# 2002 Westminster City Council election

The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a conservative majority.

## Election results

Election results :
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats | Change |
| Conservative | 20,573 | 55.5% | 48 | 1 |
| Labour | 10,387 | 28.0% | 12 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrat | 4,982 | 13.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 545 | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 378 | 1.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Socialist Alliance | 193 | 0.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Total votes | 37,058 | | | |
The election resulted in a Conservative majority of 36 and 48 seats. The Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground party ran in protest of the 40% budget cut of the playground by the previous city council.

## Ward results

The results for each individual ward are as follows.

### Abbey Road

Abbey Road :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Judith Warner | Conservative | 1269 | 59.5% |
| Cyril Nemeth | Conservative | 1265 | 59.5% |
| Kevin Gardner | Conservative | 1230 | 59.5% |
| Katharine Hoskyns | Labour | 338 | 15.9% |
| Phillida Inman | Labour | 313 | 15.9% |
| Robert Bell | Liberal Democrats | 308 | 14.4% |
| Margherita Rendel | Labour | 306 | |
| Elizabeth Maxwell | Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 217 | 10.2% |
| Michele Staniland | Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 217 | 10.2% |

### Bayswater

Bayswater :
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Frixos Tombolis | Conservative | 911 | 51.0% |
| Michael Brahams | Conservative | 908 | 51.0% |
| Brian Connell | Conservative | 867 | 51.0% |
| Timothy Nolan | Labour | 558 | 31.2% |
| Lewis Baston | Labour | 510 | 31.2% |
| Daphne Segre | Labour | 475 | 31.2% |
| Morag Beattie | Liberal Democrats | 319 | 17.8% |
| Jacqueline Castles | Liberal Democrats | 293 | 17.8% |
| Monica Kendall | Liberal Democrats | 275 | 17.8% |

### Bryanston and Dorset Square

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Audrey Lewis | Conservative | 1157 | 67.6% |
| Carolyn Keen | Conservative | 1147 | 67.6% |
| Angela Hooper | Conservative | 1123 | 67.6% |
| Brenda Buxton | Labour | 295 | 17.2% |
| David Bradby | Labour | 277 | 17.2% |
| Derek Buckland | Labour | 264 | 17.2% |
| Alexis Batterbee | Liberal Democrats | 260 | 15.2% |
| Nikhil Seth | Liberal Democrats | 232 | 15.2% |

### Church Street

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Barbara Graham | Labour | 969 | 59.1% |
| Antony Mothersdale | Labour | 921 | 59.1% |
| Murad Qureshi | Labour | 905 | 59.1% |
| Ian Balcombe | Conservative | 460 | 28.0% |
| Daniel Defoe | Conservative | 450 | 28.0% |
| Stephen Garside | Conservative | 410 | 28.0% |
| Iain Black | Liberal Democrats | 211 | 12.9% |
| Niall McMahon | Liberal Democrats | 195 | 12.9% |

### Churchill

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Andrew Havery | Conservative | 1378 | 65.9% |
| John Wyatt | Conservative | 1364 | 65.9% |
| Sarah Richardson | Conservative | 1361 | 65.9% |
| Josephine Abercrombie | Labour | 499 | 23.9% |
| Madge Cavalla | Labour | 486 | 23.9% |
| Cass Cass-Horne | Labour | 444 | 23.9% |
| Rhoda Torres | Liberal Democrats | 214 | 10.2% |
| Colin Bell | Liberal Democrats | 211 | 10.2% |
| Michael Holmans | Liberal Democrats | 197 | 10.2% |

### Harrow Road

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Guthrie McKie | Labour | 1029 | 52.6% |
| Sharan Tabari | Labour | 952 | 52.6% |
| Josephine Ohene-Djan | Labour | 942 | 52.6% |
| Andrew Reid | Conservative | 499 | 18.5% |
| Jeremy Fox | Conservative | 486 | 18.5% |
| Paul Miller | Green | 444 | 14.8% |
| Edward Vaizey | Conservative | 214 | |
| Melissa Foux | Liberal Democrats | 211 | 14.2% |

### Hyde Park

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Pamela Batty | Conservative | 1095 | 69.5% |
| Anne Mallinson | Conservative | 1071 | 69.5% |
| Colin Barrow | Conservative | 1066 | 69.5% |
| Louis Al-Dhahir | Labour | 250 | 15.9% |
| Victoria Wegg-Prosser | Labour | 236 | 15.9% |
| Barbara Bridge | Liberal Democrats | 231 | 14.7% |
| Joseph Ogden | Labour | 212 | |
| Elizabeth Mackeith | Liberal Democrats | 157 | |
| Esther Stansfield | Liberal Democrats | 150 | |

### Knightsbridge and Belgravia

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Angela Harvey | Conservative | 1126 | 77.3% |
| Elizabeth Blois | Conservative | 1124 | 77.3% |
| Catherine Longworth | Conservative | 1114 | 77.3% |
| Tania Chislett | Liberal Democrats | 144 | 9.9% |
| Simon Bryden-Brook | Liberal Democrats | 130 | 9.9% |
| Angela Whittelegge | Liberal Democrats | 130 | 9.9% |
| Thomas Bewley | Green | 112 | 7.7% |
| Peter Cavalla | Labour | 74 | 5.1% |
| Angelar Forester | Labour | 72 | 5.1% |
| Malwine Eyre | Labour | 65 | 5.1% |

### Lancaster Gate

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Susan Burbridge | Conservative | 1180 | 65.3% |
| Robert Davis | Conservative | 1160 | 65.3% |
| Simon Milton | Conservative | 1128 | 65.3% |
| Elizabeth Whitmore | Labour | 332 | 18.4% |
| Tony Rea | Labour | 310 | 18.4% |
| Stephen Gruneberg | Labour | 299 | 18.4% |
| Susan Baring | Liberal Democrats | 295 | 16.3% |
| Monica Wilson | Liberal Democrats | 269 | 16.3% |
| Mark Gray | Liberal Democrats | 241 | 16.3% |

### Little Venice

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Melvin Caplan | Conservative | 1177 | 65.1% |
| Ian Adams | Conservative | 1159 | 65.1% |
| Barbara Schmeling | Conservative | 1147 | 65.1% |
| Paul O'Donnell | Labour | 395 | 21.8% |
| Beryl Leaver | Labour | 377 | 21.8% |
| Basema Elsafi | Labour | 374 | 21.8% |
| Michael Ryan | Liberal Democrats | 236 | 13.1% |
| Michael Dearden | Liberal Democrats | 214 | 13.1% |
| Phillip Wardle | Liberal Democrats | 199 | 13.1% |

### Maida Vale

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Jan Prendergast | Conservative | 1179 | 52.7% |
| Ronald Raymond-Cox | Conservative | 1108 | 52.7% |
| Alastair Moss | Conservative | 1066 | 52.7% |
| David Lancaster | Labour | 780 | 34.9% |
| Syed Hayat | Labour | 762 | 34.9% |
| Albert Catterall | Labour | 745 | 34.9% |
| Anne Couchman | Liberal Democrats | 279 | 12.5% |
| Robert Scott | Liberal Democrats | 237 | 12.5% |
| Zena Lutrin | Liberal Democrats | 201 | 12.5% |

### Marylebone High Street

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Harvey Marshall | Conservative | 1328 | 71.0% |
| Mark Page | Conservative | 1295 | 71.0% |
| Michael Vearncombe | Conservative | 1257 | 71.0% |
| Susan Stocker | Liberal Democrats | 278 | 14.9% |
| Mair Garside | Labour | 264 | 14.1% |
| Owain Garside | Labour | 255 | 14.1% |
| David Worton | Labour | 236 | 14.1% |
| David Brewin | Liberal Democrats | 214 | |
| Michael Sibley | Liberal Democrats | 199 | |

### Queen's Park

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Barrie Taylor | Labour | 1154 | 61.3% |
| Paul Dimoldenberg | Labour | 1122 | 61.3% |
| Mushtaq Qureshi | Labour | 1080 | 61.3% |
| Peter Prendergast | Conservative | 318 | 16.9% |
| Nita Fernandez | Conservative | 317 | 16.9% |
| Richard Phibbs | Conservative | 291 | 16.9% |
| Jonathan Wardle | Liberal Democrats | 219 | 11.6% |
| Monica Kefi | Socialist Alliance | 193 | 10.2% |
| Bernard Silver | Liberal Democrats | 184 | |

### Regent's Park

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Daniel Astaire | Conservative | 1145 | 59.5% |
| Gwyneth Hampson | Conservative | 1138 | 59.5% |
| Timothy Joiner | Conservative | 1079 | 59.5% |
| Peter Denton | Labour | 410 | 21.3% |
| Joseph Thomas | Labour | 375 | 21.3% |
| David Woodgate | Labour | 357 | 21.3% |
| Richard Croix | Liberal Democrats | 207 | 10.8% |
| Herbert Hartwell | Liberal Democrats | 199 | 10.8% |
| Alan Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 177 | 10.8% |
| Nasir Qureshi | Save St John's Wood Adventure Playground | 161 | 8.4% |

### St James's

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Louise Hyams | Conservative | 1056 | 58.3% |
| Timothy Mitchell | Conservative | 1034 | 58.3% |
| Alexander Nicoll | Conservative | 977 | 58.3% |
| Stephanie Ayres | Labour | 355 | 19.6% |
| Lynda Giddings | Labour | 343 | 19.6% |
| Pamela Eyre | Labour | 327 | 19.6% |
| Marie-Louise Rossi | Liberal Democrats | 255 | 14.1% |
| Nigel Bliss | Liberal Democrats | 199 | 14.1% |
| Peter Budge | Green | 144 | 8.0% |
| Lydia Howitt | Green | 140 | 8.0% |

### Tachbrook

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Alan Bradley | Conservative | 1451 | 62.2% |
| Nicholas Evans | Conservative | 1377 | 62.2% |
| Dominic Schofield | Conservative | 1369 | 62.2% |
| Charles Campion | Labour | 583 | 25.0% |
| William Thomson | Labour | 548 | 25.0% |
| Michael Dumigan | Labour | 543 | 25.0% |
| Josephine Hayes | Liberal Democrats | 300 | 12.9% |
| John Stephens | Liberal Democrats | 249 | 12.9% |

### Vincent Square

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Duncan Sandys | Conservative | 1351 | 66.8% |
| Danny Chalkley | Conservative | 1308 | 66.8% |
| Justin Powell-Truck | Conservative | 1270 | 66.8% |
| Steven Friel | Labour | 406 | 20.1% |
| Gillian Guy | Labour | 391 | 20.1% |
| Alen Matthewson | Labour | 357 | 20.1% |
| Margaret Lang | Liberal Democrats | 264 | 13.1% |
| Jancie Taverne | Liberal Democrats | 230 | 13.1% |
| Kathleen Hobbins | Liberal Democrats | 223 | 13.1% |

### Warwick

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Matthew Mitchell | Conservative | 1282 | 68.1% |
| David Clark | Conservative | 1265 | 68.1% |
| Christopher Malthouse | Conservative | 1259 | 68.1% |
| Nicholas Gartside | Labour | 318 | 16.9% |
| Anthony Brett-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 283 | 15.0% |
| Keith Dugmore | Liberal Democrats | 261 | 15.0% |
| Violet Spencer | Labour | 251 | |
| Babette Payne | Labour | 246 | |

### West End

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| Glenys Roberts | Conservative | 949 | 61.0% |
| Ian Wilder | Conservative | 938 | 61.0% |
| John Cox | Conservative | 919 | 61.0% |
| David Bieda | Labour | 409 | 26.3% |
| Harold Brookstone | Labour | 340 | 26.3% |
| Richard Hearnden | Labour | 214 | 26.3% |
| Michael Pepperell | Liberal Democrats | 198 | 12.7% |
| Ian Steers | Liberal Democrats | 191 | 12.7% |
| Susan Kendrick | Liberal Democrats | 182 | 12.7% |

### Westbourne

| Candidate | Party | Votes | Percent |
| David Boothroyd | Labour | 969 | 61.7% |
| Simon Stockill | Labour | 923 | 61.7% |
| Rupert d'Cruz | Labour | 908 | 61.7% |
| Alexander Story | Conservative | 399 | 25.4% |
| Mary Agrafiotou | Conservative | 365 | 25.4% |
| Iheoma Oteh | Conservative | 331 | 25.4% |
| Martin Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 203 | 12.9% |
| Anthony Williams | Liberal Democrats | 202 | 12.9% |
| Vera Williams | Liberal Democrats | 181 | 12.9% |