2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election

The 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2002 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2002 Huntingdonshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2002.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 37
• Liberal Democrats 13
• Independent 3^[2]

Election result

Huntingdonshire local election result 2002^[3][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	2	0	66.7	46.1	10,967	-9.6%
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	2	0	27.8	37.5	8,922	+9.9%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.6	4.6	1,105	+1.3%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	11.7	2,777	-0.9%

Ward results

Brampton^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Menczer	1,098	60.1	+9.2
	Conservative	Elaine Sefton	670	36.7	−8.4
	Labour	Graham Hitchings	58	3.2	+1.3
Majority			428	23.4	+17.6
Turnout			1,826	49.5	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Buckden^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Clough	729	70.8	+4.8
	Conservative	John Lancaster	270	26.2	−5.2
	Labour	David Brown	30	2.9	+0.3
Majority			459	44.6	+10.0
Turnout			1,029	50.2	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bury^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Rignall	570	77.6	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dutton	99	13.5	−7.3
	Labour	Maria Baker	66	9.0	+0.1
Majority			471	64.1	+14.5
Turnout			735	44.9	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elton^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Guyatt	392	66.7	−3.1
	Independent	John Davidson	99	16.8	+16.8
	Labour	Kevin Goddard	97	16.5	−4.0
Majority			293	49.8	+0.4
Turnout			588	42.2	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Farcet^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Butler	253	53.7	+0.0
	Labour	Graeme Watkins	218	46.3	+3.5
Majority			35	7.4	−3.6
Turnout			471	35.1	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godmanchester^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Looker	986	58.3	+8.9
	Conservative	Keith Gabb	614	36.3	−7.1
	Labour	Sandra Wilcox	92	5.4	−1.8
Majority			372	22.0	+16.0
Turnout			1,692	37.5	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hemingford Grey^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Day	514	60.5	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gilly Jackson	203	23.9	+15.7
	Labour	Michael Sneath	132	15.5	−6.6
Majority			311	36.6	−11.0
Turnout			849	41.0	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Houghton and Wyton^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Rhodes	401	48.4	−18.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Hunter	389	47.0	+24.5
	Labour	John Watson	38	4.6	−5.6
Majority			12	1.4	−43.4
Turnout			828	41.1	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Sharp	961	54.5	−12.3
	Labour	Ann Beevor	485	27.5	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Meadows	317	18.0	+18.0
Majority			476	27.0	−6.6
Turnout			1,763	24.7	−2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntingdon West^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sadler	791	48.6	−6.8
	Labour	Ruth Pugh	486	29.9	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shellens	349	21.5	+9.1
Majority			305	18.8	−8.9
Turnout			1,626	22.2	−1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ramsey^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Powell	859	50.3	+8.5
	Conservative	Ian Muir	850	49.7	−1.8
Majority			9	0.6
Turnout			1,709	28.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sawtry^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Tuplin	1,006	64.2	+12.5
	Conservative	David Bowens	479	30.6	−10.3
	Labour	Susan Coomey	82	5.2	−2.2
Majority			527	33.6	+22.8
Turnout			1,567	34.1	+0.6
	Independent hold		Swing

St. Ives North^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Chandler	808	39.4	−23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Townsend	800	39.0	+15.0
	Labour	Robert Haynes	443	21.6	+11.2
Majority			8	0.4	−38.0
Turnout			2,051	30.1	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Eynesbury^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hansard	731	44.6	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Taylor	661	40.3	+6.0
	Labour	William O'Connor	248	15.1	−2.4
Majority			70	4.3	−9.6
Turnout			1,640	26.5	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Neots Priory Park^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Barnes	804	51.7	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pope	651	41.9	−11.0
	Labour	Patricia Nicholls	99	6.4	−4.7
Majority			153	9.8
Turnout			1,554	37.3	+5.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Offords^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nichola Elliott	496	52.9	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Grosvenor	383	40.8	−7.5
	Labour	Janet Boston	59	6.3	−0.2
Majority			113	12.1
Turnout			938	44.4	−10.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

The Stukeleys^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Vanbergen	846	52.6	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Dyer	678	42.2	+7.9
	Labour	Valerie Brooker	83	5.2	−1.9
Majority			168	10.5	−13.8
Turnout			1,607	54.5	+7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warboys^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Taylor	720	55.5	+21.7
	Conservative	Pamela Thornton	517	39.8	−22.8
	Labour	Carol Osborne	61	4.7	+1.1
Majority			203	15.7
Turnout			1,298	34.2	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections between 2002 and 2003

Hemingford Grey by-election 19 September 2002^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		553	52.9	+29.0
	Conservative		493	47.1	−13.4
Majority			60	5.8
Turnout			1,046	50.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing