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2002 Havering London Borough Council election
2002 local election in England
2002 local election in England
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2002 Havering London Borough Council election |
| election_date | 2 May 2002 |
| country | United Kingdom |
| flag_image | Coat of arms of the London Borough of Havering.svg |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 1998 Havering London Borough Council election |
| previous_year | 1998 |
| next_election | 2006 Havering London Borough Council election |
| next_year | 2006 |
| seats_for_election | All 54 Havering London Borough Council seats |
| majority_seats | 27 |
| map_image | Havering London UK local election 2002 map.svg |
| map_size | 250px |
| map_caption | Map of the results of the 2002 Havering council election. Conservatives in blue, Havering Residents Association in dark green, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Rainham & Wennington Independent Residents Group in grey. |
The 2002 Havering Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Havering London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control. New ward boundaries were in use for the first time and the number of councillors reduced from the previous election. As an experiment, it was a postal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on polling day.
Electoral arrangements
New ward boundaries were used for the first time. Prior to the 2002 election the council had 63 councillors. From the 2002 election, 54 councillors were elected from 18 wards. Each ward returned three councillors.
Six of the wards were new, including a recreated Cranham ward which had been abolished in 1978. The remaining wards shared the names of previously used wards but with new boundaries. Councillors were elected for a four-year term with the next election scheduled for 2006.
As an experiment, it was a postal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on the 2 May 2002 polling day.
Results
|seats % = 48.1% |votes % = 37.2% |plus/minus = |seats % = 33.3% |votes % = 25.5% |plus/minus = |seats % = 16.7% |votes % = 25.1% |plus/minus = |seats % = 1.9% |votes % = 6.1% |plus/minus = |seats % = |votes % = 2.2% |plus/minus = |seats % = |votes % = 2.2% |plus/minus = |seats % = |votes % = 0.7% |plus/minus = |seats % = |votes % = 0.7% |plus/minus = |seats % = |votes % = 0.3% |plus/minus =
Ward results
Brooklands
Cranham
Elm Park
Emerson Park
Gooshays
Hacton
Harold Wood
Havering Park
Heaton
Hylands
Mawneys
Pettits
Rainham and Wennington
Romford Town
St Andrew's
South Hornchurch
Squirrel's Heath
Upminster
By-elections
The following by-elections took place between the 2002 and 2006 elections:
- 2003 Rainham and Wennington by-election (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)
- 2004 Rainham and Wennington by-election (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)
References
References
- (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002". Greater London Authority.
- (1 May 2002). "Postal voting boosts turnout in local polls". The Guardian.
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