1994 Newham London Borough Council election

The 1994 Newham London Borough Council election to the Newham London Borough Council was held on 5 May 1994. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 37.2%. Labour maintained its overwhelming majority.

Election Result edit

Newham Local Election Result 1994^[1]^[2]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %
Labour	59	2	0	+2	98.3	56.6
Conservative	0	0	2	-2	0.0	20.1
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	1.7	11.5
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.1
Other parties	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.7

Background edit

A total of 177 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 24 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party, whilst the Conservative Party ran 57 candidates whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 30 candidates. Other candidates running were 11 Greens, 7 Independent Liberal Democrats, 5 BNP and 7 Independents.^[2]

Results by ward edit

Beckton edit

Beckton (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Knight	647	42.1	-21.8
	Labour	Doris A. Maxwell	523		*N/A*
	BNP	Michael Davidson	459	29.8	N/A
	BNP	Peter Hart	457		N/A
	Conservative	Christopher P. Boden	290	18.9	+11.7
	Conservative	Valerie E. Fursland	266		N/A
	Independent	Malcolm Williamson	142	9.2	N/A
Turnout			1,566	40.0	+13.1
Registered electors			3,990
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bemersyde edit

Bemersyde (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher T. Rackley	853	47.7	+4.3
	Labour	Victor F. Turner	843		*N/A*
	Conservative	Paul Clark	703	39.3	+9.9
	Conservative	Derek A. W. Wigger	622		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	William A. Robinson	233	13.0	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip J. Tyrer	224		N/A
Turnout			1,855	43.8	+1.4
Registered electors			4,175
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canning Town & Grange edit

Canning Town & Grange (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis R. Horwood	1,021	53.3	-0.4
	Labour	Stephen P. Naulls	914		*N/A*
	Conservative	Ann L. Lewis	896	46.7	+19.4
Turnout			1,946	34.1	-1.3
Registered electors			5,732
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle edit

Castle (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David P. McGladdery	1,147	60.7	+2.3
	Labour	Mahmood Ahmad	1,017		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen A. Chater	414	21.9	N/A
	Conservative	Karen Ullger	328	17.4	-8.4
	Conservative	Martin Ullger	248		N/A
Turnout			1,940	37.4	+2.0
Registered electors			5,108
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Central edit

Central (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher B. Allen	1,398	73.6	+19.6
	Labour	Stanley Hopwood	1,228		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Marion R. Gill	262	13.8	N/A
	Conservative	David J. Hyde	239	12.6	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard A. Barrow	229		N/A
	Conservative	Pamela M. Kirkley	211		N/A
Turnout			2,023	38.1	+6.4
Registered electors			5,209
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Custom House & Silvertown edit

Custom House & Silvertown (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William A. Chapman	1,517	42.0	-7.4
	Labour	Lyn C. Brown	1,434		*N/A*
	Labour	Ivor A. Bloom	1,375		*N/A*
	Conservative	David C. Gladstone	805	22.3	-12.0
	BNP	Jeff Edmonds	759	21.0	N/A
	BNP	Vincent Parker	737		N/A
	BNP	Kevin Vinecombe	672		N/A
	Conservative	Anthoulla Osben	586		N/A
	Conservative	Raymond Wallsgrave	567		N/A
	Independent	John C. Ringwood	532	14.7	N/A
Turnout			3,397	39.3	+8.8
Registered electors			8,657
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Forest Gate edit

Forest Gate (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynis A. Carpenter	1,849	55.8	-0.2
	Labour	Shama Ahmad	1,601		*N/A*
	Labour	Conor M. McAuley	1,528		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Kelly	544	16.4	N/A
	Conservative	William Bennett	471	14.2	-6.9
	Green	Annette Degrandis	450	13.6	-9.3
	Conservative	Helena D. Bernstein	429		N/A
	Conservative	Pauline F. Finn	409		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul S. J. Sandford	408		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul S. J. Sandford	310		N/A
Turnout			2,767	38.1	-1.3
Registered electors			7,073
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Greatfield edit

Greatfield (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin J. Jenkins	1,411	39.3	-3.7
	Labour	Ian K. Corbett	1,282		*N/A*
	Labour	Valerie M. J. Fone	1,192		*N/A*
	Conservative	Susan M. Craig	804	22.4	-18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen V. King	795	22.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Flemwell	792		N/A
	Conservative	Lee M. Simm	749		N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth J. Ready	733		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David N. Oxford	683		N/A
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Frederick C. Jones	581	16.2	N/A
	Independent Liberal Democrat	William G. Jeffrey	486		N/A
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Michael G. Shimmen	426		N/A
Turnout			3,603	45.7	+0.3
Registered electors			7,820
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hudsons edit

Hudsons (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan A. Collier	1,282	51.2	-5.9
	Labour	Graham J. Lane	1,246		*N/A*
	Labour	Neil J. Wilsom	1,199		*N/A*
	Conservative	Jeffrey Spencer	1,122	35.5	+16.0
	Conservative	Stephen J. Hunt	1,114		N/A
	Conservative	Alan W. L. Price	1,014		N/A
Turnout			2,649	38.9	+5.6
Registered electors			6,798
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington edit

Kensington (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kuldip Singh	1,352	57.8	-17.0
	Labour	Lester T. Hudson	1,328		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Fozdar	802	34.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David N. Oxford	733		N/A
	Conservative	Tina M. O'Flynn	186	7.9	-6.1
	Conservative	Carol A. Sarsfield	178		N/A
Turnout			2,405	45.9	+3.6
Registered electors			5,257
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Ilford edit

Little Ilford (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen C. Timms	1,750	71.8	+14.3
	Labour	Paul L. Douglas	1,653		*N/A*
	Labour	Andrew R. E. Baikie	1,546		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Bashir	374	15.3	-16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart J. Hunt	358		N/A
	Conservative	Linda V. Lindsay	335	13.8	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chaudhury A. Koher	336		N/A
	Conservative	Colin D. Robinson	313		N/A
	Conservative	Gary C. Whitmarsh	299		N/A
Turnout			2,712	45.9	+6.9
Registered electors			5,257
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor Park edit

Manor Park (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amarjit Singh	1,892	69.5	+9.7
	Labour	Josephine H. Corbett	1,778		*N/A*
	Labour	Robert A. Wales	1,621		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen V. Smith	417	15.3	N/A
	Conservative	Stewart Lindsay	413	15.2	-9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Berman	403		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Ofori-Atta Huntbach	364		N/A
	Conservative	Ronald D. Tatum	364		N/A
	Conservative	Harold K. Wilkins	343		N/A
Turnout			3,121	39.3	+0.5
Registered electors			7,344
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Monega edit

Monega (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William H. Brown	1,598	76.1	+15.0
	Labour	Christopher J. Seddon	1,245		*N/A*
	Independent	Jagdish K. L. Amin	447	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	Susan Clark	330	13.7	+0.7
	Conservative	Denys C. Gates	282		N/A
Turnout			2,211	41.8	+1.8
Registered electors			5,295
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

New Town edit

New Town (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol A. Knights	1,188	69.5	+21.9
	Labour	John Isted	929		*N/A*
	Conservative	Charles R.P.G. Meaby	314	18.4	+7.5
	Conservative	Ian A. Riddoch	299		N/A
	Green	Amanda J. Sandford	207	12.1	+3.9
Turnout			1,647	32.2	-6.1
Registered electors			4,970
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ordnance edit

Ordnance (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Brown	631	45.7	-3.2
	Labour	Judith A. Jorsling	562		*N/A*
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Leslie E. Groombridge	254	18.4	N/A
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Alan H. Stewart	221		N/A
	Conservative	Shelley L. Williams	206	14.9	-10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin P. J. Edwardes	166	12.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice S. Page	154		N/A
	Green	Alan J. Canetti	123	8.9	-17.3
Turnout			1,293	33.1	+4.6
Registered electors			4,169
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Park edit

Park (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akbar A. Chaudhary	1,471	79.1	+18.2
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	1,455		*N/A*
	Labour	John E. Saunders	1,426		*N/A*
	Conservative	Edna R. Crawford-Harris	388	20.9	-0.7
	Conservative	Daniel A. Cripps	358		N/A
	Conservative	Phillip R. Turner	341		N/A
Turnout			2,272	33.9	+0.5
Registered electors			6,604
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plaistow edit

Plaistow (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean A. Manley	1,077	53.9	+4.2
	Labour	Anand N. Patil	1,043		*N/A*
	Labour	Riaz Ahmed	972		*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert F. Williams	380	19.0	-5.8
	Conservative	Sylvia L. Williams	370		N/A
	Conservative	Sylvia L. Williams	341		N/A
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Leslie E. Groombridge	332	16.6	N/A
	Independent Liberal Democrat	Alan H. Stewart	275		N/A
	Green	Philip H. Rimmer	211	10.6	-14.9
	Green	Philip H. Rimmer	190		N/A
	Green	Philip H. Rimmer	153		N/A
Turnout			2,095	34.3	-1.0
Registered electors			6,092
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plashet edit

Plashet (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John P. Thorne	1,665	62.9	+3.1
	Labour	Mohammad Khawar Khawaja	1,493		*N/A*
	Labour	Qaisra E. Khan	1,423		*N/A*
	Conservative	Josephine M. Child	531	20.0	-4.8
	Conservative	Simon N.C. Pearce	477		N/A
	Green	Paul S. J. Sandford	453	17.1	-8.4
Turnout			2,687	35.4	-0.7
Registered electors			7,483
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Stephens edit

St Stephens (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Hakim	1,276	78.0	+6.0
	Labour	Abdul K. Sheikh	1,193		*N/A*
	Conservative	Dorothy I. Ford	359	22.0	+7.4
	Conservative	Stanley C. Kempster	324		N/A
Turnout			1,817	36.4	-1.9
Registered electors			4,898
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South edit

South (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas A. Jenkinson	1,462	33.4	-3.5
	Labour	Theodore L. Etherden	1,421		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Alec J. Kellaway	1,340	31.4	-5.5
	Labour	Anthony B. McAlmont	1,267		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth B. Laird	1,136		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth C. Lutzeier	1,039		N/A
	Conservative	Venetia Hazel	814	19.1	-10.6
	Conservative	Barry W. Roberts	793		N/A
	Conservative	Norman S.I. Lewis	759		N/A
	Independent	Alexander Thomson	647	33.4	N/A
	Independent	Lillian A.E. Hopes	570		N/A
	Independent	Lawrence B. Springthorpe	496		N/A
Turnout			4,296	37.4	-1.4
Registered electors			11,455
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stratford edit

Stratford (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James C. Riley	876	53.5	-4.4
	Labour	James G. Newstead	835		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Fergus M. Dodd	334	22.1	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hyde	293		N/A
	Conservative	Darren A. Lawrence	197	13.0	-4.9
	Conservative	Nigel R. Nadolski	134		N/A
	Green	Harjinder S. Flora	107	7.1	-5.4
Turnout			1,575	34.5	+1.7
Registered electors			4,543
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Upton edit

Upton (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mian M. Aslam	1,784	65.9	+5.6
	Labour	Francis Dowling	1,731		*N/A*
	Labour	Andrew P. Zachariades	1,443		*N/A*
	Conservative	Brian R. Armstrong	400	18.6	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael D. Dommett	376	15.5	+9.6
	Conservative	Sarah L.W. Jones	376		N/A
	Conservative	Armyn Z. Hennessy	318		N/A
Turnout			2,600	38.1	+3.8
Registered electors			6,759
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wall End edit

Wall End (3)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kulwant Mangat	1,514	45.9	-10.7
	Labour	Bashir Hafeez	1,510		*N/A*
	Labour	Edward H. Sparrowhawk	1,508		*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Holland	554	15.5	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas R. J. Clark	546	16.5	-10.3
	Independent	Lillian M. Mcl. Erskine	477	14.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher J. Lees-Smith	445		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Holland	441		N/A
	Conservative	Abdul Hadi	387		N/A
	Conservative	Nayran P. Nair	327		N/A
	Green	Charles F. Seber	211	6.4	-10.2
Turnout			3,004	37.2	-1.4
Registered electors			8,876
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Ham edit

West Ham (2)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald N. Manley	1,111	75.9	+15.9
	Labour	Murtland O. Inverary	990		*N/A*
	Conservative	Nevzat Duran	352	24.1	+0.2
	Conservative	John B. Steinberg	342		N/A
Turnout			1,634	29.2	-2.4
Registered electors			5,606
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 1994 and 1998 edit

South edit

South by-election, 26 January 1995^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Ruiz	1,441	51.5	+18.1
	Conservative	Christopher Boden	473	16.9	-2.2
	BNP	Peter Hart	360	12.9	N/A
	Independent	Alex Thompson	276	9.9	-23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Laird	248	8.9	-28.0
Majority			968	34.6	N/A
Turnout				24.5	-12.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas A. Jenkinson.

Forest Gate edit

Forest Gate by-election, 21 November 1996^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme M. Cambage	757	48.1	-7.7
	Socialist Labour	Anne E. J. Brook	326	20.6	N/A
	Conservative	Ian A. Riddoch	205	13.0	-1.2
	Independent	Fergus M. Dodd	138	8.8	N/A
	BNP	Colin D. Smith	86	5.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth C. Lutzeier	63	4.0	-12.4
Majority			431	27.5	N/A
Turnout				23.4	-14.7
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Glynis A. Carpenter.

Central edit

Central by-election, 23 January 1997^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sardar Ali	910	72.3	-1.3
	Conservative	Carol A. Costantino	258	20.5	+7.9
	BNP	Michael P. Davidson	91	7.2	N/A
Majority			652	51.8	N/A
Turnout				26.2	-11.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher B. Allen.

Canning Town and Grange edit

Canning Town and Grange by-election, 1 May 1997^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive W. Furness	1,567	53.4	+0.1
	Conservative	Christopher Boden	558	19.0	-27.7
	BNP	Michael P. Davidson	407	13.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen V. King	282	9.6	N/A
	Independent	Keith W. Woodman	122	4.1	N/A
Majority			1,009	34.4	N/A
Turnout				53.8	+19.7
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dennis R. Horwood.

Little IIford edit

Little IIford by-election, 1 May 1997^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Ejiofor	2,450	63.1	-8.7
	Conservative	Zubaida N. Hashmi	449	11.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	David C. Oxford	413	10.6	-4.7
	Independent	Frederick C. Jones	410	10.6	N/A
	BNP	Pauline Smith	158	4.1	N/A
Majority			2,001	51.5	N/A
Turnout				56.4	+10.5
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Stephen C. Timms.

South edit

South by-election, 1 May 1997^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Quintin B. Peppiatt	3,705	53.7	+20.3
	Conservative	Jeanette A. Worth	1,396	20.2	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen T. Bell	948	13.7	-17.7
	BNP	Peter Hart	642	9.3	N/A
	Independent	Lillian A. E. Hopes	209	3.1	-30.3
Majority			2,309	33.5	N/A
Turnout				57.3	+19.9
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Theodore L. Etherden.

Ordnance edit

Ordnance by-election, 23 October 1997^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Harris	465	62.2	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter R. W. Guest	99	13.2	+1.2
	BNP	Kenneth F. Francis	84	11.2	N/A
	Independent	Terence C. Macdonald	59	7.9	N/A
	Conservative	Richard J. Arnopp	41	5.5	-9.4
Majority			366	49.0	N/A
Turnout				20.5	-12.6
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Judith A. Jorsling.

References edit

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
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