# 2002 Maidstone Borough Council election

The 2002 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. The council stayed under no overall control.

## Background

All 55 seats were being contested in the election after boundary changes were implemented. The boundary changes kept the number of seats the same at 55, but reduced the wards from 28 to 26.
139 candidates stood in the election, made up of 45 Conservatives, 42 Liberal Democrats, 29 Labour, 10 Green, 8 United Kingdom Independence Party and 5 independents.

## Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 31.7%.
Maidstone Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | -1 | 38.2 | 36.9 | 27,105 | +5.5% |
| Conservative | 19 | +3 | 34.5 | 38.6 | 28,352 | -7.3% |
| Labour | 12 | 0 | 21.8 | 15.6 | 11,433 | -2.0% |
| Independent | 3 | -2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3,716 | +1.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2,021 | +1.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 877 | +1.2% |

## Ward results

Allington (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Daley | 1,642 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Robertson | 1,501 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Robertson | 1,500 | |
| | Conservative | Alison Swannick | 385 | |
| | Labour | Marianna Poliszczuk | 229 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Hollands | 206 | |
| | UKIP | Gareth Kendall | 128 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,591 | 37.6 |
Barming :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Oldham | 801 | 89.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Featherstone | 94 | 10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 707 | 79.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 895 | 48.0 |
Bearsted (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Patricia Marshall | 1,528 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Ash | 1,277 | |
| | Conservative | Allan Bradshaw | 1,198 | |
| | Conservative | Gladys Haskett | 1,111 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Chittenden | 530 | |
| | Labour | Jeanne Gibson | 461 | |
| | Green | Hazel Chazal | 256 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,361 | 39.9 |
Bouhgton Monchelsea and Chart Sutton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Michael Fitzgerald | 639 | 68.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Oben | 291 | 31.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 348 | 37.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 930 | 45.0 |
Boxley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Derek Butler | 809 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Yates | 757 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Barnes | 701 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Chittenden | 517 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Doherty | 476 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Harwood | 475 | |
| | Independent | John Munson | 329 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Gibson | 256 | |
| | Green | Peter Bagshaw | 196 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,516 | 25.4 |
Bridge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Moss | 458 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Nicholson | 437 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Matthews | 427 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Tucker | 426 | |
| | Labour | Richard Coates | 195 | |
| | Labour | Linda Cogger | 186 | |
| | UKIP | Keith Woollven | 65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,194 | 28.5 |
Coxheath and Hunton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Mortimer | 988 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moira Walter | 925 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Williams | 896 | |
| | Conservative | Adrian Brindle | 789 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Butcher | 698 | |
| | Conservative | John Swannick | 634 | |
| | Labour | John Hughes | 295 | |
| | UKIP | Duncan Spencer | 89 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,314 | 35.2 |
Detling and Thurnham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Horne | 413 | 63.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Watson | 161 | 24.6 |
| | Labour | Ray Huson | 81 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 38.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 655 | 29.0 |
Downswood and Otham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Frederick Winckless | 453 | 78.8 |
| | Conservative | Angela Bentley | 122 | 21.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 57.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 575 | 27.0 |
East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Shaw | 1,090 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Sellar | 1,030 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Naghi | 944 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Warner | 741 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Garland | 721 | |
| | Conservative | Scott Hahnefeld | 713 | |
| | Labour | Susan Burfield | 260 | |
| | UKIP | Anthony Robertson | 83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,582 | 34.1 |
Fant (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Roger Berriman | 726 | |
| | Labour | Merello D'Souza | 644 | |
| | Labour | John Morrison | 621 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shona Stevens | 600 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Schnell | 494 | |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Wooder | 336 | |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Hindle | 323 | |
| | Green | Kathryn Moss | 231 | |
| | Green | Ian Mcdonald | 202 | |
| | UKIP | Stephen Dean | 142 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,319 | 28.1 |
Harrietsham and Lenham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tom Sams | 830 | |
| | Labour | Janetta Sams | 651 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Allen | 649 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Harris | 437 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Morris | 321 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,888 | 41.7 |
Headcorn (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jenefer Gibson | 1,117 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Thick | 985 | |
| | Green | Penelope Kemp | 501 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,603 | 38.5 |
Heath (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mick Stevens | 522 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Hooper | 483 | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Parker | 262 | |
| | Labour | Patrick Coates | 124 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,391 | 26.3 |
High Street (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive English | 752 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Joy | 639 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances Wilson | 620 | |
| | Conservative | Angharad Davies | 327 | |
| | Labour | Leonard Burfield | 323 | |
| | Conservative | Sally Nicholson | 322 | |
| | Green | Benjamin Hawkins | 140 | |
| | UKIP | Terence Kendall | 140 | |
| | Green | Sheila Kennedy | 129 | |
| | Green | Johann Sikora | 59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,451 | 22.9 |
Leeds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Parvin | 469 | 70.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Shaw | 108 | 16.2 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Stevens | 91 | 13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 361 | 54.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 668 | 36.0 |
Loose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Laing | 317 | 51.8 |
| | Conservative | Kevan Hodges | 295 | 48.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 612 | 33.0 |
Marden and Yalding (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roderick Nelson-Gracie | 1,009 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth McGannan | 982 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Anthonisz | 978 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Gerrish | 549 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 465 | |
| | Labour | Michael Jackson | 412 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,395 | 29.1 |
North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Harwood | 1,020 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Paterson | 974 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Warner | 841 | |
| | Conservative | Valerie Parker | 402 | |
| | Conservative | Carolyn Warner | 390 | |
| | Labour | Edith Davis | 226 | |
| | UKIP | Margaret Kendall | 109 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,962 | 28.2 |
North Downs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Daphne Parvin | 459 | 63.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cobbett | 175 | 24.3 |
| | Labour | Keith Adkinson | 86 | 11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 284 | 39.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 720 | 37.0 |
Park Wood (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Daniel Moriarty | 420 | |
| | Labour | James Cook | 352 | |
| | Conservative | Sandra Nahab | 208 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 980 | 20.9 |
Shepway North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frances Brown | 799 | |
| | Labour | Julie Skinner | 717 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Marlow | 716 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Hodges | 624 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Veal | 528 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Palmby | 288 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Samme | 229 | |
| | Green | Janet Richards | 159 | |
| | Green | Stephen Muggeridge | 148 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,208 | 25.7 |
Shepway South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Daniel Murphy | 578 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Stevens | 516 | |
| | Conservative | Marion Ring | 388 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,482 | 23.6 |
South (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Luxton | 1,136 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Ellis | 897 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Wilson | 818 | |
| | Independent | Alan Smith | 767 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Chell | 712 | |
| | Conservative | Lesley Polley | 655 | |
| | Conservative | Theresa Stirk | 555 | |
| | UKIP | John Botting | 121 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,661 | 37.0 |
Staplehurst (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Eric Hotson | 922 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Lusty | 896 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Williams | 300 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Burnham | 290 | |
| | Labour | Allan Rimmer | 231 | |
| | Labour | John Randall | 201 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,840 | 31.6 |
Sutton Valence and Langley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paulina Stockell | 503 | 70.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Gould | 208 | 29.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 41.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 711 | 33.0 |