48 | ||
| Labour | Simon Stockill†[n 16] | 923 | |||
| Labour | Vinod d'Cruz | 908 | |||
| Conservative | Alexander Story | 399 | 24.44 | ||
| Conservative | Mary Agrafiotou | 365 | |||
| Conservative | Iheoma Oteh | 331 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Thompson | 203 | 13.08 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Williams | 202 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Vera Williams | 181 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,182 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,644 | 22.89 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.09 | |||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Notes
- ↑ several wards were eliminated an merged in between this election and the previous election
- ↑ Warner was a sitting councillor representing the Hamilton Terrace ward
- 1 2 Nemeth and Gardner were sitting councillors representing the Lord's ward
- ↑ Hooper was a sitting councillor representing the Baker Street ward
- ↑ Mothersdale was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Ron Harley in 2000[6]
- 1 2 McKie and Ohene-Djan were both elected in a by-election triggered by the resignations of Cllr Jillian Selbourne and Cllr Gary Martin in 2000[6]
- 1 2 Blois and Longworth were sitting councillors representing the Belgrave ward
- ↑ Burbridge was a sitting councillor representing the Maida Vale ward
- 1 2 Marshall and Page were sitting councillors representing the Cavendish ward
- ↑ Astaire was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Jonathan Djanogly in 2001[6]
- ↑ Mitchell was a sitting councillor representing the Victoria ward
- ↑ Bradley was a sitting councillor representing the St George's ward
- ↑ Malthouse was a sitting councillor representing the St George's ward
- ↑ Roberts was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr Glenys Roberts in 1999[6]
- ↑ Wilder was a sitting councillor representing the Baker Street ward
- ↑ Stockill was a sitting councillor representing the Westbourne ward. He replaced Cllr Nicola Russell in a by-election triggered by here resignation in 1999[6]
References
- ↑ Item 7 (PDF), November 27, 2002
- ↑ The City of Westminster (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Westminster (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 2 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. pp. 174–176. Retrieved 27 Sep 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Westminster City Council Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 27 Sep 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. p. 176. Retrieved 30 Sep 2025.
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