| Election Name: | 2002 Barnet London Borough Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Barnet London Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Barnet London Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2002 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 39 |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 32,882 |
| Percentage1: | 39.7% |
| Swing1: | 1.2% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 21 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 28,041 |
| Percentage2: | 33.9% |
| Swing2: | 6.1% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 14,176 |
| Percentage3: | 17.1% |
| Swing3: | 0.8% |
| Map Size: | 340px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2002 Barnet Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council, replacing the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed Barnet for the previous 8 years.[1]
Before the election a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition ran the council. Since the last election in 1998, the Local Government Commission carried out a periodic electoral review of Barnet under the Local Government Act 1992 and made a number of boundary changes increasing the number of seats by three.[2] [3]
Overall turnout in the election was 34.04%.|}
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan J. Williams.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ruth J. Nyman.
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Alan M. Sloam.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa R. Gearson.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kantilal S. Patel in October 2005.[4] It was only the third time in the council's history that a seat had changed hands in a by-election.[5]