2002 Havering London Borough Council election

Elections for Havering London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002.

2002 Havering Council election

2 May 2002

Map of the results of the 2002 Havering council election. Conservatives in blue, Havering Residents Association in dark green, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Rainham & Wennington Independent Residents Group in grey.

In London council elections the entire council is elected every four years, opposed to some local elections where one councillor is elected every year for three of the four years. Gains or losses of seats are not applicable in this election due to the reduction of seats from the last election in 1998.

Summary of results

The election took place on 2 May 2002.

Havering Council election result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	26				48.1%	37.2%	30,846
	Residents	18				33.3%	25.5%	21,059
	Labour	9				16.7%	25.1%	20,830
	Liberal Democrats	1				1.9%	6.1%	5,067
	Ind. Working Class	0					2.2%	1,841
	National Liberal	0					2.2%	1,803
	Independent	0					0.7%	608
	Green	0					0.7%	603
	UKIP	0					0.3%	232

Ward results

Havering Park

Havering Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mann	2,776
	Conservative	Michael Armstrong	2,703
	Conservative	Geoffrey Starns	2,703
	Labour	Christopher Collard	997
	Labour	Frederick Symes	980
	Labour	Paul Stygal	959
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Heaton

Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Darvill	1,434
	Labour	Denis O`Flynn	1,402
	Labour	Wilfred Mills	1,353
	Conservative	Keith Wells	1,087
	Conservative	Mark Joy	1,069
	Conservative	Edward Bates	1,060
	Ind. Working Class	Henry Wilson	991
	Ind. Working Class	Neil Stanton	941
	Ind. Working Class	John Morley	933
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Rainham and Wennington

Rainham and Wennington (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Residents	Jeffrey Tucker	2,248
	Ind. Residents	Wayne Redgrave	2,086
	Ind. Residents	Brian Clarke	2,020
	Labour	Harry Webb	1,383
	Labour	Anthony Ellis	1,373
	Labour	Raymond Emmett	1,287
	Conservative	Maureen Carter	565
	Conservative	George Daniels	521
	Conservative	Dean Fackerell	480
Turnout
	Ind. Residents win (new seat)
	Ind. Residents win (new seat)
	Ind. Residents win (new seat)

St Andrew's

St Andrew's (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Christopher Oliver	2,069
	Residents	John Mylod	1,966
	Residents	Michael Winter	1,814
	Conservative	Carol Roberts	1,302
	Conservative	Robert Binion	1,115
	Labour	Terence Matthew	1,085
	Conservative	Jean Cockling	1,072
	Labour	Bryan Vincent	1,058
	Labour	Alan Scott	1,006
	UKIP	Terry Murray	232
	UKIP	Terry Murray	224
	National Liberal	Joseph Guiver	205
	UKIP	Lawrence Webb	204
Turnout
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 2002 and 2006 elections:

• 2003 Rainham and Wennington by-election (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)
• 2004 Rainham and Wennington by-election (Labour gain from Ind. Residents)