2002 London local elections
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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.
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[2][3] Councillor statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Ward result maps
London-wide
The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.
By borough
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
References
- ^ "Year Tables". electionscentre.co.uk. 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016.
- ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). files.datapress.com. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016.
- ^ "2002 results". London Councils. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
