Goresbrook (ward)

Goresbrook
Goresbrook
Electoral ward; for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
	Goresbrook ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	13,070 (2021)
Electorate	8,858 (2022)
Area	1.389 square kilometres (0.536 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1978
Number of members	3
Councillors	Paul Robinson; Irma Freeborn; Moin Quadri;
GSS code	E05000033 (2002–2022); E05014062 (2022–present);

Last updated September 20, 2025

Goresbrook is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022
2022 election
2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections
2018 election
2014 election
2010 election
2006 election
2005 by-election
2004 by-election
2002 election
1978–2002 Barking and Dagenham council elections
1998 election
1994 election
1990 election
1986 election
1982 election
1978 election
Notes
References

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2022.

2022 election

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

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Robinson	1,292	27.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Irma Freeborn	1,233	26.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Moin Quadri	1,119	24.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sharfaraz Raj	535	11.5	N/A
	Conservative	Mehreen Zahid Iqbal	489	10.5	N/A
Turnout			1,977	22.0	N/A
Registered electors			8,858
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections

Goresbrook ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2002. Councillors representing Goresbrook increased from two to three.

2018 election

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

2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Bremner	1,450	25.9	+2.7
	Labour	Irma Freeborn	1,346	24.0	+1.6
	Labour	Moin Quadri	1,250	22.3	+2.6
	Conservative	Paul Williams	586	10.5	N/A
	Conservative	Md Abu Noman	361	6.4	N/A
	Conservative	Nadia Yasin	358	6.4	N/A
	BNP	Bede Smith	246	4.4	−8.0
Turnout			2,128	26.4	−8.3
Registered electors			8,047
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Bremner	1,518	23.2	*N/A*
	Labour	Irma Freeborn	1,471	22.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Moin Quadri	1,290	19.7	*N/A*
	UKIP	Alan Kiff	1,023	15.6	N/A
	BNP	Robert Taylor	469	7.2	N/A
	Conservative	Nadia Khatun	236	3.6	N/A
	Conservative	Sultana Hussain	224	3.4	N/A
	Conservative	Pearle Onochie	189	2.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nzingha Shukura	131	2.0	N/A
Turnout			2,713	34.7	23.0
Registered electors			7,812
	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.^[4]

2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Letchford	2,142	43.6	+8.0
	Labour	Louise Couling	1,963
	Labour	Jim Clee	1,872
	BNP	Richard Barnbrook	1,340	27.2	−15.2
	BNP	Eddy Butler	1,146
	BNP	Shell Brunt	1,128
	Conservative	George Naylor	644	13.1	+2.1
	Conservative	Christopher Newton	533
	Liberal Democrats	Felicia Taiwo	457	9.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nzingha Shukura	432
	Independent	Warren Northover	335	6.8	N/A
Turnout			4,323	57.8	+16.4
Registered electors			7,482
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Richard Barnbrook	1,434	42.4	*N/A*
	BNP	Tracy Lansdown	1,357
	Labour	Warren Northover	1,204	35.6	−36.4
	Labour	Edna Fergus	1,162
	Labour	Jeffrey Porter	1,135
	Conservative	George Naylor	373	11.0	N/A
	UKIP	Terence Jones	367	10.9	N/A
Turnout			3,021	41.4	+21.1
Registered electors			7,298
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2005 by-election

The by-election took place on 23 July 2005, following the resignation of Daniel Kelly.^[5]

2005 Goresbrook by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warren Northover	1,227	51.0	+22.0
	BNP	Lawrence Rustem	791	32.9	−19.0
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	216	9.0	+2.4
	Conservative	Christine Naylor	167	7.0	+1.6
Majority			436	17.1	N/A
Turnout				33.6	+13.3
Registered electors
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

2004 by-election

The by-election took place on 16 September 2004, following the resignation of Matthew Huggins.^[5]

2004 Goresbrook by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Daniel Kelly	1,072	51.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Patricia Northover	602	29.1	−32.9
	UKIP	Terence Jones	137	6.6	N/A
	Conservative	Christine Naylor	111	5.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Tindling	85	4.1	−33.9
	Green	Geoff Sheridan	59	2.9	N/A
Majority			470	22.8	N/A
Turnout				28.8	+8.5
Registered electors
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Porter	847	62.0	−4.1
	Labour	Matthew Huggins	842
	Labour	Alan Thomas	778
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Gill	520	38.0	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Gill	509
Turnout			1,443	20.3	−4.2
Registered electors			7,107
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Barking and Dagenham council elections

The name of the borough and council changed from Barking to Barking and Dagenham on 1 January 1980.

1998 election

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

1998 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Power	805	66.1	−17.7
	Labour	Alan Thomas	723
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Smith	413	33.9	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Downs	344
Turnout			1,291	24.5	+13.8
Registered electors			5,265
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[8]

1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Power	1,608	83.8	+5.5
	Labour	Alan Thomas	1,566
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Downs	310	16.2	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hayley Downs	306
Turnout			2,057	38.3	+0.5
Registered electors			5,364
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[9]

1990 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Thomas	1,546	78.03
	Labour	Terence Power	1,507
	Conservative	Ivy Blanchard	226	11.55
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Sparrow	204	10.42
Registered electors			4,950
Turnout			1,869	37.76
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	N/A
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[10]

1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Thomas	1,295	77.5	+13.3
	Labour	Peter Robinson	1,235
	Alliance	Catherine Gavin	281	16.8	N/A
	National Front	Jeannie Pearce	94	5.6	+1.1
	National Front	Stephen Woodward	72
Turnout				33.3	+5.1
Registered electors			5,018
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[11]

1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dodd	856	64.2	−2.2
	Labour	Edith Bradley	852
	Conservative	Frank Allen	417	31.3	−2.6
	Conservative	John Dutton	367
	National Front	Ronald Ferrett	60	4.5	N/A
	National Front	Stephen Woodward	57
Turnout				28.2	+2.4
Registered electors			5,099
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[12]

1978 Barking London Borough Council election: Goresbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Dodd	1,018	66.4	*N/A*
	Labour	Edith Bradley	997		*N/A*
	Conservative	Victor Reeves	440	28.7	N/A
	Communist	Avis Greenway	76	5.0	N/A
Turnout				30.6	N/A
Registered electors			5,230
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

↑ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
1 2 3 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). "London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1994). "London Borough Council Elections: 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1990). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ "London Borough Council Elections: 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. August 1986. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑ "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 1978. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

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[1] 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

[2022_results-2] Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[2018_results-3] Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2014_results-4] Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2010_results-5] Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2006_results-6] 1 2 3 Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2002_results-7] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

[1998_results-8] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). "London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1994_results-9] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1994). "London Borough Council Elections: 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1990_results-10] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1990). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1986_results-11] "London Borough Council Elections: 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. August 1986. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1982_results-12] "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[1978_results-13] "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 1978. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

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v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
1965	Abbey Cambell Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Fanshawe Gascoigne Heath Longbridge Manor River Valence Village
1978	Abbey Alibon Becontree (1994) Cambell Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Eastbury Fanshawe Gascoigne Goresbrook Heath Longbridge Manor Marks Gate Parsloes River Thames Triptons Valence Village
2002	Abbey Alibon Becontree Chadwell Heath Eastbrook Eastbury Gascoigne Goresbrook Heath Longbridge Mayesbrook Parsloes River Thames Valence Village Whalebone
2022	Abbey Alibon Barking Riverside Beam Becontree Chadwell Heath Eastbrook & Rush Green Eastbury Gascoigne Goresbrook Heath Longbridge Mayesbrook Northbury Parsloes Thames View Valence Village Whalebone

Goresbrook
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Goresbrook ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	13,070 (2021)^[a]
Electorate	8,858 (2022)
Area	1.389 square kilometres (0.536 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1978
Number of members	3
Councillors	Paul Robinson Irma Freeborn Moin Quadri
GSS code	E05000033 (2002–2022) E05014062 (2022–present)