Newham London Borough Council elections
Newham London Borough Council is elected every four years.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1964 - 1968 |
No overall control | 1968 - 1971 |
Labour | 1971–present |
Council elections
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1964
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1968
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1971
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1974
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[1]
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1982
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1986
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1990
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[n 1][n 2]
- Newham London Borough Council election, 1998
- Newham London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[2]
- Newham London Borough Council election, 2006
- Newham London Borough Council election, 2010
- Newham London Borough Council election, 2014
Borough result maps
- 2002 results map
- 2006 results map
- 2010 results map
- 2014 results map
By-election results
1964-1968
There were no by-elections.[3]
1968-1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. H. Camp | 613 | |||
Conservative | R. J. Blake | 275 | |||
Ratepayers & Residents | J. P. Davis | 188 | |||
Liberal | J. W. Giles | 146 | |||
National Front | J. B. Newham | 142 | |||
Turnout | 22.4% | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. C. Taylor | 1164 | |||
Conservative | A. J. Retter | 373 | |||
National Front | W. T. Anderson | 17 | |||
Turnout | 15.3% | ||||
1971-1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. A. Chapman | 841 | |||
Ratepayers | R. F. C. Ower | 200 | |||
National Front | Miss A. J. Hammond | 181 | |||
Conservative | M. L. Jordan | 25 | |||
Turnout | 8178 | 15.2% | |||
1974-1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher J. Palme | 799 | |||
Ratepayers | James W. F. Hucker | 758 | |||
Conservative | Cyril A. Rugg | 574 | |||
Liberal | Lionel H. Cohen | 120 | |||
Turnout | 9393 | 24.0% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack A. Hart | 787 | |||
National Front | John J. Johnston | 260 | |||
Conservative Trade Unionist | Robert F. Williams | 160 | |||
Liberal | Anthony Hetherington | 115 | |||
Ratepayers | Michael L. Finch | 40 | |||
Labour, Co-op & Trade Union | John Clements | 17 | |||
Turnout | 4777 | 29.0% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Jones | 1024 | |||
Conservative | Edward J. Oakes | 438 | |||
National Front | Robert D. V. Ray | 290 | |||
Ratepayers | George V. S. Nottage | 103 | |||
Liberal | Margaret Bahr | 47 | |||
Turnout | 8002 | 23.8% | |||
1978-1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher J. McLoughlin | 872 | |||
Liberal | David J. Corney | 574 | |||
Conservative | Donald MacIver | 162 | |||
Ratepayers | Herbert H. Martin | 155 | |||
Socialist Current Organisation | Margaret R. Boukerou | 28 | |||
Turnout | 28.4% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Henry E. L. Ronan.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leonard D. Manley | 792 | |||
Ratepayers & Citizens | Francis C. Nicholson | 233 | |||
Conservative | Cedric A. Day | 197 | |||
Independent Socialist | David T. Grainger | 79 | |||
National Front | Carol A. Armond | 50 | |||
Turnout | 17.6% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph C. Taylor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John A. McAulay | 956 | |||
Ratepayers & Citizens | Alfred W. R. King | 553 | |||
Conservative | Peter J. Doe | 147 | |||
Turnout | 25.6% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Herbert G. Simpson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Mattingly | 1050 | |||
Liberal | David J. Corney | 815 | |||
Ratepayers & Citizens | Francis C. Nicholson | 123 | |||
Conservative | Donald MacIver | 83 | |||
Turnout | 33.2% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sidney A. Elson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah J. Reeves | 1282 | |||
Conservative | Damian P. J. Sutton | 451 | |||
Ratepayers & Citizens | Stanley Vine | 209 | |||
Liberal | Christopher M. Hill | 153 | |||
Turnout | 24.1% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Clark.
1982-1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret P. Olley | 1517 | |||
Liberal | David C. Powell | 469 | |||
Conservative | Robin D. Atter | 407 | |||
Turnout | 7845 | 30.7% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael T. Foley. Liberal Party stood as Liberal Alliance Focus Team.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ann C. Winfield | 1868 | |||
Labour | Stephen C. Timms | 1780 | |||
Labour | Colin M. Copus | 1763 | |||
Liberal | Rif Winfield | 1715 | |||
Turnout | 8431 | 45.3% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Ann Winfield and Rif Winfield. Liberal Party stood as Liberal Focus Team.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Mallard | 987 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Lee Reeves | 264 | |||
Conservative | Victor E. Jackson | 125 | |||
Turnout | 4845 | 28.4% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Maurice Sampson.
1986-1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Alec J. Kellaway | 1000 | |||
Labour | Doris A. Maxwell | 805 | |||
Conservative | Damian P. J. Sutton | 769 | |||
Green | Terence C. J. Macdonald | 68 | |||
Turnout | 9240 | 28.66% | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation death of Cllr. John Wilson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lyn C. Brown | 1027 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Leslie E. Groombridge | 614 | |||
Conservative | John P. R. Colthurst | 324 | |||
Independent | Dexter H. Hanoomansingh | 54 | |||
Turnout | 24.89% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin M. Copus.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine J. Parry | 704 | |||
Conservative | Charles R. P. G. Meaby | 219 | |||
Independent Labour | Baldev Barrah | 214 | |||
Social Democratic | Peter Bragg | 143 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Matthew M. Huntbach | 49 | |||
Turnout | 24.77% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas Nolan.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammad K. Khawaja | 801 | |||
Conservative | Barry W. Roberts | 385 | |||
Green | Amanda J. Sandford | 205 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed A. Siddiqui | 149 | |||
Turnout | 18.79% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph C. Sambrano.
1990-1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Clark | 552 | 35.0% | ||
Labour | Neil J. Wilson | 524 | 33.2% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Leslie E. Groombridge | 410 | 26.0% | ||
Green | Philip H. Rimmer | 91 | 5.8% | ||
Turnout | 36.3% | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David P. Kellaway.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynis A. Carpenter | 1094 | 46.7% | ||
Conservative | Richard J. Arnopp | 634 | 27.0% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen T. Bell | 489 | 20.9% | ||
Green | Arthur L. Taylor | 128 | 5.5% | ||
Turnout | 31.1% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Pamela Furness.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian K. Corbett | 711 | 56.9% | ||
Conservative | Thirugnanam Rameshan | 416 | 33.3% | ||
Green | Arthur L. Taylor | 122 | 9.8% | ||
Turnout | 22.2% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Pallavi B. Patel.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew R. Baikie | 836 | |||
Labour | Robert A. Wales | 772 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Leslie E. Groombridge | 580 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen V. King | 551 | |||
Conservative | Colin D. Robinson | 485 | |||
Conservative | Gary C. Whitmarsh | 449 | |||
Turnout | 24.1% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllrs. Patricia A. Heron and Bobby Thomas.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary C. Whitmarsh | 818 | 38.3% | ||
Labour | Derek W. Jones | 780 | 36.6% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen V. King | 536 | 25.1% | ||
Turnout | 26.1% | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sean Cadogan.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher T. Raddey | 1137 | 45.5% | ||
Conservative | David C. Gladstone | 999 | 40.0% | ||
Liberal Democrat | Patricia Holland | 306 | 12.2% | ||
Liberal | Elizabeth Oram | 56 | 2.2% | ||
Turnout | 28.7% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kevin Gillespie.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Saunders | 987 | 61.2% | ||
Conservative | Charles Mealy | 276 | 17.1% | ||
Green | Ian Trebetherick | 214 | 13.3% | ||
Anti-Federalist League | Gerard Batten | 75 | 4.7% | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Lord Toby Jug | 60 | 3.7% | ||
Turnout | 22.7% | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dominic G. Gough.
1994-1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Ruiz | 1441 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Boden | 473 | |||
BNP | Peter Hart | 360 | |||
Newham Independent | Alex Thompson | 276 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Laird | 248 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas A. Jenkinson.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graeme M. Cambage | 757 | |||
Socialist Labour | Anne E. J. Brook | 326 | |||
Conservative | Ian A. Riddoch | 205 | |||
Independent | Fergus M. Dodd | 138 | |||
BNP | Colin D. Smith | 86 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth C. Lutzeier | 63 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Glynis A. Carpenter.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sardar Ali | 910 | |||
Conservative | Carol A. Costantino | 258 | |||
BNP | Michael P. Davidson | 97 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher B. Allen.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive W. Furness | 1567 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Boden | 558 | |||
BNP | Michael P. Davidson | 407 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen V. King | 282 | |||
Newham Independent | Keith W. Woodman | 122 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dennis R. Horwood.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Ejiofor | 2450 | |||
Conservative | Zubaida N. Hashmi | 449 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David C. Oxford | 413 | |||
Newham Independent | Frederick C. Jones | 410 | |||
BNP | Pauline Smith | 158 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen C. Timms.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Quintin B. Peppiatt | 3705 | |||
Conservative | Jeanette A. Worth | 1396 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen T. Bell | 948 | |||
BNP | Peter Hart | 642 | |||
Newham Independent | Lillian A. E. Hopes | 209 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Theodore L. Etherden.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Megan Harris | 465 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter R. W. Guest | 99 | |||
BNP | Kenneth F. Francis | 84 | |||
Newham Independent | Terence C. Macdonald | 59 | |||
Conservative | Richard J. Arnopp | 47 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Judith A. Jorsling.
1998-2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia M. Holland | 526 | |||
Conservative | Christopher P. Boden | 149 | |||
BNP | Paul Borg | 112 | |||
Newham Independent | Colin J. Brown | 110 | |||
Independent Labour | Raymond P. Hollands | 56 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William A. Chapman.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Regina T. Williams | 826 | |||
Conservative | Reza A. S. Choudhury | 585 | |||
Newham Independent | Swaminathan Balakrishnan | 135 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Harbans S. Jabbal.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Judith Garfield | 465 | |||
Conservative | Douglas Taylor | 270 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Paul Phillips | 60 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James G. Newstead.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Pinder | 578 | |||
Conservative | Paul Maynard | 329 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Maureen Stephenson | 55 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher T. Rackley.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Taylor | 384 | |||
Independent | Alan Craig | 326 | |||
BNP | Michael Davidson | 163 | |||
Conservative | Paul Maynard | 79 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Maureen Knight.
2002-2006
There were no by-elections.[11]
2006-2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen E. Brayshaw | 723 | |||
Conservative | Neil W. R. Pearce | 708 | |||
Christian Peoples | Ms. Anne-Marie Philip | 94 | |||
Respect | Haroon Juneja | 35 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Simon P. Tucker.
2010-2014
There were no by-elections.[13]
2014-2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tonii Wilson | 1006 | 51 | ||
Conservative | Syed Ahmed | 584 | 30 | ||
UKIP | David Mears | 215 | 11 | ||
Green | Jane Lithgow | 70 | 4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | David Thorpe | 43 | 2 | ||
Christian Peoples | Kayode Shedowo | 33 | 2 | ||
TUSC | Mark Dunne | 21 | 1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Alec Kellaway.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charlene McLean | 4607 | 57 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Gass | 1778 | 22 | ||
Green | Isabelle Anderson | 1170 | 14 | ||
UKIP | Jamie Ross McKenzie | 403 | 5 | ||
Christian Peoples | Joe Mettle | 99 | 1 | ||
TUSC | Bob Severn | 70 | 1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the disqualification due to non-attendance of Cllr Charlene McLean
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Veronica Oakeshott | 1440 | 72 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Sheree Miller | 181 | 9 | ||
Conservative | Emmanuel Finndoro-Obasi | 171 | 9 | ||
Green | Frankie-Rose Taylor | 117 | 6 | ||
UKIP | David Mears | 78 | 4 | ||
Independent | Diane Ofori | 10 | 1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Charity Fibresima
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anamul Islam | 1,150 | 52.5 | -5.0 | |
Green | Elisabeth Whitebread | 681 | 31.1 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | John Oxley | 301 | 13.8 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Rumsby | 57 | 2.6 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 469 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 21.35 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Ellie Robinson to accept a job with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.[18]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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- 1 2 "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 "London Borough Council Elections 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 including the Greater London Authority Referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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- ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Election-results.aspx
- ↑ https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Election-results.aspx
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- ↑ https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Election-results.aspx
- ↑ https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/News/Forest-Gate-North-by-election-results-announced.aspx