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Map of the results of the 2002 Barnet council election.Conservatives in blue,Labour in red andLiberal Democrats in yellow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2002 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofBarnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and theConservative party gained overall control of the council, replacing the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed Barnet for the previous 8 years.[1]
Before the election aLabour-Liberal Democrat coalition ran the council. Since the lastelection in 1998, theLocal Government Commission carried out a periodic electoral review of Barnet under theLocal Government Act 1992 and made a number of boundary changes increasing the number of seats by three.[2][3]
Overall turnout in the election was 34.04%.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 33 | +5 | 52.4 | 42.7 | 94,692 | ||||
| Labour | 24 | -2 | 38.1 | 36.0 | 79,775 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 39,470 | ||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6,822 | ||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 854 | ||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 148 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andreas Tambourides* | 2,278 | 50.6 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel Hope | 2,269 | 50.4 | ||
| Conservative | Lynne Hillan* | 2,267 | 50.3 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey Cooke* | 1,627 | 36.1 | ||
| Labour | Antonakis Vourou | 1,494 | 33.2 | ||
| Labour | Kelly Tebb | 1,488 | 33.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Finlayson | 463 | 10.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Neil | 443 | 9.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Wicksteed | 323 | 7.2 | ||
| Green | Dennis Vigay | 257 | 5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,506 | 40.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Allan Turner* | 1,675 | 69.6 | ||
| Labour | Alan Williams* | 1,657 | 68.8 | ||
| Labour | Linda McFadyen* | 1,496 | 62.2 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Sparrow | 426 | 17.7 | ||
| Conservative | Joanne Williams | 412 | 17.1 | ||
| Conservative | Rene Braun | 411 | 17.1 | ||
| Green | Audrey Poppy | 194 | 8.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Roberts | 145 | 6.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Hatchett | 144 | 6.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hewryk Freszczur | 82 | 3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,407 | 24.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Cohen* | 1,779 | 51.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Monroe Palmer* | 1,775 | 51.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susette Palmer* | 1,703 | 49.1 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Harris | 856 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Herbst | 790 | 22.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jagmail Gill | 740 | 21.3 | ||
| Labour | David Robinson | 717 | 20.7 | ||
| Labour | Claire Farrier | 688 | 19.5 | ||
| Labour | Dilip Mitra | 607 | 17.5 | ||
| Green | Julie Rosenfield | 288 | 8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,469 | 29.4 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Danish Chopra* | 1,314 | 61.9 | ||
| Labour | Gillian Sargeant* | 1,302 | 61.3 | ||
| Labour | Alan Sloam | 1,219 | 57.4 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Dyall | 376 | 17.7 | ||
| Conservative | Marilyn Manning | 376 | 17.7 | ||
| Conservative | Ashton Doherty | 374 | 17.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Estermann | 294 | 13.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Reynolds | 282 | 13.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Jacobs | 238 | 11.2 | ||
| Green | John Incenzo | 156 | 7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,123 | 20.7 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Rogers* | 1,816 | 51.3 | ||
| Labour | Barry Rawlings* | 1,742 | 49.2 | ||
| Labour | Soon-Hoe Teh | 1,578 | 44.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mukesh Depala | 1,119 | 31.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Shrank | 1,086 | 30.7 | ||
| Conservative | Poli Tsoukka | 1,026 | 29.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Ashfield | 443 | 12.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Lamprell | 439 | 12.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Sullivan | 387 | 10.9 | ||
| Green | David Gutmann | 381 | 10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,542 | 31.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Olwen Evans* | 2,157 | 46.3 | ||
| Conservative | Terence Burton | 2,074 | 44.6 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Steinberg | 2,069 | 44.4 | ||
| Labour | Anne Jarvis* | 1,969 | 42.3 | ||
| Labour | Gordon Massey | 1,792 | 38.5 | ||
| Labour | Timothy Roberts | 1,706 | 36.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Wardle | 461 | 9.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leonard Watkins | 441 | 9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Mayes | 394 | 8.5 | ||
| Green | Tracey Mason | 393 | 8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 4,655 | 40.6 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Moore* | 2,013 | 54.0 | ||
| Labour | Colin Rogers | 1,933 | 51.8 | ||
| Labour | Phil Yeoman* | 1,900 | 50.9 | ||
| Conservative | Dermott Donnelly | 879 | 23.6 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Berkeley | 823 | 22.1 | ||
| Conservative | Manish Depala | 798 | 21.4 | ||
| Green | Noel Lynch | 626 | 16.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Arram | 547 | 14.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barber | 489 | 13.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Avery | 365 | 9.8 | ||
| UKIP | Stuart Rising | 148 | 4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,730 | 35.1 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Helena Hart | 1,861 | 51.8 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Lester* | 1,854 | 51.6 | ||
| Conservative | Joan Scannell* | 1,792 | 49.9 | ||
| Labour | Harold Russell | 966 | 26.9 | ||
| Labour | Rajasingham Jayadevan | 897 | 25.0 | ||
| Labour | Pierre Jeanmarie | 859 | 23.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elias Abeles | 592 | 16.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mira Levy | 468 | 13.0 | ||
| Independent | Colin Leci | 331 | 9.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Diana Iwi | 292 | 8.1 | ||
| Green | Debra Green | 251 | 7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,590 | 32.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Eva Greenspan* | 2,126 | 58.7 | ||
| Conservative | Leslie Sussman* | 2,047 | 56.5 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Freer* | 1,971 | 54.4 | ||
| Labour | Mary McGuirk | 930 | 25.7 | ||
| Labour | Nick Guest | 919 | 25.4 | ||
| Labour | Lily Mitchell | 899 | 24.8 | ||
| Green | Miranda Dunn | 396 | 10.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Rodwell | 387 | 10.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Millicent Watkins | 344 | 9.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lusher | 331 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,623 | 34.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | John Marshall* | 2,262 | 56.0 | ||
| Conservative | Vanessa Gearson* | 1,913 | 47.3 | ||
| Conservative | Jazmin Naghar* | 1,815 | 44.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Harris | 1,343 | 33.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison Marshall | 1,286 | 31.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Kovar | 1,124 | 27.8 | ||
| Labour | Rachel Cashman | 549 | 13.6 | ||
| Labour | Fred Tyler | 435 | 10.8 | ||
| Labour | Julian Mason | 414 | 10.2 | ||
| Green | Andrew Farrer | 313 | 7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,042 | 38.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Melvin Cohen* | 2,160 | 59.4 | ||
| Conservative | Aba Dunner* | 2,154 | 59.2 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Harris* | 2,019 | 55.5 | ||
| Labour | Mira Goldberg | 1,014 | 27.9 | ||
| Labour | Jean Thorp | 945 | 26.0 | ||
| Labour | Bill Thorp | 893 | 24.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Leonie Stephen | 304 | 8.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Inge Graber | 285 | 7.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Sutcliffe | 267 | 7.3 | ||
| Green | Dolores Incenzo | 229 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,639 | 37.4 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Steven Blomer* | 1,879 | 44.6 | ||
| Labour | Ruth Nyman* | 1,855 | 44.0 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Gordon* | 1,801 | 42.7 | ||
| Labour | Zakia Zubairi | 1,678 | 39.8 | ||
| Conservative | Caroline Margo | 1,618 | 38.4 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Rayner | 1,598 | 37.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Phyllis Fiander | 446 | 10.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Gottsche | 433 | 10.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Rowlands | 407 | 9.7 | ||
| Green | David Lake | 256 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,215 | 36.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Tony Finn* | 1,591 | 45.1 | ||
| Conservative | Maureen Braun* | 1,492 | 42.3 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Offord | 1,345 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Moleman | 1,122 | 31.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Green | 1,084 | 30.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Deller | 1,039 | 29.4 | ||
| Labour | Aubrey Ross | 827 | 23.4 | ||
| Labour | Anthony Boulton | 668 | 18.9 | ||
| Labour | Doreen Neall | 662 | 18.7 | ||
| Green | Georgia Theodorou | 207 | 5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,531 | 30.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Wendy Prentice* | 2,225 | 54.9 | ||
| Conservative | Katia David* | 2,129 | 52.5 | ||
| Conservative | Kanti Patel* | 1,989 | 49.1 | ||
| Labour | Alison Rogers | 1,054 | 26.0 | ||
| Labour | Glyn Thomas | 954 | 23.5 | ||
| Labour | Liam Cook | 937 | 23.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Nowell | 578 | 14.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Harris | 549 | 13.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Barton | 490 | 12.1 | ||
| Green | Tim Riley | 478 | 11.8 | ||
| Independent | Chris Johnson | 273 | 6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,055 | 37.6 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Wayne Casey* | 2,434 | 60.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Davies* | 2,344 | 57.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Hooker* | 2,089 | 51.6 | ||
| Conservative | John Hart | 1,081 | 26.7 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Amsterdam | 1,061 | 26.2 | ||
| Conservative | Sachin Rajput | 960 | 23.7 | ||
| Labour | James Wragg | 460 | 11.4 | ||
| Labour | Vinod Sodha | 453 | 11.2 | ||
| Labour | Saira Hettiarachchi | 439 | 10.9 | ||
| Green | Pablo De Mello | 256 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 4,046 | 36.0 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Brian Salinger* | 1,889 | 48.9 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Newton | 1,860 | 48.1 | ||
| Conservative | Gerard Silverstone | 1,828 | 47.3 | ||
| Labour | Kathleen Levine | 1,234 | 31.9 | ||
| Labour | David McNulty | 1,209 | 31.3 | ||
| Labour | Ross Houston | 1,194 | 30.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Ferguson | 565 | 14.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Wicksteed | 528 | 13.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brigid Povah | 456 | 11.8 | ||
| Green | Angela Ryan | 335 | 8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,864 | 33.8 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Brian Coleman* | 2,145 | 60.8 | ||
| Conservative | Victor Lyon* | 2,120 | 60.1 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Edson* | 2,075 | 58.8 | ||
| Labour | Marianne Haylett | 766 | 21.7 | ||
| Labour | Jacques Astruc | 701 | 19.9 | ||
| Labour | Robert Persad | 621 | 17.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Keech | 497 | 14.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Victor Corney | 453 | 12.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 430 | 12.2 | ||
| Green | Brian Jacobs | 367 | 10.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,529 | 34.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Fiona Bulmer | 1,936 | 44.6 | ||
| Labour | Anita Campbell* | 1,869 | 43.0 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Davis | 1,850 | 42.6 | ||
| Conservative | Joan Levinson | 1,780 | 41.0 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Coakley-Webb* | 1,750 | 40.3 | ||
| Labour | Chris Underwood | 1,604 | 36.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Keech | 393 | 9.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Davies | 370 | 8.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Cole | 359 | 8.3 | ||
| Green | Colin Newman | 331 | 7.6 | ||
| Independent | James Crawford | 147 | 3.4 | ||
| Independent | George Tranda | 103 | 2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 4,344 | 38.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Kitty Lyons* | 1,795 | 47.6 | ||
| Labour | Kath McGuirk* | 1,770 | 47.0 | ||
| Labour | Jim Tierney* | 1,732 | 46.0 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick Foley | 1,234 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Kilmister | 1,188 | 31.5 | ||
| Conservative | Syed Meer | 1,098 | 29.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Turner | 502 | 13.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Blount | 456 | 12.1 | ||
| Green | Gustav Clarkson | 448 | 11.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Davis | 433 | 11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,768 | 35.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Arun Ghosh* | 1,614 | 51.9 | ||
| Labour | Agnes Slocombe* | 1,561 | 50.2 | ||
| Labour | Ansuya Sodha* | 1,431 | 46.0 | ||
| Conservative | Asher Bornstein | 994 | 32.0 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Lee | 932 | 30.0 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Grenfell | 882 | 28.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Levy | 388 | 12.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Coward | 330 | 10.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Shirley Rodwell | 315 | 10.1 | ||
| Green | Christine Antoniou | 228 | 7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,109 | 29.0 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Anne Hutton | 1,953 | 47.2 | ||
| Labour | Mark Langton | 1,935 | 46.8 | ||
| Labour | Alan Schneiderman | 1,717 | 41.5 | ||
| Conservative | Victor Kaye | 1,486 | 35.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jolanta Broom | 1,483 | 35.9 | ||
| Conservative | Satpal Chadha | 1,442 | 34.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Murphy | 493 | 11.9 | ||
| Green | Gardi Vaswani | 432 | 10.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rita Druiff | 416 | 10.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rita Landeryou | 411 | 9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,134 | 36.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Claire Farrier | 1,774 | 76.0 | +7.2 | |
| Conservative | Sachin Rajput | 329 | 14.1 | −3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Diana C. Iwi | 178 | 7.6 | +1.6 | |
| Green | Edelgard Vaswani | 53 | 2.3 | −5.8 | |
| Majority | 1,445 | 61.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,334 | 23.2 | −1.1 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan J. Williams.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | David Mencer | 1,329 | 43.7 | −0.3 | |
| Conservative | Lesley G. Evans | 1,175 | 38.7 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive S. M. Cohen | 423 | 13.9 | +3.3 | |
| Green | David G. Williams | 113 | 3.7 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 154 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,040 | 26.6 | −9.9 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ruth J. Nyman.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Zakia Zubairi | 1,154 | 63.4 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | Alan R. Maund | 299 | 16.4 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey A. Jacobs | 220 | 12.1 | +0.9 | |
| Green | David G. Williams | 73 | 4.0 | −3.3 | |
| UKIP | Melvyn Smallman | 45 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Mirsad Becirovic | 29 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 855 | 47.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,820 | 20.1 | −0.6 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Alan M. Sloam.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Andrew Harper | 3,365 | 50.7 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Harris | 1,834 | 27.6 | −5.6 | |
| Labour | Kenneth Murrell | 1,154 | 17.4 | +3.8 | |
| Green | Miranda Dunn | 242 | 3.6 | −4.1 | |
| UKIP | Primrose Chamberlin | 42 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 1,531 | 23.1 | |||
| Turnout | 6,637 | 66.9 | +28.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa R. Gearson.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Duncan C. Macdonald | 1,409 | 44.4 | +30.1 | |
| Conservative | Bridget T. Perry | 1,295 | 40.8 | −8.3 | |
| Labour | Timothy J. K. Roberts | 354 | 11.2 | −14.8 | |
| Green | Audrey Poppy | 89 | 2.8 | −9.0 | |
| Independent | Christopher V. Johnson | 26 | 0.7 | −6.0 | |
| Majority | 114 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,173 | 30.4 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kantilal S. Patel in October 2005.[8] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election.[9]