2002 Newham London Borough Council election

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Elections to Newham London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 25.49%. Labour won all but one seat. The sole opposition councillor was Alan Craig of the Christian Peoples Alliance.[1][2]

Registered157,504
Turnout42,567
Quick facts All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2002 Newham Council election
← 1998
2 May 2002
2006 →
All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered157,504
Turnout42,567
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour CPA
Last election 60 seats 0 seats
Seats won 59 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1
Popular vote 23,965 2,178
Percentage 49.3 4.5
Map of the results of the 2002 Newham council election. Christian Peoples Alliance in purple and Labour in red.
Council control before election


Labour

 Council control after election


Labour

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Background

A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour Party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative Party ran 31 candidates and the Liberal Democrats ran 7 candidates. Other candidates running were 14 Greens, 9 Christian Peoples Alliance, 6 Newham Independents Association, 4 Socialist Alliance, 3 BNP, 1 Socialist Labour, 1 UKIP and 8 Independents.[1]

Ward Changes

As with several other councils this election, Newham went through a major redistricting which resulted in the following changes:

Wards Eliminated

  • Bemersyde (2)
  • Custom House and Silvertown (3)
  • Castle (2)
  • Central (2)
  • Greatfield (3)
  • Hudsons (3)
  • Kensington (2)
  • Monega (2)
  • Ordnance (2)
  • Park (3)
  • Plashet (3)
  • St Stephens (2)
  • South (3)
  • Upton (3)

Wards Created

Wards Merged

  • Stratford (2) and New Town (2) wards merged into Stratford and New Town (3)

Wards Divided

Wards Expanded

  • Beckton - Increased from 2 seats to 3
  • West Ham - Increased from 2 seats to 3

Council Composition

Election result

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Newham local election result 2002[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 59 0 1 Decrease1 98.3 62.6 57,324 Decrease11.7
  CPA 1 1 0 Increase1 1.7 3.9 3,545 New
  Conservative 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 17.2 15,785 Increase3.7
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 6.5 5,993 New
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 3.1 2,820 Decrease10.4
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.3 2,148 Increase 0.8
  Newham Independents 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.1 1,931 Decrease1.0
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.0 906 New
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 736 Decrease1.8
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 233 New
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 122 New
Total 60 91,543
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Results by ward

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a candidate

Beckton

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Beckton (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alec Kellaway 945 43.8 N/A
Labour Ayesha Chowdhury 930 N/A
Labour Christopher Seddon 860 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bell 369 17.1 N/A
Conservative Damian Sutton 348 16.1 N/A
Green Nick Davies 277 12.8 N/A
BNP Margaret Stones 217 10.1 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,648 21.4 N/A
Registered electors 7,721
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Boleyn

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Boleyn (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Leitch†[n 1] 1,321 49.0 N/A
Labour Sardar Ali 1,224 N/A
Labour Joseph Ejiofor 1,122 N/A
Conservative Elaine Sutton 579 21.5 N/A
Green Marya Spence 507 18.8 N/A
CPA Joy Shekarau-Jibril 289 10.7 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,224 27.5 N/A
Registered electors 8,095
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Canning Town North

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Canning Town North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Collier 948 39.6 N/A
Labour Clive Furness†[n 2] 901 N/A
Labour Paul Schafer 784 N/A
Green Kara Greig 426 17.8 N/A
BNP Michael Davidson 389 16.2 N/A
CPA Sydney Burnett 322 13.5 N/A
Independent Edward Nkemnacho 187 7.8 N/A
Socialist Labour Robert Siggins 122 5.1 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,814 22.8 N/A
Registered electors 7,953
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Canning Town South

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Canning Town South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPA Alan Craig 959 50.3 N/A
Labour Alan Taylor 946 49.7 N/A
Labour Maureen Jones 887 N/A
Labour Simon Tucker 808 N/A
CPA Benjamin Stafford 739 N/A
CPA Rose Irtwangejibril 525 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,988 26.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,601
CPA gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Custom House

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Custom House (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Holland 887 47.3 N/A
Labour Ronald Manley 765 N/A
Labour Conor McAuley†[n 3] 709 N/A
Conservative Paul Maynard 519 27.7 N/A
Conservative James Clark 467 N/A
Conservative Douglas Taylor 416 N/A
Green Mary Robinson 240 12.8 N/A
CPA Bolanie Shasanmi 229 12.2 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,654 20.3 N/A
Registered electors 8,140
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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East Ham Central

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East Ham Central (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Skyers†[n 4] 1,538 59.8 N/A
Labour Ian Corbett†[n 5] 1,479 N/A
Labour Unmesh Desai 1,437 N/A
Conservative Stewart Lindsay 587 22.8 N/A
Green Diane McBrinn 446 17.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,406 29.4 N/A
Registered electors 8,188
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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East Ham North

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East Ham North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sukhdev Marway 1,367 38.2 N/A
Labour Lester Hudson 1,248 N/A
Labour Patricia Sheekey 1,244 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Akram 896 25.0 N/A
Independent Swaminathan Balakrishnan 578 16.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kathleen King 313 8.7 N/A
Green Gary Hewett 252 7.0 N/A
Socialist Alliance Berlyne Hamilton 177 4.9 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,732 34.6 N/A
Registered electors 7,905
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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East Ham South

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East Ham South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Jenkins†[n 6] 1,244 53.3 N/A
Labour Quintin Peppiatt 1,081 N/A
Labour Pearson Shillingford 981 N/A
Conservative Linda Lindsay 586 25.1 N/A
Newham Independent Frederick Jones 503 21.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,953 24.6 N/A
Registered electors 7,957
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Forest Gate North

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Forest Gate North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Brickell†[n 7] 1,333 47.4 N/A
Labour John Saunders 1,265 N/A
Labour Shama Ahmad†[n 7] 1,253 N/A
Green Mary Forse 628 22.3 N/A
Conservative Charles Meaby 344 12.2 N/A
Socialist Alliance Paul Phillips 272 9.7 N/A
UKIP Gerard Batten 233 8.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,200 26.6 N/A
Registered electors 8,287
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Forest Gate South

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Forest Gate South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Akbar Chaudhary 1,274 54.3 N/A
Labour Alan Griffiths 1,142 N/A
Labour Winston Vaughan 1,102 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Gray 472 20.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mahoney 460 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Lomax 443 N/A
Conservative Brian Maze 323 13.8 N/A
Socialist Alliance Mubin Haq 276 11.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,189 26.5 N/A
Registered electors 8,272
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Green Street East

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Green Street East (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyn Brown†[n 8] 1,488 52.3 N/A
Labour Mahmood Ahmad 1,403 N/A
Labour Abdul Shakoor 1,319 N/A
Conservative Abdullah Atcha 635 22.3 N/A
Independent Nazma Uddin 381 13.4 N/A
Green Sandra Springall 341 12.0 N/A
Independent Giash Talukdar 299 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,552 32.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,922
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Green Street West

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Green Street West (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Sheikh 1,594 57.1 N/A
Labour Rustam Talati 1,448 N/A
Labour Harvinder Virdee 1,439 N/A
Conservative Reza Choudhury 826 29.6 N/A
Green John Widdowson 371 13.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,497 31.5 N/A
Registered electors 7,930
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Little Ilford

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Little Ilford (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josephine Corbett 1,086 49.1 N/A
Labour Andrew Baikie 1,063 N/A
Labour Richard Crawford 1,052 N/A
Conservative Akmul Choudhury 869 39.3 N/A
Conservative Faizur Rahman 844 N/A
Conservative Harun Rashid 795 N/A
Green Mee Lee 257 11.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,175 26.8 N/A
Registered electors 8,126
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Manor Park

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Manor Park (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amarjit Singh 1,236 46.0 N/A
Labour Christine Bowden 1,219 N/A
Labour Khalilur Kazi 1,149 N/A
Conservative Mahbub Ahmed 1,009 37.5 N/A
Conservative Shahidur Chowdhury 968 N/A
Conservative Kaisar Jalal 890 N/A
Green Ronald Smith 444 16.5 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,732 34.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,986
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Plaistow North

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Plaistow North (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Regina Williams 1,224 50.4 N/A
Labour Riaz Mirza 1,163 N/A
Labour Joy Laguda 1,110 N/A
Independent Frederick Warwick 507 20.9 N/A
Green Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts 356 14.7 N/A
Conservative Johanna Watson 342 14.1 N/A
Conservative Anthoulla Osben 278 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,059 27.1 N/A
Registered electors 7,612
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Plaistow South

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Plaistow South (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Wilson 1,180 50.0 N/A
Labour Graham Lane 1,138 N/A
Labour Bryan Collier 1,064 N/A
Conservative Jacqueline Burns 374 15.8 N/A
Conservative Barry Roberts 355 N/A
Green Gabrielle Rolfe 340 14.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jamieson Moore 320 13.6 N/A
Conservative Danuta Gradosielska 263 N/A
Newham Independent Josephine Phillips 147 6.2 N/A
Newham Independent Donald Freeman 139 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,101 25.0 N/A
Registered electors 8,391
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Royal Docks

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Royal Docks (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Law 433 39.3 N/A
Labour Victor Turner†[n 9] 398 N/A
Labour Sarah Ruiz†[n 10] 346 N/A
Independent Ayotunde Thanni 196 17.8 N/A
Conservative Graham Postles 175 15.9 N/A
CPA Beatrice Appiah 168 15.2 N/A
Conservative Glyn Weare 159 N/A
BNP Mark Lond 130 11.8 N/A
CPA Funmike Daodu 103 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 910 19.8 N/A
Registered electors 4,609
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Stratford and New Town

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Stratford and New Town (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Garfield 1,163 54.2 N/A
Labour David Griffin 1,090 N/A
Labour Anthony McAlmont 938 N/A
Green O Oisin 398 18.5 N/A
Conservative Richard Arnopp 374 17.4 N/A
Conservative Armyn Hennessy 330 N/A
Conservative Nigel Nadolski 286 N/A
CPA Victoria Wya 211 9.8 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,907 23.0 N/A
Registered electors 8,561
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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Wall End

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Wall End (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Sathianesan 1,608 55.7 N/A
Labour Edward Sparrowhawk 1,426 N/A
Labour Omanakutty Gangadharan 1,350 N/A
Conservative Zubaida Hashmi 433 15.0 N/A
Newham Independent Terence Aird 410 14.2 N/A
Conservative Leslie Smith 400 16.5 N/A
Newham Independent David Piper 373 N/A
Newham Independent Trudy Cannon 359 N/A
Green Howard Mendick 257 8.9 N/A
Socialist Alliance Robert Davies 181 6.3 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,911 34.0 N/A
Registered electors 8,561
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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West Ham

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West Ham (3)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Whitworth 1,150 45.9 N/A
Labour Megan Harris 1,057 N/A
Labour Murtland Inverary 965 N/A
Conservative Josephine Child 459 18.3 N/A
Green Rita Reale 453 18.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Chater 443 17.7 N/A
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 N/A
Turnout 1,915 24.1 N/A
Registered electors 7,959
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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By-elections between 2002 and 2006

There were no by-elections.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Leitch was a sitting councillor representing the former Central ward
  2. [2]
    Furness was a sitting councillor representing former Canning Town and Grange ward
  3. [3]
    McAuley was a sitting councillor representing the former Forest Gate ward
  4. [4]
    Skyers was a sitting councillor representing the former Central ward
  5. [5]
    Corbett was a sitting councillor representing the former Greatfield ward
  6. [6]
    Jenkins was a sitting councillor representing the former Greatfield ward
  7. [7]
    Brickell and Ahmad were both sitting councillors representing the former Forest Gate ward
  8. [8]
    Brown was a sitting councillor representing the former Custom House and Silvertown ward
  9. [9]
    Turner was a sitting councillor representing the former Bemersyde (ward)
  10. [10]
    Ruiz was a sitting councillor representing the Beckton ward

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