Mayesbrook (ward)

Mayesbrook
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Mayesbrook ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	15,922 (2021) [a]
Electorate	9,594 (2022)
Major settlements	Becontree
Area	1.715 square kilometres (0.662 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Kashif Haroon   Ade Oluwole   Summya Sohaib
GSS code	E05000036 (2002–2022) E05014065 (2022–present)

Mayesbrook is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns three councillors to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. The boundaries of the ward were altered in May 2022.

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2022. Some territory was lost to Becontree and some was gained from Goresbrook and Parsloes.

2023 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 September 2023, following the resignation of Nashitha Choudhury. ^[1]

2023 Mayesbrook by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Summya Sohaib	632
	Conservative	Sharfaraz Raj	444
	Green	Simon Anthony	192
	Liberal Democrats	Olumide Adeyefa	81
Turnout				14
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

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

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Mayesbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nashitha Choudhury	1,301	26.4	N/A
	Labour	Kashif Haroon	1,259	25.6	N/A
	Labour	Ade Oluwole	1,242	25.2	N/A
	Conservative	Andy McNab	565	11.5	N/A
	Conservative	Florin Lazar	559	11.4	N/A
Turnout			2,002	20.6	N/A
Registered electors			9,594
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections

Mayesbrook ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There electoral ward was created in 2002.

2018 election

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

2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Mayesbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toni Bankole	1,352	26.0	N/A
	Labour	Kashif Haroon	1,251	24.1	+4.71
	Labour	Ade Oluwole	1,241	23.9	+5.08
	Conservative	Andy McNab	541	10.4	N/A
	Conservative	Munish Khanna	413	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Cynthia Wijesuriya	395	7.6	N/A
Turnout			1,931	26.9	−7.4
Registered electors			7,175
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Mayesbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danielle Smith	1,217	21.3	N/A
	Labour	Kashif Haroon	1,105	19.4	N/A
	Labour	Adegboyega Oloyede	1,073	18.8	N/A
	UKIP	Dorothy Hunt	1,061	18.6	N/A
	Green	Antony Rablen	353	6.2	N/A
	BNP	Giuseppe De Santis	280	4.9	N/A
	Conservative	Sufia Begum	252	4.4	N/A
	Conservative	Md. Foyzur Rahman	196	3.4	N/A
	Conservative	Ahmed Shahjahan	166	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,432	34.3	−25.2
Registered electors			7,093
	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]

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2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Mayesbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dee Hunt	1,908	39.5	+11.1
	Labour	Ralph Baldwin	1,777
	Labour	George Barratt	1,705
	BNP	Tracy Anne Lansdown	1,123	23.2	−15.2
	BNP	Robert John Anthony Buckley	1,109
	BNP	Mandy Matthews	1,024
	Conservative	Tom O'Brien	778	16.1	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Funke Adesanoye	528	10.9	N/A
	UKIP	Bert Bedwell	496	10.3	−14.6
Turnout			3,991	59.5	+19.1
Registered electors			6,713
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Mayesbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Robert Buckley	1,145	38.4	N/A
	BNP	Christine Knight	1,070
	Labour	Dee Hunt	845	28.4	−24.0
	UKIP	Vivian Patten	741	24.9	N/A
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	733
	UKIP	John Bolton	697
	Labour	Dominic Twomey	695
	Labour	Ahmed Choudhury	679
	Conservative	Christopher Newton	249	8.4	N/A
Turnout			2,782	40.4	+19.6
Registered electors			6,886
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing
	BNP gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Mayesbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Blake	648	52.4	N/A
	Labour	Dee Hunt	619
	Labour	June Conyard	605
	Liberal Democrats	John Dias-Broughton	589	47.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Little	589
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathon Lopez-Real	533
Turnout			1,383	20.8	N/A
Registered electors			6,655
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

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4. Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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