Cranbrook (ward)

Cranbrook
Electoral ward for the Redbridge London Borough Council
Cranbrook ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Redbridge
County	Greater London
Population	13,238 (2021)
Electorate	9,376 (2022)
Area	2.295 square kilometres (0.886 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Chaudhary Ahmed   Syed Islam   Saira Jamil
GSS code	E05011241 (2002–2018) E05011241 (since 2018)

Cranbrook 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 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: Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chaudhary Ahmed	1,746	63.4	3.1
	Labour	Syed Islam	1,574	57.2	0.3
	Labour	Saira Jamil	1,638	59.5	5.9
	Conservative	Mosheraf Ashraf	809	29.4	14.5
	Conservative	Abrar Khan	793	28.8	4.5
	Conservative	Ekam Sehmbi	781	28.4	4.9
	Ind. Network	Fathima Shukry	323	11.7	New
Turnout			2,754	29.4	12.4
	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: Cranbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chaudhary Ahmed	2,350	60.26	N/A
	Labour	Syeda Ali	2,218	56.87	N/A
	Labour	Varinder Bola	2,089	53.56	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Chaudhary	1,711	43.87	N/A
	Conservative	David Rome	1,298	33.28	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Firmstone	1,297	33.26	N/A
Turnout			3,900	41.77
	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.

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. ^[3]

2008 by-election

The by-election took place on 10 July 2008, following the death of Charles Elliman. ^[3]

2008 Cranbrook by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Chaudhary	1,625	60.0	+7.7
	Labour	Barbara White	729	27.0	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen A. Duffett	318	11.7	−4.5
	BNP	Anthony Young	37	1.3	+1.3
Majority			896	33.0
Turnout			2,709	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978–2002 Redbridge council elections

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998. ^[4]

1994 election

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

1993 by-election

The election took place on 20 May 1993, following the death of Arnold Kinzley. ^[6]

1993 Cranbrook by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Langford	1,122	36.5
	Labour	Joseph Hoedemaker	1,098	35.8
	Liberal Democrats	George Hogarth	851	27.7
Turnout				40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990. ^[7]

1986 election

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

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982. ^[9]

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978. ^[10]

1964–1978 Redbridge council elections

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968. ^[11]

1968 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Cranbrook (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Natzler	3,104
	Conservative	B. Adams	3,038
	Conservative	M. Paige	3,022
	Conservative	D. Westley	2,962
	Liberal	R. Newland	882
	Liberal	A. Manwaring	816
	Liberal	G. Wilson	805
	Liberal	G. Stone	745
	Labour	A. Barr	393
	Labour	F. Land	380
	Labour	R. Chatten	369
	Labour	E. Prent	369
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964. ^[12]

1964 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Cranbrook (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. James	2,468
	Conservative	I. Natzler	2,437
	Conservative	F. Pearson	2,411
	Conservative	M. Paige	2,405
	Liberal	F. Grant	1,129
	Liberal	R. Newland	1,123
	Liberal	G. Wilson	1,115
	Liberal	E. Alms	1,055
	Labour	N. Young	569
	Labour	C. Soley	564
	Labour	M. Zeital	559
	Labour	G. Mountney	556
Turnout			4,106	34.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

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