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
edit| 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
editOverall councillor numbers
edit| London local elections 2002[2][3] 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 | ||
Ward result maps
editLondon-wide
editThe map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.
By borough
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Barking and Dagenham 2002 results map -
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Hammersmith and Fulham 2002 results map -
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Westminster 2002 results map
References
edit- ^ "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.