# 2002 Harlow District Council election

The 2002 Harlow District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 9. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Background

Before the election Labour controlled the council with 25 councillors, compared to 8 each for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, while there was 1 independent councillor. Boundary changes took effect for the 2002 election, reducing the number of councillors from 42 to 33 and the number of wards from 16 to 11 and meaning that the whole council was to be elected.
11 Labour and 1 Conservative councillors stood down at the election, including the Labour assistant leader Derek Fenny and a former council chairman Terry Abel.

## Election result

Labour were reduced by 16 seats and thereby lost overall control of the council. Overall turnout at the election was 36.84%.
Following the election the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders, Andrew Johnson and Lorna Spenceley, made an agreement to be joint leaders of the council.
Harlow local election result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 12 | 4 | 36.4 | 31.8 | 19,201 | 4.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 4 | 36.4 | 29.7 | 17,943 | 3.5 |
| Labour | 9 | 16 | 27.3 | 37.7 | 22,752 | 1.5 |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 363 | 0.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 118 | 0.2 |

## Ward results
### Bush Fair (3 seats)

Bush Fair (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Macy | 1,086 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Robins | 1,082 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Millington | 1,071 | |
| | Labour | David Cameron | 868 | |
| | Labour | Alan Jones | 845 | |
| | Labour | John Sullivan | 838 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Bailey | 224 | |
| | Conservative | David Carter | 219 | |
| | Conservative | Simon O’Connor | 215 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Peter Brown | 87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,535 | 40 |

### Church Langley (3 seats)

Church Langley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samantha Warren | 1,164 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Carter | 1,125 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Hall | 1,110 | |
| | Labour | Tina Baker | 340 | |
| | Labour | Grace Matthews | 273 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Sully | 268 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Clements | 192 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zena Faccini | 175 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kuzna Jackson | 158 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,805 | 28 |

### Great Parndon (3 seats)

Great Parndon (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joshua Jolles | 894 | |
| | Conservative | Edward Johnson | 892 | |
| | Conservative | Patrick McClarnon | 892 | |
| | Labour | Edmund Gray | 725 | |
| | Labour | Robert Eschle | 696 | |
| | Labour | Feroz Khan | 656 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Glendenning | 281 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Rideout | 274 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Tinsley | 257 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,567 | 36 |

### Harlow Common (3 seats)

Harlow Common (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Hulcoop | 947 | |
| | Labour | Gregory Peck | 867 | |
| | Labour | Mark Wilkinson | 863 | |
| | Conservative | Nora Arnott | 760 | |
| | Conservative | Pamela Norton | 736 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Glover | 699 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Audrey Curran | 341 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stanley Curran | 323 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Mabey | 321 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,857 | 39 |

### Little Parndon and Hare Street (3 seats)

Little Parndon and Hare Street (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Leslie Bayliss | 911 | |
| | Labour | John Jesse | 884 | |
| | Labour | John Cave | 859 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Ross | 446 | |
| | Conservative | Sandra Crame | 426 | |
| | Conservative | Vivien Ross | 410 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Cholerton | 390 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Lawton | 350 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marion Dyer | 311 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | John Hobbs | 175 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,162 | 34 |

### Mark Hall (3 seats)

Mark Hall (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Steer | 1,098 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Shepherd | 1,091 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Macy | 1,075 | |
| | Labour | Edith Morris | 791 | |
| | Labour | Sean Folan | 782 | |
| | Labour | Caroline Carter | 772 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Carter | 276 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Carter | 269 | |
| | Conservative | Emma Thomas | 255 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,409 | 42.5 |

### Netteswell (3 seats)

Netteswell (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Thurston | 1,066 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Jackson | 1,060 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Pailing | 1,041 | |
| | Labour | Suzanne Ennifer | 683 | |
| | Labour | Sandra Rootsey | 653 | |
| | Labour | Valerie Sear | 643 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Johnstone | 242 | |
| | Conservative | Eileen Johnstone | 234 | |
| | Conservative | Matthew Warren | 206 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Anthony Sullivan | 101 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,929 | 37.5 |

### Old Harlow (3 seats)

Old Harlow (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Garnett | 963 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Ford | 945 | |
| | Conservative | Sue Livings | 878 | |
| | Labour | Charles Cochrane | 735 | |
| | Labour | Paul Bellairs | 645 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Larkin | 645 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Barton | 273 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon MacNeill | 272 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Westlake | 205 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,561 | 41 |

### Staple Tye (3 seats)

Staple Tye (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Spenceley | 869 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Lawton | 867 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Faccini | 823 | |
| | Labour | Godfrey Hocking | 329 | |
| | Labour | Jenny Holland | 324 | |
| | Labour | Philip Liddle | 305 | |
| | Conservative | Guy Mitchinson | 245 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rauch | 237 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Rauch | 225 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,224 | 28 |

### Sumners and Kingsmoor (3 seats)

Sumners and Kingsmoor (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Churchill | 742 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Gough | 714 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Johnson | 700 | |
| | Labour | Derek Eardley | 634 | |
| | Labour | Valerie Clark | 626 | |
| | Labour | Robert Long | 623 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Bell | 232 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harry Ackland-Snow | 208 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Enders | 189 | |
| | Independent | Christopher Hill | 118 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,786 | 30 |

### Toddbrook (3 seats)

Toddbrook (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roy Collyer | 947 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Brooks | 897 | |
| | Labour | Robert Davis | 878 | |
| | Conservative | Muriel Jolles | 643 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Shannon | 620 | |
| | Conservative | Craig Thomas | 595 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Cayford | 339 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Molly White | 330 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wright | 293 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,542 | 36 |