2002 United Kingdom local elections

none February 2023 September 2012 March 2025 2002 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 2001 United Kingdom local elections 2001 2003 United Kingdom local elections 2003 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,18 unitary authorities, 88 English districtsand 7 directly elected mayors 2 May 2002 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Tony Blair in 2002.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Tony Blair 21 July 1994 Labour Party (UK) 33%All vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares, not total votes cast. 2% 64 7 2,416 334 Iain Duncan Smith Nightingale 1 (cropped).JPG 130 120 160 0 0 Iain Duncan Smith 13 September 2001 Conservative Party (UK) 34% 6% 42 9 2,007 238 Charles Kennedy MP (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Charles Kennedy 9 August 1999 Liberal Democrats (UK) 27% 2% 15 2 1,250 37 United Kingdom local elections, 2002.svg 300px Colours denote council control following elections, as shown in the main table of results. The 2002 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2002. All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the metropolitan boroughs. Many unitary authorities and district councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. This was the last time that Labour had the largest number of councillors in local government until 2023.Local elections 2025: Results and analysis https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10272/CBP-10272.pdf House of Commons Library Results Simon Parker of The Guardian described the elections as "a round of embarrassing [sic] defeats for Labour in a set of council elections that also saw opposition parties making minor inroads into the party's dominant position in local government. [...] But the night really belonged to independents and the smaller parties, who made some high-profile gains as the voters expressed their dissatisfaction with mainstream politics."http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/may/03/localgovernment.localgovernment Labour avoids council meltdown despite mayoral embarrassments Parker Simon 3 May 2002 The Guardian London 14 July 2022 England London boroughs In all 32 London boroughs, the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarking and Dagenham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarnet ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsBexley ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBrent ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBromley ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCamden ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCroydon ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEaling ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEnfield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsGreenwich ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHackney ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHammersmith and Fulham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHaringey ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrow ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHavering ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHillingdon ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHounslow ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIslington ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsKensington and Chelsea ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Thames ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsLambeth ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsLewisham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMerton ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedbridge ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRichmond upon Thames ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouthwark ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSutton ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsTower Hamlets ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaltham Forest ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWandsworth ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWestminster ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Metropolitan boroughs All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBirmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gain (Conservative Minority)DetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees No overall control No overall control holdDetailsKnowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsManchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOldham Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSheffield Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsSunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Unitary authorities Whole council In six English Unitary authorities, the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsDerby ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Hull ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMilton Keynes ‡ No overall control Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsPortsmouth ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 12 English Unitary authorities, one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBlackburn with Darwen Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBristol Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHartlepool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPeterborough No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsReading Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSlough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSwindon No overall control No overall control holdDetailsThurrock Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWarrington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetails District councils Whole council In 46 English district authorities, the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBasildon ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBasingstoke and Deane ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBassetlaw ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBedford ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrentwood ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsBurnley ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) hold DetailsCannock Chase ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCheltenham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsCherwell ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChorley ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsColchester ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCraven ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsEastbourne ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsEastleigh ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsEpping Forest ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsFareham ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsGosport ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHarlow ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHarrogate ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control gainDetailsHart ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHastings ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHavant ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsHyndburn ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsIpswich ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford ‡ No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsPendle ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPreston ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRochford ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsRossendale ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsRugby ‡ No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRushmoor ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSouth Bedfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStroud ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsSwale ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsTamworth ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWaveney ‡ Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWest Lancashire ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Oxfordshire ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWinchester ‡ Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council In 42 English district authorities, one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsAmber Valley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsCarlisle Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCongleton No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge No overall control Residents Association gainDetailsExeter Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMole Valley No overall control No overall control holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsPenwith No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPurbeck Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRedditch Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSt Albans No overall control No overall control holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) holdDetailsWatford No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWoking No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWorcester No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWorthing Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) gainDetailsWyre Forest No overall control Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern gainDetails Mayoral elections There were seven elections for directly elected mayors. Local Authority Previous Mayor Mayor-elect DetailsDoncaster NoneNew Post Labour Party (UK)Martin Winter (Labour)Hartlepool NoneNew Post Independent (politician)Stuart Drummond (Independent)DetailsLewisham NoneNew Post Labour Party (UK)Steve Bullock (Labour)Middlesbrough NoneNew Post Independent (politician)Ray Mallon (Independent)Newham NoneNew Post Labour Party (UK)Robin Wales (Labour)North Tyneside NoneNew Post Conservative Party (UK)Chris Morgan (Conservative)Watford NoneNew Post Liberal Democrats (UK)Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat)Details Notes References Vote 2002 BBC News Local elections in England: 2 May 2002. House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/33. Full 2002 ward results The Guardian local election coverage Local elections Category:Premiership of Tony Blair