Local Election Results 2002
Waltham Forest
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Waltham Forest:
2006
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2018
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By-elections for Waltham Forest (may be incomplete): 15th May 2003 (Forest)
— 4th September 2003 (William Morris)
— 28th October 2004 (Valley)
— 18th November 2004 (Hoe Street)
— 14th July 2005 (Leytonstone)
— 26th April 2007 (Chingford Green)
— 14th February 2008 (Leyton)
— 12th June 2008 (Forest)
— 6th November 2008 (Valley)
— 4th December 2008 (Hale End & Highams Park)
— 19th March 2009 (Larkswood)
— 12th July 2012 (Larkswood)
— 29th June 2017 (William Morris)
— 6th May 2021 (Hatch Lane)
— 10th June 2021 (Grove Green; Lea Bridge)
— 26th October 2023 (Higham Hill)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
19861 |
34.9% |
29 |
| Liberal Democrat |
17003 |
29.9% |
13 |
| Conservative |
15038 |
26.4% |
18 |
| Green Party |
2878 |
5.1% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
1230 |
2.2% |
0 |
| British National Party |
308 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Christian Peoples Alliance |
247 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
177 |
0.3% |
0 |
|
131 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Keith Rayner |
LD |
1590 |
59.9% |
| Elizabeth Phillips |
LD |
1574 |
|
| Carol Southall |
LD |
1567 |
|
| Dennis Bell |
Lab |
761 |
28.7% |
| Brian Madican |
Lab |
738 |
|
| Andrew Lock |
Lab |
697 |
|
| Sally Labern |
SocAll |
165 |
6.2% |
| Jeremy Evans |
C |
139 |
5.2% |
| Mary Neilson-Hansen |
C |
130 |
|
| Corrina Vinicombe |
C |
127 |
|
| Milton Martin |
Lab |
1104 |
65.1% |
| Shameem Highfield |
Lab |
1046 |
|
| Terence Wheeler |
Lab |
996 |
|
| Robert Neal |
LD |
323 |
19.0% |
| Peter Wilson |
LD |
321 |
|
| Mark Southall |
LD |
288 |
|
| Andrew Butler |
C |
270 |
15.9% |
| Pervaiz Akhtar |
C |
268 |
|
| Anne Pryor |
C |
237 |
|
| Robert Belam |
LD |
1468 |
54.3% |
| Robert Carey |
LD |
1405 |
|
| John Macklin |
LD |
1341 |
|
| Jack Kaye |
Lab |
744 |
27.5% |
| Paul Redcliffe |
Lab |
642 |
|
| Faiz Yunis |
Lab |
623 |
|
| Nial Finlayson |
C |
491 |
18.2% |
| Andrea Stevenson |
C |
454 |
|
| Karl Lee |
C |
448 |
|
| Derek Arnold |
C |
1821 |
55.2% |
| Michael Fish |
C |
1814 |
|
| Michael Lewis |
C |
1721 |
|
| Henry Boyle |
LD |
664 |
20.1% |
| Joan Carder |
LD |
606 |
|
| Ian Paterson |
LD |
595 |
|
| Mary Lambert |
Lab |
508 |
15.4% |
| Elizabeth Lee |
Lab |
506 |
|
| James Payne |
Lab |
458 |
|
| Tracy-Jane Flaxton |
BNP |
308 |
9.3% |
| Glenn Hardcastle |
BNP |
259 |
|
| Peter Herrington |
C |
1959 |
67.3% |
| Andrew Hemsted |
C |
1909 |
|
| Mladen Jovcic |
C |
1890 |
|
| Yasmin Beg |
Lab |
514 |
17.7% |
| Azra Chaudhry |
Lab |
457 |
|
| Jill Renshaw |
Lab |
456 |
|
| Violet Wells |
LD |
437 |
15.0% |
| Kathleen Mudie |
LD |
435 |
|
| Edward Carder |
LD |
413 |
|
| Jane Duran |
Lab |
1253 |
38.3% |
| Kabal Dhillon |
Lab |
1239 |
|
| Mohammed Rahman |
Lab |
1100 |
|
| Meher Khan |
LD |
908 |
27.8% |
| Mohammed Shafiq |
LD |
893 |
|
| Syed Hashmi |
LD |
872 |
|
| Rosalind Bedlow |
Grn |
395 |
12.1% |
| Julien Foster |
C |
358 |
11.0% |
| Raymond Luker |
C |
317 |
|
| Richard Glah |
C |
292 |
|
| Jean Farmer |
CPA |
247 |
7.6% |
| Roland Rance |
SocAll |
107 |
3.3% |
| Tarsem Bhogal |
Lab |
1169 |
39.8% |
| Jennifer Sullivan |
LD |
1103 |
37.6% |
| Christopher Robbins |
Lab |
1081 |
|
| Paul Olford |
LD |
1052 |
|
| Neal Chubb |
LD |
1048 |
|
| Peter Woodrow |
Lab |
949 |
|
| Helen Griffith |
Grn |
265 |
9.0% |
| Mohammed Qureshi |
C |
235 |
8.0% |
| Joan Devine |
C |
226 |
|
| Maureen Measure |
Grn |
218 |
|
| Derek Pryor |
C |
191 |
|
| William Measure |
Grn |
167 |
|
| Thomas Taylor |
SocAll |
163 |
5.6% |
| Lesley Finlayson |
C |
1396 |
45.8% |
| Matthew Davis |
C |
1380 |
|
| Timothy Croot |
C |
1355 |
|
| John Beanse |
LD |
1122 |
36.8% |
| Mark Speed |
LD |
1081 |
|
| Keith Wenden |
LD |
1037 |
|
| Yasmin Nicholson-St Hill |
Lab |
529 |
17.4% |
| Mohammed Khan |
Lab |
496 |
|
| Muhammed Rachyal |
Lab |
464 |
|
| Marion Fitzgerald |
C |
1756 |
54.8% |
| Geoffrey Walker |
C |
1664 |
|
| Laurie Braham |
C |
1624 |
|
| Claire Irvine |
Lab |
855 |
26.7% |
| Gerard Lyons |
Lab |
833 |
|
| Margaret Sorungbe |
Lab |
725 |
|
| David Young |
LD |
348 |
10.9% |
| Janel Hoskins |
LD |
323 |
|
| Jane Morgan |
LD |
278 |
|
| Robert Tatam |
Grn |
244 |
7.6% |
| David Blunt |
Lab |
1654 |
42.8% |
| Simon Wright |
Lab |
1593 |
|
| Narinder Matharoo |
Lab |
1436 |
|
| Robert Wheatley |
LD |
1393 |
36.0% |
| Mohammad Diwan |
LD |
1331 |
|
| Franklyn Georges |
LD |
1221 |
|
| Gary Lancet |
Grn |
405 |
10.5% |
| Muhammad Shabbir |
C |
282 |
7.3% |
| Atta Yunis |
C |
257 |
|
| Imran Ulhaq |
C |
229 |
|
| Anne Kruthoffer |
CPGB |
131 |
3.4% |
| Peter Dunphy |
LD |
1246 |
47.7% |
| Peter Woollcott |
LD |
1231 |
|
| Sean Meiszner |
LD |
1184 |
|
| Peter Barnett |
Lab |
1101 |
42.1% |
| Geraldine Reardon |
Lab |
1041 |
|
| Marcia Douet |
Lab |
1028 |
|
| Clive Alexander |
C |
266 |
10.2% |
| Darlinton Greenaway |
C |
240 |
|
| Laurance Wedderburn |
C |
224 |
|
| Sylvia Poulsen |
Lab |
1143 |
41.5% |
| Mohammed Nasim |
Lab |
1114 |
|
| Eric Sizer |
Lab |
1105 |
|
| Ashgar Ali |
C |
559 |
20.3% |
| Brian Clarke |
C |
529 |
|
| Mohammad Malik |
C |
507 |
|
| Stephen Lambert |
Grn |
463 |
16.8% |
| Morwenna Blewett |
LD |
443 |
16.1% |
| Frank Blewett |
LD |
408 |
|
| Richard Burkett |
Grn |
404 |
|
| Elena Sproston |
Grn |
382 |
|
| Michael Harkin |
LD |
373 |
|
| Cecilia Prosper |
SocAll |
148 |
5.4% |
| Kathleen Gosling |
C |
1670 |
63.0% |
| John Walter |
C |
1639 |
|
| Eric Williams |
C |
1601 |
|
| Carolyn Brown |
Lab |
595 |
22.4% |
| John Brown |
Lab |
587 |
|
| Gillian Leadbetter |
Lab |
562 |
|
| Cynthia Wenden |
LD |
386 |
14.6% |
| Geraldine McElarney |
LD |
376 |
|
| Graham Woolnough |
LD |
366 |
|
| Anthony Buckley |
Lab |
1207 |
51.9% |
| Masood Ahmad |
Lab |
1126 |
|
| Stella Creasy |
Lab |
1110 |
|
| Kay-Lorraine Andrews |
LD |
536 |
23.0% |
| Mohammad Riaz |
C |
463 |
19.9% |
| Mohammed Bhatti |
C |
445 |
|
| Muhammed Shah |
C |
436 |
|
| Ellen Sowle |
LD |
427 |
|
| Dave Raval |
LD |
356 |
|
| Terry Calvert |
SocAll |
120 |
5.2% |
| Loretta Hodges |
LD |
1593 |
60.1% |
| Robert Sullivan |
LD |
1552 |
|
| Barry Smith |
LD |
1494 |
|
| Grace Chambers |
Lab |
883 |
33.3% |
| Crispin St Hill |
Lab |
836 |
|
| Nicholas Russell |
Lab |
806 |
|
| Peter Smith |
C |
174 |
6.6% |
| Janet James |
C |
167 |
|
| Roger Wheeler |
C |
119 |
|
| Jennifer Gray |
Lab |
1173 |
38.4% |
| Ian Leslie |
Lab |
1154 |
|
| Clyde Loakes |
Lab |
1106 |
|
| Nazir Butt |
LD |
1027 |
33.7% |
| Jonathan Fryer |
LD |
1014 |
|
| John Howard |
LD |
1010 |
|
| Mark Dawes |
Grn |
450 |
14.7% |
| Patricia Scott |
C |
226 |
7.4% |
| Carol Johns |
C |
217 |
|
| David Vinicombe |
C |
203 |
|
| Susan Catten |
SocAll |
176 |
5.8% |
| Diana Murray |
Lab |
994 |
39.0% |
| Tahir Kamal |
Lab |
934 |
|
| Graham Smith |
Lab |
908 |
|
| Meharban Hussain |
C |
547 |
21.5% |
| Yasin Khan |
C |
527 |
|
| Aftab Iqbal |
C |
508 |
|
| Judith Stubbings |
Grn |
416 |
16.3% |
| Peter Hatton |
LD |
413 |
16.2% |
| Jeremy Dauncey |
LD |
390 |
|
| Louise Thompson |
SocAlt |
177 |
6.9% |
| Suzanne Muna |
SocAlt |
172 |
|
| Kevin Parslow |
SocAlt |
137 |
|
| John Gover |
C |
1570 |
54.3% |
| Alan Siggers |
C |
1527 |
|
| David Divine |
C |
1521 |
|
| Margaret Broadley |
Lab |
987 |
34.1% |
| Aktar Beg |
Lab |
886 |
|
| Gary Martin |
Lab |
853 |
|
| Barbara Young |
LD |
334 |
11.6% |
| Keith Hardy |
LD |
329 |
|
| Shahnaz Rashid |
LD |
271 |
|
| Martin O'Connor |
Lab |
1326 |
50.6% |
| Liaquat Ali |
Lab |
1285 |
|
| John Wilson |
Lab |
1256 |
|
| Jacqueline Tidmarsh |
LD |
648 |
24.7% |
| Richard Tidmarsh |
LD |
554 |
|
| Aym Wadud |
LD |
505 |
|
| Rachel Bettelley |
C |
391 |
14.9% |
| John Moss |
C |
363 |
|
| Kabir Sabar |
C |
303 |
|
| Lee Rock |
SocAll |
256 |
9.8% |
| Angela Bean |
Lab |
1361 |
42.8% |
| Paul Devaney |
Lab |
1230 |
|
| Richard Sweden |
Lab |
1187 |
|
| Paula Claytonsmith |
LD |
1021 |
32.1% |
| Lindsay Collier |
LD |
988 |
|
| Mashoodul Qureshi |
LD |
977 |
|
| Camille Alexander |
C |
465 |
14.6% |
| Jemma Hemsted |
C |
414 |
|
| Jude Lobendhan |
C |
401 |
|
| Timothy Baker |
Grn |
240 |
7.5% |
| Christine Olende |
Grn |
228 |
|
| Sallie Poppleton |
Grn |
210 |
|
| Brenda Strudwick |
SocAll |
95 |
3.0% |
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