2002 Havering London Borough Council election

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All 54Havering London Borough Council seats 27 seats needed for a majority
Map of the results of the 2002 Havering council election.Conservatives in blue,Havering Residents Association in dark green,Labour in red,Liberal Democrats in yellow and Rainham & Wennington Independent Residents Group in grey.

The2002 Havering Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members ofHavering London Borough Council inLondon, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed in no overall control. New ward boundaries were in use for the first time and the number of councillors reduced from the previous election. As an experiment, it was apostal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on polling day.

New ward boundaries were used for the first time. Prior to the 2002 election the council had 63 councillors. From the 2002 election, 54 councillors were elected from 18 wards. Each ward returned three councillors.

Six of the wards were new, including a recreatedCranham ward which had been abolished in 1978. The remaining wards shared the names of previously used wards but with new boundaries. Councillors were elected for a four-year term with the next election scheduled for 2006.

As an experiment, it was apostal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on the 2 May 2002 polling day.^[1][2]

The following by-elections took place between the 2002 and 2006 elections:

• 2003 Rainham and Wennington by-election (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)
• 2004 Rainham and Wennington by-election (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)

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