A map showing the wards of Redbridge since 2002

Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years.

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1964, initially operating as a shadow authority ahead of the new system coming into full effect the following year. Since 1964 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control Years
Conservative 1964–1994
No overall control 1994–2002
Conservative 2002–2009
No overall control 2009–2014
Labour 2014–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1965 have been:[1][2]

Councillor Party From To
Roy Dalton Conservative 1965 1972
Alexander Escott Conservative 1972 1974
John Telford Conservative 1974 1975
Keith Webb Conservative 1975 1979
Keith Salter Conservative 1979 1985
John Ramsden Conservative 1985 1988
John Lovell Conservative 1988 1991
Ronnie Barden Conservative 1991 1994
Liz Pearce Labour 1994 1999
Keith Axon Conservative 1999 18 May 2000
Mohammed Javed Labour 18 May 2000 23 May 2002
Keith Axon Conservative 23 May 2002 2 Feb 2003
Allan Burgess Conservative 20 Mar 2003 20 May 2004
Elaine Norman[3] Labour 25 May 2004 15 Jul 2004
Laurence Davies Conservative 15 Jul 2004 7 May 2006
Alan Weinberg Conservative 25 May 2006 21 May 2009
Keith Prince Conservative 28 May 2009 12 Jun 2014
Jas Athwal Labour 12 Jun 2014

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1964-1968

There were no by-elections.[7]

1968-1971

Park by-election, 1 May 1969[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. F. Annal 1646
Labour R. M. Spack 550
Liberal T. J. Needham 386
National Front W. J. Partridge 81
Communist Mrs E. M. Woddis 58
Turnout 31.2%
Goodmayes by-election, 9 April 1970[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. R. Reynolds 1807
Conservative B. H. Gunby 738
Liberal J. P. Stonham 123
National Front R. W. Tear 102
Turnout 31.5%

1971-1974

Snaresbrook by-election, 2 December 1971[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. W. Tarring 1,609
Labour Mrs T. H. Desmond 660
Liberal Mrs M. J. Hoskins 433
Turnout 24.6%
Hainault by-election, 1 November 1973[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Finesilver 1,939
Liberal E. G. Flack 813
Conservative J. R. Lovell 523
Turnout 31.0%

1974-1978

Clayhall by-election, 11 July 1974[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Regina Ashton 1,590
Liberal Richard H. Hoskins 968
Labour Philip Phillips 414
Turnout 30.6
Snaresbrook by-election, 19 November 1975[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter R. Goody 1,703
Liberal Richard H. Hoskins 984
Labour David J. Rose 310
Turnout 29.0
Woodford by-election, 19 November 1975[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie G. Bridgeman 2,413
Liberal Sidney A. Cohen 450
Labour Gwyneth Phillips 284
Turnout 23.7
Mayfield by-election, 6 May 1976[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole S. Maddock 2,597
Labour Charles E. G. Burgess 1,491
Liberal Gareth L. P. Wilson 324
Turnout 42.9
Wanstead by-election, 24 June 1976[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John C. Allan 1,892
Liberal Alan F. Cornish 1,166
Labour Gwyneth Phillips 424
Turnout 29.2
Fairlop by-election, 30 June 1977[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael G. Kirrage 2,116
Labour Raymond D. Smith 835
National Front John R. Hughes 176
Liberal Peter W. Briggs 155
Turnout 30.2

1978-1982

1982-1986

1986-1990

1990-1994

Cranbrook by-election, 20 May 1993[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith R. Langford 1,122 36.5
Labour Joseph B. Hoedemaker 1,098 35.8
Liberal Democrats George G. Hogarth 851 27.7
Turnout 40.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Arnold Kinzley.

Monkhams by-election, 20 May 1993[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael J. Stark 1,407 52.3
Liberal Democrats Michael McElarney 926 34.4
Labour Philip J. Pollard 357 13.3
Turnout 34.8
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Nancy H. Thurgood.

1994-1998

Aldborough by-election, 1 December 1994[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John P. Coombes 1,155
Conservative Graham F. Borratt 1,078
Liberal Democrats John C. Tyne 255
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Raymond A. Ward.

Newbury by-election, 25 July 1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Greer C. Nicholson 1,673 55.1
Conservative Harold W. Moth 1,174 38.7
Liberal Democrats Susanne Newman 188 6.2
Majority 499 16.4
Turnout 3,035 36.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Brian R. Myers.

Barkingside by-election, 10 October 1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham F. Borrott 1,549 47.7
Labour Robert C. Littlewood 1,525 46.9
Liberal Democrats Albert Williamson 176 5.4
Majority 24 0.8
Turnout 3,250 33.6
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas F. Cobb.

Seven Kings by-election, 28 November 1996[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert C. Littlewood 1,498 61.8
Conservative Munawar H. Shah 822 33.9
Liberal Democrats Narendra Dattani 102 4.2
Majority 676 28.1
Turnout 2,422 30.7
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David A. Masters.

Hainault by-election, 26 June 1997[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard W. Newcombe 1,054 64.5 +7.5
Conservative Lee Scott 513 31.4 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Kathleen M. Black 67 4.1 -11.1
Majority 541 33.1
Turnout 1,634 23.4
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Perham.

1998-2002

Aldborough by-election, 1 October 1998[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vanessa Cole 1,013 48.7 +12.7
Labour Gary D. Scottow 942 45.3 -11.1
Liberal Democrats Catherine M. Davies 125 6.0 -1.6
Majority 71 3.4
Turnout 2,080 30.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Desmond M. Thurlby.

2002-2006

Newbury by-election, 11 July 2002[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dev R. Sharma 1,356 47.2 -5.9
Conservative Surenda Patel 1,313 45.7 +12.1
CPA Juliet Hawkins 206 7.2 +7.2
Majority 43 1.5
Turnout 2,875 30.0
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Dev R. Sharma.

Barkingside by-election, 10 April 2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith A. Prince 1,468 49.0 -5.0
Labour Taifur Rashid 985 32.8 -1.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Lake 341 11.3 -0.1
BNP Julian Leppert 116 3.9 +3.9
CPA James Hargreaves 56 1.9 +1.9
Independent Martin Levin 39 1.3 +1.3
Majority 483 16.2
Turnout 3,005 35.2
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Keith E. Axon.

Valentines by-election, 24 July 2003[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suresh Kumar 1,006 37.5 +4.9
Labour Lesley R. Hilton 997 37.2 -4.0
Liberal Democrats George G. Hogarth 422 15.7 +0.2
CPA Juliet F. Hawkins 170 6.3 +6.3
Green Ashley Gunstock 86 3.2 -7.5
Majority 9 0.3
Turnout 2,681 29.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Gary D. Scottow.

2006-2010

Bridge by-election, 13 July 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey D. Hinds 1,014 39.6 -13.1
BNP Daniel Warville 857 33.4 +33.4
Labour Mark A. Epstein 299 11.7 -7.2
Liberal Democrats Angela E. Yeoman 245 9.6 -5.9
Green David I. Reynolds 147 5.7 -7.1
Majority 157 6.2
Turnout 2,562 30.3
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James Leal.

Clementswood by-election, 9 November 2006[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Irfan Mustafa 904 41.9 +30.3
Labour Mark A. Santos 715 33.1 -20.6
Conservative Dennis J. Aylen 377 17.5 -0.5
Independent Ben T. Brown 65 3.0 +3.0
Green Timothy S. Randall 49 2.2
British Public Party Kashif Rana 48 2.2 -9.7
Majority 189
Turnout 25.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Simon Green.

Cranbrook by-election, 10 July 2008[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Chaudhary 1,625 60.0 +7.7
Labour Barbara White 729 27.0 -4.5
Liberal Democrats Helen A. Duffett 318 11.7 -4.5
BNP Anthony Young 37 1.3 +1.3
Majority 896 33.0
Turnout 2,709 30.0
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Charles Elliman.

Valentines by-election, 29 January 2009[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shoaib Patel 963 36.9 +20.1
Conservative Ikram Wahid 781 29.9 +10.4
Labour Surinder Pahl 756 28.9 -0.3
Respect Abdurahman Jafar 112 4.3 +4.3
Majority 182
Turnout 29.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nadia J. Sharif.

Wanstead by-election, 23 April 2009[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Wilson 1300
Liberal Democrats Ms. Kate Garrett 1030
Labour Ross J. Hatfull 694
Green Ashley Gunstock 256
BNP Alfred Evans John 171
UKIP Nick Jones 33
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Allan C. Burgess.

2010-2014

Chadwell by-election, 8 July 2010[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wes Streeting 800 31.5
Conservative Gary Ian Munro 580 22.9
Liberal Democrats John Charles Tyne 576 22.7
Green Wilson Chowdhry 413 16.3
BNP Julian Peter Leppert 115 4.5
UKIP Paul Kevin Wiffen 54 2.1
Majority 220 8.6
Turnout 2,542 25.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Mark Gittens.

Aldborough by-election, 11 November 2011[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Thiara 1,436
Conservative Melvyn Marks 1,071
Liberal Democrats Christopher Greaves 87
UKIP Paul Wiffen 83
Green Clive Durdle 64
BNP Danny Warville 34 1.2
Majority 365
Turnout 2,780 24.69
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mike Figg.

2014-2018

Roding by-election, 5 May 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lloyd Jacob Duddridge 1,832 40.9 +17.5
Conservative Ruth Kim Clark 1,254 28.0 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Clare 983 22.0 -6.3
UKIP Jonathon Emmanuel Seymour 216 4.8 -9.6
Green Barry Cooper 169 3.8 -4.8
All People's Party Marilyn Moore 22 0.5 +0.5
Majority 578
Turnout 4,515 52.4% +11.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Councillor Sarah Blaber (Conservative).

References

  1. ^ The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
  2. ^ The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993
  3. ^ The Essex and Greater London (County Boundaries) Order 1993
  4. ^ The Redbridge and Waltham Forest (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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  11. ^ a b c d e "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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  13. ^ a b "Local by-elections results". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Cranbrook ward by-election". redbridge.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2008.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  16. ^ "2010 Local by Election Results". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  17. ^ "British National Party take 'I Love London Campaign' to Redbridge | British National Party". Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
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