2002 Westminster City Council election

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Registered133,281
Turnout36,480, 27.37% (Decrease 4.62)[1]
2002 Westminster City Council election

 1998
May 2, 2002 (2002-05-02)
2006 

all 60 seats up for election to Westminster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered133,281
Turnout36,480, 27.37% (Decrease 4.62)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Simon H. Milton Unknown Unknown
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2000 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Lancaster Gate Unknown Unknown
Last election 47 seats, 55.02% 13 seats, 33.80% 0 seats, 9.03%
Seats won 48 12 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 60,245 29,461 11,272
Percentage 58.84% 28.78% 11.01%
Swing Increase 3.82 Decrease 5.02 Increase 1.98

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a Conservative majority.

New wards

Like all other boroughs in this election, Westminster went through a major redistricting, merging several wards, eliminating others as well as creating new wards. The changes were as follows:[2][3]

Eliminated wards

Merged wards

Expanded wards

Election results

2002 Westminster City Council local elections[4][5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 23[n 1] 22 Increase 1 80.00 58.84 60,245 Increase 3.82
  Labour 12 0 1 Decrease 1 20.00 28.78 29,461 Decrease 5.02
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 11.01 11,272 Increase 1.98
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.67 685 Increase 0.37
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.51 526 Decrease 0.11
  London Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.19 193 New
Total 60 102,382

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

12 48
Labour Conservative

Ward results

Notes

References

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