Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes reducing the number of councillors by one since the last election in 1998.^[1] Labour despite having the largest number of votes with 36.6% of the vote, it still lost 13 seats, while the Lib Dems and the Tories gained seats, resulting in Labour losing control of the Council and no party having a majority.^[1]

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2002 Lambeth Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Lib Lab Con Leader Peter Truesdale Tom Franklin John Whelan Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative Leader since 1998 May 2000 1998 Leader's seat Bishop's Tulse Hill Thurlow Park Seats won 28 28 7 Seat change 10 13 2 Popular vote 18,647 20,503 9,080 Percentage 33.3% 36.6% 16.2%
Map of the results of the 2002 Lambeth council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader of Largest Party before election Tom Franklin Labour Subsequent Leader of Largest Party Peter Truesdale Liberal Democrats

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Following the election, the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition to run the council with Cllr Peter Truesdale, Liberal Democrat, as Leader and Cllr John Whelan, Conservative, as Deputy Leader.