2002 Newham London Borough Council election

2002 Newham London Borough Council election
2 May 2002 (2002-05-02)
60 seats up for election to Newham London Borough Council
Registered157,504
Turnout42,567, ()

Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance.[1][2]

Background

A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 7 candidates. Other candidates running were 14 Greens, 9 Christian Peoples Alliance, 6 Newham Independents Association, 4 Socialist Alliance, 3 BNP, 1 Socialist Labour, 1 UKIP and 8 Independents.[1]

Ward Changes

As with several other councils this election, Newham went through a major redistricting which resulted in the following changes:

Wards Eliminated

  • Bemersyde (2)
  • Custom House and Silvertown (3)
  • Castle (2)
  • Central (2)
  • Greatfield (3)
  • Hudsons (3)
  • Kensington (2)
  • Monega (2)
  • Ordnance (2)
  • Park (3)
  • Plashet (3)
  • St Stephens (2)
  • South (3)
  • Upton (3)

Wards Created

Wards Merged

  • Stratford (2) and New Town (2) wards merged into Stratford and New Town (3)

Wards Divided

Wards Expanded

  • Beckton - Increased from 2 seats to 3
  • West Ham - Increased from 2 seats to 3

Council Composition

Election result

Newham local election result 2002[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 59 0 1 1 98.33 62.62 57,324 11.67
  CPA 1 1 0 1 1.67 3.87 3,545 New
  Conservative 0 0 0 0.00 17.24 15,785 3.72
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 6.55 5,993 New
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0.00 3.08 2,820 10.44
  Independent 0 0 0 0.00 2.35 2,148 0.82
  Newham Independents 0 0 0 0.00 2.11 1,931 1.02
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0.00 0.99 906 New
  BNP 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 736 1.80
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.00 0.25 233 New
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 0.00 0.13 122 New
Total 60 91,543

Results by ward

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a candidate

Beckton

Beckton (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alec Kellaway 945 57.4
Labour Ayesha Chowdhury 930 56.4
Labour Christopher Seddon 860 52.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bell 369 22.4
Conservative Damian Sutton 348 21.1
Green Nick Davies 277 16.8
BNP Margaret Stones 217 13.2
Registered electors 7,721 3,925
Turnout 1,648 21.34 3.82
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.31
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new seat)

Boleyn

Boleyn (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Leitch†[n 1] 1,321 59.4
Labour Sardar Ali 1,224 55.0
Labour Joseph Ejiofor 1,122 50.4
Conservative Elaine Sutton 579 26.0
Green Marya Spence 507 22.8
CPA Joy Shekarau-Jibril 289 13.0
Registered electors 8,095 New
Turnout 2,224 27.47 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Canning Town North

Canning Town North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Collier 948 52.3
Labour Clive Furness†[n 2] 901 49.7
Labour Paul Schafer 784 43.2
Green Kara Greig 426 23.5
BNP Michael Davidson 389 21.4
CPA Sydney Burnett 322 17.8
Independent Edward Nkemnacho 187 10.3
Socialist Labour Robert Siggins 122 6.7
Registered electors 7,953 New
Turnout 1,814 22.81 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Canning Town South

Canning Town South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPA Alan Craig 959 48.2
Labour Alan Taylor 946 47.6
Labour Maureen Jones 887 44.6
Labour Simon Tucker 808 40.6
CPA Benjamin Stafford 739 37.2
CPA Rose Irtwangejibril 525 26.4
Registered electors 7,601 New
Turnout 1,988 26.15 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
CPA win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Custom House

Custom House (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Holland 887 53.6
Labour Ronald Manley 765 46.3
Labour Conor McAuley†[n 3] 709 42.9
Conservative Paul Maynard 519 31.4
Conservative James Clark 467 28.2
Conservative Douglas Taylor 416 25.2
Green Mary Robinson 240 14.5
CPA Bolanie Shasanmi 229 13.8
Registered electors 8,140 New
Turnout 1,654 20.32 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Ham Central

East Ham Central (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Skyers†[n 4] 1,538 63.9
Labour Ian Corbett†[n 5] 1,479 61.5
Labour Unmesh Desai 1,437 59.7
Conservative Stewart Lindsay 587 24.4
Green Diane McBrinn 446 18.5
Registered electors 8,188 New
Turnout 2,406 29.38 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Ham North

East Ham North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sukhdev Marway 1,367 50.0
Labour Lester Hudson 1,248 45.7
Labour Patricia Sheekey 1,244 45.5
Conservative Mohammed Akram 896 32.8
Independent Swaminathan Balakrishnan 578 21.2
Liberal Democrats Kathleen King 313 11.5
Green Gary Hewett 252 9.2
Socialist Alliance Berlyne Hamilton 177 6.5
Registered electors 7,905 New
Turnout 2,732 34.56 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Ham South

East Ham South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Jenkins†[n 6] 1,244 63.7
Labour Quintin Peppiatt 1,081 55.4
Labour Pearson Shillingford 981 50.2
Conservative Linda Lindsay 586 30.0
Newham Ind. Frederick Jones 503 25.8
Registered electors 7,957 New
Turnout 1,953 24.54 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Forest Gate North

Forest Gate North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Brickell†[n 7] 1,333 60.6
Labour John Saunders 1,265 57.5
Labour Shama Ahmad†[n 7] 1,253 57.0
Green Mary Forse 628 28.5
Conservative Charles Meaby 344 15.6
Socialist Alliance Paul Phillips 272 12.4
UKIP Gerard Batten 233 10.6
Registered electors 8,287 New
Turnout 2,200 26.55 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Forest Gate South

Forest Gate South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Akbar Chaudhary 1,274 58.2
Labour Alan Griffiths 1,142 52.2
Labour Winston Vaughan 1,102 50.3
Liberal Democrats John Gray 472 21.6
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mahoney 460 21.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lomax 443 20.2
Conservative Brian Maze 323 14.8
Socialist Alliance Mubin Haq 276 12.6
Registered electors 8,272 New
Turnout 2,189 26.46 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Green Street East

Green Street East (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyn Brown†[n 8] 1,488 58.3
Labour Mahmood Ahmad 1,403 55.0
Labour Abdul Shakoor 1,319 51.7
Conservative Abdullah Atcha 635 24.9
Independent Nazma Uddin 381 14.9
Green Sandra Springall 341 13.4
Independent Giash Talukdar 299 11.7
Registered electors 7,922 New
Turnout 2,552 32.21 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Green Street West

Green Street West (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Sheikh 1,594 63.8
Labour Rustam Talati 1,448 58.0
Labour Harvinder Virdee 1,439 57.6
Conservative Reza Choudhury 826 33.1
Green John Widdowson 371 14.9
Registered electors 7,930 New
Turnout 2,497 31.49 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josephine Corbett 1,086 49.9
Labour Andrew Baikie 1,063 48.9
Labour Richard Crawford 1,052 48.4
Conservative Akmul Choudhury 869 40.0
Conservative Faizur Rahman 844 38.8
Conservative Harun Rashid 795 36.6
Green Mee Lee 257 11.8
Registered electors 8,126 1,260
Turnout 2,175 26.77 0.20
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.99
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Manor Park

Manor Park (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amarjit Singh 1,236 45.2
Labour Christine Bowden 1,219 44.6
Labour Khalilur Kazi 1,149 42.1
Conservative Mahbub Ahmed 1,009 36.9
Conservative Shahidur Chowdhury 968 35.4
Conservative Kaisar Jalal 890 32.6
Green Ronald Smith 444 16.3
Registered electors 7,986 662
Turnout 2,732 34.21 6.04
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.63
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Plaistow North

Plaistow North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Regina Williams 1,224 59.4
Labour Riaz Mirza 1,163 56.5
Labour Joy Laguda 1,110 53.9
Independent Frederick Warwick 507 24.6
Green Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts 356 17.3
Conservative Johanna Watson 342 16.6
Conservative Anthoulla Osben 278 13.5
Registered electors 7,612 New
Turnout 2,059 27.05 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Plaistow South

Plaistow South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Wilson 1,180 56.2
Labour Graham Lane 1,138 54.2
Labour Bryan Collier 1,064 50.6
Conservative Jacqueline Burns 374 17.8
Conservative Barry Roberts 355 16.9
Green Gabrielle Rolfe 340 16.2
Liberal Democrats Jamieson Moore 320 15.2
Conservative Danuta Gradosielska 263 12.5
Newham Ind. Josephine Phillips 147 7.0
Newham Ind. Donald E. Freeman 139 6.6
Registered electors 8,391 New
Turnout 2,101 25.04 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Royal Docks

Royal Docks (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Law 433 47.6
Labour Victor Turner†[n 9] 398 43.7
Labour Sarah Ruiz†[n 10] 346 38.0
Independent Ayotunde Thanni 196 21.5
Conservative Graham Postles 175 19.2
CPA Beatrice Appiah 168 18.5
Conservative Glyn Weare 159 17.5
BNP Mark Lond 130 14.3
CPA Funmike Daodu 103 11.3
Registered electors 4,609 New
Turnout 910 19.74 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Stratford and New Town

Stratford and New Town (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Garfield 1,163 61.0
Labour David Griffin 1,090 57.2
Labour Anthony McAlmont 938 49.2
Green O. Oisin 398 20.9
Conservative Richard Arnopp 374 19.6
Conservative Armyn Hennessy 330 17.3
Conservative Nigel Nadolski 286 15.0
CPA Victoria Wya 211 11.1
Registered electors 8,289 New
Turnout 1,907 23.01 New
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 New
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wall End

Wall End (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Sathianesan 1,608 55.2
Labour Edward Sparrowhawk 1,426 49.0
Labour Omanakutty Gangadharan 1,350 46.4
Conservative Zubaida Hashmi 433 14.9
Newham Ind. Terence Aird 410 14.1
Conservative Leslie Smith 400 13.7
Newham Ind. David Piper 373 12.8
Newham Ind. Trudy Canninin 359 12.3
Green Howard Mendick 257 8.8
Socialist Alliance Robert Davies 181 6.2
Registered electors 8,561 782
Turnout 2,911 34.00 0.17
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.60
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

West Ham

West Ham (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Whitworth 1,150 60.1
Labour Megan Harris 1,057 55.2
Labour Murtland Inverary 965 50.4
Conservative Josephine Child 459 24.0
Green Rita Reale 453 23.7
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Chater 443 23.1
Registered electors 7,959 2,692
Turnout 1,915 24.06 0.43
Rejected ballots 0 0.00 0.23
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 2002 and 2006

There were no by-elections.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Leitch was a sitting councillor representing the former Central ward
  2. ^ Furness was a sitting councillor representing former Canning Town and Grange ward
  3. ^ McAuley was a sitting councillor representing the former Forest Gate ward
  4. ^ Skyers was a sitting councillor representing the former Central ward
  5. ^ Corbett was a sitting councillor representing the former Greatfield ward
  6. ^ Jenkins was a sitting councillor representing the former Greatfield ward
  7. ^ a b Brickell and Ahmad were both sitting councillors representing the former Forest Gate ward
  8. ^ Brown was a sitting councillor representing the former Custom House and Silvertown ward
  9. ^ Turner was a sitting councillor representing the former Bemersyde (ward)
  10. ^ Ruiz was a sitting councillor representing the Beckton ward

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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