2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election

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15 out of 39 seats toHertsmere Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Registered	63,279
Turnout	32.8% (2.5%)
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats won 7 4 Seats after 24 9 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 10,145 6,425 Percentage 44.8% 28.4% Swing 13.0% 0.8%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 4 0 Seats after 5 1 Seat change Popular vote 4,988 888 Percentage 22.0% 3.9% Swing 8.2 3.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election. Seats in white were not contested.
Control before election Conservative Control after election Conservative

The2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofHertsmere Borough Council inHertfordshire,England.^[1] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections.

One third of the council was up for election and theConservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 22 seats, compared to 10 forLabour, 5Liberal Democrats and 2independents.^[3] Since the2000 election 2 Labourcouncillors, husband and wife Martin and Jean Heywood, had left the party and became independents.^[4]

13 of the 15wards had seats contested in 2002, with onlyAldenham East and Aldenham West having no election.^[5] The Conservative and Labour parties both had 5 seats up for election, while the Liberal Democrats defended 4 and the independents had 1 seat being contested.^[5]

The Conservatives increased their majority after gaining 2 seats from Labour to have 24 councillors, compared to 9 for Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.^[3] The Conservatives gainedBorehamwood Hillside by 74 votes, with the winning candidate, Sandra Parnell, becoming the first Conservative councillor for Borehamwood since 1976.^[3] The other Conservative gain came inShenley, where Rosemary Gilligan took the seat by 154 votes, after the Conservatives had gained the other seat in the ward at the last election in 2000.^[3]

Despite losing 2 seats Labour did gain a seat in Borehamwood Cowley Hill by 193 votes defeating independent Jean Heywood.^[3] Heywood had left Labour to sit as an independent in 2001 and both she and the Labour candidate Joe Goldberg accused the other of dirty tricks during the campaign.^[3] Overallturnout at the election was 32.6%, an increase from 30.6% in 2000.^[6]

Following the election the remaining independent councillor, Martin Heywood, joined the Conservatives, taking the Conservatives to a then record 25 seats on the council.^[4]

2002 Hertsmere Borough Council election[7][8][9]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	2	46.7	15	24	61.5	10,145	44.8	–13.0
	Labour	4	2	26.7	5	9	23.1	6,425	28.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	4		26.7	1	5	12.8	4,988	22.0	+8.2
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	0.0	888	3.9	+3.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	108	0.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	95	0.4	N/A

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Borehamwood Brookmeadow^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Len Silverstone*	736	60.2	+3.1
	Conservative	Simon Rubner	487	39.8	–3.1
Majority			249	20.4	+6.2
Turnout			1,223	24.4	+3.8
Registered electors			5,058
	Labourhold		Swing	3.8

Borehamwood Hillside^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Parnell	1,054	51.8	+2.1
	Labour	Anthony Scott-Norman	980	48.2	–2.1
Majority			74	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,034	35.3	+2.6
Registered electors			5,806
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	2.1

Bushey Heath^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Gealy*	1,110	67.5	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Forsyth	361	22.0	+0.1
	Labour	Dinah Hoeksma	173	10.5	±0.0
Majority			749	45.5	–0.2
Turnout			1,644	32.0	+3.2
Registered electors			5,163
	Conservativehold		Swing	0.1

Bushey Park^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Hodgson*	651	46.9	+7.6
	Conservative	Anne Swerling	628	45.2	–8.7
	Labour	James Sowerbutts	110	7.9	+1.1
Majority			23	1.7	N/A
Turnout			1,389	40.7	+0.9
Registered electors			3,426
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	8.2

Bushey St. James^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Zita Hobbs	1,311	59.1	+18.3
	Conservative	David Bertin	748	33.7	–14.6
	Labour	Christine Sowerbutts	158	7.1	–3.8
Majority			563	25.4	N/A
Turnout			2,217	40.0	+7.2
Registered electors			5,560
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing	16.5

Elstree^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Gunasekera*	768	68.6	+5.5
	Labour	Oliver De Peyer	223	19.9	–17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Kutchinsky	128	11.4	N/A
Majority			545	48.7	N/A
Turnout			1,119	30.6	+0.6
Registered electors			3,646
	Conservativehold		Swing	11.3

Potters Bar Furzefield^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Calcutt*	859	54.8	–1.8
	Labour	James Fisher	415	26.5	–3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Dean	293	18.7	–5.4
Majority			444	28.3	+6.9
Turnout			1,567	32.0	–2.3
Registered electors			4,930
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.1

Potters Bar Oakmere^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shirley Legate*	1,125	62.1	+1.4
	Labour	Ann Harrison	686	37.9	–1.4
Majority			439	24.2	+2.8
Turnout			1,811	32.3	–2.0
Registered electors			5,649
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.4

Potters Bar Parkfield^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Roach*	1,516	70.0	–10.3
	Labour	Liz Savage	383	17.7	–2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bonner	266	12.3	N/A
Majority			1,133	52.3	–8.3
Turnout			2,165	37.0	+4.2
Registered electors			5,846
	Conservativehold		Swing	4.2

Shenley^[8][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Gilligan	737	55.8	–5.8
	Labour	William Hogan*	583	44.2	+5.8
Majority			154	11.6	–11.6
Turnout			1,320	34.0	+3.6
Registered electors			3,836
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing	5.8

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