1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

1994 Barking and Dagenham Council election

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All 51 council seats up for election to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Registered	114,450 [1]
Turnout	44,311, 38.72% ( 0.12) [1]
First party Second party   Party Labour Residents Last election 73.46%, 44 seats 4.53%, 3 seats Seats before 43 3 Seats won 47 3 Seat change 3 Popular vote 74,808 3,990 Percentage 73.35% 3.91% Swing 0.11% 0.62%   Third party Fourth party   Party Liberal Democrats Ind. Labour Party Last election 7.82%, 1 seat New Seats before 1 1 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 17,730 753 Percentage 17.39% 0.74% Swing 9.57% New
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1994 Barking and Dagenham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[2]

Background

117 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (48) and was the only party to do so, whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 47. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 12 candidates.

Election result

Labour continued to win a large majority of seats - 47 out of 51. The Residents Association held their 3 seats. The Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough local elections ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	47	5	1	4	92.16	73.35	74,808	0.11
	Residents	3	0	0		5.88	3.91	3,990	0.62
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	1		1.96	17.39	17,730	9.57
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.00	3.90	3,974	10.14
	Ind. Labour Party	0	0	1	1	0.00	0.74	753	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.47	476	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.25	252	New
Total		51						101,983

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Abbey

Abbey (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeannette Alexander† [n 1]	1,601	60.91	3.40
	Labour	Graham Bramley*	1,562
	Labour	Mohammed Fani*	1,403
	Independent	Narain Kaul	476	19.05	New
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Stepton	317	12.01	5.08
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Stepton	310
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Tester	273
	Conservative	John Stavers	217	8.03	10.57
	Conservative	Danielle Whitton	202
	Conservative	Robert Whitton	183
Registered electors			6,700		283
Turnout			2,662	39.73	4.57
Rejected ballots			6	0.23	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Alibon

Alibon (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Wade	1,208	84.88	5.54
	Labour	Ernest White*	1,189
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Cooper	224	15.12	7.19
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Luby	203
Registered electors			4,252		274
Turnout			1,569	36.90	0.59
Rejected ballots			6	0.38	0.20
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Becontree

Becontree (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Bradley	1,354	81.34	New
	Labour	John Wainwright† [n 2]	1,292
	Liberal Democrats	Clifford Evans	313	18.66	New
	Liberal Democrats	Linda McGuinness	294
Registered electors			5,183		New
Turnout			1,760	33.96	New
Rejected ballots			11	0.63	New
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cambell

Cambell (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mabel Arnold	1,896	83.58	2.36
	Labour	Joan Rawlinson	1,839
	Labour	June van Roten† [n 3]	1,742
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Boorman	385	16.42	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Boorman	369
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth ADurrant	322
Registered electors			6,683		275
Turnout			2,561	38.32	1.56
Rejected ballots			18	0.70	0.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chadwell Heath

Chadwell Heath (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs*	1,362	49.10	2.68
	Residents	Ronald Curtis* [n 4]	1,359
	Residents	Robert Jeyes*	1,269
	Labour	Violet Gasson	1,089	38.35	1.99
	Labour	Vera Cridland	1,071
	Labour	Malcolm Murchie	956
	Conservative	Mark Gilding	193	6.39	5.48
	Conservative	John Graham	183
	Liberal Democrats	Anil Fernando	167	6.17	New
	Conservative	Sharon Keefe	143
Registered electors			6,835		46
Turnout			2,776	40.61	1.72
Rejected ballots			5	0.18	0.11
	Residents hold
	Residents hold
	Residents hold

Eastbrook

Eastbrook (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Blackburn*	1,788	83.42	3.34
	Labour	Frederick Tibble*	1,739
	Labour	Lawrence Bunn*	1,682
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Lambart	390	16.58	New
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Lewis	328
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Williams	317
Registered electors			6,837		126
Turnout			2,399	35.09	0.50
Rejected ballots			18	0.75	0.59
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Eastbury

Eastbury (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Manley*	1,188	49.21	2.44
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Churchman	1,186	50.79	12.99
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Richardson	1,086
	Labour	Gordon Mayor*	1,013
Registered electors			4,375		232
Turnout			2,456	56.14	4.52
Rejected ballots			12	0.49	0.36
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Fanshawe

Fanshawe (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jones*	1,788	82.43	2.95
	Labour	Raymond Parkin*	1,696
	Labour	John Thomas*	1,569
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Deller	368	17.57	New
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Williams	350
Registered electors			6,367		253
Turnout			2,383	37.43	1.48
Rejected ballots			9	0.38	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Gascoigne

Gascoigne (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Flint	1,214	61.27	9.40
	Labour	Suzanne Kelly	1,147
	Labour	Valerie Rush	1,107
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Copper	760	38.73	9.40
	Liberal Democrats	David Oram	732
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Colclough	700
Registered electors			5,955		196
Turnout			2,054	34.49	3.03
Rejected ballots			5	0.24	0.15
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold

Goresbrook

Goresbrook (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Power*	1,608	83.75	5.81
	Labour	Alan Thomas*	1,566
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Downs	310	16.25	4.71
	Liberal Democrats	Hayley Downs	306
Registered electors			5,364		414
Turnout			2,057	38.35	0.59
Rejected ballots			18	0.88	0.88
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Heath

Heath (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass*	1,907	90.67	9.69
	Labour	Sidney Kallar*	1,801
	Labour	John Lawrence*	1,762
	Liberal Democrats	Sylivia Eddy	205	9.33	New
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Payne	192
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Kemnitz	166
Registered electors			6,765		392
Turnout			2,491	36.82	0.70
Rejected ballots			23	0.92	0.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Longbridge

Longbridge (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Sterry	1,442	49.95	2.80
	Labour	Dennis Bomberg	1,376
	Labour	Nirmal Gill*	1,325
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Beadle	752	23.49	13.90
	Conservative	Brian Cook	750	26.56	16.70
	Conservative	Peter Burch	741
	Conservative	Valerie Burch	712
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Felton	613
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Meyer	583
Registered electors			6,688		247
Turnout			3,031	45.32	1.51
Rejected ballots			7	0.23
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Manor

Manor (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alastair Hannah-Rogers*	1,401	81.73	1.11
	Labour	Rita Hannah-Rogers*	1,364
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Gregory	335	18.27	10.91
	Liberal Democrats	Mildred Kenworthy	283
Registered electors			4,650		82
Turnout			1,779	38.26	2.21
Rejected ballots			10	0.56	0.56
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Marks Gate

Marks Gate (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Worby*	921	77.66	5.67
	Labour	Peter Melia	845
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Chapman	260	22.34	New
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Miller	248
Registered electors			3,539		1,425
Turnout			1,322	37.36	7.44
Rejected ballots			7	0.53	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour win (new seat)

Parsloes

Parsloes (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Butler	1,000	48.83	23.61
	Labour	Brian Walker*	947
	Ind. Labour Party	John Dias-Broughton*	753	37.77	New
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Churchman	282	13.39	1.45
	Liberal Democrats	John Richardson	252
Registered electors			4,865		244
Turnout			1,890	38.85	0.14
Rejected ballots			21	1.11	0.81
	Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party
	Labour hold

River

River (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Twomey† [n 5]	1,200	79.86	0.49
	Labour	Inder Jamu*	1,064
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Mansfield	332	20.14	New
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard McGuinness	239
Registered electors			4,828		57
Turnout			1,624	33.64	0.46
Rejected ballots			10	0.62	0.06
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Thames

Thames (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Shaw*	1,517	76.90	12.89
	Labour	Royston Patient*	1,476
	BNP	Gary Hewiit	252	12.95	New
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Kelly	204	10.15	0.06
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelly	191
Registered electors			4,300		264
Turnout			1,999	46.49	4.58
Rejected ballots			6	0.30	0.17
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Triptons

Triptons (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Brooker*	1,804	83.49	8.07
	Labour	John Davis*	1,749
	Labour	Cameron Geddes*	1,560
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Barker	362	16.51	4.95
	Liberal Democrats	June Griffin	327
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Walker	322
Registered electors			6,628		365
Turnout			2,371	35.77	2.88
Rejected ballots			21	0.89	0.89
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Valence

Valence (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Bruce*	1,840	81.98	New
	Labour	Leonard Collins*	1,758
	Labour	Bryan Osborn*	1,753
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Hilton	445	18.02	New
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Tester	339
Registered electors			6,502		428
Turnout			2,497	38.40	New
Rejected ballots			13	0.52	New
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Village

Village (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Golden*	1,968	79.82	4.45
	Labour	Darrin Best*	1,872
	Labour	William Dale*	1,849
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lepley	276	11.06	2.31
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Holmes	264
	Conservative	Kenneth Coombs	250	9.12	6.76
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Hodge	248
	Conservative	Terence Mallindine	205
	Conservative	William Preston	195
Registered electors			7,134		314
Turnout			2,630	36.87	1.26
Rejected ballots			6	0.23	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

By-elections

The following by-elections took place between the 1994 and 1998 elections:

• 1995 Manor (Barking and Dagenham) by-election
• 1995 Parsloes by-election

Notes

1. Alexander was a sitting councillor representing the Gascoigne ward
2. Wainright was a sitting councillor representing the River ward
3. van Roten was a sitting councillor representing the Longbridge ward
4. Curtis replaced Cllr Raymond Gowland after his death in 1992. ^[5]
5. Twomey was a sitting councillor representing the Alibon ward. Twomey replaced Cllr Trevor Watson after his resignation in 1992 ^[5]

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections -Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 190. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
2. "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
3. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 3–5, 190–191. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
5. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2024.