Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, 2002

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Map of the results of the 2002 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, Chadwell Heath Residents Association in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Barking and Dagenham UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, Chadwell Heath Residents Association in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

Elections to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, UK were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour party easily kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 22.76%.

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council local authority for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London, England

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. It provides a broad range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. Barking and Dagenham is divided into 17 wards, each electing three councillors. At the May 2014 election, the Labour Party won all 51 seats. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 as the Barking London Borough Council and replaced two local authorities: Barking Borough Council and Dagenham Borough Council. The council was renamed on 1 January 1980. The next election to the authority will be in May 2018.

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Election result

Barking and Dagenham Local Election Result 2002 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 42-582.455.614,654
  Liberal Democrat 3+25.923.26,115
  Conservative 2+23.913.83,638
 Chadwell Heath RA4+17.85.51,444
  Green 0001.2306
  Independent 0000.8210

Ward results

Abbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jeanne Alexander997
Labour Graham Bramley921
Labour Mohammed Fani895
Liberal Democrat Brian Beadle426
Liberal Democrat June Griffin387
Liberal Democrat Margaret Tester354
Turnout 3,98022.9
Alibon (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Terry Wade743
Labour John Davis724
Labour Mick McCarthy632
Conservative Mary Justice360
Turnout 2,45919.1
Becontree (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Edith Bradley841
Labour John Wainwright686
Labour Cameron Geddes684
Liberal Democrat Rosemary Roberts438
Turnout 2,64917.0
Chadwell Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Chadwell Heath RARonald Curtis682
Chadwell Heath RARobert Jeyes667
Conservative Terry Justice642
Chadwell Heath RADonna Lewis624
Labour Patricia Northover594
Labour Abdul Aziz513
Labour Alok Agrawal485
Turnout 4,20726.7
Eastbrook (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawrence Bunn1,003
Labour Leonard Collins936
Labour Sidney Summerfield893
Conservative Sue Connolly725
Conservative Kerry Smith717
Conservative Vivian Patten677
Independent Mike Butler210
Turnout 5,16125.6
Eastbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alan Cooper986
Liberal Democrat Jayne Cooper930
Liberal Democrat Daniel Felton885
Labour June Arnold763
Labour Pat Manley760
Labour Rocky Gill648
Turnout 4,97225.8
Gascoigne (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kay Flint992
Labour Valerie Rush863
Labour Milton McKenzie857
Liberal Democrat Alan Cornwell383
Liberal Democrat Bryan Tester324
Liberal Democrat Stephen Gower317
Green Hidir Yildirim158
Turnout 3,89424.2
Goresbrook (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jeff Porter847
Labour Matthew Huggins842
Labour Alan Thomas778
Liberal Democrat Kelly Gill520
Liberal Democrat William Gill509
Turnout 3,49620.3
Heath (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Charles Fairbrass966
Labour Bryan Osborn918
Labour Sidney Kallar904
Conservative George Woodward362
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Whyte349
Liberal Democrat Antony Stepton328
Turnout 3,82721.8
Longbridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sue Bramley869
Labour Madeleine Baker852
Conservative Brian Cook811
Labour Nirmal Gill774
Conservative Anton Clark757
Conservative Paul Cocklind741
Liberal Democrat Lea Harding379
Liberal Democrat Hazel Price352
Liberal Democrat Shirley Felton334
Turnout 5,86929.6
Mayesbrook (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jean Blake648
Labour Dee Hunt619
Labour June Conyard605
Liberal Democrat John Dias-Broughton589
Liberal Democrat Raymond Little589
Liberal Democrat Jonathon Lopez-Real533
Turnout 3,58320.8
Parsloes (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Frederick Jones775
Labour Herbert Collins758
Labour Dennis O’Brien647
Liberal Democrat Winifred Chapman462
Liberal Democrat Tony Perry446
Turnout 3,08819.9
River (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Liam Smith1,018
Labour Patricia Twomey987
Labour Inder Jamu827
Liberal Democrat Rosemary McCulloch449
Turnout 3,28120.4
Thames (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Fred Barns980
Labour Joan Rawlinson947
Labour David Miles940
Liberal Democrat Juan Dias-Broughton321
Liberal Democrat Mardell Dias293
Liberal Democrat Lisa Dias-Broughton293
Green Francis Koch-Krause148
Turnout 3,92223.7
Valence (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Vera Cridland897
Labour Jean Bruce811
Labour Catherine Osborne741
Liberal Democrat Claire Stepton430
Turnout 2,87920.3
Village (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lee Waker981
Labour Darrin Best946
Labour Bill Dale890
Conservative Neil Connelly414
Liberal Democrat Frederick Tindling383
Turnout 3,61422.4
Whalebone (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Chadwell Heath RAAlbert Gibbs762
Chadwell Heath RAJohn Denyer755
Labour Marie West740
Labour Raymond Parkin701
Chadwell Heath RAKeith Woodcock675
Labour Maureen Worby667
Conservative Philip Grimmer324
Conservative Sylvia Grimmer279
Turnout 4,90326.2

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References

Council website results

  1. ↑ http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2002/1/
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