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Local elections took place in many parts of England on 2 May 2002. All
London borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at ...
council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the
Metropolitan Boroughs A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...
. Many
unitary Authorities A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in
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Summary of results

Simon Parker of ''
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the G ...
'' described the elections as "a round of embarrassing [sic] defeats for Labour in a set of council elections that also saw opposition parties making minor inroads into the party's dominant position in local government. ..But the night really belonged to independents and the smaller parties, who made some high-profile gains as the voters expressed their dissatisfaction with mainstream politics."


England


London boroughs

In all 32
London borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at ...
s, the whole council was up for election. ‡ New ward boundaries


Metropolitan boroughs

All 36 English
Metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolita ...
councils had one third of their seats up for election.


Unitary authorities


Whole council

In six English Unitary authorities, the whole council was up for election. ‡ New ward boundaries


Third of council

In 12 English Unitary authorities, one third of the council was up for election.


District councils


Whole council

In 46 English district authorities, the whole council was up for election. ‡ New ward boundaries


Third of council

In 42 English district authorities, one third of the council was up for election.


Mayoral elections

There were seven elections for
directly elected Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are cho ...
mayors.


Notes


References


Vote 2002 BBC NewsLocal elections in England: 2 May 2002. House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/33.
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Local elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...