| Election Name: | 2002 Barking and Dagenham Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Barking and Dagenham Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Barking and Dagenham Council election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 51 council seats to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2002 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 47 seats |
| Seats1: | 42 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,654 |
| Percentage1: | 55.6 |
| Swing1: | -14.4 |
| Party2: | Chadwell Heath RA |
| Last Election2: | 3 seats |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,444 |
| Percentage2: | 5.5 |
| Swing2: | -1.0 |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 1 seats |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 6,115 |
| Percentage4: | 23.2 |
| Swing4: | +21.6 |
| Party5: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 3,638 |
| Percentage5: | 13.8 |
| Swing5: | -4.8 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, UK were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council, but lost 5 seats. Overall turnout was 22.76%.[1] [2]
100 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (51) and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 12 candidates, whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 28.
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