2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, UK were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour Party kept overall control of the council, but lost 5 seats. Overall turnout was 22.76%.[1][2]

2002 Barking and Dagenham Council election
← 1998 2 May 2002 2006 →

All 51 council seats to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Chadwell Heath RA
Last election 47 seats 3 seats
Seats won 42 4
Seat change Decrease5 Increase1
Popular vote 14,654 1,444
Percentage 55.6 5.5
Swing -14.4 -1.0

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 1 seats 0 seats
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase2 Increase2
Popular vote 6,115 3,638
Percentage 23.2 13.8
Swing +21.6 -4.8

Map of the results of the 2002 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, Chadwell Heath Residents Association in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Background

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100 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (51) and was the only party to do so. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 12 candidates , whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 28.

Election result

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Barking and Dagenham Local Election Results 2002[1][2][bd 1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 42 0 -2 -5 82.4 55.6 14,654
  Liberal Democrats 3 1 0 +2 5.9 23.2 6,115
  Conservative 2 2 0 +2 3.9 13.8 3,638
  Chadwell Heath RA 4 0 -1 +1 7.8 5.5 1,444
  Green 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 1.2 306
  Independent 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.8 210
  1. ^ gains and losses do not include the winning of new seats

Ward results

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Abbey

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Abbey (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanne Alexander 997 70.1 −1.1
Labour Graham Bramley 921
Labour Mohammed Fani 895
Liberal Democrats Brian Beadle 426 29.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrats June Griffin 387
Liberal Democrats Margaret Tester 354
Turnout 1,536 22.9 −4.4
Registered electors 3,580
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Alibon

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Alibon (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Wade 743 67.4 −5.3
Labour John Davis 724
Labour Mick McCarthy 632
Conservative Mary Justice 360 32.6 +19.4
Turnout 1,264 19.1 −5.4
Registered electors 6,631
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Becontree

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Becontree (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edith Bradley 841 65.8 −10.0
Labour John Wainwright 686
Labour Cameron Geddes 684
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Roberts 438 34.2 +10.0
Turnout 1,229 17.0 −2.8
Registered electors 7,212
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Chadwell Heath

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Chadwell Heath (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Ronald Curtis 682 35.6 −26.6
Residents Robert Jeyes 667
Conservative Terry Justice 642 33.5 +24.2
Residents Donna Lewis 624
Labour Patricia Northover 594 31.0 +2.4
Labour Abdul Aziz 513
Labour Alok Agrawal 485
Turnout 1,827 26.7 −5.0
Registered electors 6,855
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Conservative gain from Residents Swing

Eastbrook

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Eastbrook (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lawrence Bunn 1,003 51.8 −21.8
Labour Leonard Collins 936
Labour Sidney Summerfield 893
Conservative Sue Connolly 725 37.4 N/A
Conservative Kerry Smith 717
Conservative Vivian Patten 677
Independent Mike Butler 210 10.8 N/A
Turnout 1,897 25.6 +0.5
Registered electors 7,419
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eastbury

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Eastbury (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Cooper 986 56.4 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Jayne Cooper 930
Liberal Democrats Daniel Felton 885
Labour June Arnold 763 43.6 −5.3
Labour Pat Manley 760
Labour Rocky Gill 648
Turnout 1,873 25.8 −14.3
Registered electors 7,255
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Gascoigne

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Gascoigne (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kay Flint 992 64.7 −12.6
Labour Valerie Rush 863
Labour Milton McKenzie 857
Liberal Democrats Alan Cornwell 383 25.0 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Bryan Tester 324
Liberal Democrats Stephen Gower 317
Green Hidir Yildirim 158 10.3 N/A
Turnout 1,474 24.2 +0.8
Registered electors 6,086
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Goresbrook

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Goresbrook (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeff Porter 847 62.0 −4.1
Labour Matthew Huggins 842
Labour Alan Thomas 778
Liberal Democrats Kelly Gill 520 38.0 +4.1
Liberal Democrats William Gill 509
Turnout 1,443 20.3 −4.2
Registered electors 7,107
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Heath

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Heath (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Fairbrass 966 57.6 +11.4
Labour Bryan Osborn 918
Labour Sidney Kallar 904
Conservative George Woodward 362 21.6 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Whyte 349 20.8 +5.7
Liberal Democrats Antony Stepton 328
Turnout 1,514 21.8 −1.9
Registered electors 6,951
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Longbridge

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Longbridge (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Bramley 869 42.2 −15.5
Labour Madeleine Baker 852
Conservative Brian Cook 811 39.4 N/A
Labour Nirmal Gill 774
Conservative Anton Clark 757
Conservative Paul Cocklind 741
Liberal Democrats Lea Harding 379 18.4 −23.9
Liberal Democrats Hazel Price 352
Liberal Democrats Shirley Felton 334
Turnout 2,115 29.6 −0.6
Registered electors 7,153
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Mayesbrook

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Mayesbrook (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Blake 648 52.4 N/A
Labour Dee Hunt 619
Labour June Conyard 605
Liberal Democrats John Dias-Broughton 589 47.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Raymond Little 589
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Lopez-Real 533
Turnout 1,383 20.8 N/A
Registered electors 6,655
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Parsloes

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Parsloes (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Jones 775 62.7 −14.5
Labour Herbert Collins 758
Labour Dennis O’Brien 647
Liberal Democrats Winifred Chapman 462 37.3 +14.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Perry 446
Turnout 1,295 19.9 −3.6
Registered electors 6,495
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

River

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River (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liam Smith 1,018 69.4 −6.5
Labour Patricia Twomey 987
Labour Inder Jamu 827
Liberal Democrats Rosemary McCulloch 449 30.6 +6.5
Turnout 1,462 20.4 −0.3
Registered electors 7,160
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Thames

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Thames (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Barns 980 67.6 −4.9
Labour Joan Rawlinson 947
Labour David Miles 940
Liberal Democrats Juan Dias-Broughton 321 22.2 +16.8
Liberal Democrats Mardell Dias 293
Liberal Democrats Lisa Dias-Broughton 293
Green Francis Koch-Krause 148 10.2 N/A
Turnout 1,457 23.7 −7.1
Registered electors 6,144
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour win (new seat)

Valence

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Valence (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vera Cridland 897 67.6 −7.0
Labour Jean Bruce 811
Labour Catherine Osborne 741
Liberal Democrats Claire Stepton 430 32.4 +7.0
Turnout 1,333 20.3 −1.9
Registered electors 6,568
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Village

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Village (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Waker 981 55.2 −14.9
Labour Darrin Best 946
Labour Bill Dale 890
Conservative Neil Connelly 414 23.3 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Frederick Tindling 383 21.5 +8.7
Turnout 1,552 22.4 −1.1
Registered electors 6,941
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Whalebone

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Whalebone (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Albert Gibbs 762 41.7 N/A
Residents John Denyer 755
Labour Marie West 740 40.5 N/A
Labour Raymond Parkin 701
Residents Keith Woodcock 675
Labour Maureen Worby 667
Conservative Philip Grimmer 324 17.7 N/A
Conservative Sylvia Grimmer 279
Turnout 1,811 26.2 N/A
Registered electors 6,922
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 2002 and 2006

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Longbridge

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Longbridge by-election, 6 February 2003[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anton Clark 1,186 61.0 +21.6
Labour Simon Bremner 578 29.7 −12.5
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Lopez-Real 180 9.3 −9.1
Majority 608 31.3 N/A
Turnout 26.8 −2.8
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Susan Bramley.

Eastbrook

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Eastbrook by-election, 3 April 2003[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Little 847 47.5 −4.3
Labour Raymond Parkin 839
Conservative Susan Connelly 778 43.6 +6.2
Conservative Kerry Smith 768
Liberal Democrats Karen Perry 110 6.7 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Perry 96
Green Melissa Serpico 50 2.8 +2.8
Green Francis Koch-Krase 43
Majority 69 3.9 N/A
Turnout 24.3 −1.3
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Lawrence Bunn and the resignation of Cllr. Sidney Summerfield.

Eastbury

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Eastbury by-election, 4 December 2003[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Challis 470 32.9 −23.5
Labour James McDermott 466 32.6 −11.0
Conservative Colin King 381 26.7 +26.7
Green Geoff Sheridan 111 7.8 +7.8
Majority 4 0.3 N/A
Turnout 19.8 −7.0
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Daniel Felton

Chadwell Heath

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Chadwell Heath by-election, 10 June 2004[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nadine Smith 965 39.4 +8.4
Conservative Mary Brigid Justice 899 36.7 +3.2
Residents Elaine Constance Matthews 468 19.1 −16.5
Green Geoff Sheridan 117 4.8 +4.8
Majority 66 2.7 N/A
Turnout 35.5 +8.8
Registered electors
Labour gain from Residents Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Robert Jeyes.

Valence

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Valence by-election, 15 July 2004[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Hemmett 761 41.6 −26.0
BNP Lawrence Rustem 576 31.5 +31.5
Conservative George Woodward 279 15.3 +15.3
Liberal Democrats Angela Lambart 148 8.1 −24.3
Green Laurence Cleeland 65 3.6 +3.6
Majority 185 10.1 N/A
Turnout 27.8 +7.5
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Vera Cridland.

Goresbrook

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Goresbrook by-election, 16 September 2004[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Daniel Kelly 1,072 51.9 N/A
Labour Patricia Northover 602 29.1 −32.9
UKIP Terence Jones 137 6.6 N/A
Conservative Christine Naylor 111 5.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Frederick Tindling 85 4.1 −33.9
Green Geoff Sheridan 59 2.9 N/A
Majority 470 22.8 N/A
Turnout 28.8 +8.5
Registered electors
BNP gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Matthew Huggins.

Village

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Village by-election, 7 October 2004[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Waker 1,085 44.7 −10.5
BNP Lawrence Rustem 934 38.5 +38.5
Conservative Kerry Smith 410 16.9 −6.4
Majority 151 6.2 N/A
Turnout 35.0 +12.6
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Darrin Best.

Becontree

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Becontree by-election, 14 July 2005[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alok Komar Agrawal 1,171 59.8 −6.0
BNP John Luisis 378 19.3 +19.3
Conservative Anthony Brian Chytry 283 14.4 +14.4
UKIP John Bolton 125 6.4 +6.4
Majority 793 40.5 N/A
Turnout 25.9 +8.9
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. John Wainwright.

Goresbrook

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Goresbrook by-election, 23 July 2005[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Warren Northover 1,227 51.0 +22.0
BNP Lawrence Rustem 791 32.9 −19.0
UKIP Kerry J. Smith 216 9.0 +2.4
Conservative Christine Naylor 167 7.0 +1.6
Majority 436 17.1 N/A
Turnout 33.6 +13.3
Registered electors
Labour gain from BNP Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Daniel Kelly.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002". London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "London Borough By Election results". Gwydir. Keith Edkins. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Barking and Dagenham election results". Barking and Dagenham Council elections. Barking and Dagenham Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.