2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

2002 Barking and Dagenham Council election
All 51 council seats to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council ; 26 seats needed for a majority
	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

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]

Background

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

Barking and Dagenham Local Election Results 2002^[1]^[2]^{[bd 1]}
	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

^ gains and losses do not include the winning of new seats

Ward results

Abbey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Longbridge

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.

[new_boundaries-3] s and losses do not include the winning of new seats

[London_2002_election-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.

[Elections_Centre-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.

[London_2006_election-4] ^ ^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.

[Byelection_results-5] ^ ^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.

[Council_website_by-elections-6] ^ ^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.

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