2002 Newham London Borough Council election

2002 local election in England July 2026 December 2021 2002 Newham Council election parliamentary no Labour Party (UK) 1998 Newham Council election 1998 2006 Newham Council election 2006 All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority 2 May 2002 157,504 42,567 Labour Party (UK) 60 seats 59 1 23,965 49.3 Christian Peoples Alliance 0 seats 1 1 2,178 4.5 Newham London UK local election 2002 map.svg 300px Map of the results of the 2002 Newham council election. Christian Peoples Alliance in purple and Labour in red. Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 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.London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf London Datastore London Residuary Body 3 November 2019London Borough of Newham Election Results 1964-2010 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Newham-1964-2010.pdf Elections Centre Plymouth University 3 November 2019 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. 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 Boleyn (3) Custom House (3) East Ham Central (3) East Ham North (3) East Ham South (3) Green Street East (3) Green Street West (3) Royal Docks (3) Wards Merged Stratford (2) and New Town (2) wards merged into Stratford and New Town (3) Wards Divided Canning Town and Grange (2) - Split into Canning Town North (3) and Canning Town South (3) wards Plaistow (3) - Split into Plaistow North (3) and Plaistow South (3) wards. Forest Gate (3) - Split into Forest Gate North (3) and Forest Gate South (3) wards Wards Expanded Beckton - Increased from 2 seats to 3 West Ham - Increased from 2 seats to 3 Council Composition Election result Newham local election result 2002 Labour Party (UK) 59 0 1 1 98.3 62.6 57,324 11.7 yes Christian Peoples Alliance 1 1 0 1 1.7 3.9 3,545 New Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 17.2 15,785 3.7 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.0 6.5 5,993 New Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 3.1 2,820 10.4 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 2,148 0.8 Independent politician Newham Independents 0 0 0 0.0 2.1 1,931 1.0 Socialist Alliance (England) 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 906 New British National Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.8 736 1.8 UK Independence Party 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 233 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 122 New 60 91,543 Results by ward (*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate (†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a candidate Beckton Beckton (3) Labour Party (UK) Alec Kellaway 945 43.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Ayesha Chowdhury 930 N/A Labour Party (UK) Christopher Seddon 860 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Bell 369 17.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Damian Sutton 348 16.1 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Nick Davies 277 12.8 N/A British National Party Margaret Stones 217 10.1 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,648 21.4 N/A 7,721 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Boleyn Boleyn (3) Labour Party (UK) June Leitch†n Leitch was a sitting councillor representing the former Central ward 1,321 49.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) Sardar Ali 1,224 N/A Labour Party (UK) Joseph Ejiofor 1,122 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Elaine Sutton 579 21.5 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Marya Spence 507 18.8 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Joy Shekarau-Jibril 289 10.7 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,224 27.5 N/A 8,095 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canning Town North Canning Town North (3) Labour Party (UK) Marie Collier 948 39.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Clive Furness†n Furness was a sitting councillor representing former Canning Town and Grange ward 901 N/A Labour Party (UK) Paul Schafer 784 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Kara Greig 426 17.8 N/A British National Party Michael Davidson 389 16.2 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Sydney Burnett 322 13.5 N/A Independent (politician) Edward Nkemnacho 187 7.8 N/A Socialist Labour Party (UK) Robert Siggins 122 5.1 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,814 22.8 N/A 7,953 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canning Town South Canning Town South (3) Christian Peoples Alliance Alan Craig 959 50.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Alan Taylor 946 49.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Maureen Jones 887 N/A Labour Party (UK) Simon Tucker 808 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Benjamin Stafford 739 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Rose Irtwangejibril 525 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,988 26.2 N/A 7,601 Christian Peoples Alliance Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Custom House Custom House (3) Labour Party (UK) Patricia Holland 887 47.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Ronald Manley 765 N/A Labour Party (UK) Conor McAuley†n McAuley was a sitting councillor representing the former Forest Gate ward 709 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Paul Maynard 519 27.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) James Clark 467 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Taylor 416 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Mary Robinson 240 12.8 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Bolanie Shasanmi 229 12.2 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,654 20.3 N/A 8,140 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Ham Central East Ham Central (3) Labour Party (UK) Mary Skyers†n Skyers was a sitting councillor representing the former Central ward 1,538 59.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Ian Corbett†n Corbett was a sitting councillor representing the former Greatfield ward 1,479 N/A Labour Party (UK) Unmesh Desai 1,437 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Lindsay 587 22.8 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Diane McBrinn 446 17.3 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,406 29.4 N/A 8,188 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Ham North East Ham North (3) Labour Party (UK) Sukhdev Marway 1,367 38.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Lester Hudson 1,248 N/A Labour Party (UK) Patricia Sheekey 1,244 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Akram 896 25.0 N/A Independent (politician) Swaminathan Balakrishnan 578 16.1 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen King 313 8.7 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Gary Hewett 252 7.0 N/A Socialist Alliance (England) Berlyne Hamilton 177 4.9 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,732 34.6 N/A 7,905 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Ham South East Ham South (3) Labour Party (UK) Kevin Jenkins†n Jenkins was a sitting councillor representing the former Greatfield ward 1,244 53.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Quintin Peppiatt 1,081 N/A Labour Party (UK) Pearson Shillingford 981 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Linda Lindsay 586 25.1 N/A Newham Independent Frederick Jones 503 21.6 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,953 24.6 N/A 7,957 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Forest Gate North Forest Gate North (3) Labour Party (UK) Paul Brickell†n "ForestGate" Brickell and Ahmad were both sitting councillors representing the former Forest Gate ward 1,333 47.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) John Saunders 1,265 N/A Labour Party (UK) Shama Ahmad†n "ForestGate" 1,253 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Mary Forse 628 22.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Charles Meaby 344 12.2 N/A Socialist Alliance (England) Paul Phillips 272 9.7 N/A UK Independence Party Gerard Batten 233 8.3 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,200 26.6 N/A 8,287 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Forest Gate South Forest Gate South (3) Labour Party (UK) Akbar Chaudhary 1,274 54.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Alan Griffiths 1,142 N/A Labour Party (UK) Winston Vaughan 1,102 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) John Gray 472 20.1 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Mahoney 460 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Lomax 443 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Brian Maze 323 13.8 N/A Socialist Alliance (England) Mubin Haq 276 11.8 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,189 26.5 N/A 8,272 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Green Street East Green Street East (3) Labour Party (UK) Lyn Brown†n Brown was a sitting councillor representing the former Custom House and Silvertown ward 1,488 52.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Mahmood Ahmad 1,403 N/A Labour Party (UK) Abdul Shakoor 1,319 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Abdullah Atcha 635 22.3 N/A Independent politician Nazma Uddin 381 13.4 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Sandra Springall 341 12.0 N/A Independent politician Giash Talukdar 299 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,552 32.2 N/A 7,922 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Green Street West Green Street West (3) Labour Party (UK) Abdul Sheikh 1,594 57.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Rustam Talati 1,448 N/A Labour Party (UK) Harvinder Virdee 1,439 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Reza Choudhury 826 29.6 N/A Green Party of England and Wales John Widdowson 371 13.3 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,497 31.5 N/A 7,930 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Little Ilford Little Ilford (3) Labour Party (UK) Josephine Corbett 1,086 49.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Andrew Baikie 1,063 N/A Labour Party (UK) Richard Crawford 1,052 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Akmul Choudhury 869 39.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Faizur Rahman 844 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Harun Rashid 795 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Mee Lee 257 11.6 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,175 26.8 N/A 8,126 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Manor Park Manor Park (3) Labour Party (UK) Amarjit Singh 1,236 46.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) Christine Bowden 1,219 N/A Labour Party (UK) Khalilur Kazi 1,149 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Mahbub Ahmed 1,009 37.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Shahidur Chowdhury 968 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Kaisar Jalal 890 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Ronald Smith 444 16.5 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,732 34.2 N/A 7,986 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Plaistow North Plaistow North (3) Labour Party (UK) Regina Williams 1,224 50.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Riaz Mirza 1,163 N/A Labour Party (UK) Joy Laguda 1,110 N/A Independent politician Frederick Warwick 507 20.9 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts 356 14.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Johanna Watson 342 14.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Anthoulla Osben 278 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,059 27.1 N/A 7,612 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Plaistow South Plaistow South (3) Labour Party (UK) Neil Wilson 1,180 50.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) Graham Lane 1,138 N/A Labour Party (UK) Bryan Collier 1,064 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Burns 374 15.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Barry Roberts 355 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Gabrielle Rolfe 340 14.4 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Jamieson Moore 320 13.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Danuta Gradosielska 263 N/A Newham Independent Josephine Phillips 147 6.2 N/A Newham Independent Donald Freeman 139 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,101 25.0 N/A 8,391 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Royal Docks Royal Docks (3) Labour Party (UK) Michael Law 433 39.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Victor Turner†n Turner was a sitting councillor representing the former Bemersyde (ward) 398 N/A Labour Party (UK) Sarah Ruiz†n Ruiz was a sitting councillor representing the Beckton ward 346 N/A Independent politician Ayotunde Thanni 196 17.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Graham Postles 175 15.9 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Beatrice Appiah 168 15.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Glyn Weare 159 N/A British National Party Mark Lond 130 11.8 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Funmike Daodu 103 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 910 19.8 N/A 4,609 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stratford and New Town Stratford and New Town (3) Labour Party (UK) Judith Garfield 1,163 54.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) David Griffin 1,090 N/A Labour Party (UK) Anthony McAlmont 938 N/A Green Party of England and Wales O Oisin 398 18.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Richard Arnopp 374 17.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Armyn Hennessy 330 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Nadolski 286 N/A Christian Peoples Alliance Victoria Wya 211 9.8 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,907 23.0 N/A 8,561 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Wall End Wall End (3) Labour Party (UK) Paul Sathianesan 1,608 55.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Edward Sparrowhawk 1,426 N/A Labour Party (UK) Omanakutty Gangadharan 1,350 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Zubaida Hashmi 433 15.0 N/A Newham Independent Terence Aird 410 14.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Smith 400 16.5 N/A Newham Independent David Piper 373 N/A Newham Independent Trudy Cannon 359 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Howard Mendick 257 8.9 N/A Socialist Alliance (England) Robert Davies 181 6.3 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 2,911 34.0 N/A 8,561 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) West Ham West Ham (3) Labour Party (UK) John Whitworth 1,150 45.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Megan Harris 1,057 N/A Labour Party (UK) Murtland Inverary 965 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Josephine Child 459 18.3 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Rita Reale 453 18.1 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Kathleen Chater 443 17.7 N/A 0 0.0 N/A 1,915 24.1 N/A 7,959 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) By-elections between 2002 and 2006 There were no by-elections.London Borough Council Elections 4 May 2006 https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2006.pdf London Datastore London Residuary Body 3 November 2019 Notes n References 2002 Category:2002 London Borough council elections