2002 Redbridge London Borough Council election

2002 Redbridge London Borough Council Election
May 2, 2002 (2002-05-02)
All 63 seats up for election to Redbridge London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
Registered180,860[1]
Turnout61,996, 34.28% ( 1.41)[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 23 seats, 38.62% 30 seats, 41.21% 9 seats, 19.71%
Seats before 24 27 9
Seats after 33 21 9
Seat change 10 9
Popular vote 43.60% 60,8362 33,939
Percentage 75,957 35.09% 19.58%
Swing 4.98 6.12 0.13
Map of the results of the 2002 Redbridge council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election


No Overall Control

Council control after election


Conservative

lElections for Redbridge Council in London were held on 2 May 2002. It was a part of the wider 2002 London local elections. The Conservatives won 43% of the vote in the borough. The turnout was 34.26%, a decrease from the 36% seen in the 1998 London local elections.

Background

Ward Changes

While there were boundary changes this election similar to every other London Borough Council, Redbridge got through it without eliminating wards or adding new wards. They only added a seat to the Goodmayes ward to bring the total number of seats from 62 to 63.

Council Composition

In between the previous election and this one there was one by-election that occurred, leading to Labour losing a seat to the Conservatives after the resignation of Cllr. Desmond Thurlby in 1998. In addition to this another Labour councillor defected to a third party and another Labour seat was left vacant with too little time to hold a by-election before the main election, which meant the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[2]

↓
28 9 24 1 1
Labour Lib Dem Conservative Other Vacant


Election Results

2002 Redbridge London Borough Council local election results[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 33 10 0 10 52.38 43.60 75,597 4.98
  Labour 21 1 10 9 33.33 35.09 60,832 6.12
  Liberal Democrats 9 0 0 14.29 19.58 33,939 0.13
  Green 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 1,740 0.89
  BNP 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 984 New
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.00 0.16 280 New
Total 63 173,372

After the election the composition of the council was as follows:

↓
21 9 33
Labour Lib Dem Conservative

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Aldborough

Aldborough (3)[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanessa Cole*[n 1] 1,516 46.7
Labour John Coombes* 1,385 42.6
Conservative Loraine Sladden 1,354 41.7
Conservative Rajinder Athwal 1,329 40.9
Labour Linda Guerin 1,218 37.5
Labour Balvinder Saund 1,073 33.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Mann 323 9.9
Liberal Democrats Geraldine McElarney 259 8.0
Green Therese Reggio 245 7.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Peterson 233 7.2
Registered electors 8,798 2,078
Turnout 3,254 36.99 2.47
Rejected ballots 5 0.15 0.30
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Barkingside

Barkingside (3)[3][4][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Axon* 1,766 53.2
Conservative Graham Borrott* 1,727 52.0
Conservative Roy Brunnen* 1,716 51.7
Labour Meredith Hilton 1,135 34.2
Labour Taifur Rashid 1,017 30.6
Labour Mahmood Rauf 924 27.8
Liberal Democrats Dominic Black 372 11.2
Liberal Democrats Valerie Taylor 336 10.1
Liberal Democrats James Swallow 331 10.0
Registered electors 8,441 1,387
Turnout 3,324 39.38 2.08
Rejected ballots 5 0.15 0.23
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Bridge

Bridge (3)[3][4][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Claire Cooper* 1,398 52.7
Conservative James Leal 1,373 51.8
Conservative Morris Hickey* 1,357 51.1
Labour Sean Clark 778 29.3
Labour Peter Hoy 753 28.4
Labour Owen Guerin 736 27.7
Liberal Democrats David Cracknell 411 15.5
Liberal Democrats Amanda Nesbitt 404 15.2
Liberal Democrats Madeline Sinclair 375 14.1
Registered electors 8,463 926
Turnout 2,661 31.44 3.54
Rejected ballots 8 0.30 0.10
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Chadwell

Chadwell (3)[3][4][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Straight* 1,386 52.5
Liberal Democrats Ralph Scott* 1,270 48.1
Liberal Democrats John Tyne* 1,240 47.0
Conservative Elfyn Roberts 900 34.1
Conservative Mary Pitt 745 28.2
Conservative Pauline Highes 742 28.1
Labour Adewale Adeoshun 469 17.8
Labour Gurdial Bhamra 456 17.3
Labour Ranjit Mudhar 441 16.7
Registered electors 8,416 1,280
Turnout 2,643 31.40 6.80
Rejected ballots 5 0.19
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Church End

Church End (3)[3][4][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Maureen Hoskins* 1,448 55.0
Liberal Democrats Hugh Cleaver* 1,417 53.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Hoksins* 1,407 53.5
Conservative Mark Dunn 813 30.9
Conservative Nicholas Hayes 785 29.8
Conservative Anthony Lenaghan 731 27.8
Labour Julia Hughes 354 13.5
Labour Shalab Baig 336 12.8
Labour Andrew Walker 322 12.2
Registered electors 8,027 49
Turnout 2,641 32.90 5.02
Rejected ballots 10 0.38 0.15
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Clayhall

Clayhall (3)[3][4][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Weinberg* 1,831 56.6
Conservative Ronald Barden* 1,762 54.4
Conservative Robert Cole 1,754 54.2
Labour Reginald Golding†[n 2] 1,089 33.7
Labour Norman Hilton 1,045 32.3
Labour Abdul Malik 972 30.0
Liberal Democrats Joan Barmby 277 8.6
Liberal Democrats Meher Khan 263 8.1
Liberal Democrats Barbara Robertson 249 7.7
Registered electors 8,931 1,128
Turnout 3,243 36.31 4.87
Rejected ballots 7 0.22 0.22
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Clementswood

Clementswood (3)[3][4][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Green* 1,277 52.4
Labour Faiz Noor* 1,257 51.6
Labour Rajwant Mahal 1,190 48.9
Conservative Habib Rehman 793 32.6
Conservative Surendra Patel 771 31.7
Conservative Dennis Aylen 675 27.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Glanfield 221 9.1
Green Timothy Randall 177 7.3
Liberal Democrats Leslie Hutchines 159 6.5
Liberal Democrats Hazel Redshaw 144 5.9
Registered electors 8,117 521
Turnout 2,443 30.10 4.88
Rejected ballots 8 0.33 0.40
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Cranbrook

Cranbrook (3)[3][4][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ashok Kumar 1,448 46.7
Conservative Charles Elliman* 1,442 46.5
Conservative Kathleen Pepperell 1,359 43.8
Labour Satnam Singh 1,174 37.8
Labour Joseph Hoedemaker 1,138 36.7
Labour Edmund Peake†[n 3] 1,103 35.6
Liberal Democrats Saroj Sharma 321 10.3
Liberal Democrats Angela Yeoman 295 9.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Ward 294 9.5
Registered electors 8,445 223
Turnout 3,111 36.84 4.05
Rejected ballots 9 0.29 0.28
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Fairlop

Fairlop (3)[3][4][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce Ryan* 1,508 55.8
Conservative Lee Scott* 1,460 54.1
Conservative Glenn Corfield†[n 4] 1,430 52.9
Labour Ivan Corea 780 28.9
Labour Alan Taylor 770 28.5
Labour Thavathuray Jeyaranjan 732 27.1
Liberal Democrats Catherine Davies 400 14.8
Liberal Democrats Duncan Sargeant 313 11.6
Liberal Democrats Deanna Seeff 266 9.8
Registered electors 8,190 102
Turnout 2,713 33.13 3.11
Rejected ballots 12 0.44 0.04
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Fullwell

Fullwell (3)[3][4][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Davies* 1,843 58.8
Conservative Alan Hughes* 1,716 54.7
Conservative Harold Moth* 1,714 54.7
Labour Gloria McHugh 799 25.5
Labour Ajit Singh 708 22.6
Labour Pahl Surinder 681 21.7
Liberal Democrats Janice Cudmore 468 14.9
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Teahan 342 10.9
UKIP Robert Selby 280 8.9
Liberal Democrats Josefa Vargas 266 8.5
Registered electors 8,805 139
Turnout 3,138 35.64 2.91
Rejected ballots 3 0.10 0.57
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Goodmayes

Goodmayes (3)[3][4][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Satnam Singh 1,111 43.7
Labour David Radford* 1,089 42.9
Labour Azfar Ejaz 1,063 41.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Lake 759 29.9
Liberal Democrats Kelly Kaye 743 29.2
Liberal Democrats Naren Dattani 706 27.8
Conservative Joginder Mann 564 22.2
Conservative Asghar Kirmani 444 17.5
Conservative William Streeten 437 17.2
Registered electors 8,380 4,431
Turnout 2,553 30.47 2.04
Rejected ballots 12 0.47 0.54
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new seat)

Hainault

Hainault (3)[3][4][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Griffin 1,035 36.7
Conservative Arthur Leggatt 984 34.9
Labour Richard Newcombe* 844 30.0
Conservative John Steinberg 820 29.1
Labour Royston Emmett†[n 5] 817 29.0
Labour Lesley Hilton†[n 6] 771 27.4
BNP Jason Douglas 675 24.0
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Black 562 20.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ilett 456 16.2
Liberal Democrats Ralph Stevens 429 15.2
Registered electors 8,886 1,883
Turnout 2,824 31.78 4.76
Rejected ballots 7 0.25 0.17
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Loxford

Loxford (3)[3][4][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammed Javed* 1,471 55.2
Labour Peter Laugharne†[n 7] 1,301 48.8
Labour Faredoon Maravala* 1,283 48.1
Conservative Bahir Chaudhry 945 35.4
Conservative Darshan Reehal 764 28.7
Conservative James Howes 757 28.4
Liberal Democrats Michelle Marsh 304 11.4
Liberal Democrats Leslie Everest 269 10.1
Liberal Democrats Nicolette Pashby 214 8.0
Registered electors 8,846 719
Turnout 2,671 30.19 0.09
Rejected ballots 5 0.19 0.95
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Mayfield

Mayfield (3)[3][4][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Aaron 1,245 41.1
Conservative Geoffrey Hinds 1,233 40.7
Labour Sukhjit Sohal 1,212 40.0
Labour Ayodhiya Parkash* 1,192 39.3
Labour Tanweer Khan 1,157 38.2
Conservative Matthew Pether 1,151 38.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Gravenell 383 12.6
Liberal Democrats Frank Marsh 342 11.3
Liberal Democrats Edwin Potkins 309 10.2
Green Jane Wild 248 8.2
Registered electors 8,767 504
Turnout 3,034 34.61 0.06
Rejected ballots 3 0.10 0.27
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Monkhams

Monkhams (3)[3][4][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Huggett* 1,881 60.1
Conservative Michael Stark* 1,852 59.2
Conservative James O'Shea* 1,841 58.9
Liberal Democrats Michael McElarney 859 27.5
Liberal Democrats Florence Boyland 855 27.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff 828 26.5
Labour Gerald Elvin 343 11.0
Labour David Pearce 322 10.3
Labour Claudius Pascal 320 10.2
Registered electors 8,243 30
Turnout 3,130 37.97 1.02
Rejected ballots 2 0.06 0.30
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Newbury

Newbury (3)[3][4][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dev Sharma* 1,555 50.2
Labour Alexander Hilton 1,488 48.0
Labour Kenneth Turner†[n 8] 1,452 46.9
Conservative Timothy Downes 984 31.8
Conservative Narain Kaul 941 30.4
Conservative Darshan Sunger 940 30.4
Liberal Democrats Nicola Sinclair 390 12.6
Liberal Democrats Edward McElarney 375 12.1
Liberal Democrats Pamela Tyne 352 11.4
Registered electors 9,562 1,044
Turnout 3,111 32.54 3.06
Rejected ballots 15 0.48 0.74
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Roding

Roding (3)[3][4][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Bond* 1,546 54.2
Liberal Democrats Felicity Banks* 1,518 53.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Boyland* 1,450 50.8
Conservative Anthony Loffhagen 693 24.3
Conservative Sonia MacDonald 689 24.1
Conservative Joyce Bassom 664 23.3
Labour Martin Chew 386 13.5
Labour Hafiz Majid 348 12.2
Labour Marioara Stitchman 334 11.7
BNP Anthony Young 309 10.8
Registered electors 8,113 569
Turnout 2,862 35.28 4.39
Rejected ballots 7 0.24 0.05
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Seven Kings

Seven Kings (3)[3][4][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Bellwood 1,331 47.7
Labour Robert Littlewood* 1,234 44.2
Labour Maganbhai Patel* 1,209 43.3
Conservative Munawar Gilani 894 32.0
Conservative Colm Nolan 863 30.9
Conservative Zubeda Quddos 781 28.0
Liberal Democrats David Channon 508 18.2
Liberal Democrats Walter Staight 434 15.5
Liberal Democrats Ram Sharma 388 13.9
Registered electors 8,986 1,148
Turnout 2,794 31.09 4.15
Rejected ballots 1 0.04 0.61
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Snaresbrook

Snaresbrook (3)[3][4][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suzanne Nolan* 1,643 45.2
Conservative Peter Goody* 1,626 44.7
Conservative Christopher Cummins 1,588 43.7
Labour Gregor Eglin* 1,496 41.1
Labour Lanna Childs 1,430 39.3
Labour Jagdev Purewal 1,289 35.4
Liberal Democrats John Swallow 384 10.6
Green Ashley Gunstock 368 10.1
Liberal Democrats Christina Bradd 342 9.4
Liberal Democrats Pamela Winbourne 340 9.3
Registered electors 8,904 976
Turnout 3,647 40.96 0.01
Rejected ballots 10 0.27 0.15
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Valentines

Valentines (3)[3][4][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Norman* 1,069 42.9
Labour Gary Scottow 1,041 41.8
Labour Virendra Tewari* 1,012 40.6
Conservative Raja Khan 847 34.0
Conservative Zahoor Qurashi 805 32.3
Conservative Gordon Moser 727 29.2
Liberal Democrats George Hogarth 402 16.1
Liberal Democrats Iona Anderson 399 16.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Hamlyn 331 13.3
Green Clive Durdle 279 11.2
Registered electors 8,832 1,272
Turnout 2,501 28.32 0.74
Rejected ballots 9 0.36 0.10
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Wanstead

Wanstead (3)[3][4][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Burgess* 1,895 51.3
Conservative Michelle Dunn 1,697 46.0
Conservative Aaron Powell 1,609 43.6
Labour Ciaran Clerkin 1,346 36.5
Labour Jeffrey Edelman* 1,313 35.6
Labour Kamal Qureshi 1,091 29.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Cornish 455 12.3
Liberal Democrats Janet Cornish 451 12.2
Green Louise Gunstock 423 11.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lawrence 366 9.9
Registered electors 8,708 850
Turnout 3,698 42.47 0.01
Rejected ballots 6 0.16 0.14
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)


By-elections

Newbury by-election, 11 July 2002[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dev Sharma 1,356 47.2
Conservative Surenda Patel 1,313 45.7
CPA Juliet Hawkins 206 7.2
Majority 43 1.5
Turnout 2,875 30.0
Labour hold

This election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Dev Sharma as his job made him ineligible to run without permission from a government adjudicator. To run in this election he resigned from the job that required him to get permission to run for a council seat.[28]

Barkingside by-election, 10 April 2003[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Prince 1,468 48.9
Labour Taifur Rashid 985 32.8
Liberal Democrats Matthew Lake 341 11.3
BNP Julian Leppert 116 3.9
CPA James Hargreaves 56 1.9
Independent Martin Levin 39 1.3
Majority 483 16.1
Turnout 3,005 35.2
Conservative hold

This election was called following the death of Cllr. Keith E. Axon.

Valentines by-election, 24 July 2003[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suresh Kumar 1,006 37.5
Labour Lesley Hilton 997 37.2
Liberal Democrats George Hogarth 422 15.7
CPA Juliet Hawkins 171 6.4
Green Ashley Gunstock 86 3.2
Majority 9 0.3
Turnout 2,682 29.8
Conservative gain from Labour

This election was called following the death of Cllr. Gary D. Scottow.

Notes

  1. ^ Cole was elected in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Desmond Thurlby in 1998[6]
  2. ^ Golding was a sitting councillor representing the Mayfield ward
  3. ^ Peake was a sitting councillor representing the Hainault ward
  4. ^ Corfield was a sitting councillor representing the Cranbrook ward
  5. ^ Royston was a sitting councillor representing the Fairlop ward
  6. ^ Hilton was a sitting councillor representing the Mayfield ward
  7. ^ Laugharne was a sitting councillor representing the Clementswood ward
  8. ^ Turner was a sitting councillor representing the Aldborough ward

References

  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 202. Retrieved 17 Feb 2026.
  2. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - Changes 1998-02" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 134. Retrieved 17 Feb 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. pp. 136–138, 202–203. Retrieved 11 Feb 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Redbridge Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 11 Feb 2026.
  5. ^ "Aldborough Ward - Redbridge". Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002 - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 138. Retrieved 17 Feb 2002.
  7. ^ "Barkingside Ward - Redbridge".
  8. ^ "Bridge Ward - Redbridge".
  9. ^ "Chadwell Heath Ward - Redbridge".
  10. ^ "Church End Ward - Redbridge".
  11. ^ "Clayhall Ward - Redbridge".
  12. ^ "Clementswood Ward - Redbridge".
  13. ^ "Cranbrook Ward - Redbridge".
  14. ^ "Fairlop Ward - Redbridge".
  15. ^ "Fullwell Ward - Redbridge".
  16. ^ "Goodmayes Ward - Redbridge".
  17. ^ "Hainault Ward - Redbridge".
  18. ^ "Loxford Ward - Redbridge".
  19. ^ "Mayfield Ward - Redbridge".
  20. ^ "Monkhams Ward - Redbridge".
  21. ^ "Newbury Ward - Redbridge".
  22. ^ "Roding Ward - Redbridge".
  23. ^ "Seven Kings Ward - Redbridge".
  24. ^ "Snaresbrook Ward - Redbridge".
  25. ^ "Valentines Ward - Redbridge".
  26. ^ "Wanstead Ward - Redbridge".
  27. ^ a b c Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 4 May 2006 - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. p. 148. Retrieved 17 Feb 2026.
  28. ^ "Ex-mayor could be back". News Shopper. 2002-06-06. Retrieved 2026-02-17.
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