Purbeck District Council election, 2002

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	4			0	50.0	30.5	2,344
	Independent	3			0	37.5	21.2	1,627
	Liberal Democrat	1			0	12.5	35.9	2,757
	Labour	0			0	0	12.5	962

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Bere Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Peter Wharf	unopposed

Creech Barrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Cake	329	51.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Howlett	200	31.1
	Labour	Robert Huskinson	114	17.7
Majority			129	20.1
Turnout			643

Langton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Lovell	393	53.1
	Liberal Democrat	William Wilson	304	41.1
	Labour	Leigh van de Zande	43	5.8
Majority			89	12.0
Turnout			740

Lytchett Matravers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus McDonald	652	53.1
	Liberal Democrat	Royston Fox	575	46.9
Majority			77	6.2
Turnout			1,227

Purbeck West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Rudd	279	69.9
	Labour	Jon Davey	120	30.1
Majority			159	39.8
Turnout			399

Swanage South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary Suttle	717	42.5
	Labour	Cherry Bartlett	566	33.5
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary O'Donocan	406	24.0
Majority			151	9.0
Turnout			1,689

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David Budd	1,003	42.5
	Independent	Leslie Burns	696	29.5
	Conservative	Jane Patterson	544	23.0
	Labour	Audrey Tighe	119	5.0
Majority			307	13.0
Turnout			2,362

Winfrith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Barnes	361	57.3
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Osmond	269	42.7
Majority			92	14.6
Turnout			630

References

Council elections in Dorset

Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2001 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2002 (→ 2003)

London boroughs	London Borough councils Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Brentwood Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest

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