1994 Newham London Borough Council election

1994 Newham London Borough Council election

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All 60 seats up for election to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	151,895 [1]
Turnout	57,115, 37.60% [1] ( 1.12)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stephen C. Timms Alec J. Kellaway [n 1] Unknown Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader since 1990 2 May 1987 Unknown Leader's seat Little Ilford South Unknown Last election 57 seats, 60.08% 1 seat, 7.82% 2 seats, 24.33% Seats before 56 1 3 Seats won 59 1 0 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 75,057 14,958 26,083 Percentage 59.02% 11.76% 20.51% Swing 1.06 3.94 3.82
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 1994 Newham London Borough Council election to the Newham London Borough Council was held on 5 May 1994. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 37.2%. Labour maintained its overwhelming majority.

Election result

Newham local election result 1994 ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	59	4	1	3	98.33	59.02	75,057	1.06
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	1		1.67	11.76	14,958	3.94
	Conservative	0	0	3	3	0.00	20.51	26,083	3.82
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	2.60	3,311	1.61
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	2.42	3,084	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	0	0	0		0.00	2.03	2,575	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	1.66	2,105	5.12
Total		60						127,173

Background

A total of 175 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 57 candidates whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 30 candidates. Other candidates running were 9 Greens, 7 Independent Liberal Democrats, 5 BNP and 7 Independents. ^[3]

Results by ward

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Beckton

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Knight*	647	39.99	22.66
	Labour	Doris Maxwell*	523
	BNP	Michael Davidson	459	31.30	New
	BNP	Peter Hart	457
	Conservative	Christopher Boden	290	19.00	18.35
	Conservative	Valerie Fursland	266
	Independent	Malcolm Williamson	142	9.71	New
Registered electors			3,920		80
Turnout			1,566	39.95	13.05
Rejected ballots			9	0.57	0.01
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bemersyde

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Rackley	853	48.74	4.35
	Labour	Victor Turner	843
	Conservative	Paul Clark* [n 2]	703	38.10	7.98
	Conservative	Derek Wigger	622
	Liberal Democrats	William Robinson	233	13.16	0.92
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Tyrer	224
Registered electors			4,233		143
Turnout			1,855	43.82	1.35
Rejected ballots			14	0.75	0.43
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Canning Town and Grange

Canning Town and Grange (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Horwood	1,021	51.93	1.62
	Labour	Stephen Naulls	914
	Conservative	Ann Lewis	896	48.07	20.70
Registered electors			5,708		112
Turnout			1,946	34.09	2.99
Rejected ballots			3	0.15	0.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Castle

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David McGladdery	1,147	60.65	1.79
	Labour	Mahmood Ahmad	1,017
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Chater	414	23.21	New
	Conservative	Karen Ullger	328	16.14	8.81
	Conservative	Martin Ullger	248
Registered electors			5,182		207
Turnout			1,940	37.44	2.00
Rejected ballots			6	0.31	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Central

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Allen† [n 3]	1,398	73.60	8.16
	Labour	Stanley Hopwood*	1,228
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Gill	262	13.79	New
	Conservative	David Hyde	239	12.61	6.63
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Barrow	229
	Conservative	Pamela Kirkley	211
Registered electors			5,308		268
Turnout			2,023	38.11	1.06
Rejected ballots			7	0.35	0.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Custom House and Silvertown

Custom House and Silvertown (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Chapman*	1,517	43.05	7.07
	Labour	Lyn Brown† [n 4]	1,434
	Labour	Ivor Bloom	1,375
	Conservative	David Gladstone	805	19.49	15.51
	BNP	Jeff Edmonds	759	21.58	New
	BNP	Vincent Parker	737
	BNP	Kevin Vinecombe	672
	Conservative	Anthoulla Osben	586
	Conservative	Raymond Wallsgrave	567
	Independent	John Ringwood	532	15.88	New
Registered electors			8,656		308
Turnout			3,397	39.24	8.71
Rejected ballots			9	0.26	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Forest Gate

Forest Gate (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynis Carpenter* [n 5]	1,849	55.93	1.04
	Labour	Shama Ahmad† [n 6]	1,601
	Labour	Conor McAuley*	1,528
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	544	14.20	New
	Conservative	Christine Hodgson	471	14.70	6.30
	Green	Louise Pritchard	450	15.17	6.86
	Conservative	Jonathan Ivinson	429
	Conservative	Doris Rees	409
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Tee	408
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Tee	310
Registered electors			7,265		234
Turnout			2,767	38.09	1.32
Rejected ballots			7	0.25	0.36
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Greatfield

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Jenkins*	1,411	39.10	1.77
	Labour	Ian Corbett† [n 7]	1,282
	Labour	Valerie Fone	1,192
	Conservative	Susan Craig	804	23.01	18.87
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen King	795	22.86	5.61
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Flemwell	792
	Conservative	Lee Simm	749
	Conservative	Kenneth Ready	733
	Liberal Democrats	David Oxford	683
	Ind. Lib Dem	Frederick Jones	581	15.03	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	William Jeffrey	486
	Ind. Lib Dem	Michael Shimmen	426
Registered electors			7,881		374
Turnout			3,603	45.72	0.29
Rejected ballots			11	0.31	0.14
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hudsons

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Collier	1,282	53.42	2.47
	Labour	Graham Lane*	1,246
	Labour	Neil Wilson	1,199
	Conservative	Jeffrey Spencer	1,122	46.58	11.21
	Conservative	Stephen Hunt	1,114
	Conservative	Alan Price	1,014
Registered electors			6,811		429
Turnout			2,649	38.89	5.63
Rejected ballots			4	0.15	0.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Kensington

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kuldip Singh	1,352	58.51	16.21
	Labour	Lester Hudson	1,328
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Fozdar	802	33.54	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Oxford	733
	Conservative	Tina O'Flynn	186	7.95	5.96
	Conservative	Carol Sarsfield	178
Registered electors			5,237		168
Turnout			2,405	45.92	3.66
Rejected ballots			12	0.50	0.02
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Timms*	1,750	71.06	13.32
	Labour	Paul Douglas	1,653
	Labour	Andrew Baikie* [n 8]	1,546
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Bashir	374	15.33	16.13
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Hunt	358
	Conservative	Linda Lindsay	336	13.61	2.81
	Liberal Democrats	Chaudhury Koher	335
	Conservative	Colin Robinson	313
	Conservative	Gary Whitmarsh	299
Registered electors			7,442		523
Turnout			2,712	36.44	2.54
Rejected ballots			11	0.41	0.12
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Manor Park

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amarjit Singh*	1,892	69.67	9.93
	Labour	Josephine Corbett	1,778
	Labour	Robin Wales † [n 9]	1,621
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Smith	417	15.60	New
	Conservative	Stewart Lindsay	413	14.73	9.34
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Berman	403
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Huntbach	364
	Conservative	Ronald Tatum	364
	Conservative	Harold Wilkins	343
Registered electors			7,952		43
Turnout			3,121	39.25	0.41
Rejected ballots			10	0.32	0.12
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Monega

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brown	1,598	65.38	10.60
	Labour	Christopher Seddon	1,245
	Independent	Jagdish Amin	447	20.55	New
	Conservative	Susan Clark	330	14.07	0.44
	Conservative	Denys Gates	282
Registered electors			5,288		304
Turnout			2,211	41.81	1.82
Rejected ballots			9	0.41	0.26
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

New Town

New Town (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Knights*	1,188	67.32	14.38
	Labour	John Isted*	929
	Conservative	Charles Meaby	314	19.52	8.20
	Conservative	Ian Riddoch	299
	Green	Amanda Sandford	207	13.16	3.86
Registered electors			5,116		8
Turnout			1,647	32.19	6.10
Rejected ballots			8	0.49	0.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Ordnance

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Brown*	631	45.09	3.62
	Labour	Judith Jorsling† [n 10]	562
	Ind. Lib Dem	Leslie Groombridge	254	17.98	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	Alan Stewart	221
	Conservative	Shelley Williams	206	15.56	9.42
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Edwardes	166	12.08	New
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Page	154
	Green	Alan Canetti	123	9.29	17.02
Registered electors			3,909		96
Turnout			1,293	33.08	5.41
Rejected ballots			12	0.93	0.58
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Park

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akbar Chaudhary*	1,471	80.03	17.96
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	1,455
	Labour	John Saunders* [n 11]	1,426
	Conservative	Edna Crawford-Harris	388	19.97	0.08
	Conservative	Daniel Cripps	358
	Conservative	Phillip Turner	341
Registered electors			6,712		955
Turnout			2,272	33.85	0.43
Rejected ballots			8	0.35	0.43
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Plaistow

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Warwick	1,077	54.72	7.94
	Labour	Riaz Ahmed*	1,043
	Labour	Anand Patil*	972
	Conservative	Susan Jackson	380	19.32	6.42
	Conservative	Albert Stephens	370
	Conservative	Margaret Stephens	341
	Ind. Lib Dem	Josephine Williamson	332	16.14	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	Ligaya Stewart	275
	Green	Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts	211	9.82	17.66
	Green	Arthur Taylor	190
	Green	Graeme Cambage	153
Registered electors			6,108		334
Turnout			2,095	34.30	1.05
Rejected ballots			6	0.29	0.11
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Plashet

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Thorne	1,665	61.47	5.20
	Labour	Mohammad Khawaja*	1,493
	Labour	Qaisra Khan	1,423
	Conservative	Josephine Child	531	20.29	0.70
	Conservative	Simon Pearce	477
	Green	Paul Sandford	453	18.24	4.50
Registered electors			7,597		589
Turnout			2,687	35.37	0.76
Rejected ballots			8	0.30	0.41
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Stephens

St Stephens (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Hakim	1,276	78.31	6.49
	Labour	Abdul Sheikh† [n 12]	1,193
	Conservative	Dorothy Ford	359	21.69	7.09
	Conservative	Stanley Kempster	324
Registered electors			4,994		114
Turnout			1,817	36.38	2.60
Rejected ballots			13	0.72	0.32
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

South

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Jenkinson*	1,462	35.33	1.52
	Labour	Theodore Etherden† [n 13]	1,421
	Liberal Democrats	Alec Kellaway*	1,340	29.94	4.45
	Labour	Anthony McAlmont	1,267
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Laird	1,136
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Lutzeier	1,039
	Conservative	Venetia Hazel	814	20.15	11.65
	Conservative	Barry Roberts	793
	Conservative	Norman Lewis	759
	Independent	Alexander Thomson	647	14.58	New
	Independent	Lillian Hopes	570
	Independent	Lawrence Springthorpe	496
Registered electors			11,500		475
Turnout			4,296	37.36	1.43
Rejected ballots			5	0.12	0.17
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Stratford

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Riley*	876	59.32	4.97
	Labour	James Newstead*	835
	Liberal Democrats	Fergus Dodd	334	21.76	5.46
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hyde	293
	Conservative	Darren Lawrence	197	11.50	5.21
	Conservative	Nigel Nadolski	134
	Green	Harjinder Flora	107	7.42	5.22
Registered electors			4,568		426
Turnout			1,575	34.48	1.64
Rejected ballots			8	0.51	0.04
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Upton

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mian Aslam*	1,784	69.05	2.48
	Labour	Francis Dowling	1,731
	Labour	Andrew Zachariades*	1,443
	Conservative	Brian Armstrong	400	15.25	2.05
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dommett	376	15.71	New
	Conservative	Sarah Jones	376
	Conservative	Armyn Hennessy	318
Registered electors			6,823		767
Turnout			2,600	38.11	3.84
Rejected ballots			8	0.31	0.19
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wall End

Wall End (3) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kulwant Mangat	1,514	48.76	6.50
	Labour	Bashir Hafeez*	1,510
	Labour	Edward Sparrowhawk	1,508
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Holland	554	15.49	New
	Conservative	Thomas Clark	546	13.55	13.83
	Independent	Lillian Erskine	477	15.39	New
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lees-Smith	445
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Holland	441
	Conservative	Abdul Hadi	387
	Conservative	Nayran Nair	327
	Green	Charles Seber	211	6.81	10.55
Registered electors			8,088		166
Turnout			3,004	37.14	1.47
Rejected ballots			8	0.27	0.29
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

West Ham

West Ham (2) ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Manley*	1,111	75.18	14.35
	Labour	Murtland Inverary	990
	Conservative	Nevzat Duran	352	24.82	2.49
	Conservative	John Steinberg	342
Registered electors			5,597		145
Turnout			1,634	29.19	2.42
Rejected ballots			14	0.86	0.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Notes

1. Kellaway is the de facto leader being the only Lib Dem councillor
2. Clark replaced Cllr David Kellaway after his death in 1991
3. Allen was a sitting councillor representing the Canning Town and Grange ward
4. Brown was a sitting councillor representing the Hudsons ward
5. Carpenter replaced Cllr Pamela Furness after her disqualification in 1992
6. Ahmad was a sitting councillor representing the Upton ward
7. Corbett was a sitting councillor representing the Central ward after he replaced Cllr Pallavi Patel following their resignation in 1992
8. Baikie was elected alongside Robin Wales to replace Cllrs Patricia Heron and Bobby Thomas following their resignations in 1992
9. Wales was a sitting councillor representing the Little Ilford ward, who was elected alongside Andrew Baikie to replace Cllrs Patricia Heron and Bobby Thomas after their resignations in 1992
10. Jorsling was a sitting councillor representing the Plashet ward
11. Saunders replaced Cllr Dominic Gough after his resignation in 1993
12. Sheikh was a sitting councillor representing the Kensington ward
13. Etherden was a sitting Councillor representing the Wall End ward

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 214. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
3. "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
4. "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 October 2019.