2002 Lambeth London Borough Council election

2002 Lambeth Council election
2 May 2002
All 63 council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
Lab
Con
Leader Peter Truesdale Tom Franklin John Whelan
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Leader since 1998 May 2000 1998
Leader's seat Bishop's Tulse Hill Thurlow Park
Seats won 28 28 7
Seat change 10 13 2
Popular vote 18,647 20,503 9,080
Percentage 33.3% 36.6% 16.2%
Map of the results of the 2002 Lambeth council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Leader of Largest Party before election

Tom Franklin
Labour

 Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Peter Truesdale
Liberal Democrats

Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes reducing the number of councillors by one since the last election in 1998. Labour despite having the largest number of votes with 36.6% of the vote, it still lost 13 seats, while the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party gained seats, resulting in Labour losing control of the Council and no party having a majority.

Following the election, the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives formed a coalition to run the council with Cllr Peter Truesdale, Liberal Democrat, as Leader and Cllr John Whelan, Conservative, as Deputy Leader.

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