2002 Barnet London Borough Council election

The 2002 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council.

2002 Barnet London Borough Council election
2 May 2002
All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 39 21 3
Seat change 11 5 3
Popular vote 32,882 28,041 14,176
Percentage 39.7% 33.9% 17.1%
Swing 1.2% 6.1% 0.8%
Map of the results of the 2002 Barnet council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election

Conservative Party (UK)

 Council control after election

Conservative Party (UK)

Background

Before the election a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition ran the council. Since the last election in 1998, the Local Government Commission carried out a periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1992 and made a number of boundary changes increasing the number of seats by three.[1][2]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 34.04%.

Barnet Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 33 +5 52.4 42.7 94,692
  Labour 24 -2 38.1 36.0 79,775
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 9.5 17.8 39,470
  Green 0 0 0 3.1 6,822
  Independent 0 0 0 0.4 854
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 148

Ward results

Brunswick Park
Brunswick Park (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Andreas Tambourides 2,278
Conservative Daniel Hope 2,269
Conservative Lynne Hillan 2,267
Labour Geoffrey Cooke 1,627
Labour Antonakis Vourou 1,494
Labour Kelly Tebb 1,488
Liberal Democrats Peter Finlayson 463
Liberal Democrats Margaret Neil 443
Liberal Democrats Charles Wicksteed 323
Green Dennis Vigay 257
Turnout 12,909 40.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Allan Turner 1,675
Labour Alan Williams 1,657
Labour Linda McFadyen 1,496
Conservative Patricia Sparrow 426
Conservative Joanne Williams 412
Conservative Rene Braun 411
Green Audrey Poppy 194
Liberal Democrats Michael Roberts 145
Liberal Democrats Karen Hatchett 144
Liberal Democrats Hewryk Freszczur 82
Turnout 6,642 24.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Childs Hill
Childs Hill (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Jack Cohen 1,779
Liberal Democrats Monroe Palmer 1,775
Liberal Democrats Susette Palmer 1,703
Conservative Malcolm Harris 856
Conservative Jonathan Herbst 790
Conservative Jagmail Gill 740
Labour David Robinson 717
Labour Claire Farrier 688
Labour Dilip Mitra 607
Green Julie Rosenfield 288
Turnout 9,943 29.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colindale
Colindale (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Danish Chopra 1,314
Labour Gillian Sargeant 1,302
Labour Alan Sloam 1,219
Conservative Keith Dyall 376
Conservative Marilyn Manning 376
Conservative Ashton Doherty 374
Liberal Democrats Daniel Estermann 294
Liberal Democrats Philip Reynolds 282
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Jacobs 238
Green John Incenzo 156
Turnout 5,931 20.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Coppetts
Coppetts (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paul Rogers 1,816
Labour Barry Rawlings 1,742
Labour Soon-Hoe Teh 1,578
Conservative Mukesh Depala 1,119
Conservative Jonathan Shrank 1,086
Conservative Poli Tsoukka 1,026
Liberal Democrats Mark Ashfield 443
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Lamprell 439
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Sullivan 387
Green David Gutmann 381
Turnout 10,017 31.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Barnet
East Barnet (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Olwen Evans 2,157
Conservative Terence Burton 2,074
Conservative Susan Steinberg 2,069
Labour Anne Jarvis 1,969
Labour Gordon Massey 1,792
Labour Timothy Roberts 1,706
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Wardle 461
Liberal Democrats Leonard Watkins 441
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Mayes 394
Green Tracey Mason 393
Turnout 13,456 40.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Finchley
East Finchley (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alison Moore 2,013
Labour Colin Rogers 1,933
Labour Phil Yeoman 1,900
Conservative Dermott Donnelly 879
Conservative Andrew Berkeley 823
Conservative Manish Depala 798
Green Noel Lynch 626
Liberal Democrats Joyce Arram 547
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barber 489
Liberal Democrats Philip Avery 365
UKIP Stuart Rising 148
Turnout 10,521 35.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Edgware
Edgware (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Helena Hart 1,861
Conservative Malcolm Lester 1,854
Conservative Joan Scannell 1,792
Labour Harold Russell 966
Labour Rajasingham Jayadevan 897
Labour Pierre Jeanmarie 859
Liberal Democrats Elias Abeles 592
Liberal Democrats Mira Levy 468
Independent Colin Leci 331
Liberal Democrats Diana Iwi 292
Green Debra Green 251
Turnout 10,163 32.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Finchley Church End
Finchley Church End (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Eva Greenspan 2,126
Conservative Leslie Sussman 2,047
Conservative Mike Freer 1,971
Labour Mary McGuirk 930
Labour Nick Guest 919
Labour Lily Mitchell 899
Green Miranda Dunn 396
Liberal Democrats Keith Rodwell 387
Liberal Democrats Millicent Watkins 344
Liberal Democrats Peter Lusher 331
Turnout 10,350 34.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Garden Suburb
Garden Suburb (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Marshall 2,262
Conservative Vanessa Gearson 1,913
Conservative Jazmin Naghar 1,815
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Harris 1,343
Liberal Democrats Alison Marshall 1,286
Liberal Democrats Simon Kovar 1,124
Labour Rachel Cashman 549
Labour Fred Tyler 435
Labour Julian Mason 414
Green Andrew Farrer 313
Turnout 11,454 38.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Golders Green
Golders Green (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Melvin Cohen 2,160
Conservative Aba Dunner 2,154
Conservative Christopher Harris 2,019
Labour Mira Goldberg 1,014
Labour Jean Thorp 945
Labour Bill Thorp 893
Liberal Democrats Leonie Stephen 304
Liberal Democrats Inge Graber 285
Liberal Democrats John Sutcliffe 267
Green Dolores Incenzo 229
Turnout 10,270 37.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hale
Hale (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Steven Blomer 1,879
Labour Ruth Nyman 1,855
Conservative Brian Gordon 1,801
Labour Zakia Zubairi 1,678
Conservative Caroline Margo 1,618
Conservative Hugh Rayner 1,598
Liberal Democrats Phyllis Fiander 446
Liberal Democrats Sheila Gottsche 433
Liberal Democrats Anthony Rowlands 407
Green David Lake 256
Turnout 11,971 36.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hendon
Hendon (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Tony Finn 1,591
Conservative Maureen Braun 1,492
Conservative Matthew Offord 1,345
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman 1,122
Liberal Democrats Michael Green 1,084
Liberal Democrats Steven Deller 1,039
Labour Aubrey Ross 827
Labour Anthony Boulton 668
Labour Doreen Neall 662
Green Georgia Theodorou 207
Turnout 10,037 30.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

High Barnet
High Barnet (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Wendy Prentice 2,225
Conservative Katia David 2,129
Conservative Kanti Patel 1,989
Labour Alison Rogers 1,054
Labour Glyn Thomas 954
Labour Liam Cook 937
Liberal Democrats David Nowell 578
Liberal Democrats Matthew Harris 549
Liberal Democrats James Barton 490
Green Tim Riley 478
Independent Chris Johnson 273
Turnout 11,656 37.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mill Hill
Mill Hill (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Wayne Casey 2,434
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Davies 2,344
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker 2,089
Conservative John Hart 1,081
Conservative Paul Amsterdam 1,061
Conservative Sachin Rajput 960
Labour James Wragg 460
Labour Vinod Sodha 453
Labour Saira Hettiarachchi 439
Green Pablo De Mello 256
Turnout 11,577 36.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Oakleigh
Oakleigh (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brian Salinger 1,889
Conservative Robert Newton 1,860
Conservative Gerard Silverstone 1,828
Labour Kathleen Levine 1,234
Labour David McNulty 1,209
Labour Ross Houston 1,194
Liberal Democrats Neil Ferguson 565
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Wicksteed 528
Liberal Democrats Brigid Povah 456
Green Angela Ryan 335
Turnout 11,098 33.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Totteridge
Totteridge (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Brian Coleman 2,145
Conservative Victor Lyon 2,120
Conservative Kevin Edson 2,075
Labour Marianne Haylett 766
Labour Jacques Astruc 701
Labour Robert Persad 621
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Keech 497
Liberal Democrats Victor Corney 453
Liberal Democrats David Smith 430
Green Brian Jacobs 367
Turnout 10,175 34.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Underhill
Underhill (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Bulmer 1,936
Labour Anita Campbell 1,869
Conservative Peter Davis 1,850
Conservative Joan Levinson 1,780
Labour Pauline Coakley-Webb 1,750
Labour Chris Underwood 1,604
Liberal Democrats David Keech 393
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies 370
Liberal Democrats Michael Cole 359
Green Colin Newman 331
Independent James Crawford 147
Independent George Tranda 103
Turnout 12,492 38.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Finchley
West Finchley (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kitty Lyons 1,795
Labour Kath McGuirk 1,770
Labour Jim Tierney 1,732
Conservative Patrick Foley 1,234
Conservative Chris Kilmister 1,188
Conservative Syed Meer 1,098
Liberal Democrats Janice Turner 502
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Blount 456
Green Gustav Clarkson 448
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Davis 433
Turnout 10,656 35.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Hendon
Hendon West (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Arun Ghosh 1,614
Labour Agnes Slocombe 1,561
Labour Ansuya Sodha 1,431
Conservative Asher Bornstein 994
Conservative Susan Lee 932
Conservative Michael Grenfell 882
Liberal Democrats Harry Levy 388
Liberal Democrats Richard Coward 330
Liberal Democrats Shirley Rodwell 315
Green Christine Antoniou 228
Turnout 8,675 29.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Woodhouse
Woodhouse (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anne Hutton 1,953
Labour Mark Langton 1,935
Labour Alan Schneiderman 1,717
Conservative Victor Kaye 1,486
Conservative Jolanta Broom 1,483
Conservative Satpal Chadha 1,442
Liberal Democrats Ian Murphy 493
Green Gardi Vaswani 432
Liberal Democrats Rita Druiff 416
Liberal Democrats Rita Landeryou 411
Turnout 11,768 36.3
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 2002 and 2006

Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak by-election, 19 June 2003[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Claire Farrier 1,774 76.0 +7.4
Conservative Sachin Rajput 329 14.1 -3.4
Liberal Democrats Diana C. Iwi 178 7.6 +1.7
Green Edelgard Vaswani 53 2.3 -5.7
Majority 1,445 61.9
Turnout 2,334 23.2 -1.1
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan J. Williams.

Hale
Hale by-election, 5 February 2004[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Mencer 1,329 43.7 +0.8
Conservative Lesley G. Evans 1,175 38.7 -2.4
Liberal Democrats Clive S. M. Cohen 423 13.9 +3.7
Green David G. Williams 113 3.7 -2.1
Majority 154 5.0
Turnout 3,040 26.6 -9.9
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ruth J. Nyman.

Colindale
Colindale by-election, 7 April 2005[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Zakia Zubairi 1,154 63.4 +2.0
Conservative Alan R. Maund 299 16.4 -1.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey A. Jacobs 220 12.1 -1.6
Green David G. Williams 73 4.0 -3.3
UKIP Melvyn Smallman 45 2.5 +2.5
Independent Mirsad Becirovic 29 1.6 +1.6
Majority 855 47.0
Turnout 1,820 20.1 -0.6
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Alan M. Sloam.

Garden Suburb
Garden Suburb by-election, 5 May 2005[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Andrew Harper 3,365 50.7 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Harris 1,834 27.6 -2.5
Labour Kenneth Murrell 1,154 17.4 +5.1
Green Miranda Dunn 242 3.6 -3.4
UKIP Primrose Chamberlin 42 0.6 +0.6
Majority 1,531 23.1
Turnout 6,637 66.9 +28.1
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa R. Gearson.

High Barnet
High Barnet by-election, 15 December 2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Duncan C. McDonald 1,409 44.4 +31.9
Conservative Bridget T. Perry 1,295 40.8 -7.5
Labour Timothy J. K. Roberts 354 11.2 -11.7
Green Audrey Poppy 89 2.8 -7.6
Independent Christopher V. Johnson 26 0.7 -5.2
Majority 114 3.6
Turnout 3,173 30.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kantilal S. Patel in October 2005.[7] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election.[8]

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  3. "Local Election 2002". Barnet London Borough. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
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  8. Barnet Times 16 December 2005 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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