Burnt Oak (ward)

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Burnt Oak
Electoral ward
for the Barnet London Borough Council
Burnt Oak (ward)
Burnt Oak ward boundaries since 2022
Borough Barnet
County Greater London
Population21,857 (2021) [a]
Electorate13,436 (2022)
Major settlements Burnt Oak
Area2.546 square kilometres (0.983 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created1965
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Sara Conway
  •   Kamal Gurung
  •   Ammar Naqvi
GSS code
  • E05000044 (2002–2022)
  • E05013630 (2022–present)

Burnt Oak is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barnet. 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 Barnet London Borough Council. The ward covers the Burnt Oak area. It was subject to boundary revisions in 1968, 1978, 2002 and 2022. The ward has only returned councillors standing as Labour Party candidates. Former councillor Gerald Shamash was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.

Contents

Barnet council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barnet in 2022. Burnt Oak gained territory from Edgware and Hale wards and lost territory to the new ward of Colindale North.

2025 by-election

The by-election will take place on 13 February 2025, following the resignation of Ammar Naqvi. [1]

2025 Burnt Oak by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Turnout

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. [2]

2022 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sara Conway 2,545 69.1
Labour Kamal Gurung 2,377 64.5
Labour Ammar Naqvi 2,105 57.1
Conservative Ruth Hart96226.1
Conservative Timothy McGeever86123.4
Conservative Samuel Shupac73620.0
Green Rashina Shah52014.1
Turnout 3,68427.4
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barnet council elections

Burnt Oak (ward)
Burnt Oak ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

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

2018 election

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

2018 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sara Conway 2,440 63.3 −0.5
Labour Charlie O'Macauley 2,321 60.2 +6.1
Labour Ammar Naqvi 2,320 60.2 +7.2
Conservative Jack Aaron98525.6+4.0
Conservative Nicole Richer89223.1+2.3
Conservative Ekaterina Dragomirova75519.6+3.8
Green Ben Samuel3649.4−1.5
Liberal Democrats Robin Marks2536.6−0.4
Liberal Democrats Millicent Watkins1874.9−1.0
Liberal Democrats Mosa Zahed1293.3−0.4
Turnout 3,85432.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [4]

2014 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Farrier 2,622 63.8 +4.8
Labour Charlie O’Macauley 2,223 54.1 +0.3
Labour Ammar Naqvi 2,177 53.0 −5.6
Conservative Lachhya Gurung88921.6−0.3
Conservative John Connolly85420.8+0.1
Conservative Richa Karnani65115.8−3.8
Green Maggie Curati44710.9N/A
Independent Bidemi Alabi3288.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Roberts2867.0−6.0
Liberal Democrats Diana Iwi2425.9−8.9
Liberal Democrats Yahaya Kiyingi1523.7−9.0
Total votes4,110
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [5]

2010 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Farrier 3,541 59.0 −5.9
Labour Alex Brodkin 3,519 58.6 −0.3
Labour Charlie O'Macauley 3,230 53.8 −3.6
Conservative Keith Dyall1,31521.9+4.1
Conservative Pat Sparrow1,24120.7+3.4
Conservative Michael Martin1,17919.6+3.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Hatchett89014.8+2.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Roberts78013.0+2.1
Liberal Democrats Henryk Feszczur76012.7+0.8
Turnout 6,00554.6+22.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [6]

2006 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Farrier 2,078 64.9 −4.7
Labour Linda McFadyen 1,886 58.9 −3.3
Labour Charlie O-Macauley 1,836 57.4 −11.4
Conservative Rene Braun57117.8+0.7
Conservative Patricia Sparrow55517.3−0.4
Conservative William Nicholson52216.3−0.8
Liberal Democrats Henry Feszczur38111.9+8.5
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman34910.9+4.9
Liberal Democrats Diana Iwi34810.9+4.9
Green Andrea Poppy32910.3+2.2
Turnout 3,20132.4+8.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2003 by-election

The by-election took place on 19 June 2003, following the resignation of Alan Williams. [6]

2003 Burnt Oak by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Claire Farrier 1,774 76.0 +7.2
Conservative Sachin Rajput32914.1−3.6
Liberal Democrats Diana Iwi1787.6+1.6
Green Edelgard Vaswani532.3−5.8
Majority1,44561.9
Turnout 2,33423.2−1.1
Labour hold Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [7]

2002 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Turner 1,675 69.6
Labour Alan Williams 1,657 68.8
Labour Linda McFadyen 1,496 62.2
Conservative Patricia Sparrow42617.7
Conservative Joanne Williams41217.1
Conservative Rene Braun41117.1
Green Audrey Poppy1948.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Roberts1456.0
Liberal Democrats Karen Hatchett1446.0
Liberal Democrats Hewryk Freszczur823.4
Turnout 2,40724.3
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Barnet council elections

Burnt Oak (ward)
Burnt Oak ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

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

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998. [8]

1998 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Turner 1,844 70.1 +3.1
Labour Alan Williams 1,830 69.6 +2.2
Labour Linda McFadyen 1,615 61.4 −6.8
Conservative Peter Edwards43016.3+3.8
Conservative Urmil Bhatt31712.1+0.2
Conservative Keith Dyall31612.0−1.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Packer28911.0+2.6
Liberal Democrats Karen Hatchett2158.2+0.2
Liberal Democrats Henryk Feszczur1596.0−1.5
Turnout 2,64927.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994. [9]

1994 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Carney 2,754 72.20 Increase2.svg16.75
Labour Alan Williams 2,722
Labour Allan Turner 2,703
Conservative Keith Dyall52513.33Decrease2.svg13.69
Conservative Patricia Sparrow504
Conservative Alan Maund481
Liberal Democrats Barbara Farbey3408.52Increase2.svg 1.12
Liberal Democrats Cyril Harris324
Liberal Democrats Diana Pattison301
Green Anne Doyle2255.96Decrease2.svg 4.17
Registered electors 9,452Decrease2.svg 249
Turnout 4,04442.78Decrease2.svg 1.85
Rejected ballots70.17Increase2.svg 0.17
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1991 by-election

A by-election took place on 6 June 1991, following the resignation of Malcolm Sargeant. [10]

1991 Burnt Oak by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allan Turner 2,108 64.5
Conservative Oliver Stone61818.9
Liberal Democrats Joanne Cross43213.2
Green Dorothy Lewis1123.4
Turnout 34.3
Labour hold Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990. [11]

1990 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Williams 2,548
Labour Malcolm Sargeant 2,300
Labour Gerald Shamash 2,183
Conservative Oliver Stone1,172
Conservative Patricia Gammond1,153
Conservative Robert Musik1,101
Green Dorothy Lewis428
Liberal Democrats Albert Earley313
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986. [12]

1986 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Ellis 2,043
Labour Alan Williams 1,963
Labour Gerald Shamash 1,849
Ind LabJim Brophy1,082
Conservative Peter Edwards774
Conservative Oliver Stone705
Conservative Julian Czarny649
Ind LabJohn Heritage516
Ind LabRichards Hankins476
Alliance Albert Dean356
Alliance Hilda Munden354
Alliance Ian Albert347
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982. [13]

1982 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Brophy 2,203
Labour Henry Timothy 1,803
Labour Peter Fordham 1,775
Conservative Peter Edwards911
Conservative Keith Bass833
Conservative Patricia Sparrow787
Alliance George Allen673
Alliance Alan Simpson614
Alliance Miriam Levy533
Turnout  %
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978. [14]

1978 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Brophy 2,192
Labour Bertram McCormack 2,063
Labour Harold Davies 2,060
Conservative Keith Bass998
Conservative John Hart972
Conservative Peter Wharton873
National Front Edward Bradley315
National Front Alfred Chamberlain295
National Front Edward Warner243
Liberal Hilda Munden162
Liberal Gisela Page130
Liberal Roger Pattison128
Turnout 38.3%
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

1968–1978 Barnet council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barnet in 1968.

1977 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 April 1977. [14]

1977 Burnt Oak by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Collisson 1,633
Conservative Brian Gordon816
National Front Bernard Franklin517
Liberal Hugh Ogus130
Turnout 32.8
Labour hold Swing

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974. [15]

1974 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Champion 2,489
Labour C. Lathrope 2,172
Labour R. Robinson 2,115
Conservative C. Turbutt520
Conservative B. Mawhinney481
Conservative R. Schleimer475
Liberal J. Hearn300
Liberal H. Munden187
Liberal S. Palmer161
Turnout 35.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971. [16]

1971 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Champion 3,468
Labour R. Robinson 3,327
Labour C. Lathrope 3,297
Conservative C. Turbutt471
Conservative F. Bignell459
Conservative A. Allan444
Turnout 39.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968. [17]

1968 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Champion 1,671 60.8
Labour Frederick Collisson 1,561
Labour R. Robinson 1,488
Conservative R. Harris87632.8
Conservative L. Pym865
Conservative C. Turbutt804
Liberal D. Baron2176.4
Liberal A. Post143
Liberal R. Simmons140
Turnout 28.2
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1968 Barnet council elections

External images
Searchtool.svg Burnt Oak ward boundaries from 1965 to 1968 (west)
Searchtool.svg Burnt Oak ward boundaries from 1965 to 1968 (east)

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964. [18]

1964 Barnet London Borough Council election: Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Champion 3,094
Labour A. Paul 3,039
Labour R. Robinson 2,999
Conservative G. Leach387
Conservative G. Holland378
Conservative S. Risdon374
Liberal J. Allen143
Liberal D. Martindale135
Communist A. Legg116
Turnout 3,66634.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

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