1994 Newham London Borough Council election

1994 Newham London Borough Council election

5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)

All 60 seats up for election to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered151,895[1]
Turnout57,115, 37.60%[1] (Increase 1.12)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Stephen C. Timms Alec J. Kellaway[n 1] Unknown
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 1990 2 May 1987 Unknown
Leader's seat Little Ilford South Unknown
Last election 57 seats, 60.08% 1 seat, 7.82% 2 seats, 24.33%
Seats before 56 1 3
Seats won 59 1 0
Seat change Increase 4 Steady Decrease 3
Popular vote 75,057 14,958 26,083
Percentage 59.02% 11.76% 20.51%
Swing Decrease 1.06 Increase 3.94 Decrease 3.82

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

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

Newham local election result 1994[2][3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 59 4 1 Increase 3 98.33 59.02 75,057 Decrease 1.06
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 1 Steady 1.67 11.76 14,958 Increase 3.94
  Conservative 0 0 3 Decrease 3 0.00 20.51 26,083 Decrease 3.82
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.60 3,311 Increase 1.61
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.42 3,084 New
  Ind. Lib Dem 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 2.03 2,575 New
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 1.66 2,105 Decrease 5.12
Total 60 127,173

Background

A total of 175 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 9 Greens, 7 Independent Liberal Democrats, 5 BNP and 7 Independents.[3]

Results by ward

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Beckton

Beckton (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Knight* 647 39.99 Decrease22.66
Labour Doris Maxwell* 523
BNP Michael Davidson 459 31.30 New
BNP Peter Hart 457
Conservative Christopher Boden 290 19.00 Decrease18.35
Conservative Valerie Fursland 266
Independent Malcolm Williamson 142 9.71 New
Registered electors 3,920 Increase 80
Turnout 1,566 39.95 Increase13.05
Rejected ballots 9 0.57 Decrease 0.01
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bemersyde

Bemersyde (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Rackley 853 48.74 Increase 4.35
Labour Victor Turner 843
Conservative Paul Clark*[n 2] 703 38.10 Increase 7.98
Conservative Derek Wigger 622
Liberal Democrats William Robinson 233 13.16 Increase 0.92
Liberal Democrats Philip Tyrer 224
Registered electors 4,233 Decrease 143
Turnout 1,855 43.82 Increase 1.35
Rejected ballots 14 0.75 Increase 0.43
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Canning Town and Grange

Canning Town and Grange (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Horwood 1,021 51.93 Decrease 1.62
Labour Stephen Naulls 914
Conservative Ann Lewis 896 48.07 Increase20.70
Registered electors 5,708 Increase 112
Turnout 1,946 34.09 Increase 2.99
Rejected ballots 3 0.15 Decrease 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

Castle (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David McGladdery 1,147 60.65 Increase 1.79
Labour Mahmood Ahmad 1,017
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Chater 414 23.21 New
Conservative Karen Ullger 328 16.14 Decrease 8.81
Conservative Martin Ullger 248
Registered electors 5,182 Decrease 207
Turnout 1,940 37.44 Increase 2.00
Rejected ballots 6 0.31 Increase 0.05
Labour hold
Labour hold

Central

Central (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Allen[n 3] 1,398 73.60 Increase 8.16
Labour Stanley Hopwood* 1,228
Liberal Democrats Marion Gill 262 13.79 New
Conservative David Hyde 239 12.61 Decrease 6.63
Liberal Democrats Bernard Barrow 229
Conservative Pamela Kirkley 211
Registered electors 5,308 Decrease 268
Turnout 2,023 38.11 Increase 1.06
Rejected ballots 7 0.35 Decrease 0.47
Labour hold
Labour hold

Custom House and Silvertown

Custom House and Silvertown (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Chapman* 1,517 43.05 Decrease 7.07
Labour Lyn Brown[n 4] 1,434
Labour Ivor Bloom 1,375
Conservative David Gladstone 805 19.49 Decrease15.51
BNP Jeff Edmonds 759 21.58 New
BNP Vincent Parker 737
BNP Kevin Vinecombe 672
Conservative Anthoulla Osben 586
Conservative Raymond Wallsgrave 567
Independent John Ringwood 532 15.88 New
Registered electors 8,656 Decrease 308
Turnout 3,397 39.24 Increase 8.71
Rejected ballots 9 0.26 Decrease 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Forest Gate

Forest Gate (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glynis Carpenter*[n 5] 1,849 55.93 Decrease 1.04
Labour Shama Ahmad[n 6] 1,601
Labour Conor McAuley* 1,528
Liberal Democrats John Gray 544 14.20 New
Conservative Christine Hodgson 471 14.70 Decrease 6.30
Green Louise Pritchard 450 15.17 Decrease 6.86
Conservative Jonathan Ivinson 429
Conservative Doris Rees 409
Liberal Democrats Jean Tee 408
Liberal Democrats Walter Tee 310
Registered electors 7,265 Decrease 234
Turnout 2,767 38.09 Decrease 1.32
Rejected ballots 7 0.25 Decrease 0.36
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Greatfield

Greatfield (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Jenkins* 1,411 39.10 Decrease 1.77
Labour Ian Corbett[n 7] 1,282
Labour Valerie Fone 1,192
Conservative Susan Craig 804 23.01 Decrease18.87
Liberal Democrats Kathleen King 795 22.86 Increase 5.61
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Flemwell 792
Conservative Lee Simm 749
Conservative Kenneth Ready 733
Liberal Democrats David Oxford 683
Ind. Lib Dem Frederick Jones 581 15.03 New
Ind. Lib Dem William Jeffrey 486
Ind. Lib Dem Michael Shimmen 426
Registered electors 7,881 Decrease 374
Turnout 3,603 45.72 Increase 0.29
Rejected ballots 11 0.31 Decrease 0.14
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Hudsons

Hudsons (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bryan Collier 1,282 53.42 Increase 2.47
Labour Graham Lane* 1,246
Labour Neil Wilson 1,199
Conservative Jeffrey Spencer 1,122 46.58 Increase11.21
Conservative Stephen Hunt 1,114
Conservative Alan Price 1,014
Registered electors 6,811 Decrease 429
Turnout 2,649 38.89 Increase 5.63
Rejected ballots 4 0.15 Decrease 0.47
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Kensington

Kensington (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kuldip Singh 1,352 58.51 Decrease16.21
Labour Lester Hudson 1,328
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Fozdar 802 33.54 New
Liberal Democrats David Oxford 733
Conservative Tina O'Flynn 186 7.95 Decrease 5.96
Conservative Carol Sarsfield 178
Registered electors 5,237 Decrease 168
Turnout 2,405 45.92 Increase 3.66
Rejected ballots 12 0.50 Increase 0.02
Labour hold
Labour hold

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Timms* 1,750 71.06 Increase13.32
Labour Paul Douglas 1,653
Labour Andrew Baikie*[n 8] 1,546
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Bashir 374 15.33 Decrease16.13
Liberal Democrats Stuart Hunt 358
Conservative Linda Lindsay 336 13.61 Increase 2.81
Liberal Democrats Chaudhury Koher 335
Conservative Colin Robinson 313
Conservative Gary Whitmarsh 299
Registered electors 7,442 Decrease 523
Turnout 2,712 36.44 Decrease 2.54
Rejected ballots 11 0.41 Increase 0.12
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Manor Park

Manor Park (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amarjit Singh* 1,892 69.67 Increase 9.93
Labour Josephine Corbett 1,778
Labour Robin Wales[n 9] 1,621
Liberal Democrats Maureen Smith 417 15.60 New
Conservative Stewart Lindsay 413 14.73 Decrease 9.34
Liberal Democrats Sidney Berman 403
Liberal Democrats Pauline Huntbach 364
Conservative Ronald Tatum 364
Conservative Harold Wilkins 343
Registered electors 7,952 Increase 43
Turnout 3,121 39.25 Increase 0.41
Rejected ballots 10 0.32 Increase 0.12
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Monega

Monega (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Brown 1,598 65.38 Decrease10.60
Labour Christopher Seddon 1,245
Independent Jagdish Amin 447 20.55 New
Conservative Susan Clark 330 14.07 Increase 0.44
Conservative Denys Gates 282
Registered electors 5,288 Decrease 304
Turnout 2,211 41.81 Increase 1.82
Rejected ballots 9 0.41 Decrease 0.26
Labour hold
Labour hold

New Town

New Town (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Knights* 1,188 67.32 Increase14.38
Labour John Isted* 929
Conservative Charles Meaby 314 19.52 Increase 8.20
Conservative Ian Riddoch 299
Green Amanda Sandford 207 13.16 Increase 3.86
Registered electors 5,116 Increase 8
Turnout 1,647 32.19 Decrease 6.10
Rejected ballots 8 0.49 Increase 0.34
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ordnance

Ordnance (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Brown* 631 45.09 Decrease 3.62
Labour Judith Jorsling[n 10] 562
Ind. Lib Dem Leslie Groombridge 254 17.98 New
Ind. Lib Dem Alan Stewart 221
Conservative Shelley Williams 206 15.56 Decrease 9.42
Liberal Democrats Martin Edwardes 166 12.08 New
Liberal Democrats Maurice Page 154
Green Alan Canetti 123 9.29 Decrease17.02
Registered electors 3,909 Decrease 96
Turnout 1,293 33.08 Increase 5.41
Rejected ballots 12 0.93 Increase 0.58
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

Park (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Akbar Chaudhary* 1,471 80.03 Increase17.96
Labour Alan Griffiths 1,455
Labour John Saunders*[n 11] 1,426
Conservative Edna Crawford-Harris 388 19.97 Increase 0.08
Conservative Daniel Cripps 358
Conservative Phillip Turner 341
Registered electors 6,712 Decrease 955
Turnout 2,272 33.85 Increase 0.43
Rejected ballots 8 0.35 Decrease 0.43
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Plaistow

Plaistow (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Warwick 1,077 54.72 Increase 7.94
Labour Riaz Ahmed* 1,043
Labour Anand Patil* 972
Conservative Susan Jackson 380 19.32 Decrease 6.42
Conservative Albert Stephens 370
Conservative Margaret Stephens 341
Ind. Lib Dem Josephine Williamson 332 16.14 New
Ind. Lib Dem Ligaya Stewart 275
Green Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts 211 9.82 Decrease17.66
Green Arthur Taylor 190
Green Graeme Cambage 153
Registered electors 6,108 Decrease 334
Turnout 2,095 34.30 Decrease 1.05
Rejected ballots 6 0.29 Decrease 0.11
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Plashet

Plashet (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Thorne 1,665 61.47 Increase 5.20
Labour Mohammad Khawaja* 1,493
Labour Qaisra Khan 1,423
Conservative Josephine Child 531 20.29 Decrease 0.70
Conservative Simon Pearce 477
Green Paul Sandford 453 18.24 Decrease 4.50
Registered electors 7,597 Decrease 589
Turnout 2,687 35.37 Decrease 0.76
Rejected ballots 8 0.30 Decrease 0.41
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Stephens

St Stephens (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Hakim 1,276 78.31 Increase 6.49
Labour Abdul Sheikh[n 12] 1,193
Conservative Dorothy Ford 359 21.69 Increase 7.09
Conservative Stanley Kempster 324
Registered electors 4,994 Decrease 114
Turnout 1,817 36.38 Decrease 2.60
Rejected ballots 13 0.72 Increase 0.32
Labour hold
Labour hold

South

South (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Jenkinson* 1,462 35.33 Increase 1.52
Labour Theodore Etherden[n 13] 1,421
Liberal Democrats Alec Kellaway* 1,340 29.94 Decrease 4.45
Labour Anthony McAlmont 1,267
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Laird 1,136
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Lutzeier 1,039
Conservative Venetia Hazel 814 20.15 Decrease11.65
Conservative Barry Roberts 793
Conservative Norman Lewis 759
Independent Alexander Thomson 647 14.58 New
Independent Lillian Hopes 570
Independent Lawrence Springthorpe 496
Registered electors 11,500 Increase 475
Turnout 4,296 37.36 Decrease 1.43
Rejected ballots 5 0.12 Decrease 0.17
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Stratford

Stratford (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Riley* 876 59.32 Increase 4.97
Labour James Newstead* 835
Liberal Democrats Fergus Dodd 334 21.76 Increase 5.46
Liberal Democrats Paul Hyde 293
Conservative Darren Lawrence 197 11.50 Decrease 5.21
Conservative Nigel Nadolski 134
Green Harjinder Flora 107 7.42 Decrease 5.22
Registered electors 4,568 Decrease 426
Turnout 1,575 34.48 Increase 1.64
Rejected ballots 8 0.51 Decrease 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold

Upton

Upton (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mian Aslam* 1,784 69.05 Increase 2.48
Labour Francis Dowling 1,731
Labour Andrew Zachariades* 1,443
Conservative Brian Armstrong 400 15.25 Decrease 2.05
Liberal Democrats Michael Dommett 376 15.71 New
Conservative Sarah Jones 376
Conservative Armyn Hennessy 318
Registered electors 6,823 Decrease 767
Turnout 2,600 38.11 Increase 3.84
Rejected ballots 8 0.31 Decrease 0.19
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wall End

Wall End (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kulwant Mangat 1,514 48.76 Decrease 6.50
Labour Bashir Hafeez* 1,510
Labour Edward Sparrowhawk 1,508
Liberal Democrats Mary Holland 554 15.49 New
Conservative Thomas Clark 546 13.55 Decrease13.83
Independent Lillian Erskine 477 15.39 New
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lees-Smith 445
Liberal Democrats Ruth Holland 441
Conservative Abdul Hadi 387
Conservative Nayran Nair 327
Green Charles Seber 211 6.81 Decrease10.55
Registered electors 8,088 Decrease 166
Turnout 3,004 37.14 Decrease 1.47
Rejected ballots 8 0.27 Decrease 0.29
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

West Ham

West Ham (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Manley* 1,111 75.18 Increase14.35
Labour Murtland Inverary 990
Conservative Nevzat Duran 352 24.82 Increase 2.49
Conservative John Steinberg 342
Registered electors 5,597 Decrease 145
Turnout 1,634 29.19 Decrease 2.42
Rejected ballots 14 0.86 Increase 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold

Notes

  1. ^ Kellaway is the de facto leader being the only Lib Dem councillor
  2. ^ Clark replaced Cllr David Kellaway after his death in 1991
  3. ^ Allen was a sitting councillor representing the Canning Town and Grange ward
  4. ^ Brown was a sitting councillor representing the Hudsons ward
  5. ^ Carpenter replaced Cllr Pamela Furness after her disqualification in 1992
  6. ^ Ahmad was a sitting councillor representing the Upton ward
  7. ^ Corbett was a sitting councillor representing the Central ward after he replaced Cllr Pallavi Patel following their resignation in 1992
  8. ^ Baikie was elected alongside Robin Wales to replace Cllrs Patricia Heron and Bobby Thomas following their resignations in 1992
  9. ^ Wales was a sitting councillor representing the Little Ilford ward, who was elected alongside Andrew Baikie to replace Cllrs Patricia Heron and Bobby Thomas after their resignations in 1992
  10. ^ Jorsling was a sitting councillor representing the Plashet ward
  11. ^ Saunders replaced Cllr Dominic Gough after his resignation in 1993
  12. ^ Sheikh was a sitting councillor representing the Kensington ward
  13. ^ Etherden was a sitting Councillor representing the Wall End ward

References

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  2. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1994). Local Elections Handbook 1994. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 October 2019.