2002 Brent London Borough Council election

The 2002 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 3.^[1] The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[2]

2002 Brent London Borough Council election

← 1998 2 May 2002 2006 →
All 63 seats to Brent London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 43 seats, 47.2% 19 seats, 35.4% 4 seats, 14.5% Seats won 35 19 9 Seat change 8 5 Popular vote 23,108 17,523 9,206 Percentage 42.5% 32.2% 16.9% Swing 4.7% 3.2% 2.4%
Map of the results of the 2002 Brent London Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

Election result

Labour lost 8 seats,^[3] but remained in control of the council.^[2]

Brent local election result 2002^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	35			-8	55.6	42.5	23,108	-4.7
	Conservative	19			-3	30.2	32.2	17,523	-3.2
	Liberal Democrats	9			+5	14.3	16.9	9,206	+2.4
	Green	0			0	0.0	6.0	3,252	+4.8
	Totally Independent	0			0	0.0	1.0	557	New
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0.0	0.5	288	New
	Brent Residents and Motorists	0			0	0.0	0.5	255	New
	CPA	0			0	0.0	0.2	99	New
	UKIP	0			0	0.0	0.1	76	New

The above totals include the delayed election in Northwick Park on 13 June 2002.

Ward results

Alperton (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Brown	1,623
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal Chavda	1,553
	Liberal Democrats	James Allie	1,522
	Labour	Ronald Collman	991
	Labour	Anirudh Sharma	944
	Labour	Leon Turini	857
	Conservative	Mistry Dineshkumar	432
	Conservative	Edward Baker	392
	Conservative	Shaheen Butt	381
Turnout			8,695	37.3

Barnhill (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James O'Sullivan	1,591
	Conservative	Irwin Colle	1,518
	Conservative	Suresh Kansagra	1,501
	Labour	Pauline Webb	894
	Labour	Iftikhar Ahmad	890
	Labour	Maureen Queally	860
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Aronowitz	255
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Mansfield	244
	Liberal Democrats	Ulla Thiessen	209
	Green	Mohammed Khan	205
Turnout			8,167	32.9

Brondesbury Park (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Shaw	1,263
	Conservative	William Duffin	994
	Conservative	Carishma Gillani	990
	Labour	Bryan Stark	828
	Labour	Christopher Anyadi	822
	Labour	Yusuf Giwa	736
	Green	Robert Davis	333
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Pincus	273
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Reynolds	272
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemarie Walters	220
Turnout			6,731	29.0

Dollis Hill (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Fox	1,188
	Labour	Abdul Sattar-Butt	1,161
	Labour	Cyril McGovern	1,124
	Conservative	Richard Lacey	801
	Conservative	Manubhai Makwana	741
	Conservative	Jennifer Seaton-Brown	737
	Liberal Democrats	Farooq Chaudhry	209
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Jackson	164
	Green	Peter Murry	160
	Liberal Democrats	Gisele Sukhram	151
Turnout			6,436	29.6

Dudden Hill (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Lyon	1,206
	Labour	Bobby Thomas	1,182
	Labour	Izaharul Halder	1,178
	Conservative	John Warren	752
	Conservative	Brian Simmonds	735
	Conservative	Harry Quainoo	699
	Independent	Claire Fitzpatrick	282
	Green	Brian Orr	264
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Lyons	247
	Liberal Democrats	Jagdish Patel	200
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalal Hingorani	179
Turnout			6,924	28.2

Fryent (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Crane	1,279
	Labour	James Moher	1,225
	Labour	Asish Sengupta	1,148
	Conservative	Jayeshkumar Patel	942
	Conservative	Amrish Patel	941
	Conservative	Mohammad Rizvi	810
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Brown	309
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal Hirani	263
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Lewis	259
	Green	Cilona O'Conaill	173
Turnout			7,349	32.0

Harlesden (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lincoln Beswick	1,138
	Labour	David Coughlin	1,106
	Labour	Mohammad Zakriya	827
	Conservative	Nirmal Patel	317
	Conservative	Anikumar Khengar	294
	Independent	James Fitzpatrick	275
	Conservative	Smart Owaka	272
	Socialist Alliance	Roger Cox	229
	Green	Ursula Troche	199
	Independent	Pawan Gupta	191
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Kornfeld	164
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Saunders	141
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Shuttleworth	133
Turnout			5,286	22.0

Kensal Green (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertha Joseph	1,157
	Labour	Helga Gladbaum	1,017
	Labour	Charles Lemmon	1,008
	Green	Philip Dymond	303
	Conservative	Nagin Parmar	292
	Conservative	Kenneth Sinclair	280
	Conservative	Rosaline Owaka	273
	Liberal Democrats	Donald MacArthur	258
	Green	Michael Wilkinson	239
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Walley	209
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Luby	181
Turnout			5,217	22.5

Kenton (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Colwill	1,712
	Conservative	Uma Fernandes	1,668
	Conservative	Arthur Steel	1,660
	Labour	Mary Daly	1,042
	Labour	Paul Ejiofor	946
	Labour	Akberkhan Sarguroh	850
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Wright	276
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Flores	269
	Liberal Democrats	Penelope Lowcock	214
Turnout			8,637	34.5

Kilburn (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Arnold	1,368
	Labour	Mary Cribbin	1,181
	Labour	Noel Thompson	1,080
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Anderson	430
	Green	Donald Lowe	355
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Kelly	331
	Conservative	Shane Andrews	310
	Conservative	Christine Baddeley	286
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Raingold	252
	Conservative	Hari Ray	232
Turnout			5,825	20.9

Mapesbury (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Bellia	1,177
	Labour	Janice Long	1,165
	Conservative	Jack Sayers	1,026
	Conservative	Sarah Macken	985
	Labour	James Powney	984
	Conservative	Khalid Dar	942
	Green	Sabrina Doyle	387
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wenley	304
	Liberal Democrats	William Motley	246
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Scott	223
Turnout			7,439	27.8

Preston (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Blackman	1,685
	Conservative	Harshadbhai Patel	1,644
	Conservative	Thomas Taylor	1,615
	Labour	Mary Mears	923
	Labour	James Dudley	914
	Labour	John Poole	865
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell	255
	Liberal Democrats	Pearl Raisin	246
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Krosing	230
Turnout			8,377	33.9

Queen's Park (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Davies	1,264
	Labour	Reginald Freeson	1,255
	Labour	Neil Nerva	1,193
	Conservative	Peter Denison-Pender	495
	Green	Phillip Linsdell	453
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	436
	Conservative	Valji Murji	383
	Conservative	Nirubala Patel	374
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Barker	347
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Calder	283
Turnout			6,483	25.0

Queensbury (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Dromey	1,757
	Labour	Rameshchandra Patel	1,707
	Labour	Sandra Kabir	1,583
	Conservative	Yogesh Joshee	1,069
	Conservative	Kanesh Patel	994
	Conservative	Venilal Vaghela	974
	Liberal Democrats	Jyotshna Patel	333
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Bonfield	319
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Williamson	303
Turnout			9,039	36.1

Stonebridge (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann John	1,325
	Labour	Sebastian Long	1,286
	Labour	Columbus Moloney	1,217
	Conservative	Harji Dabasia	710
	Conservative	Girish Patel	707
	Conservative	Lalji Ladwa	675
	Liberal Democrats	Candida Davies	187
	Liberal Democrats	Sashi Makhjia	142
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas	142
	CPA	Donald Graham	99
Turnout			6,490	23.8

Sudbury (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber	1,613
	Liberal Democrats	Chandubhai Patel	1,492
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wharton	1,381
	Labour	Mohammad Hoda	815
	Labour	Francis Holly	760
	Labour	William Mears	729
	Conservative	Christie Fernandes	704
	Conservative	Aroon Rana	689
	Conservative	Michelle Keller	646
Turnout			8,829	37.8

Tokyngton (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Blackman	1,376
	Conservative	Bhiku Patel	1,267
	Conservative	Natalie Colwill	1,244
	Labour	Alec Castle	1,237
	Labour	Orugbani Douglas	1,203
	Labour	Ketan Sheth	1,130
	Liberal Democrats	Arvindbhai Patel	277
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Lewis	241
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Spitzel	170
Turnout			8,145	34.3

Welsh Harp (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Harrod	1,292
	Labour	Mary Farrell	1,257
	Labour	Harbhajan Singh	1,192
	Conservative	Cormach Moore	1,107
	Conservative	Alan Wall	1,067
	Conservative	Ratilal Shah	1,066
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Queen	209
	Liberal Democrats	Hermione Raven	186
	Green	Timothy Turner	174
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Sutherland	163
	UKIP	Alan Samson	76
Turnout			7,789	33.6

Wembley Central (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Brown	1,314
	Liberal Democrats	Havard Hughes	1,287
	Liberal Democrats	Vijaykumar Shah	1,248
	Labour	Mahendra Shah	1,194
	Labour	Joyce Bacchus	1,068
	Labour	Tullah Persaud	979
	Conservative	Vinubhai Patel	591
	Conservative	Piyushkumar Khengar	530
	Conservative	Niranjan Pattni	491
	Residents	Macstiofain Tomas	255
	Residents	Pauline Ellington	236
	Socialist Alliance	Jonathan Hextall	59
Turnout			9,252	39.9

Willesden Green (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Jones	1,033
	Labour	Gabrielle Kagan	978
	Labour	Ahmed Shahzad	855
	Conservative	Richard Blackmore	348
	Conservative	Abdul Raja	299
	Conservative	Talhat Rehman	273
	Green	Simone Aspis	246
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Davies	234
	Green	Timothy Hoy	211
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel O'Dwyer	199
	Liberal Democrats	Azwar Mohammed	173
Turnout			4,849	22.2

Northwick Park delayed election

The election in Northwick Park was delayed until 13 June 2002 after the death of one of the Liberal Democrat candidates.^[6] All 3 seats were won by the Conservative party.^[7]

Northwick Park (3 seats)^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Rands	1,355
	Conservative	Gerhard Fiegel	1,340
	Conservative	Harihar Patel	1,321
	Labour	Sylvia Collins	922
	Labour	Mary Daly	831
	Labour	Singarayer Joanes	763
	Liberal Democrats	Jyotshna Patel	529
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	489
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Jackson	488
	Green	Donald Lowe	64
	Green	Peter Murry	63
	Green	Timothy Turner	60
Turnout			8,225	31.9