Newbury (ward)

Newbury
Electoral ward for the Redbridge London Borough Council
Newbury ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Redbridge
County	Greater London
Population	14,459 (2021)
Electorate	9,735 (2022)
Area	1.758 square kilometres (0.679 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1978
Number of members	3
Councillors	Thavathuray Jeyaranjan   Sunny Brar   Niki Chahal
ONS code	00BCGP (2002–2018)
GSS code	E05000510 (2002–2018) E05011250 (2018–present)

Newbury is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Redbridge. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returns councillors to Redbridge London Borough Council. The ward was subject to boundary revisions in 2002 and 2018.

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: Newbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sunny Brar	1,957	64.5	7.5
	Labour	Thavathuray Jeyaranjan	1,916	63.1	5.2
	Labour	Niki Chahal	1,907	62.8	6.3
	Conservative	Krishna Bandaru	781	25.7	5.7
	Conservative	Maureen Ashley	762	25.1	0.4
	Conservative	Swapna Kalsi	745	24.5	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Eracleous	293	9.7	New
Turnout			3,035	31.2	9.8
	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: Newbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thavathuray Jeyaranjan	2,280	57.90	N/A
	Labour	Dev Sharma	2,246	57.03	N/A
	Labour	Elaine Norman	2,230	56.63	N/A
	Conservative	Afsor Hussain	1,235	31.36	N/A
	Conservative	Greta Rene	973	24.71	N/A
	Conservative	Baldev Bains	887	22.52	N/A
	Independent	David Stephens	484	12.29	N/A
	Independent	Amritpal Gill	254	6.45	N/A
Turnout			3,938	41.03
	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.

2002 by-election

The by-election took place on 11 July 2002, following the disqualification of Dev Sharma. ^[3]

2002 Newbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dev Sharma	1,356	47.2	−5.9
	Conservative	Surenda Patel	1,313	45.7	+12.1
	CPA	Juliet Hawkins	206	7.2	+7.2
Majority			43	1.5
Turnout			2,875	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1978–2002 Redbridge council elections

1998 election

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

1996 by-election

The by-election took place on 25 July 1996, following the death of Brian Myers. ^[4]

1996 Newbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greer Nicholson	1,673	55.1
	Conservative	Harold Moth	1,174	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	Susanne Newman	188	6.2
Majority			499	16.4
Turnout			3,035	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986. ^[5]

1983 by-election

The by-election took place on 28 April 1983, following the death of Arthur Barker. ^[5]

1983 Newbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Palmcr	1,777
	Labour	Royston Emmett	967
	Alliance	Dennis Carradice	494
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
2. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
3. "Ex-mayor could be back". News Shopper. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
4. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1998). "London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
5. "London Borough Council Elections: 8 May 1986" (PDF). London Datastore. London Residuary Body. August 1986. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2025.