Election Name: | 2002 Camden Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
Previous Election: | 1998 Camden London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2006 Camden London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Seats For Election: | All 54 seats to Camden Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 27 |
Election Date: | 2 May 2002 |
Leader1: | Jane Roberts |
Leader Since1: | 2000 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Haverstock |
Last Election1: | 43 seats, 44.0% |
Seats1: | 35 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 14,238 |
Percentage1: | 33.3% |
Swing1: | 10.7% |
Leader2: | Piers Wauchope |
Leader Since2: | 2000 |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Belsize |
Last Election2: | 10 seats, 23.3% |
Seats2: | 11 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 10,783 |
Percentage2: | 25.2% |
Swing2: | 1.9% |
Leader3: | Flick Rea |
Leader Since3: | 1988 |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat3: | Fortune Green |
Last Election3: | 6 seats, 23.1% |
Seats3: | 8 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 9,904 |
Percentage3: | 23.2% |
Swing3: | 0.1% |
Map Size: | 350px |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader |
Before Election: | Jane Roberts |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Jane Roberts |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2002 Camden Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 reducing the number of seats by 5.[1] The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[2]
For the election Camden had a trial of early voting on 27–28 April in an attempt to increase turnout, however overall turnout at 28.4% was down on the 33.4% in 1998.[2]
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