# 2002 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

Elections to Kingston upon Thames Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes reducing the number of councillors by two since the last election in 1998. The Liberal Democrats took overall control of the council.

## Election result

Kingston upon Thames Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | 30 | | | +11 | 62.5 | 48.8 | 56,511 |
| Conservative | 15 | | | -6 | 31.3 | 35.8 | 41,529 |
| Labour | 3 | | | -7 | 6.3 | 11.7 | 13,604 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2,522 |
| CPA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,687 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra

Alexandra (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Michael Berry | 1,395 | 51.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Franks | 1,289 | 47.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Alan Blevin | 1,272 | 47.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Witham* | 1,089 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Salsbury | 1,088 | 40.4 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Griffiths | 1,067 | 39.6 |
| | Labour | Judith Cowley | 203 | 7.5 |
| | Labour | David Long | 203 | 7.5 |
| | Labour | John Woodman | 149 | 5.5 |
| | CPA | Roger Fuller | 83 | 3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,821 | 42.8 |

### Berrylands

Berrylands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kevin Davis* | 1,205 | 49.3 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Rowley | 1,067 | 43.7 |
| | Conservative | David Booth* | 1,066 | 43.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Davis | 876 | 35.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Bull | 872 | 35.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Goodship | 845 | 34.5 |
| | Labour | Joanne Agnew | 325 | 13.3 |
| | Labour | Anthony Banks | 321 | 13.1 |
| | Labour | William Brown | 291 | 11.9 |
| | CPA | Sarah Daniell | 111 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,979 | 37.9 |

### Beverley

Beverley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Osbourne* | 1,653 | 55.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Jordan* | 1,632 | 55.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon James | 1,609 | 54.3 |
| | Conservative | Julian Duffy | 945 | 31.9 |
| | Conservative | Celia Flynn | 939 | 31.7 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Quinlan | 889 | 30.0 |
| | Labour | Duncan Braithwaite | 249 | 8.4 |
| | Labour | Joseph Freedman | 236 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Gerald Jones | 218 | 7.4 |
| | CPA | Douglas Gibbons | 117 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,487 | 46.9 |

### Canbury

Canbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Blurton | 1,278 | 43.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Penelope Shelton | 1,215 | 41.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amtul Malik | 1,149 | 39.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Lee | 751 | 25.6 |
| | Conservative | Karen Gray | 718 | 24.5 |
| | Conservative | James Griffin | 714 | 24.3 |
| | Labour | Norma Brewer | 692 | 23.6 |
| | Labour | Christopher Priest* | 649 | 22.1 |
| | Labour | Daljit Sehbai | 639 | 21.8 |
| | Green | Brian Holmes | 259 | 8.8 |
| | Green | John Southgate | 234 | 8.0 |
| | Green | Gordon Masterton | 177 | 6.0 |
| | CPA | Abigail Hernan | 62 | 2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,537 | 43.3 |

### Chessington North and Hook

Chessington North and Hook (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Reid* | 1,698 | 70.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katharine Reid* | 1,674 | 69.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Baker | 1,665 | 68.7 |
| | Conservative | Peter Osborne | 510 | 21.1 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Geater | 485 | 20.0 |
| | Conservative | Albertine Gaur | 483 | 19.9 |
| | Labour | Judith Cowley | 166 | 6.9 |
| | Labour | Richard Wilson | 154 | 6.4 |
| | Labour | Shaun McLoughlin | 140 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,975 | 40.1 |

### Chessington South

Chessington South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Bamford* | 1,554 | 58.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Blakebrough | 1,484 | 56.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shiraz Mirza* | 1,389 | 52.5 |
| | Conservative | Daphne Johnston | 768 | 29.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Head | 753 | 28.5 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Johnston | 747 | 28.3 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Hanna | 193 | 7.3 |
| | Labour | Matthew MacKinlay | 191 | 7.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Hurst | 182 | 6.9 |
| | Green | Ann Bainbridge | 165 | 6.2 |
| | CPA | Anthony May | 55 | 2.1 |
| | CPA | Susan May | 46 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,527 | 39.2 |

### Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robin Codd* | 1,368 | 66.4 |
| | Conservative | David Edwards* | 1,329 | 64.5 |
| | Conservative | Eric Humphrey* | 1,307 | 63.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Baxter | 393 | 19.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Knowles | 390 | 18.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Watts | 375 | 18.2 |
| | Labour | Paul Fouracre | 165 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Roger Price | 156 | 7.6 |
| | Labour | Helen Williams | 138 | 6.7 |
| | Green | Martin Lake | 125 | 6.1 |
| | Green | Christopher Spruce | 118 | 5.7 |
| | Green | Carol Vagg | 103 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,967 | 31.2 |

### Coombe Vale

Coombe Vale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Haines* | 1,268 | 42.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Brill | 1,266 | 41.9 |
| | Conservative | Anna Flagg | 1,234 | 40.9 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Holder | 1,234 | 40.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Crerar* | 1,199 | 39.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ryder-Mills | 1,181 | 39.1 |
| | CPA | Peter Flower | 227 | 7.5 |
| | CPA | Sandra Flower | 219 | 7.3 |
| | Labour | Marilyn Corry | 203 | 6.7 |
| | CPA | Paul Jacobs | 202 | 6.7 |
| | Labour | Barry Bennett | 192 | 6.4 |
| | Labour | Colin Startup | 135 | 4.5 |
| | Green | Eleanor Gordon | 112 | 3.7 |
| | Green | Duncan Gordon | 107 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,779 | 48.0 |

### Grove

Grove (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Hitchcock* | 1,290 | 58.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Hayes* | 1,287 | 58.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bart Rickets | 1,172 | 53.3 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Beales | 616 | 28.0 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Blake | 603 | 27.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Richardson | 576 | 26.2 |
| | Green | Hilary James | 148 | 6.7 |
| | Labour | Nora Pearce | 142 | 6.5 |
| | Labour | Laurence South | 132 | 6.0 |
| | Labour | Niranjan Jayasundera | 122 | 5.5 |
| | Green | Satin Dattani | 115 | 5.2 |
| | Green | Michael Seviour | 99 | 4.5 |
| | CPA | Anthea Colledge | 42 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,344 | 36.0 |

### Norbiton

Norbiton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steven Mama* | 872 | 42.6 |
| | Labour | Edgar Naylor* | 810 | 39.5 |
| | Labour | Sheila Griffin | 769 | 37.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Coyne | 661 | 32.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vicki Cobb | 607 | 29.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wyn Evans* | 605 | 29.5 |
| | Conservative | Gavin French | 380 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Hurst | 361 | 17.6 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Turner | 334 | 16.3 |
| | Green | Julian Jones | 144 | 7.0 |
| | Green | Jon Clarke | 125 | 6.1 |
| | Green | Cedric Knight | 103 | 5.0 |
| | CPA | Helen Priest | 37 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,808 | 36.1 |

### Old Malden

Old Malden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian McDonald* | 1,638 | 59.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dilys Coy | 1,554 | 56.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ghazala Hayat | 1,480 | 53.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael Amson* | 965 | 34.8 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Smith | 924 | 33.3 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Khan | 558 | 20.1 |
| | Labour | Robert Kellett | 154 | 5.5 |
| | Labour | George Pearson | 153 | 5.5 |
| | Labour | Warren Kloman | 143 | 5.2 |
| | CPA | Roger Glencross | 93 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,662 | 43.1 |

### St James

St James (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Fraser* | 1,087 | 47.7 |
| | Conservative | Howard Jones | 1,021 | 44.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Osbourne | 937 | 41.2 |
| | Conservative | Rajendra Pandya* | 918 | 40.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Grender | 889 | 39.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Eyre-Brook | 871 | 38.3 |
| | Labour | Iris Clifford | 239 | 10.5 |
| | Labour | John Knowles | 180 | 7.9 |
| | Labour | Francis White | 161 | 7.1 |
| | CPA | Eleanor Glencross | 118 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,421 | 37.8 |

### St Mark's

St Mark's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Shard | 1,721 | 70.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry O'Mahony | 1,701 | 70.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mylvaganam Yoganathan | 1,659 | 68.4 |
| | Conservative | Ian George | 533 | 22.0 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Johnson | 515 | 21.2 |
| | Conservative | Janet Witham | 514 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | James Waterworth | 129 | 5.3 |
| | Labour | Anne Vase | 120 | 4.9 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Parnell | 114 | 4.7 |
| | CPA | Thomas Borrough | 58 | 2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,064 | 35.5 |

### Surbiton Hill

Surbiton Hill (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Janet Bowen-Hitchings* | 1,058 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative | Jane Smith* | 1,036 | 43.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Johnston* | 1,016 | 43.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Cochrane | 950 | 40.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Theresa McCahill | 907 | 38.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Simonsson | 880 | 37.3 |
| | Labour | Phillip Cooper | 308 | 13.1 |
| | Labour | Andrew Hall* | 283 | 12.0 |
| | Labour | Lawrence Green | 274 | 11.6 |
| | CPA | Kenneth Scrimshaw | 87 | 3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,799 | 34.5 |

### Tolworth and Hook Rise

Tolworth and Hook Rise (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rolson Davies* | 1,591 | 59.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Harris* | 1,507 | 56.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lee | 1,457 | 54.1 |
| | Labour | Rory Faulkner* | 503 | 18.7 |
| | Conservative | Krishnapillar Srisaravanapauaan | 497 | 18.5 |
| | Labour | Jeremy Thorn* | 496 | 18.4 |
| | Conservative | Leslie Wilson | 496 | 18.4 |
| | Conservative | Nithyalak Kumpeson | 495 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | Marian Darke* | 490 | 18.2 |
| | CPA | Doreen Scrimshaw | 75 | 2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,607 | 42.2 |

### Tudor

Tudor (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Cunningham* | 1,422 | 57.8 |
| | Conservative | Dennis Doe* | 1,346 | 54.7 |
| | Conservative | Frank Thompson | 1,303 | 52.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Lillicrap | 614 | 24.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Jackson | 588 | 23.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Walter | 523 | 21.3 |
| | Labour | Brian Morris | 282 | 11.5 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Malseed | 276 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | Noel Hamel | 262 | 10.6 |
| | Green | Anne Murphy | 235 | 9.5 |
| | Green | Anthony Stokoe | 153 | 6.2 |
| | CPA | Keli Hopewell | 55 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,059 | 39.9 |