
The2002 Swale Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofSwaleBorough Council inKent,England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since thelast election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by two.[1] TheConservative Party gained overall control of the council fromno overall control.[2]
The Conservatives gained control of the council after taking 10 seats from theLiberal Democrats.[3] Overallturnout at the election was 31.66%.[4]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 25 | +10 | 53.2 | 43.6 | 23,301 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | -10 | 25.5 | 22.2 | 11,892 | ||||
| Labour | 10 | -2 | 21.3 | 32.5 | 17,365 | ||||
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 652 | ||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 276 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bryan Mulhern | 652 | |||
| Labour | Peter Salmon | 550 | |||
| Conservative | Anita Walker | 548 | |||
| Labour | Trevor Payne | 490 | |||
| Turnout | 2,240 | 32.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Woodland | 246 | 45.1 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Hoare | 231 | 42.3 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Donnellan | 69 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 15 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 546 | 31.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Bowles | 950 | |||
| Conservative | George Bobbin | 917 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Rowe | 360 | |||
| Labour | Edwina Adderley | 337 | |||
| Turnout | 2,564 | 33.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roger Truelove | 514 | |||
| Labour | Ghlin Whelan | 454 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Spurling | 394 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Banks | 392 | |||
| Conservative | Edward Gent | 236 | |||
| Conservative | Patricia Martin | 229 | |||
| Turnout | 2,219 | 30.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Tovey | 414 | 62.0 | ||
| Labour | Caroline MacDonald | 254 | 38.0 | ||
| Majority | 160 | 24.0 | |||
| Turnout | 668 | 35.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Prescott | 552 | 75.8 | ||
| Labour | Jeremy Wilson | 176 | 24.2 | ||
| Majority | 376 | 51.6 | |||
| Turnout | 728 | 36.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Lowe | 542 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Manning | 508 | |||
| Conservative | David Goodwin | 296 | |||
| Conservative | Daphne Wyatt | 295 | |||
| Labour | John Lewis | 197 | |||
| Labour | Gail Martin | 141 | |||
| Turnout | 1,979 | 28.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gerald Lewin | 820 | |||
| Conservative | John Wright | 762 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Dunster | 421 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Mould | 389 | |||
| Labour | Timothy Higgins | 267 | |||
| Labour | Matthew Wheatcroft | 192 | |||
| Turnout | 2,851 | 34.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Goodger | 337 | 56.3 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqueline Alcon | 147 | 24.5 | ||
| Labour | David Walker | 115 | 19.2 | ||
| Majority | 190 | 31.8 | |||
| Turnout | 599 | 33.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brenda Simpson | 572 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Gent | 464 | |||
| Labour | Maureen Phillips | 207 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Stammers | 185 | |||
| Labour | Anthony Winckless | 157 | |||
| Turnout | 1,585 | 22.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Boden | 354 | 59.6 | ||
| Labour | Alison Seymour-Jones | 124 | 20.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Partis | 65 | 10.9 | ||
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | James Mumford | 51 | 8.6 | ||
| Majority | 230 | 38.7 | |||
| Turnout | 594 | 28.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Elvina Lowe | 564 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Baldock | 523 | |||
| Labour | Anthony Phillips | 475 | |||
| Labour | Fiona Gowdy | 457 | |||
| Conservative | Sylvia Bennett | 146 | |||
| Conservative | Reginald Gent | 137 | |||
| Turnout | 2,302 | 32.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Stanford | 702 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Brown | 610 | |||
| Conservative | Adrian Crowther | 606 | |||
| Conservative | Robin Harris | 552 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Groves | 549 | |||
| Labour | Kedar Prasad | 529 | |||
| Conservative | Benjamin Stokes | 529 | |||
| Labour | Florence Dethridge | 426 | |||
| Labour | Mark Tucker | 401 | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Michael Young | 82 | |||
| Turnout | 4,457 | 33.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Calvert | 546 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Wherrell | 526 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Stevens | 266 | |||
| Labour | Phyllis Stevens | 249 | |||
| Conservative | Martin Clarke | 146 | |||
| Conservative | Keith Ferrin | 132 | |||
| Turnout | 1,865 | 26.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Constable | 814 | |||
| Conservative | Paul Hayes | 810 | |||
| Conservative | Martin Goodhew | 698 | |||
| Conservative | Sandra Garside | 628 | |||
| Labour | Philip Gull | 620 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Higgisn | 551 | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Christopher Driver | 331 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Ellis | 174 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Ellis | 166 | |||
| Turnout | 4,792 | 32.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Simon Clark | 649 | |||
| Labour | Michael Haywood | 616 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | William Daw | 377 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Renee Wherrell | 356 | |||
| Conservative | Mayuri Patel | 163 | |||
| Conservative | Nailesh Patel | 152 | |||
| Turnout | 2,313 | 32.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Smart | 453 | |||
| Labour | Mary Ronan | 445 | |||
| Conservative | David Jones | 291 | |||
| Conservative | Kenneth Mackness | 276 | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Christopher Austin | 87 | |||
| Turnout | 1,552 | 24.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Angela Harrison | 625 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Worrall | 619 | |||
| Independent | David Cassidy | 176 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Gallagher | 167 | |||
| Conservative | John Marsh | 111 | |||
| Turnout | 1,698 | 25.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Morris | 509 | |||
| Conservative | Timothy Hammond | 504 | |||
| Conservative | Christine Coles | 483 | |||
| Labour | John Crouch | 447 | |||
| Labour | Ronald Smith | 390 | |||
| Labour | Libby Tucker | 381 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Brown | 219 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Choppen | 142 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Martin | 132 | |||
| Rock 'n' Roll Loony | Alma Driver | 101 | |||
| Turnout | 3,308 | 23.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Cosgrove | 631 | |||
| Conservative | Trevor Fentiman | 618 | |||
| Labour | Paul Durkin | 455 | |||
| Labour | Lionel Vaughan | 439 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Stanford | 226 | |||
| Turnout | 2,369 | 32.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Hammond | 546 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Davidson | 488 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Norris | 439 | |||
| Conservative | Derek Carnell | 399 | |||
| Labour | Edward Norton | 191 | |||
| Labour | Kenneth Rowles | 157 | |||
| Independent | Bernard Bibby | 100 | |||
| Turnout | 2,320 | 35.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sylvia Butt | 687 | |||
| Conservative | Richard Barnicott | 611 | |||
| Labour | Martin Bellis | 436 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Lutman | 409 | |||
| Turnout | 2,143 | 29.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Cynthia Davis | 1,094 | |||
| Conservative | David Simmons | 1,036 | |||
| Labour | Michael Frohnsdorff | 401 | |||
| Labour | Barry Hefferon | 367 | |||
| Turnout | 2,898 | 41.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Donald Jordan | 541 | 72.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Jenkins | 109 | 14.5 | ||
| Labour | Kay Murphy | 101 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | 432 | 57.5 | |||
| Turnout | 751 | 39.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Willicombe | 932 | |||
| Conservative | Jean Willicombe | 834 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne McLean | 747 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Baxter | 711 | |||
| Labour | Jeane Holmes | 200 | |||
| Labour | Andrew Cooper | 192 | |||
| Turnout | 3,616 | 47.1 | |||