Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 2002, in which the whole council was up for election. Turnout for the election was 39.88%.

Background As part of regularly scheduled redistricting taking place within several London councils at the time, Richmon Upon Thames council redrew the boundaries between existing wards, eliminated some, increased the size of others as well as creating new wards. As part of this redistricting Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council added 2 more seats, bringing the councils total number of seats from 52 to 54.

Ward Changes

Wards Created

Fulwell and Hampton Hill (3) Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside (3) Hampton North (3) Mortlake and Barnes Common (3) North Richmond (3) St Margarets and North Twickenham (3) South Richmond (3) Twickenham Riverside (3)

Wards Eliminated

Central Twickenham (2) East Twickenham (3) Ham and Petersham (3) Hampton Hill (3) Hampton Nursery (3) Mortlake (3) Palewell (3) Richmond Hill (3) Richmond Town (2)

Wards Expanded

East Sheen - increased from 2 seats to 3 West Twickenham - increased from 2 seats to 3

Council Composition In the years between the last election and this one there was only one by-election to replace a councillor who resigned from their seat, however the seat was retained by the Conservative Party. This mean that the composition of the council just before the election was as follows: +↓43414

Election result

The election was a major victory for the Conservative party, taking nearly 3/4 of all the seats on the council, pushing the Liberal Democrats out of power and regaining control of the council for the first time since they lost overall control in 1982. Labour lost all of the councillors they had on the council, which left the composition of the council looking like this: +↓1539

Ward results (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Barnes

East Sheen

Fulwell and Hampton Hill

Ham, Petersham ajnd Richmond Riverside

Hampton

Hampton North

Hampton Wick

Heathfield

Kew

Mortlake and Barnes Common

North Richmond

St Margarets and North Twickenham

South Richmond

South Twickenham

Teddington

Twickenham Riverside

West Twickenham

Whitton

By-elections The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John SaundersThe by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Anthony BarnettThe by-election was called following the death of Cllr Jean MatthewsThe by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Marc Cranfield-AdamsThe by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Derek Beatie

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