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The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
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Election result
Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively. This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 8 seats to only have 6 councillors.
In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame. Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected. Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council.
* seat gains include newly created seats won by this party.
Council composition
The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats are up for election can be found in the following table:
Ward results
Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.