Local Election Results 2002

Merton

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Other results for Merton: 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
By-elections for Merton (may be incomplete): 6th March 2003 (Ravensbury) — 10th June 2004 (Lower Morden) — 3rd May 2012 (Wimbledon Park) — 8th August 2013 (Colliers Wood) — 5th May 2016 (Figge's Marsh) — 19th May 2016 (St Helier) — 20th July 2017 (St Helier) — 20th June 2019 (Cannon Hill) — 6th May 2021 (St Helier) — 4th July 2024 (Figge's Marsh; St Helier)

Map of the results —Export spreadsheet

Consolidated results — Merton 2002

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Conservative	16809	34.2%	25
Labour	16557	33.7%	32
Liberal Democrat	6981	14.2%	0
Green Party	4962	10.1%	0
Merton Park Ward Independent Residents	1499	3.0%	3
UK Independence Party	851	1.7%	0
Wimbledon Park Ward Independent Residents	782	1.6%	0
Independent	453	0.9%	0
British National Party	302	0.6%	0

Abbey (3)

Su Assinen	Lab	766	39.0%
Pauline Abrams	Lab	765
Mick Fitzgerald	Lab	710
Stephen Ashcroft	C	644	32.8%
Anne Bottell	C	613
Gordon Raymond	C	538
Catherine Brown	LD	320	16.3%
John O'Boyle	LD	301
Celia Lee	LD	260
Jacqueline Barrow	Grn	233	11.9%
John Barrow	Grn	180
Conal Cunningham	Grn	166

Cannon Hill (3)

Deborah Shears	C	1396	43.9%
Fiona Bryce	C	1341
David Shellhorn	C	1277
Stephen Alambritis	Lab	893	28.1%
Henry MacAuley	Lab	803
Charles Lucas	Lab	785
Blaise Eglington	LD	351	11.0%
Michael Spalding	LD	333
Richard Ladmore	LD	319
Despina Steiert	Ind	215	6.8%
Graham Mills	UKIP	175	5.5%
Francis Cluer	Grn	153	4.8%
Catherine Fallowfield	Grn	119
Giles Fallowfield	Grn	98

Colliers Wood (3)

Nicholas Draper	Lab	1328	54.3%
Sheila Knight	Lab	1306
George Reynolds	Lab	1254
Thomas Walsh	Grn	940	38.4%
Alan Johnson	Grn	813
Rajeev Thacker	Grn	752
Philip Beard	C	179	7.3%
Joan Boyes	C	158
John Lewis	C	145

Cricket Green (3)

Ian Munn	Lab	1160	51.5%
Russell Makin	Lab	1120
Judith Saunders	Lab	1012
Sally Hammond	C	557	24.7%
Rhoda McCorquodale	C	531
Gordon Southcott	C	481
Nicholas Pizey	LD	321	14.2%
Louise Deere	Grn	216	9.6%
Michael Deere	Grn	180

Dundonald (3)

Matthew Bird	C	792	30.8%
Corinna O'Brien-Edge	C	769
Amanda Ramsay	Lab	756	29.4%
Michael Brunt	Lab	751
Stuart Pickover	Lab	729
Paul Wigham	C	716
Anne Blanchard	LD	455	17.7%
Christina Langley	Grn	330	12.8%
Christopher Oxford	LD	328
Stephen Harbron	LD	322
Julia Goldsmith	Ind	238	9.3%
Rathy Alagaratnam	Ind	191

Figge's Marsh (3)

Geraldine Stanford	Lab	1052	51.1%
Danny Connellan	Lab	988
Andrew Judge	Lab	939
David Hart	C	483	23.5%
James Walsh	C	430
Robert Marven	C	425
Malcolm Geldart	LD	325	15.8%
Janette Wilkin	Grn	199	9.7%
Simon Wilkin	Grn	137

Graveney (3)

Linda Kirby	Lab	1197	55.5%
Joe Abrams	Lab	1193
John Dehaney	Lab	1087
John Stephenson	C	436	20.2%
Joy Woods	C	423
Mohammad Qureshi	C	406
Eamonn Clifford	LD	324	15.0%
Emma-Ruth Crowhurst	Grn	200	9.3%
Mark Adri-Soejoko	Grn	160

Hillside (3)

Richard Harwood	C	1053	49.5%
David Williams	C	1031
David Simpson	C	982
Linda Thomas	Lab	444	20.9%
Geeta Nargund	Lab	420
Stephen Thomas	Lab	395
Joan Pyke-Lees	LD	387	18.2%
Philippa Willott	LD	366
Steve Bradley	LD	363
Nicholas Robins	Grn	243	11.4%

Lavender Fields (3)

Mary Dunn	Lab	886	51.7%
Mark Allison	Lab	873
Edith Macauley	Lab	760
Alfred Acott	C	378	22.0%
June Hayles	C	367
Eugene Byrne	C	358
Bernard Conway	LD	227	13.2%
Jennifer Barker	Grn	224	13.1%
John Barker	Grn	171

Longthornton (3)

Stephen Austin	Lab	1180	46.0%
David Chung	Lab	1107
Leighton Veale	Lab	963
David Robinson	C	921	35.9%
Louisa Hatcher	C	897
Ronald Cox	C	886
Pauline Barry	LD	281	11.0%
Jonathan Halls	Grn	183	7.1%

Lower Morden (3)

Maurice Groves	C	1378	45.6%
Terence Sullivan	C	1183
Leslie Mutch	C	1180
Elizabeth Daughters	Lab	682	22.6%
Alan Hodgson	Lab	621
Muhammod Rahman	Lab	537
Adrian Roberts	UKIP	385	12.7%
Patricia Pearce	LD	345	11.4%
Giles Barrow	Grn	233	7.7%
Anthony Hewitt	Grn	123
Leslie Johnson	Grn	107

Merton Park (3)

Jillian Ashton	MPIR	1499	50.0%
Peter Southgate	MPIR	1420
John Nelson-Jones	MPIR	1415
David Edge	C	765	25.5%
Richard Chellew	C	731
Richard Mernane	C	716
Richard Nichols	Lab	409	13.6%
Michael Reddin	Lab	373
Robert Powell	Lab	355
Naomi Adams	Grn	201	6.7%
Andrew Mills	UKIP	127	4.2%

Pollards Hill (3)

John Cole	Lab	1167	50.3%
Michael Tilcock	Lab	1153
Martin Whelton	Lab	1026
Margaret Neville	C	690	29.8%
Kenneth Butt	C	631
Paul Goulden	C	602
Nicholas Wren	LD	257	11.1%
Robin Bannister	Grn	205	8.8%

Ravensbury (3)

Philip Jones	Lab	946	45.5%
Peter McCabe	Lab	909
Tony Giles	Lab	894
Barbara Mansfield	C	583	28.1%
Jeffrey Gunn	C	540
Reginald Martin	C	527
Danielle Toyer	LD	343	16.5%
Paul Barasi	Grn	205	9.9%

Raynes Park (3)

Margaret Brierly	C	1294	46.9%
Horst Bullinger	C	1186
Michael Cheng	C	1131
Sally Harlow	LD	809	29.3%
Gail Moss	LD	764
Kamaljit Sood	LD	626
Michael Somerville	Lab	422	15.3%
Geoffrey Roberts	Lab	419
Stefano Scalzo	Lab	395
Richard Evans	Grn	232	8.4%
Jean Curry	Grn	155
Brian Parkin	Grn	127

St Helier (3)

Dennis Pearce	Lab	958	38.8%
Maxi Martin	Lab	947
Mickey Spacey	Lab	840
Joan Goodacre	C	532	21.5%
Sydney Quick	C	519
Ronald Wilson	C	509
Joyce Smith	LD	324	13.1%
Danny Ford	BNP	302	12.2%
Susan Boulding	Grn	192	7.8%
Stephen Boulding	Grn	178
Christopher Byrne	UKIP	164	6.6%

Trinity (3)

Dorothy Kilsby	C	805	37.5%
Christopher McLaughlin	C	799
Andrew Coles	Lab	781	36.4%
Maria Miller	C	780
Vivien Guy	Lab	771
Mohammad Karim	Lab	687
Colette Mulchrone	LD	312	14.6%
Bonita Ralph	LD	293
Christopher Shoebridge	LD	270
Jennifer Barrow	Grn	246	11.5%
Lisa Ingram	Grn	203
Hector Ingram	Grn	199

Village (3)

Stephen Hammond	C	1667	68.2%
John Bowcott	C	1662
Samantha George	C	1629
William Bottriell	Lab	321	13.1%
Michelle McNicol	Lab	303
David Ives	Lab	299
Gerald Blanchard	LD	290	11.9%
Alison Edelsten	LD	285
Jennifer Taylor	LD	259
Rupert Stevens	Grn	166	6.8%

West Barnes (3)

Gillian Lewis-Lavender	C	1198	41.7%
William Brierly	C	1174
Angela Caldara	C	1106
Iain Dysart	LD	1054	36.7%
Nicholas Harris	LD	913
Louise Pugh	LD	856
David Filby	Lab	466	16.2%
Margaret Layton	Lab	422
Angela Manser	Lab	361
Michael Bell	Grn	157	5.5%
Mark Davidson	Grn	135
David Patterson	Grn	91

Wimbledon Park (3)

Elisabeth Mitchell	C	1058	34.8%
Oonagh Moulton	C	1018
Tariq Ahmad	C	982
Stephen Saul	WPIR	782	25.7%
Elizabeth Nelson	Lab	743	24.4%
John White	WPIR	723
Mark Thompson	WPIR	693
Syed Rizvi	Lab	643
Kenneth Wilshire	Lab	598
John Houlihan	LD	256	8.4%
Richard Tibbetts	LD	234
Ernest Dennis	Grn	204	6.7%
Sarah Miskin	Grn	131
Nicholas Miskin	Grn	92

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