2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election

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
	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 Democrats	3			+2	5.9	19.7	12,989
Conservative	2	2	0	+2	3.9	10.4	6,809
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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 Democrats	Brian Beadle	426
	Liberal Democrats	June Griffin	387
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Alan Cooper	986
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Cooper	930
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Alan Cornwell	383
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Tester	324
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gower	317
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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 Democrats	Kelly Gill	520
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Benjamin Whyte	349
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Lea Harding	379
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Price	352
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	John Dias-Broughton	589
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Little	589
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Winifred Chapman	462
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	Juan Dias-Broughton	321
	Liberal Democrats	Mardell Dias	293
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Dias-Broughton	293
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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

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Greenwich	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Harrow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Havering	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Hounslow	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Islington	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kensington and Chelsea	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Kingston upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lambeth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lewisham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Merton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Newham	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Redbridge	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Richmond upon Thames	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Southwark	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Sutton	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tower Hamlets	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Waltham Forest	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Wandsworth	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Westminster	1964 1968 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Greater London	1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981
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