Squirrels Heath (ward)
| Squirrels Heath | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council | |
 Squirrels Heath ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Havering |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 15,517 (2021)[a] |
| Electorate | 11,623 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Ardleigh Green and Gidea Park |
| Area | 2.924 square kilometres (1.129 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 2002 |
| Number of members | 3 |
| Councillors |
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| GSS code | E05013985 (2022–present) |
Squirrels Heath (from 2002 to 2022 Squirrel's Heath) is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Havering London Borough Council.
List of councillors
| Term | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2007 | Edward Cahill | Conservative | |
| 2002–2014 | Eric Munday | Conservative | |
| 2002–present | Michael White | Conservative | |
| 2007–2014 | Lynden Thorpe | Conservative | |
| 2014–2022 | Melvin Wallace | Conservative | |
| 2014–2022 | Damian White | Conservative | |
| 2022–present | Christine Vickery[b] | Conservative | |
| Reform | |||
| 2022–present | Keith Prince[c] | Conservative | |
| Reform | |||
Havering council elections since 2022
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2022.
2022 election
The election took place on 5 May 2022.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christine Vickery | 2,383 | 54.4 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Prince | 2,331 | 53.2 | ||
| Conservative | Michael White | 2,295 | 52.4 | ||
| Residents | Karen Bryan | 1,124 | 25.7 | ||
| Residents | Robert Perry | 967 | 22.1 | ||
| Residents | Colin Rushworth | 897 | 20.5 | ||
| Labour | Mary Burke | 871 | 19.9 | ||
| Labour | Nigel Meyer | 741 | 16.9 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Purnell | 714 | 16.3 | ||
| Independent | Melvin Wallace | 237 | 5.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Clarke | 235 | 5.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Hibbs-Brown | 184 | 4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Stafford | 161 | 3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 38.54% | ||||
| Majority | 1,171 | 26.7 | |||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Conservative win (new boundaries) | |||||
2002–2022 Havering council elections
Squirrel's Heath ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
2018 election
The election took place on 3 May 2018.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Melvin Wallace | 2,507 | 67.5 | ||
| Conservative | Michael White | 2,409 | 64.9 | ||
| Conservative | Damian White | 2,392 | 64.4 | ||
| Labour | Joseph MacVeigh | 801 | 21.6 | ||
| Labour | Sophia Mousoulides | 793 | 21.4 | ||
| Labour | John McCole | 751 | 20.2 | ||
| Green | Victoria Wiseman | 519 | 14.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Madge Mulliner | 337 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 35.27 | ||||
| Majority | 1,591 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
The election took place on 22 May 2014.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Melvin Wallace | 2,147 | |||
| Conservative | Damian White | 2,057 | |||
| Conservative | Michael White | 2,015 | |||
| UKIP | Eric Munday | 1,299 | |||
| UKIP | Lynden Thorpe | 1,291 | |||
| UKIP | Jacqueline Walsh | 1,289 | |||
| Labour | Florence Brindley | 603 | |||
| Labour | Joseph Macveigh | 564 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Quinn | 545 | |||
| Residents | Raymond Coomer | 431 | |||
| Residents | Isabelle Alexander | 401 | |||
| Residents | David Godwin | 311 | |||
| Green | Michael Hughes | 255 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Madge Mulliner | 103 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2010 election
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lynden Thorpe | 4,081 | |||
| Conservative | Eric Munday | 4,021 | |||
| Conservative | Michael White | 3,699 | |||
| Labour | Anne-Marie Ducker | 1,292 | |||
| Labour | Craig Bourne | 1,241 | |||
| Residents | John Shrimpton | 1,113 | |||
| Residents | Ann Webster | 1,112 | |||
| Labour | Olanipe Fayokun | 1,101 | |||
| Residents | Colin Maston | 1,046 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2007 by-election
The by-election took place on 23 August 2007, following the death of Edward Cahill.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lynden Thorpe | 1,828 | |||
| Residents | Denis Stevens | 310 | |||
| Labour | Peter Mcinerney | 210 | |||
| Liberal | Gregory Campbell | 170 | |||
| UKIP | Terry Murray | 134 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2006 election
The election took place on 4 May 2006.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Cahill | 2,614 | 64.5 | ||
| Conservative | Eric Munday | 2,487 | |||
| Conservative | Michael White | 2,423 | |||
| Residents | John Shrimpton | 512 | 12.6 | ||
| Residents | Colin Maston | 486 | |||
| Residents | Timothy Williams | 474 | |||
| Labour | Eric Lovett | 440 | 10.9 | ||
| Labour | Vineet Gupta | 414 | |||
| Labour | Harry Webb | 401 | |||
| UKIP | Robert Gracie | 270 | 6.7 | ||
| Independent | Gregory Campbell | 215 | 5.3 | ||
| Independent | Ann Kent | 157 | |||
| Independent | Susan Francis | 130 | |||
| Turnout | 39.1 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2002 election
The election took place on 2 May 2002.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward Cahill | 2,993 | |||
| Conservative | Eric Munday | 2,965 | |||
| Conservative | Michael White | 2,917 | |||
| Labour | David Harding | 836 | |||
| Labour | Neil Brindley | 817 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Jaques | 803 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Taylor | 593 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Turner | 584 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Spence | 535 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
References
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