| Election Name: | 2002 Newham Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Previous Election: | 1998 Newham Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1998 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Newham Council election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2002 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 60 seats |
| Seats1: | 59 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 23,965 |
| Percentage1: | 49.3 |
| Party2: | Christian Peoples Alliance |
| Last Election2: | 0 seats |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,178 |
| Percentage2: | 4.5 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
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.[1] [2]
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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.
There were no by-elections.[3]