Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 2 May 2002.
The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by three.
[1] The Labour Party gained control of the council.
[1] The number of Councillors for each party after the election were Labour 29, Liberal Democrat 15, Green 3 and Independent Working Class Association 1.
Overall turnout was 34%.