2002 UK local government 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 .[ 1] The council stayed under no overall control .[ 2]
Background
All 55 seats were being contested in the election after boundary changes were implemented.[ 3] The boundary changes kept the number of seats the same at 55, but reduced the wards from 28 to 26.[ 3]
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 .[ 3]
Election result
Overall turnout in the election was 31.7%.[ 3]
Maidstone Local Election Result 2002[ 3] [ 4]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
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
References