2002 Newham London Borough Council election

2002 Newham Council election

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All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour CPA Last election 60 seats 0 seats Seats won 59 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 23,965 2,178 Percentage 49.3% 4.5%
Map of the results of the 2002 Newham council election. Christian Peoples Alliance in purple and Labour in red.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Newham local election result 2002 ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	59	0	1	-1	98.3	49.3	23,965
	Conservative	0	0	0	±0	0.0	19.9	9,678
	Green	0	0	0	±0	0.0	12.3	5,993
	CPA	1	1	0	+1	1.7	4.5	2,178
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	±0	0.0	3.9	1,917
	Independent	0	0	0	±0	0.0	3.8	1,849
	Newham Independent	0	0	0	±0	0.0	2.2	1,060
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	±0	0.0	1.9	906
	BNP	0	0	0	±0	0.0	1.5	736
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0.0	0.5	233
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	±0	0.0	0.3	122

Background

A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 7 candidates. Other candidates running were 14 Greens, 9 Christian Peoples Alliance, 6 Newham Independents Association, 4 Socialist Alliance, 3 BNP, 1 Socialist Labour, 1 UKIP and 8 Independents. ^[1]

Results by ward

Beckton

Beckton (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Kellaway	945	43.8	N/A
	Labour	Ayesha Chowdhury	930		N/A
	Labour	Christopher Seddon	860		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bell	369	17.1	N/A
	Conservative	Damian Sutton	348	16.1	N/A
	Green	Nick Davies	277	12.8	N/A
	BNP	Margaret Stones	217	10.1	N/A
Turnout			1,648	21.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,721
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Boleyn

Boleyn (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Leitch	1,321	49.0	N/A
	Labour	Sardar Ali	1,224		N/A
	Labour	Joseph Ejiofor	1,122		N/A
	Conservative	Elaine Sutton	579	21.5	N/A
	Green	Marya Spence	507	18.8	N/A
	CPA	Joy Shekarau-Jibril	289	10.7	N/A
Turnout			2,224	27.5	N/A
Registered electors			8,095
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canning Town North

Canning Town North (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Collier	948	39.6	N/A
	Labour	Clive Furness	901		N/A
	Labour	Paul Schafer	784		N/A
	Green	Kara Greig	426	17.8	N/A
	BNP	Michael Davidson	389	16.2	N/A
	CPA	Sydney Burnett	322	13.5	N/A
	Independent	Edward Nkemnacho	187	7.8	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Robert Siggins	122	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,814	22.8	N/A
Registered electors			7,953
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canning Town South

Canning Town South (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPA	Alan Craig	959	50.3	N/A
	Labour	Alan Taylor	946	49.7	N/A
	Labour	Maureen Jones	887		N/A
	Labour	Simon Tucker	808		N/A
	CPA	Benjamin Stafford	739		N/A
	CPA	Rose Irtwangejibril	525		N/A
Turnout			1,988	26.2	N/A
Registered electors			7,601
	CPA gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Custom House

Custom House (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Holland	887	47.3	N/A
	Labour	Ronald Manley	765		N/A
	Labour	Conor McAuley	709		N/A
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	519	27.7	N/A
	Conservative	James Clark	467		N/A
	Conservative	Douglas Taylor	416		N/A
	Green	Mary Robinson	240	12.8	N/A
	CPA	Bolanie Shasanmi	229	12.2	N/A
Turnout			1,654	20.3	N/A
Registered electors			8,140
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Ham Central

East Ham Central (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Skyers	1,538	59.8	N/A
	Labour	Ian Corbett	1,479		N/A
	Labour	Unmesh Desai	1,437		N/A
	Conservative	Stewart Lindsay	587	22.8	N/A
	Green	Diane McBrinn	446	17.3	N/A
Turnout			2,406	29.4	N/A
Registered electors			8,188
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Ham North

East Ham North (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sukhdev Marway	1,367	38.2	N/A
	Labour	Lester Hudson	1,248		N/A
	Labour	Patricia Sheekey	1,244		N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Akram	896	25.0	N/A
	Independent	Swaminathan Balakrishnan	578	16.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen King	313	8.7	N/A
	Green	Gary Hewett	252	7.0	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Berlyne Hamilton	177	4.9	N/A
Turnout			2,732	34.6	N/A
Registered electors			7,905
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Ham South

East Ham South (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Jenkins	1,244	53.3	N/A
	Labour	Quintin Peppiatt	1,081		N/A
	Labour	Pearson Shillingford	981		N/A
	Conservative	Linda Lindsay	586	25.1	N/A
	Newham Independent	Frederick Jones	503	21.6	N/A
Turnout			1,953	24.6	N/A
Registered electors			7,957
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Forest Gate North

Forest Gate North (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Brickell	1,333	47.4	N/A
	Labour	John Saunders	1,265		N/A
	Labour	Shama Ahmad	1,253		N/A
	Green	Mary Forse	628	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Meaby	344	12.2	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Phillips	272	9.7	N/A
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	233	8.3	N/A
Turnout			2,200	26.6	N/A
Registered electors			8,287
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Forest Gate South

Forest Gate South (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akbar Chaudhary	1,274	54.3	N/A
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	1,142		N/A
	Labour	Winston Vaughan	1,102		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	472	20.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mahoney	460		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Lomax	443		N/A
	Conservative	Brian Maze	323	13.8	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Mubin Haq	276	11.8	N/A
Turnout			2,189	26.5	N/A
Registered electors			8,272
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Green Street East

Green Street East (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyn Brown	1,488	52.3	N/A
	Labour	Mahmood Ahmad	1,403		N/A
	Labour	Abdul Shakoor	1,319		N/A
	Conservative	Abdullah Atcha	635	22.3	N/A
	Independent	Nazma Uddin	381	13.4	N/A
	Green	Sandra Springall	341	12.0	N/A
	Independent	Giash Talukdar	299		N/A
Turnout			2,552	32.2	N/A
Registered electors			7,922
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Green Street West

Green Street West (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Sheikh	1,594	57.1	N/A
	Labour	Rustam Talati	1,448		N/A
	Labour	Harvinder Virdee	1,439		N/A
	Conservative	Reza Choudhury	826	29.6	N/A
	Green	John Widdowson	371	13.3	N/A
Turnout			2,497	31.5	N/A
Registered electors			7,930
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Corbett	1,086	49.1	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Baikie	1,063		N/A
	Labour	Richard Crawford	1,052		N/A
	Conservative	Akmul Choudhury	869	39.3	N/A
	Conservative	Faizur Rahman	844		N/A
	Conservative	Harun Rashid	795		N/A
	Green	Mee Lee	257	11.6	N/A
Turnout			2,175	26.8	N/A
Registered electors			8,126
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amarjit Singh	1,236	46.0	N/A
	Labour	Christine Bowden	1,219		N/A
	Labour	Khalilur Kazi	1,149		N/A
	Conservative	Mahbub Ahmed	1,009	37.5	N/A
	Conservative	Shahidur Chowdhury	968		N/A
	Conservative	Kaisar Jalal	890		N/A
	Green	Ronald Smith	444	16.5	N/A
Turnout			2,732	34.2	N/A
Registered electors			7,986
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plaistow North

Plaistow North (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Regina Williams	1,224	50.4	N/A
	Labour	Riaz Mirza	1,163		N/A
	Labour	Joy Laguda	1,110		N/A
	Independent	Frederick Warwick	507	20.9	N/A
	Green	Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts	356	14.7	N/A
	Conservative	Johanna Watson	342	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Anthoulla Osben	278		N/A
Turnout			2,059	27.1	N/A
Registered electors			7,612
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plaistow South

Plaistow South (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Wilson	1,180	50.0	N/A
	Labour	Graham Lane	1,138		N/A
	Labour	Bryan Collier	1,064		N/A
	Conservative	Jacqueline Burns	374	15.8	N/A
	Conservative	Barry Roberts	355		N/A
	Green	Gabrielle Rolfe	340	14.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jamieson Moore	320	13.6	N/A
	Conservative	Danuta Gradosielska	263		N/A
	Newham Independent	Josephine Phillips	147	6.2	N/A
	Newham Independent	Donald Freeman	139		N/A
Turnout			2,101	25.0	N/A
Registered electors			8,391
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Royal Docks

Royal Docks (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Law	433	39.3	N/A
	Labour	Victor Turner	398		N/A
	Labour	Sarah Ruiz	346		N/A
	Independent	Ayotunde Thanni	196	17.8	N/A
	Conservative	Graham Postles	175	15.9	N/A
	CPA	Beatrice Appiah	168	15.2	N/A
	Conservative	Glyn Weare	159		N/A
	BNP	Mark Lond	130	11.8	N/A
	CPA	Funmike Daodu	103		N/A
Turnout			910	19.8	N/A
Registered electors			4,609
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stratford and New Town

Stratford and New Town (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Garfield	1,163	54.2	N/A
	Labour	David Griffin	1,090		N/A
	Labour	Anthony McAlmont	938		N/A
	Green	O. Oisin	398	18.5	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Arnopp	374	17.4	N/A
	Conservative	Armyn Hennessy	330		N/A
	Conservative	Nigel Nadolski	286		N/A
	CPA	Victoria Wya	211	9.8	N/A
Turnout			1,907	23.0	N/A
Registered electors			8,561
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wall End

Wall End (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sathianesan	1,608	55.7	N/A
	Labour	Edward Sparrowhawk	1,426		N/A
	Labour	Omanakutty Gangadharan	1,350		N/A
	Conservative	Zubaida Hashmi	433	15.0	N/A
	Newham Independent	Terence Aird	410	14.2	N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Smith	400	16.5	N/A
	Newham Independent	David Piper	373		N/A
	Newham Independent	Trudy Cannon	359		N/A
	Green	Howard Mendick	257	8.9	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Davies	181	6.3	N/A
Turnout			2,911	34.0	N/A
Registered electors			8,561
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Ham

West Ham (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Whitworth	1,150	45.9	N/A
	Labour	Megan Harris	1,057		N/A
	Labour	Murtland Inverary	965		N/A
	Conservative	Josephine Child	459	18.3	N/A
	Green	Rita Reale	453	18.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Chater	443	17.7	N/A
Turnout			1,915	24.1	N/A
Registered electors			7,959
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2002 and 2006

There were no by-elections. ^[3]

References

1. "London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
2. "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
3. "London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. Retrieved 3 November 2019.