2002 London local elections
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 2 May 2002. Ward changes took place in every borough, following a series of reviews and 32 statutory instruments which reduced the total number of councillors by 56 from 1,917 to 1,861.
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All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 31.8% (3.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by Borough in 2002. |
All London borough council seats were up for election. The London Conservatives narrowly won the popular vote across the city by a margin of 871 votes, increased their number of councillors by 115 and won control of 4 more councils. However, London Labour won a plurality of council seats (866) and councils (15), though this was a decline from the 1,050 councillors and 18 councils they had won in 1998. It was the first time ever that a political party had won the most seats and councils in a London borough election whilst losing the London-wide popular vote.
In Hackney there was also a mayoral referendum vote.
Results summary
Party[1] | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change | |
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Conservative | 587,161 | 34.1 | +2.1 | 654 | 35.1 | +116 | 8 | +4 | |
Labour | 586,290 | 34.1 | -6.6 | 866 | 46.5 | -184 | 15 | -3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 353,833 | 20.6 | -0.2 | 307 | 16.5 | +6 | 3 | +1 | |
Green | 95,394 | 5.5 | +2.6 | 1 | 0.1 | -1 | 0 | ±0 | |
Others | 97,938 | 5.7 | +2.1 | 33 | 1.8 | +7 | 0 | ±0 | |
No overall control | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 6 | -2 | |
- Turnout: 1,653,654 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 31.8% (-3.0%).[2]
Council results
Overall councillor numbers
London local elections 2002[3][4]
Councillor statistics | |||
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Party | Seats | Gain/loss | |
Labour | 866 | -184 | |
Conservative | 654 | +115 | |
Liberal Democrats | 307 | +6 | |
Havering Residents Association | 12 | ||
Chadwell Heath Residents Association | 4 | ||
Merton Park Ward Residents Association | 3 | ||
Rainham & Wennington Independent Residents Group | 3 | ||
South Hornchurch Independent Residents Group | 3 | ||
Community Group | 3 | ||
A future for Brentford FC in your Community | 1 | ||
CPA | 1 | ||
Green | 1 | ||
Local Education Action by Parents | 1 | ||
Socialist Alternative | 1 |
Borough result maps
- Barking and Dagenham 2002 results map
- Barnet 2002 results map
- Bexley 2002 results map
- Brent 2002 results map
- Bromley 2002 results map
- Camden 2002 results map
- Croydon 2002 results map
- Ealing 2002 results map
- Enfield 2002 results map
- Greenwich 2002 results map
- Hackney 2002 results map
- Hammersmith and Fulham 2002 results map
- Haringey 2002 results map
- Harrow 2002 results map
- Havering 2002 results map
- Hillingdon 2002 results map
- Hounslow 2002 results map
- Islington 2002 results map
- Kensington and Chelsea 2002 results map
- Kingston upon Thames 2002 results map
- Lambeth 2002 results map
- Lewisham 2002 results map
- Merton 2002 results map
- Newham 2002 results map
- Redbridge 2002 results map
- Richmond upon Thames 2002 results map
- Southwark 2002 results map
- Sutton 2002 results map
- Tower Hamlets 2002 results map
- Waltham Forest 2002 results map
- Wandsworth 2002 results map
- Westminster 2002 results map
- Greater London 2002 results map
References
- http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755
- https://files.datapress.com/london/dataset/council-elections-voters-2002/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf
- "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- "2002 results". London Councils. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.