2002 Wandsworth London Borough Council election

Background

As part of a major redistricting, Wandsworth council along with every other London Council created new districts, eliminated some, and expanded others. The results of this redistrictinng were as follows:

Wards Created

• Wandsworth Common (3) - Created from parts of Earlsfield, Fairfield, Springfield and St John wards

Wards Eliminated

• Parkside (2) - Absorbed by West Hill ward
• St John (3) - Land divided among Fairfield, Latchmere and St Mary's Park wards as well as part of the new Wandsworth Common ward
• Springfield (3) - Land divided between Earlsfield ward and the new Wandsworth Common ward

Wards Expanded

• Earlsfield - increased from 2 to 3 seats
• Fairfield - increased from 2 seats to 3
• Queenstown - Increased from 2 seats to 3
• West Hill - Increased from 2 seats to 3

Wards Renamed

• Southfield (3) - renamed to Southfields ward During the process of redistrictinng, the number of seats on Wandworth London Borough Council dropped from 61 to 60.

In the years between this election and the previous one there were 2 by-elections triggered by the resignation and deaths of their respective councillors, however neither of them resulted in the seats changing parties. In addition to this there was a single seat that became vacant without enough time to hold a by-election to fill it, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:

Election result

|seats % = 83.33 |votes % = 53.70 |plus/minus = 0.28 |seats % = 16.67 |votes % = 33.52 |plus/minus = 3.03 |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 9.08 |plus/minus = 0.53 |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 2.76 |plus/minus = 1.28 |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.86 |plus/minus =New |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.04 |plus/minus =New |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.03 |plus/minus =New After the election, the composition was as follows:

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Balham

Bedford

Earlsfield

East Putney

Fairfield

Furzedown

Graveney

Latchmere

Nightingale

Northcote

Queenstown

Roehampton

St Mary's Park

Shaftesbury

Southfields

Thamesfield

Tooting

Wandsworth Common

West Hill

West Putney

Notes

References

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