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

• Conservative 16
• Independent 4
• Liberal Democrat 4

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

• 2002 Purbeck election result
• Ward results