Barkingside (ward)

Barkingside
Electoral ward for the Redbridge London Borough Council
Barkingside ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Redbridge
County	Greater London
Population	15,325 (2021)
Electorate	10,664 (2022)
Area	1.668 square kilometres (0.644 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Judith Garfield   Martin Sachs   Mark Santos
GSS code	E05000496 (2002–2018) E05011235 (2018–present)

Barkingside is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Redbridge. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Redbridge London Borough Council.

Redbridge council elections since 2018

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2018.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[1]

2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Barkingside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Garfield	1,994	50.0	2.7
	Labour	Martin Sachs	1,806	45.3	5.5
	Labour	Mark Santos	1,739	43.6	4.8
	Conservative	Kartik Parekh	1,609	40.3	2.3
	Conservative	Daniel Moraru	1,550	38.8	1.5
	Conservative	Wesley Manta	1,505	37.7	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Irfan Mustafa	380	9.5	New
	Ind. Network	Riaz Bhatti	375	9.4	New
Turnout			3,990	37.4	6.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. ^[2]

2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Barkingside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Garfield	2,457	52.75	N/A
	Labour	Martin Sachs	2,365	50.77	N/A
	Labour	Mohammed Noor	2,255	48.41	N/A
	Conservative	Ashley Kissin	1,984	42.59	N/A
	Conservative	Melvyn Marks	1,879	40.34	N/A
	Conservative	Karen Packer	1,876	40.27	N/A
	Green	Deborah Fink	385	8.27	N/A
Turnout			4,658	44.32
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2018 Redbridge council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2002.

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. ^[3]

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. ^[4]

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. ^[5]

2006 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Barkingside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Borrott	1,976	57.9
	Conservative	Keith Prince	1,963
	Conservative	Ashley Kissin	1,958
	Labour	Sam Hardy	1,036	30.3
	Labour	Irfan Mustafa	993
	Labour	Kezhakeadathu Mathews	975
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Boyland	402	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Barmby	389
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Bradd	385
Turnout				41.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003 by-election

The by-election took place on 10 April 2003, following the death of Keith Axon. ^[5]

2003 Barkingside by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Prince	1,468	49.0	−5.0
	Labour	Taifur Rashid	985	32.8	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Lake	341	11.3	−0.1
	BNP	Julian Leppert	116	3.9	+3.9
	CPA	James Hargreaves	56	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Martin Levin	39	1.3	+1.3
Majority			483	16.2
Turnout			3,005	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. ^[6]

1978–2002 Redbridge council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 1978.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998. ^[7]

1996 by-election

The by-election took place on 10 October 1996, following the death of Thomas Cobb. ^[7]

1996 Barkingside by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Borrett	1,549	47.7
	Labour	Robert Littlewood	1,525	46.9
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Williamson	176	5.4
Majority			24	0.8
Turnout			3,250	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964–1978 Redbridge council elections

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968. ^[8]

1968 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Barkingside (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Grose	2,719
	Conservative	H. Watts	2,699
	Conservative	T. Cobb	2,690
	Conservative	K. Webb	2,662
	Liberal	C. Shuman	430
	Liberal	E. Ives	404
	Liberal	C. Jakens	379
	Liberal	E. Thompson	373
	Labour	C. Dicker	371
	Labour	M. Drake	363
	Labour	N. Saponia	325
	Labour	J. Smithson	312
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964. ^[9]

1964 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Barkingside (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Terry	2,265
	Conservative	T. Cobb	2,215
	Conservative	V. Grose	2,200
	Conservative	K. Webb	2,162
	Liberal	A. Yeoman	1,535
	Liberal	C. Shuman	1,489
	Liberal	H. Blow	1,402
	Liberal	P. Netherclift	1,365
	Labour	M. Drake	658
	Labour	J. Lethbridge	634
	Labour	R. Pavitt	618
	Labour	H. Duffree	610
Turnout			4,342	40.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

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