2002 Westminster City Council election

The 2002 Westminster City Council election took place on May 2, 2002, to elect members of the Westminster City Council. It resulted in a Conservative majority.

Background

Like all other boroughs in this election, Westminster went through a major redistricting, merging several wards, eliminating others as well as creating new wards. The changes were as follows:

New wards

• Abbey Road (3 seats)
• Marylebone High Street (3 seats)
• Tachbrook (3 seats)
• Vincent Square (3 seats)
• Warwick (3 seats)

Eliminated wards

• Baker Street (2 seats)
• Cavendish (3 seats)
• Hamilton Terrace (2 seats)
• Lord's (2 seats)
• Millbank (3 seats)
• St George's (3 seats)
• Victoria (2 seats)

Merged wards

• Knightsbridge (2 seats) and Belgrave (2 seats) - Knightsbridge and Belgravia (3 seats)

Expanded wards

• St James's - Increased from 2 to 3 seats
• West End - Increased from 2 to 3 seats

Election results

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Abbey Road

Bayswater

Bryanston and Dorset Square

Church Street

Churchill

Harrow Road

Hyde Park

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

Lancaster Gate

Little Venice

Maida Vale

Marylebone High Street

Queen's Park

Regent's Park

St James's

Tachbrook

Vincent Square

Warwick

West End

Westbourne

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