| Election Name: | 2002 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Coat_of_arms_of_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2003 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Seats For Election: | 21 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | David Acton |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | David Acton |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 33 |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seats After1: | 32 |
| Popular Vote1: | 34,670 |
| Percentage1: | 41.2% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 27 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 28 |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,938 |
| Percentage2: | 45.1% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 10,071 |
| Percentage3: | 12.0% |
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a two-year term of office, expiring in 2004, due to the boundary changes and 'all-out' elections due to take place that year. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 52.3%.
| Trafford Council Election 2002[1] [2] | ||||||||||
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 34,670 (41.2%) | 4.2 | 11 (52.4%) | 32 (50.8%) | ||||||
| Conservative Party | 37,938 (45.1%) | 6.4 | 9 (42.9%) | 1 | 28 (44.4%) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 10,071 (12.0%) | 0.9 | 1 (4.8%) | 3 (4.8%) | ||||||
| Green Party | 653 (0.8%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Independent | 636 (0.8%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Socialist Labour Party | 189 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 1 (0.0%) | |||||
| 32 | 3 | 28 |