
The2002 Cherwell District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofCherwellDistrict Council inOxfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since thelast election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 2.[1] TheConservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
The election saw the twoindependentcouncillors and one independent Socialist councillor stand down from the council after deciding not to seek re-election.[3] When the candidates were announced, five Conservatives including the leader of the council, George Reynolds, were unopposed in the election.[4] The results saw the Conservative Party consolidate their control of the council after winning 37 of the 50 seats on the council including all of the seats inBicester.[5][6]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 37 | +4 | 74.0 | 51.3 | 28,899 | -0.2% | |||
| Labour | 11 | -1 | 22.0 | 31.7 | 17,876 | +2.5% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | -2 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 9,023 | -3.3% | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 319 | +0.6% | |||
| Independent | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.4 | 212 | +0.4% | |||
| Independent Labour | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J Harper | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A Fulljames | 513 | 64.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | C Bearder | 197 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | M Lynch | 81 | 10.2 | ||
| Majority | 316 | 40.0 | |||
| Turnout | 791 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J Macnamara | 715 | |||
| Conservative | T Miall | 610 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | R Makepeace | 538 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | P Makepeace | 502 | |||
| Labour | M Stuart | 158 | |||
| Turnout | 2,523 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E Macleod | 609 | |||
| Conservative | A Milne Home | 607 | |||
| Labour | T Conrad | 421 | |||
| Labour | M Weir | 349 | |||
| Turnout | 1,986 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K Mallon | 1,172 | |||
| Conservative | C Blackwell | 1,154 | |||
| Conservative | B Smith | 1,108 | |||
| Labour | D Bullock | 512 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | D Nash | 477 | |||
| Labour | B Dhesi | 471 | |||
| Labour | K Harper | 434 | |||
| Turnout | 5,328 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R Collins | 810 | |||
| Labour | N Mepham | 748 | |||
| Labour | S Mold | 721 | |||
| Conservative | C Bonner | 619 | |||
| Conservative | A Carney | 564 | |||
| Conservative | J Vine | 522 | |||
| Turnout | 3,984 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E Milne | 524 | |||
| Conservative | M Fermoy | 498 | |||
| Conservative | N Turner | 447 | |||
| Labour | M Hunt | 373 | |||
| Labour | R Mold | 285 | |||
| Independent | C Rowe | 212 | |||
| Turnout | 2,339 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R Doy | 613 | |||
| Labour | S Dhesi | 585 | |||
| Conservative | B Scutter | 312 | |||
| Conservative | G Wills | 306 | |||
| Turnout | 1,816 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G Parish | 831 | |||
| Labour | P Cartledge | 770 | |||
| Labour | J Justice | 761 | |||
| Conservative | K Strangewood | 575 | |||
| Conservative | P Tompson | 477 | |||
| Conservative | T Wren | 475 | |||
| Turnout | 3,889 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G Archer | 600 | |||
| Conservative | A Kempton | 551 | |||
| Labour | J Hanna | 543 | |||
| Labour | A Roberts | 473 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | O Afilaka | 157 | |||
| Turnout | 2,324 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L Pratt | 781 | |||
| Conservative | E Gilmore | 743 | |||
| Labour | S Moss | 310 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | A Murray | 256 | |||
| Labour | A Koumas | 255 | |||
| Turnout | 2,345 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L Stratford | 480 | |||
| Conservative | R Stratford | 419 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | N Cotter | 267 | |||
| Labour | N Cherry | 212 | |||
| Turnout | 1,378 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D Pickford | 621 | |||
| Conservative | D Edwards | 611 | |||
| Labour | W Spencer | 471 | |||
| Labour | D Wood | 438 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | N Walton | 178 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | D Connett | 171 | |||
| Turnout | 2,490 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | N Bolster | 934 | |||
| Conservative | D Spencer | 902 | |||
| Conservative | R Hurle | 880 | |||
| Labour | L Sibley | 819 | |||
| Labour | P Pointer | 706 | |||
| Labour | A Hasted | 643 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | R Wills | 277 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | D Atsoparthis | 214 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | P Johnson | 206 | |||
| Turnout | 5,581 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E Heath | 1,210 | |||
| Conservative | L Smart | 1,117 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | P Davis | 642 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | A Kaye | 605 | |||
| Turnout | 3,574 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C Fulljames | 451 | 75.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | W Bruder | 80 | 13.3 | ||
| Labour | M Blacker | 70 | 11.6 | ||
| Majority | 371 | 61.7 | |||
| Turnout | 601 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R Higham | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P O'Sullivan | 578 | 59.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | M Squires | 396 | 40.7 | ||
| Majority | 282 | 18.6 | |||
| Turnout | 974 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | B Wood | 526 | 70.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | R Rookwood | 222 | 29.7 | ||
| Majority | 304 | 40.6 | |||
| Turnout | 748 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D Gasson | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | C Pack | 568 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | J Wyse | 544 | |||
| Conservative | S Goodgame | 464 | |||
| Conservative | M Young | 450 | |||
| Labour | J Ruiz | 368 | |||
| Labour | C Witcher | 347 | |||
| Green | J Warren | 144 | |||
| Turnout | 2,885 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A Hornsby-Smith | 982 | |||
| Labour | R Laynes | 982 | |||
| Labour | J Stansby | 901 | |||
| Conservative | O Kelland | 587 | |||
| Conservative | B Carter | 583 | |||
| Conservative | J Lord | 522 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | D Rae | 394 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | A Graham | 382 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | V Robinson | 303 | |||
| Turnout | 5,636 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | N Godwin | 510 | 57.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | B Wing | 385 | 43.0 | ||
| Majority | 125 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 895 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D Hughes | 670 | 77.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | R Brown | 200 | 23.0 | ||
| Majority | 470 | 54.0 | |||
| Turnout | 870 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T Hallchurch | 459 | 60.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | E Yardley | 301 | 39.6 | ||
| Majority | 158 | 20.8 | |||
| Turnout | 760 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G Reynolds | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L Mansell | unopposed | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M Hastings | 735 | |||
| Conservative | V Billington | 708 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | M Gibbard | 316 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | A Craddock | 245 | |||
| Labour | C Arakelian | 226 | |||
| Labour | G Taylor | 207 | |||
| Green | N Goodwin | 175 | |||
| Turnout | 2,612 | ||||