London local elections, 2002

London local elections, 2002
2 May 2002

All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Blair Iain Duncan Smith Charles Kennedy
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Leader since 21 July 1994 13 September 2001 9 August 1999
Councils 15 8 3
Councils +/– Decrease3 Increase4 Increase1
Councillors 866 653 309
Councillors +/– Decrease184 Increase115 Increase8
London borough councils by political control following election

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 previous Borough elections in London were in 1998.

In Hackney there was also a mayoral referendum vote.

Council results

Council Previous control Result Details
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour Details
Barnet No overall control Conservative Details
Bexley Conservative Labour Details
Brent Labour Labour Details
Bromley No overall control Conservative Details
Camden Labour Labour Details
Croydon Labour Labour Details
Ealing Labour Labour Details
Enfield Labour Conservative Details
Greenwich Labour Labour Details
Hackney No overall control Labour Details
Hammersmith and Fulham Labour Labour Details
Haringey Labour Labour Details
Harrow Labour No overall control Details
Havering No overall control No overall control Details
Hillingdon No overall control No overall control Details
Hounslow Labour Labour Details
Islington No overall control Liberal Democrat Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative Details
Kingston upon Thames No overall control Liberal Democrat Details
Lambeth Labour No overall control Details
Lewisham Labour Labour Details
Merton Labour Labour Details
Newham Labour Labour Details
Redbridge No overall control Conservative Details
Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrat Conservative Details
Southwark Labour No overall control Details
Sutton Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Details
Tower Hamlets Labour Labour Details
Waltham Forest Labour No overall control Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative Details

Overall councillor numbers

London local elections 2002[1][2]

Councillor statistics

Party Seats Net Gain/Loss
  Labour 857 -184
  Conservative 653 +115
  Liberal Democrat 309 +8
  Havering Residents Association 12
  Labour Co-op 9
  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
  Christian Peoples 1
  Green 1
  Local Education Action by Parents 1
  Socialist Alternative 1

Borough result maps

References

  1. "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. "2002 results". London Councils. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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