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2002 Newham London Borough Council election

2002 local election in England

Field	Value
election_name	2002 Newham Council election
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	Labour Party (UK)
previous_election	1998 Newham Council election
previous_year	1998
next_election	2006 Newham Council election
next_year	2006
seats_for_election	All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
election_date	2 May 2002
party1	Labour Party (UK)
last_election1	60 seats
seats1	59
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	23,965
percentage1	49.3%
party2	Christian Peoples Alliance
last_election2	0 seats
seats2	1
seat_change2	1
popular_vote2	2,178
percentage2	4.5%
map_image	Newham London UK local election 2002 map.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Map of the results of the 2002 Newham council election. Christian Peoples Alliance in purple and Labour in red.
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_party	Labour Party (UK)

31 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance.

Election result

|seats % = 98.3 |votes % = 49.3 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 19.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 12.3 |plus/minus = |seats % = 1.7 |votes % = 4.5 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 3.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 3.8 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.2 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.5 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = |}

Background

A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 7 candidates. Other candidates running were 14 Greens, 9 Christian Peoples Alliance, 6 Newham Independents Association, 4 Socialist Alliance, 3 BNP, 1 Socialist Labour, 1 UKIP and 8 Independents.

Results by ward

Beckton

|reg. electors = 7,721

Boleyn

|reg. electors = 8,095

Canning Town North

|reg. electors = 7,953

Canning Town South

|reg. electors = 7,601

Custom House

|reg. electors = 8,140

East Ham Central

|reg. electors = 8,188

East Ham North

|reg. electors = 7,905

East Ham South

|reg. electors = 7,957

Forest Gate North

|reg. electors = 8,287

Forest Gate South

|reg. electors = 8,272

Green Street East

|reg. electors = 7,922

Green Street West

|reg. electors = 7,930

Little Ilford

|reg. electors = 8,126

Manor Park

|reg. electors = 7,986

Plaistow North

|reg. electors = 7,612

Plaistow South

|reg. electors = 8,391

Royal Docks

|reg. electors = 4,609

Stratford and New Town

|reg. electors = 8,561

Wall End

|reg. electors = 8,561

West Ham

|reg. electors = 7,959

By-elections between 2002 and 2006

There were no by-elections.

References

"London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002". London Residuary Body.
"London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010". Plymouth University.
"London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006". London Residuary Body.

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