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2002 London local elections

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.

Quick Facts All 1,861 on all 32 London boroughs, Turnout ...

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

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  • Turnout: 1,653,654 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 31.8% (-3.0%).[2]

Council results

Overall councillor numbers

More information London local elections 2002 Councillor statistics, Party ...

Ward result maps

London-wide

The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.

2002 London local elections results map

By borough


References

  1. "Year Tables". electionscentre.co.uk. 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "2002 results". London Councils. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

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