2002 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election

The 2002 Welwyn Hatfield Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Labour party.^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 35.3%.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Brookmans Park & Little Heath^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dean	1,289	75.9	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Edwards	217	12.8	+1.9
	Labour	Derek Marcus	192	11.3	−2.2
Majority			1,072	63.1	+1.0
Turnout			1,698
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haldens^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orrett	760	54.6	−2.5
	Conservative	Stuart Jackson	407	29.2	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Bassett	225	16.2	+3.7
Majority			353	25.4	−1.2
Turnout			1,392
	Labour hold		Swing

Handside^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Storer	888	41.6	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Cooke	866	40.5	+21.5
	Labour	Pascal Jacquemain	383	17.9	−4.3
Majority			22	1.1	−25.5
Turnout			2,137
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Croft	558	42.6	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Laming	470	35.9	+10.1
	Conservative	Andrew Peffer	283	21.6	−7.8
Majority			88	6.7	−8.7
Turnout			1,311
	Labour hold		Swing

Hatfield East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter O'Brien	969	58.1	+8.8
	Labour	Margaret White	423	25.4	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lis Meyland-Smith	276	16.5	+6.7
Majority			546	32.7	+24.3
Turnout			1,668
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Jones	527	47.1
	Conservative	Morgan	433	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	Fisher	160	14.3
Majority			94	8.4
Turnout			1,120	26.4	−2.5

Hatfield South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	McDonald	456	59.7
	Conservative	Smith	223	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	Griffiths	85	11.1
Majority			233	30.5
Turnout			764	27.6	+0.1

Hatfield West^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilder	693	47.0
	Conservative	Victoria Sarson	608	41.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pryke	174	11.8
Majority			85	5.8
Turnout			1,475	32.6	+0.4

Hollybush^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jones	730	63.3
	Conservative	Peffer	290	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cashmore	133	11.5
Majority			440	38.1
Turnout			1,153	27.2	−1.3

Howlands^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Biddle	759	56.4
	Conservative	Storer	435	32.3
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Edwards	151	11.2
Majority			324	24.1
Turnout			1,345	29.6	−3.9

Northaw^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean	810	59.5
	Third Way	Cheetham	298	21.9
	Liberal Democrats	Blumsom	135	9.9
	Labour	Parry	119	8.7
Majority			512	37.6
Turnout			1,362	32.5	+2.4

Panshanger^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trigg	805	53.4
	Labour	Chesterman	536	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lee	166	11.0
Majority			269	17.8
Turnout			1,507	31.4	−0.8

Peartree^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Tinsley	523	59.8
	Conservative	Perkins	241	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benakis	111	12.7
Majority			282	32.3
Turnout			875	19.1	−2.2

Sherrards^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hurst	977	45.4
	Conservative	Scarff	960	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cooke	213	9.9
Majority			17	0.7
Turnout			2,150	47.6	−0.1

Welham Green^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pieri	575	63.3
	Labour	Croft	232	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bain	102	11.2
Majority			343	37.8
Turnout			909	32.3	−3.4

Welham South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pile	884	63.5
	Labour	Henderson	292	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Burnham	216	15.5
Majority			592	42.5
Turnout			1,392	32.7	−2.4

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Preceded by Welwyn Hatfield Council election, 2000	Welwyn Hatfield local elections	Succeeded by Welwyn Hatfield Council election, 2003