1994 Redbridge London Borough Council election

1994 Redbridge London Borough Council election

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All 62 seats up for election to Redbridge London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	163,377 [1]
Turnout	80,568, 49.31% [1] ( 0.80)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Elizabeth A. Pearce Ronald I. Barden Unknown Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 1994 1991 Unknown Leader's seat Seven Kings Clayhall Unknown Last election 18 seats, 48.09% 42 seats, 48.09% 3 seats, 10.06% Seats before 17 42 3 Seats won 29 24 9 Seat change 12 18 6 Popular vote 87,268 85,216 48,158 Percentage 39.41% 38.48% 14.52% Swing 1.74 9.61 4.46
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No Overall Control

The 1994 Redbridge Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control. ^[2]

Background

As a result of the East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993, the council lost a seat in the Goodmayes ward, as well as swapping several areas between itself and Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. ^[3]

Election result

1994 Redbridge London Borough Council elections ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29	12	0	12	46.77	39.41	87,268
	Conservative	24	0	18	18	38.71	38.48	85,216
	Liberal Democrats	9	6	0	6	14.52	21.75	48,158
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.26	584
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.07	145
	Communist	0	0	0		0.00	0.03	66
Total		62						221,437

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Aldborough

Aldborough (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Thurlby	1,536	46.53	10.64
	Labour	Kenneth Turner	1,518
	Labour	Raymond Ward	1,424
	Conservative	Graham Borrott*	1,378	41.63	2.10
	Conservative	David Jones*	1,326
	Conservative	Ernest Watts*	1,304
	Liberal Democrats	John Tyne	389	11.84	3.00
	Liberal Democrats	Walter Staight	388
	Liberal Democrats	Naren Dattani	364
Registered electors			6,641		2,004
Turnout			3,476	52.34	3.28
Rejected ballots			3	0.09	0.07
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Barkingside

Barkingside (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Axon*	1,931	46.78	4.10
	Conservative	Roy Brunnen*	1,886
	Conservative	Thomas Cobb*	1,870
	Labour	Ronald Belkin	1,557	36.91	8.32
	Labour	Carol Dicker	1,518
	Labour	Trevor Dicker	1,413
	Liberal Democrats	Rochelle Markovitch	711	16.31	8.39
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bond	666
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ward	607
Registered electors			9,462		181
Turnout			4,338	45.85
Rejected ballots			4	0.09	0.07
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bridge

Bridge (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Coral Jackson	1,666	41.19	7.21
	Conservative	Peter Lawrence	1,640	42.11	4.53
	Conservative	Morris Hickey	1,583
	Conservative	Tak Chan*	1,566
	Labour	Robert Littlewood	1,556
	Labour	Mohammed Sheikh	1,461
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Everest	657	16.70	8.45
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolette Pashby	649
	Liberal Democrats	James Swallow	594
Registered electors			8,379		366
Turnout			4,131	49.30	0.56
Rejected ballots			5	0.12	0.05
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Chadwell

Chadwell (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Staight	2,341	47.17	36.83
	Liberal Democrats	David Green	2,234
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Scott	2,108
	Conservative	Robert Cole*	1,455	29.92	18.19
	Conservative	Laurence Davies*	1,406
	Conservative	Robert Summers	1,379
	Labour	Thomas Davis	1,154	22.91	10.34
	Labour	Frances Smith	1,087
	Labour	Khalid Sharif	1,004
Registered electors			9,067		297
Turnout			4,997	55.11	6.53
Rejected ballots			4	0.08	0.03
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Church End

Church End (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Hoskins*	2,288	60.15	13.67
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hoskins*	2,214
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Cleaver*	2,176
	Conservative	David Greaves	1,016	26.75	12.76
	Conservative	Linda Huggett	1,010
	Conservative	Noel Macklin	943
	Labour	Richard Bayliss	498	13.10	0.91
	Labour	Jean Blake	480
	Labour	Peter Bradley	476
Registered electors			7,491		116
Turnout			3,914	52.25	0.74
Rejected ballots			5	0.13	0.02
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Clayhall

Clayhall (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Weinberg*	2,317	53.95	8.41
	Conservative	Ronald Baren*	2,288
	Conservative	John Lovell*	2,223
	Labour	Keith Darlington	1,452	32.78	8.45
	Labour	Jon Fogarty	1,358
	Labour	Richard Thomas	1,338
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Finkletaub	637	13.27	5.88
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hamlyn	542
	Liberal Democrats	Valmai Stevens	502
Registered electors			9,555		108
Turnout			4,519	47.29	0.56
Rejected ballots			11	0.24	0.10
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Clementswood

Clementswood (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Green	1,987	59.64	4.81
	Labour	Peter Laugharne	1,947
	Labour	Faiz Noor*	1,902
	Conservative	Harry Jennings-Bateman	948	28.55	0.54
	Conservative	Brian Mendham	940
	Conservative	Roseanne Serrelli	906
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Glanfield	402	11.81	4.28
	Liberal Democrats	John Collis	387
	Liberal Democrats	Stephne Newsham	365
Registered electors			7,866		280
Turnout			3,631	46.16	1.35
Rejected ballots			3	0.08	0.08
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Cranbrook

Cranbrook (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Elliman*	1,736	42.61	1.10
	Conservative	Keith Langford* [n 1]	1,698
	Conservative	Asaf Mirza*	1,664
	Labour	Joseph Hoedemaker	1,615	39.93	10.50
	Labour	Provat Das Gupta	1,588
	Labour	Anne Mallach	1,572
	Liberal Democrats	George Hogarth	806	17.46	12.15
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Rowland	657
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Yau	626
Registered electors			7,753		61
Turnout			4,364	56.29	1.81
Rejected ballots			5	0.11	0.11
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fairlop

Fairlop (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Ryan*	1,599	41.71	4.79
	Labour	Mary Lambert	1,567	40.68	5.48
	Labour	Dean Milton	1,549
	Conservative	Trevor Grant	1,540
	Conservative	Clifton Welch	1,492
	Labour	Harmegh Rattan	1,403
	Liberal Democrats	Lily Smith	690	17.61	9.57
	Liberal Democrats	Renee Giller	642
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Black	623
Registered electors			8,261		325
Turnout			3,962	47.96	1.71
Rejected ballots			1	0.03	0.04
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Fullwell

Fullwell (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Candy*	1,754	49.84	2.75
	Conservative	Malcolm Stilwell*	1,694
	Conservative	Alan Hughes	1,651
	Labour	Sidney Hollands	1,221	34.71	5.35
	Labour	Wendy Hollands	1,207
	Labour	Paul Loften	1,124
	Liberal Democrats	Shelagh Renwick	567	15.45	8.08
	Liberal Democrats	David Channon	525
	Liberal Democrats	Major Basi	488
Registered electors			8,532		71
Turnout			3,725	43.66	0.57
Rejected ballots			3	0.08	0.03
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Goodmayes

Goodmayes (2) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Golding	827	46.09	9.97
	Labour	Sidney Middleburgh† [n 2]	813
	Conservative	Ruth Kinzley	622	34.74	7.07
	Conservative	Shahlab Baig	613
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander McLean	197	11.02	3.66
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Torney	195
	BNP	Paul Bixby	145	8.15	New
Registered electors			3,458		5,028
Turnout			1,848	53.44	11.93
Rejected ballots			2	0.11
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Hainault

Hainault (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Perham*	1,755	57.42	6.02
	Labour	John Fairley-Churchill† [n 3]	1,721
	Labour	Edmund Peake	1,676
	Conservative	Winifred Axon	856	28.09	1.78
	Conservative	James Howes	838
	Conservative	Barbara Wilson	827
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Black	468	14.48	5.41
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wright	434
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Prager	398
Registered electors			7,015		249
Turnout			3,203	45.66	2.48
Rejected ballots			4	0.12	0.09
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Loxford

Loxford (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammed Javed*	2,381	69.31	6.16
	Labour	Royston Emmett	2,180
	Labour	Faredoon Maravala	2,065
	Conservative	Mark Olbrich	642	19.36	3.74
	Conservative	Ghulam Khan	623
	Conservative	Berenice Omari	586
	Liberal Democrats	David Fleetwood	410	11.33	5.38
	Liberal Democrats	David Fairlamb	347
	Liberal Democrats	Bushra Khan	327
Registered electors			8,182		207
Turnout			3,653	44.65	0.19
Rejected ballots			10	0.27	0.22
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mayfield

Mayfield (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Connelley	2,044	50.51	12.54
	Labour	Lesley Hilton	1,981
	Labour	Norman Tuck	1,933
	Conservative	John Atkins	1,425	34.74	11.29
	Conservative	Garry Atkins	1,390
	Conservative	Darshan Sharma	1,284
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Papworth	601	14.75	5.66
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gravenell	599
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Potkins	540
Registered electors			8,532		46
Turnout			4,279	50.15	0.43
Rejected ballots			7	0.16	0.09
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Monkhams

Monkhams (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Hyams*	2,117	61.18	7.17
	Conservative	Michael Stark* [n 4]	2,048
	Conservative	Gilbert Seymour*	2,041
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McElarney	823	22.97	13.46
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Skinner	779
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	730
	Labour	Alan Barnett	552	15.85	1.58
	Labour	Daphne Griffith	544
	Labour	Philip Pollard	513
Registered electors			7,650		60
Turnout			3,588	46.90	3.06
Rejected ballots			8	0.22	0.14
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Newbury

Newbury (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Myers	2,103	52.28	15.51
	Labour	Norman Hilton	2,032
	Labour	Dev Sharma	2,023
	Conservative	Harold Moth*	1,484	37.00	4.65
	Conservative	Glenn Corfield*	1,460
	Conservative	John Cable	1,415
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wood	437	10.72	0.44
	Liberal Democrats	Amelia Olive	425
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Wright	400
Registered electors			7,983		109
Turnout			4,229	52.98	3.80
Rejected ballots			10	0.24	0.09
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Roding

Roding (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bond	2,369	56.48	31.99
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Bradd	2,310
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Wilson	2,210
	Conservative	Anthony Loffhagen*	1,267	30.33	17.58
	Conservative	Hazel Weinberg*	1,230
	Conservative	Reginald Woda*	1,201
	Labour	John Cullen	503	11.56	4.82
	Labour	Ian Gardiner	464
	Labour	Mary Tuffin	443
	Communist	Laurence Laughlin	66	1.62	0.28
Registered electors			8,110		59
Turnout			4,326	53.34	4.15
Rejected ballots			11	0.25	0.02
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Seven Kings

Seven Kings (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Pearce*	1,703	56.00	5.21
	Labour	David Masters	1,678
	Labour	Maganbhai Patel	1,661
	Conservative	Valerie Ball	1,013	31.64	4.60
	Conservative	Anthony Lenaghan	931
	Conservative	Paul Turner	907
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Steniford	378	12.36	New
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Clark	377
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Clark	358
Registered electors			7,599		203
Turnout			3,373	44.39	5.07
Rejected ballots			8	0.24	0.16
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Snaresbrook

Snaresbrook (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Goody*	1,585	45.06	7.08
	Conservative	Winifred Roberts*	1,574
	Conservative	Warren Miskin	1,566
	Labour	Gregor Eglin	1,504	41.69	10.75
	Labour	Brenda Jones	1,452
	Labour	Alan Pearmain	1,416
	Liberal Democrats	Kevyn Davies-Jones	474	13.25	5.79
	Liberal Democrats	John Swallow	461
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Stevens	455
Registered electors			7,288		384
Turnout			3,743	51.36	0.61
Rejected ballots			1	0.03	0.05
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Valentines

Valentines (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Brindley*	1,545	40.83	5.21
	Labour	Elaine Norman	1,356
	Labour	Virendra Tewari	1,319
	Conservative	Bashir Chaudry	1,069	28.38	6.42
	Conservative	Maureen Anderson	1,005
	Conservative	Phyllis Cottrell	861
	Independent	Paul Dyer	584	16.95	New
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Curtis	537	13.84	5.32
	Liberal Democrats	Mohamed Seoudy	447
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Williamson	447
Registered electors			6,964		399
Turnout			3,405	48.89	1.87
Rejected ballots			4	0.12	0.05
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wanstead

Wanstead (3) ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Burgess*	1,596	42.23	0.09
	Conservative	Thomas Howl*	1,516
	Conservative	Michael Borrott	1,481
	Labour	Margaret Edelman	1,326	35.89	15.98
	Labour	Jeffrey Edelman	1,301
	Labour	Allan Tuffin	1,276
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Cornish	897	21.88	5.29
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Moody	770
	Liberal Democrats	Modupe Ajose	713
Registered electors			7,589		325
Turnout			3,864	50.92	2.77
Rejected ballots			16	0.41	0.28
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-elections

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

• 1994 Aldborough by-election
• 1996 Newbury by-election
• 1996 Barkingside by-election
• 1996 Seven Kings by-election
• 1997 Hainault by-election

Notes

1. Langford replaced CllrmArnold Kinzley after his death in 1993
2. Middleburgh was a sitting councillor representing the Loxford ward
3. Fairley-Churchill was a sitting councillor representing the Goodmayes ward
4. Stark replaced Cllr Nancy Thurgood after her death in 1993

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 23 May 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. Young, G.S.K. (14 June 1993). "The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
4. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 144–147, 214–215. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
5. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Redbridge Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.