Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance.
Background A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 7 candidates. Other candidates running were 14 Greens, 9 Christian Peoples Alliance, 6 Newham Independents Association, 4 Socialist Alliance, 3 BNP, 1 Socialist Labour, 1 UKIP and 8 Independents.
Ward Changes As with several other councils this election, Newham went through a major redistricting which resulted in the following changes:
Wards Eliminated Bemersyde (2) Custom House and Silvertown (3) Castle (2) Central (2) Greatfield (3) Hudsons (3) Kensington (2) Monega (2) Ordnance (2) Park (3) Plashet (3) St Stephens (2) South (3) Upton (3)
Wards Created Boleyn (3) Custom House (3) East Ham Central (3) East Ham North (3) East Ham South (3) Green Street East (3) Green Street West (3) Royal Docks (3)
Wards Merged Stratford (2) and New Town (2) wards merged into Stratford and New Town (3)
Wards Divided Canning Town and Grange (2) - Split into Canning Town North (3) and Canning Town South (3) wards Plaistow (3) - Split into Plaistow North (3) and Plaistow South (3) wards. Forest Gate (3) - Split into Forest Gate North (3) and Forest Gate South (3) wards
Wards Expanded Beckton - Increased from 2 seats to 3 West Ham - Increased from 2 seats to 3
Council Composition Election result
Results by ward (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a candidate
Beckton
Boleyn
Canning Town North
Canning Town South
Custom House
East Ham Central
East Ham North
East Ham South
Forest Gate North
Forest Gate South
Green Street East
Green Street West
Little Ilford
Manor Park
Plaistow North
Plaistow South
Royal Docks
Stratford and New Town
Wall End
West Ham
By-elections between 2002 and 2006 There were no by-elections.
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