2002_Barnet_Council_election

2002 Barnet London Borough Council election

2002 Barnet London Borough Council election

2002 local election in England


The 2002 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council, replacing the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed Barnet for the previous 8 years.[1]

Quick Facts All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Background

Before the election a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition ran the council. Since the last election in 1998, the Local Government Commission carried out a periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1992 and made a number of boundary changes increasing the number of seats by three.[2][3]

Election result

Overall turnout in the election was 34.04%.

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Ward results

Brunswick Park

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Burnt Oak

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Childs Hill

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Colindale

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Coppetts

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East Barnet

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East Finchley

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Edgware

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Finchley Church End

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Garden Suburb

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Golders Green

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Hale

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Hendon

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High Barnet

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Mill Hill

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Oakleigh

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Totteridge

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Underhill

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West Finchley

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West Hendon

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Woodhouse

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By-elections between 2002 and 2006

Burnt Oak

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The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan J. Williams.

Hale

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The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ruth J. Nyman.

Colindale

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The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Alan M. Sloam.

Garden Suburb

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The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa R. Gearson.

High Barnet

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The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kantilal S. Patel in October 2005.[8] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election.[9]


References

  1. Mason, Rowena; Stewart, Heather (30 April 2022). "Rebel Tory MPs fear Boris Johnson could trigger autumn general election". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. "Barnet". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 1 July 2004. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  3. "Final Recommendations On The Future Electoral Arrangements For Barnet" (PDF). LGBCE Records & Resources. Local Government Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  4. "Local Election 2002". Barnet London Borough. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  5. "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  6. "Garden Suburb ward by-election result". Barnet London Borough. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. "By-elections High Barnet 2005". Barnet London Borough. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  8. Stebbings, Peter (27 October 2005). "Resigning Tory queries integrity". Barnet Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  9. Dysch, Marcus (16 December 2005). "Lib Dems' shock win at by-election". Barnet Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.

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