Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, 2002

Map of the results of the 2002 Barking and Dagenham council election. Labour in red, Chadwell Heath Residents Association in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

Elections to Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, UK were held on 2 May 2002 to elect members to the council. All seats were up for election following boundary changes since the last election in 1998. The Labour party easily kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 22.76%.

Election result

Barking and Dagenham Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	42			-5	82.4	62.8	41,302
	Chadwell Heath RA	4			+1	7.8	6.3	4,165
	Liberal Democrat	3			+2	5.9	19.7	12,989
	Conservative	2	2	0	+2	3.9	10.4	6,809
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	306
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	210

Ward results

Abbey (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanne Alexander	997
	Labour	Graham Bramley	921
	Labour	Mohammed Fani	895
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Beadle	426
	Liberal Democrat	June Griffin	387
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Tester	354
Turnout			3,980	22.9

Alibon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Wade	743
	Labour	John Davis	724
	Labour	Mick McCarthy	632
	Conservative	Mary Justice	360
Turnout			2,459	19.1

Becontree (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Bradley	841
	Labour	John Wainwright	686
	Labour	Cameron Geddes	684
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Roberts	438
Turnout			2,649	17.0

Chadwell Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chadwell Heath RA	Ronald Curtis	682
	Chadwell Heath RA	Robert Jeyes	667
	Conservative	Terry Justice	642
	Chadwell Heath RA	Donna Lewis	624
	Labour	Patricia Northover	594
	Labour	Abdul Aziz	513
	Labour	Alok Agrawal	485
Turnout			4,207	26.7

Eastbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Bunn	1,003
	Labour	Leonard Collins	936
	Labour	Sidney Summerfield	893
	Conservative	Sue Connolly	725
	Conservative	Kerry Smith	717
	Conservative	Vivian Patten	677
	Independent	Mike Butler	210
Turnout			5,161	25.6

Eastbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Cooper	986
	Liberal Democrat	Jayne Cooper	930
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Felton	885
	Labour	June Arnold	763
	Labour	Pat Manley	760
	Labour	Rocky Gill	648
Turnout			4,972	25.8

Gascoigne (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Flint	992
	Labour	Valerie Rush	863
	Labour	Milton McKenzie	857
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Cornwell	383
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Tester	324
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Gower	317
	Green	Hidir Yildirim	158
Turnout			3,894	24.2

Goresbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Porter	847
	Labour	Matthew Huggins	842
	Labour	Alan Thomas	778
	Liberal Democrat	Kelly Gill	520
	Liberal Democrat	William Gill	509
Turnout			3,496	20.3

Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	966
	Labour	Bryan Osborn	918
	Labour	Sidney Kallar	904
	Conservative	George Woodward	362
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Whyte	349
	Liberal Democrat	Antony Stepton	328
Turnout			3,827	21.8

Longbridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Bramley	869
	Labour	Madeleine Baker	852
	Conservative	Brian Cook	811
	Labour	Nirmal Gill	774
	Conservative	Anton Clark	757
	Conservative	Paul Cocklind	741
	Liberal Democrat	Lea Harding	379
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Price	352
	Liberal Democrat	Shirley Felton	334
Turnout			5,869	29.6

Mayesbrook (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Blake	648
	Labour	Dee Hunt	619
	Labour	June Conyard	605
	Liberal Democrat	John Dias-Broughton	589
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Little	589
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathon Lopez-Real	533
Turnout			3,583	20.8

Parsloes (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	775
	Labour	Herbert Collins	758
	Labour	Dennis O’Brien	647
	Liberal Democrat	Winifred Chapman	462
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Perry	446
Turnout			3,088	19.9

River (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Smith	1,018
	Labour	Patricia Twomey	987
	Labour	Inder Jamu	827
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary McCulloch	449
Turnout			3,281	20.4

Thames (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Barns	980
	Labour	Joan Rawlinson	947
	Labour	David Miles	940
	Liberal Democrat	Juan Dias-Broughton	321
	Liberal Democrat	Mardell Dias	293
	Liberal Democrat	Lisa Dias-Broughton	293
	Green	Francis Koch-Krause	148
Turnout			3,922	23.7

Valence (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vera Cridland	897
	Labour	Jean Bruce	811
	Labour	Catherine Osborne	741
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Stepton	430
Turnout			2,879	20.3

Village (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Waker	981
	Labour	Darrin Best	946
	Labour	Bill Dale	890
	Conservative	Neil Connelly	414
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Tindling	383
Turnout			3,614	22.4

Whalebone (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Chadwell Heath RA	Albert Gibbs	762
	Chadwell Heath RA	John Denyer	755
	Labour	Marie West	740
	Labour	Raymond Parkin	701
	Chadwell Heath RA	Keith Woodcock	675
	Labour	Maureen Worby	667
	Conservative	Philip Grimmer	324
	Conservative	Sylvia Grimmer	279
Turnout			4,903	26.2

References

Council website results