2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

2002 Barking and Dagenham Council election
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All 51 council seats to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Chadwell Heath RA
Last election 47 seats 3 seats
Seats won 42 4
Seat change Decrease5 Increase1
Popular vote 14,654 1,444
Percentage 55.6 5.5
Swing -14.4 -1.0
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 1 seats 0 seats
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase2
Popular vote 6,115 3,638
Percentage 23.2 13.8
Swing +21.6 -4.8
Map of the results of the 2002 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, Chadwell Heath Residents Association in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, UK were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council, but lost 5 seats. Overall turnout was 22.76%.[1][2]

  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002". London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 25 May 2019.