Havering and Redbridge (London Assembly constituency)

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Havering and Redbridge
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
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Havering and Redbridge shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Keith Prince
Party Conservative
Last election 2021
Next election 2024

Havering and Redbridge is a territorial constituency represented on the London Assembly by one Assembly Member (AM). The constituency was created in 2000 at the same time as the London Assembly and has elections every four years. It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Redbridge. The current assembly member is Keith Prince of the Conservative Party who was first elected in 2016.

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Constituency profile

Created in 2000, Havering and Redbridge has elected only Conservative AMs to date. The current AM is Keith Prince, first elected in 2016.

The Conservative win upon its creation in 2000 was somewhat unexpected, as at that point, the vast majority of the area it covers (excluding two Redbridge wards that fall under the Chingford and Woodford Green parliamentary seat) was represented by Labour MPs. However, the Romford and Upminster constituencies were among the very small number of seats that the Conservatives gained from Labour at the subsequent general election of 2001.

In line with this, the Conservative majority increased here in 2004, while the trend towards the Conservatives in this area of London continued in the 2005 general election result, which saw the Conservatives winning increased majorities in the two seats they already held, whilst also gaining the constituencies of Hornchurch and Ilford North from Labour. Consequently, this London Assembly seat became very safe for the Conservatives in the 2008 election, where they got more than twice as many votes as Labour.

The seat has, however, become extremely marginal in recent years, following a swing of almost 12% to Labour in the 2012 election. This swing against the Conservatives preluded Labour gaining a majority on Redbridge Council in 2014 for the first time since its creation, the Conservatives losing overall control on Havering Council and Labour gaining the Ilford North seat back from the Conservatives at the 2015 general election. The seat became slightly more marginal in 2016, but it was not enough for Labour to gain it.

Assembly members

YearMemberParty
2000 Roger Evans Conservative
2016 Keith Prince Conservative

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

YearMayoral candidateParty
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Steven Norris Conservative
2008 Boris Johnson Conservative
2012 Boris Johnson Conservative
2016 Zac Goldsmith Conservative
2021 Shaun Bailey Conservative

Assembly election results

2024 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Green Kim Arrowsmith
Independent Mohammed Asif
Liberal Democrats Fraser Kingsley Coppin
Conservative Keith Prince
TUSC Andy Walker
Labour Guy Owen Williams
Reform UK Alex Wilson
2021 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Prince 77,268 46.0 +8.3
Labour Judith Garfield61,94136.90.0
Green Melanie Collins13,6858.1+2.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Clarke8,1504.8+0.7
Reform UK Richard Tice 5,1433.1New
TUSC Andy Walker1,8561.1New
Majority15,3279.1+8.3
Total formal votes168,043
Informal votes2,741
Turnout 170,784
Conservative hold Swing
2016 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Prince 64,483 37.7 +0.1
Labour Ivana Bartoletti63,04536.9+2.1
UKIP Lawrence Webb26,78815.7+9.0
Green Lee Burkwood9,6175.6+1.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Sanderson7,1054.1-0.4
Majority1,4380.8-2.0
Total formal votes171,03899.0+0.4
Informal votes17681.0-0.4
Turnout 172,80645.0+8.1
Conservative hold Swing
2012 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Evans 53,285 37.6 -10.1
Labour Mandy Richards49,34634.8+13.3
UKIP Lawrence Webb9,4716.7-0.7
Residents' Association of LondonMalvin Brown8,2395.8New
Liberal Democrats Farrukh Islam6,4354.5-2.9
BNP Robert Taylor5,2343.7New
Green Haroon Said5,2073.7-1.9
English Democrat Mark Twiddy2,5731.8-2.1
National Front Richard Edmonds 1,9361.4New
Majority3,9392.8-22.8
Total formal votes141,72698.6
Informal votes1,9931.4
Turnout 143,75936.9-8.6
Conservative hold Swing
2008 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Evans 78,493 46.7 +13.1
Labour Balvinder Saund35,46821.1–0.6
Liberal Democrats Farrukh Islam12,4437.4–6.8
UKIP Lawrence Webb12,2037.3–6.9
Green Ashley Gunstock 9,1265.4+0.7
English Democrat Leo Brookes6,4873.9New
Christian (CPA)Paula Warren5,5333.3+1.0
Independent Peter Thorogood3,4502.1+0.9
Left List Carole Vincent 1,4730.9New
Majority43,02525.6+12.7
Turnout 167,92245.5+8.6
Conservative hold Swing
2004 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Evans 44,723 34.6 –2.9
Labour Keith Darvill 28,01721.7–8.3
UKIP Lawrence Webb18,29714.2New
Liberal Democrats Matthew Lake13,64610.6–2.3
Residents' Association of LondonMalvin Brown6,9255.4–6.4
Green Ashley Gunstock 6,0094.7–1.5
Respect Abdurahman Jafar5,1854.0New
CPA Juliet Hawkins2,9172.3New
National Liberal David Stephens2,0311.6New
Independent Peter Thorogood1,5971.2New
Majority16,70612.9+5.4
Turnout 129,34736.9+6.1
Conservative hold Swing
2000 London Assembly election: Havering and Redbridge [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Evans 40,919 37.5 N/A
Labour Chris Robbins32,65030.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff14,02812.9N/A
Havering Residents Association Ian Wilkes12,83111.8N/A
Green Ashley Gunstock 6,8036.2N/A
London Socialist George Taylor1,7441.6N/A
Majority8,2697.5N/A
Turnout 108,97530.8N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

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References

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  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  5. ↑ "Greater London Authority Election Results". www.election.demon.co.uk.
  6. ↑ London & Local Elections 2000: Havering and Redbridge, BBC News
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