Election Name: | 2002 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2000 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2003 Stevenage Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | 13 of the 39 seats to Stevenage Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Election Date: | 2 May 2002 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 33 |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seats After1: | 33 |
Popular Vote1: | 16,392 |
Percentage1: | 53.2% |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 3 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seats After2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 8,027 |
Percentage2: | 26.1% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 5,747 |
Percentage3: | 18.7% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Labour |
After Election: | Labour |
Elections to Stevenage Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election; the seats of the candidates who finished second in each ward in the all-out election of 1999. The Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council, which it had held continuously since 1973.
After the election, the composition of the council was: