2002 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon Council Election, 2002

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All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hugh Malyan Dudley Mead Ian Atkins Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 1999 1998 1998 Leader's seat Upper Norwood Selsdon & Ballards Coulsdon East Last election 38 seats, 38.2% 31 seats, 47.5% 1 seat, 12.1% Seats won 37 32 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 31,871 37,908 27,608 Percentage 38.0% 45.2% 12.2%
Map of the results of the 2002 Croydon council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Labour Co-operative in dark red and Liberal Democrats in yellow
Leader of the Council. before election Hugh Malyan Labour Elected Leader Hugh Malyan Labour

Elections to Croydon Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2002. The council was up for election for the first time since the 1998 election. The Labour Party managed to keep control of the council which it had done since 1994 when it took power from the Conservative Party. This year Labour held Croydon with a smaller majority, only clinging onto power through a tiny number of votes in its marginal wards - one councillor won by just eight votes.

37 Labour councillors, 32 Conservative councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor were elected, maintaining Labour control of the Council. Subsequently, one Conservative councillor defected to Labour, defected back to the Conservatives, became an independent and then a Liberal Democrat.