2002 Southwark London Borough Council election


The 2002 elections to Southwark Council were held in the London Borough of Southwark, England, on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 1998, reducing the number of seats by one. There were 63 seats in 21 wards. The Council moved from Labour controlled to no overall control, with a minority Liberal Democrat executive. Turnout was 26.2%.
Southwark local elections are held every four years, with the next held in 2006.

Background

Ward Changes

Wards Created

  • Brunswick Park - Created from parts of the St Giles and Brunswick wards
  • Camberwell Green - Created from parts of the St Giles and Faraday wards
  • Cathedrals - Created from parts of the Cathedral, Chaucer and Browning wards
  • East Dulwich - Created from parts of the Alleyn, Bellenden, Lyndhurst and Rye wards
  • East Walworth - Created from parts of the Browning and Burgess wards
  • Grange - Created from parts of the Abbey, Bricklayers and Chaucer wards
  • Livesey - Created from parts of the Rotherhithe, Consort and Friary wards
  • Nunhead - Created from parts of the Consort, Barset and Waverley wards
  • Peckham - Created from the Liddle ward and parts of the Friary ward
  • Peckham Rye - Created from parts of the Bellenden, Rye and Waverley wards
  • South Bermondsey - Created from parts of the Bricklayers and Rotherhithe wards
  • South Camberwell - Created from parts of the Lyndhurst and the Bellenden wards
  • Surrey Docks - Created from parts of the Dockyard ward
  • Village - Created from parts of the Ruskin ward

Wards Eliminated

  • Abbey
  • Alleyn
  • Barset
  • Bellenden
  • Bricklayers
  • Browning
  • Brunswick
  • Burgess
  • Cathedral
  • Consort
  • Dockyard
  • Friary
  • Liddle
  • Lyndhurst
  • Ruskin
  • Rye
  • St Giles
  • Waverley

Wards Expanded

  • College - from 2 seats to 3
  • The Lane - from 2 seats to 3

Council Composition

In between the 1998 election and this election there were a total of 3 by-elections called to replace councillors who either resigned or died, however none of these by-elections resulted in seats changing parties. Aside from these elections there were also 2 councillors that switch allegiances to other parties or became an independent. As a result of this, the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:

Election result

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

Ward results

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