2002 Rushmoor Borough Council election

[3] As well as the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, there were also 9 Green Party candidates contesting the election in Aldershot wards.

[3] Other independents were campaigner Peter Sandy in Heron Wood, poet Derek Asker in Empress ward and the many times candidate Arthur Uther Pendragon.

[3] One sitting councillor who did not stand in the election however was John Debenham, who stood down after having served on the council since it was created in 1974.

[4] The two successful Conservative candidates in Knellwood had to toss a coin to decide which of them would serve 1 or 2 years after they finished with the same number of votes.

[4] Roland Dibbs won the coin toss and was elected to 2 years on the council.