Islington Council election, 2002

← 1998

2 May 2002

2006 →

All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Steve Hitchins	Mary Creagh
Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Green
Leader since	1997	2000
Leader's seat	St. Peter's	Highbury West
Last election	26 seats, 41.4%	26 seats, 40.6%	0 seats, 6.3%
Seats won	38	10	0
Seat change	12	16
Popular vote	45,754	35,651	10,775
Percentage	45.8%	35.7%	10.8%
Swing	4.4%	4.9%	4.5%

Leader of Largest Party before election

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrat

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Steve Hitchins
Liberal Democrat

The 2002 Islington Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Islington 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 4. The Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.

The 1998 election saw the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties finish on 26 seats each, with Labour continuing to run the council with the mayor's casting vote. However, in December 1999 the Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council after gaining a seat from Labour in a by-election. This meant that going into the election the Liberal Democrats had 27 seats, compared to 25 for Labour.

187 candidates stood in the election for the 48 seats being contested, after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4. The election was seen as a fight between the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, with the Green Party aiming to win 1 or 2 seats. The Conservative party did not put candidates for every seat being contested, while the Christian Peoples Alliance, Independent Working Class Association, Socialist Alliance and Socialist Labour Party all stood candidates, as well as several independents.

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