2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election

The 2018 election for Redbridge London Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018, the same day as for other London Boroughs. All 63 seats were up for election, with new ward boundaries in place. The Labour Party retained control of the council with an increased majority, taking 81% of the seats.

2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election
← 2014 3 May 2018 2022 →

All 63 seats to Redbridge Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jas Athwal Paul Canal
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 35 seats, 46.9% 25 seats, 34.2%
Seats before 38 25
Seats won 51 12
Seat change Increase13* Decrease13*
Popular vote 127,484 77,055
Percentage 58.4% 35.3%
Swing Increase11.5% Increase1.1%

Map of the results of the 2018 Redbridge council election. Conservatives in blue, and Labour in red.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

Election Result edit

Redbridge Council election result 2018[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 51   16 81.0 58.4 127,484   11.5
  Conservative 12   13 19.0 35.3 77,055   1.1
  Liberal Democrats 0   3 0.0 3.7 8,110   5.6
  Green 0 0 0.0 1.6 3,455   0.4
  Independent 0 0 0.0 0.7 1,636   1.6
  Redbridge Trade Union Party 0 0 0.0 0.3 623 New

The election was fought on new ward boundaries. The Labour Party won 51 seats (up 16 from 2014), the Conservatives won 12 (down 13 from 2014). Three Lib Dem councillors were elected in 2014, but none in 2018.[2] Due to the boundary changes, the BBC calculated 'notional' seat changes of +13 for Labour and -13 for the Conservatives.[3]

Ward Results edit

Aldborough edit

Aldborough (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Howard* 2,505 63.08 N/A
Labour Debbie Kaur-Thiara* 2,408 60.64 N/A
Labour Jyotsna Islam 2,146 54.04 N/A
Conservative Alicja Borkowska 1,145 28.83 N/A
Conservative Kash Akram 1,130 28.46 N/A
Conservative Gary Sukhija 990 24.93 N/A
Redbridge Trade Union Party Andy Walker 623 15.69 N/A
Turnout 3,971 39.29
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Barkingside edit

Barkingside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Garfield 2,457 52.75 N/A
Labour Martin Sachs 2,365 50.77 N/A
Labour Mohammed Noor 2,255 48.41 N/A
Conservative Ashley Kissin* 1,984 42.59 N/A
Conservative Melvyn Marks 1,879 40.34 N/A
Conservative Karen Packer* 1,876 40.27 N/A
Green Deborah Fink 385 8.27 N/A
Turnout 4,658 44.32
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bridge edit

Bridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Canal* 1,735 49.30 N/A
Conservative Anita Boateng 1,714 48.71 N/A
Conservative Robin Turbefield* 1,605 45.61 N/A
Labour Lloyd Duddridge* 1,593 45.27 N/A
Labour Guy Williams 1,552 44.10 N/A
Labour Ellie Taylor 1,470 41.77 N/A
Green David Reynolds 456 12.96 N/A
Turnout 3,519 36.19
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Note: Turbefield subsequently defected to Reform UK.

Chadwell edit

Chadwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bert Jones* 2,279 61.81 N/A
Labour Hannah Chaudhry 2,183 59.21 N/A
Labour Anne Sachs* 2,057 55.79 N/A
Conservative Simon Hearn 997 27.04 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Uddin 887 24.06 N/A
Conservative Diana Danescu 874 23.70 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gary Staight 350 9.49 N/A
Green John Tyne 350 9.49 N/A
Turnout 3,687 34.04
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Churchfields edit

Churchfields (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Adams 1,832 39.02 N/A
Conservative Clark Vasey 1,817 38.70 N/A
Labour Rosa Gomez 1,766 37.61 N/A
Conservative Alex Wilson 1,756 37.40 N/A
Labour Wendy Taylor 1,552 33.06 N/A
Labour Chowdhury Rahman 1,470 31.31 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gwyneth Deakins* 1,163 24.77 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff 1,102 23.47 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Daykin 960 20.45 N/A
Turnout 4,695 43.22
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clayhall edit

Clayhall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurdial Bhamra* 2,700 55.95 N/A
Labour Sunita Bhamra 2,588 53.63 N/A
Labour Mohammed Uddin 2,485 51.49 N/A
Conservative Pranav Bhanot 2,020 41.86 N/A
Conservative Robert Cole* 1,782 36.92 N/A
Conservative Alan Weinberg* 1,704 35.31 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ash Holder 204 4.23 N/A
Turnout 4,826 48.63
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Clementswood edit

Clementswood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Coomb 2,378* 79.59 N/A
Labour Muhammed Javed 2,278* 76.24 N/A
Labour Zulfiqar Hussain 2,245* 75.13 N/A
Conservative Matthew Cole 471 15.76 N/A
Conservative Christopher Cummins* 443 14.83 N/A
Conservative Christopher Holmes 427 14.29 N/A
Turnout 2,988 33.28
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cranbrook edit

Cranbrook (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chaudhary Ahmed* 2,350 60.26 N/A
Labour Syeda Ali 2,218 56.87 N/A
Labour Varinder Singh Bola* 2,089 53.56 N/A
Conservative Matthew Chaudhary* 1,711 43.87 N/A
Conservative David Rome 1,298 33.28 N/A
Conservative Richard Firmstone 1,297 33.26 N/A
Turnout 3,900 41.77
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Fairlop edit

Fairlop (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Berlin 2,044 55.51 N/A
Conservative Joyce Ryan* 2,011 54.62 N/A
Conservative Ruth Clark 1,948 52.91 N/A
Labour Bob Chattaway 1,462 39.71 N/A
Labour Nirojan Raveendralingam 1,303 35.39 N/A
Labour Kris Sangani 1,232 33.46 N/A
Liberal Democrats Joel Winston 256 6.95 N/A
Turnout 3,682 37.22
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fulwell edit

Fulwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vanisha Solanki 2,432 54.76 N/A
Labour Sham Islam 2,212 49.81 N/A
Labour Sadiq Kothia 2,129 47.94 N/A
Conservative Sanjib Bhattacharjee 1,682 37.87 N/A
Conservative Jeevah Haran* 1,673 37.67 N/A
Conservative Wesley Manta 1,499 33.75 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dominic Black 443 9.98 N/A
Turnout 4,441 40.55
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Goodmayes edit

Goodmayes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Namreen Chaudhry 2,422 74.09 N/A
Labour Kam Rai* 2,329 71.25 N/A
Labour Neil Zammett* 2,260 69.13 N/A
Conservative Maureen Patricia 696 21.29 N/A
Conservative Alice Pastides 658 20.13 N/A
Conservative Rash Mahal 650 19.88 N/A
Turnout 3,269 32.90
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hainault edit

Hainault (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Emmett* 1,905 54.76 N/A
Labour Mark Santos* 1,815 52.17 N/A
Labour Joe Hehir* 1,744 50.13 N/A
Conservative Sam Chapman 1,593 45.79 N/A
Conservative John Kissane 1,412 40.59 N/A
Conservative James Pepe 1,394 40.07 N/A
Turnout 3,479 35.38
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ilford Town edit

Ilford Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Syeda Ahmed 1,546 73.27 N/A
Labour Shoaib Patel 1,518 71.94 N/A
Independent Meenakshi Sharma 429 20.33 N/A
Conservative Mona Ahsan 224 10.62 N/A
Conservative Olakunle Olaifa 162 7.68 N/A
Turnout 2,110 35.77
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Loxford edit

Loxford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chaudhary Iqbal 2,128 75.92 N/A
Labour Saira Jamil 2,101 74.96 N/A
Labour Taifur Rashid* 1,993 71.10 N/A
Conservative Lucy Bostick 434 15.48 N/A
Conservative Hasnain Ahmed 431 15.38 N/A
Conservative Michael Speakman 425 15.16 N/A
Green Syed Ali 244 8.70 N/A
Turnout 2,803 31.74
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Mayfield edit

Mayfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jas Athwal* 2,717 76.11 N/A
Labour Kay Flint* 2,602 72.89 N/A
Labour Ayodhiya Parkash* 2,523 70.67 N/A
Conservative Wilson Chowdhry 774 21.68 N/A
Conservative Stuart Halstead 761 21.32 N/A
Conservative Zeb Quddos 619 17.34 N/A
Turnout 3,570 35.13
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Monkhams edit

Monkhams (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Linda Huggett* 2,140 69.37 N/A
Conservative Michael Stark* 2,050 66.45 N/A
Labour Catherine Rowan 579 18.77 N/A
Labour Tareq Chowdhury 561 18.18 N/A
Liberal Democrats Claire Hunt 361 11.70 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Teahan 306 9.92 N/A
Turnout 3,085 42.14
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Newbury edit

Newbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thavathuray Jeyaranjan* 2,280 57.90 N/A
Labour Dev Sharma* 2,246 57.03 N/A
Labour Elaine Norman* 2,230 56.63 N/A
Conservative Afsor Hussain 1,235 31.36 N/A
Conservative Greta Rene 973 24.71 N/A
Conservative Baldev Bains 887 22.52 N/A
Independent David Stephens 484 12.29 N/A
Independent Amritpal Gill 254 6.45 N/A
Turnout 3,938 41.03
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Seven Kings edit

Seven Kings (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Bellwood* 2,630 77.58 N/A
Labour Bob Littlewood* 2,508 73.98 N/A
Labour Sareena Sanger 2,441 72.01 N/A
Conservative Mosheraf Ashraf 706 20.83 N/A
Conservative Thor Halland 586 17.29 N/A
Conservative Shirley Mensah 575 16.96 N/A
Turnout 3,390 35.00
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

South Woodford edit

South Woodford (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suzanne Nolan* 1,554 38.74 N/A
Conservative Michael Duffell 1,533 38.22 N/A
Labour Beverley Brewer 1,532 38.19 N/A
Conservative Joel Herga 1,508 37.60 N/A
Labour Greg Eglin 1,439 35.88 N/A
Labour Mark Walker 1,382 34.46 N/A
Liberal Democrats Natalie Darby 709 17.68 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Emsley 613 15.28 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nat Pabla 579 14.44 N/A
Green Lee Burkwood 355 8.85 N/A
Green Ashley Gunstock 339 8.45 N/A
Green Barry Cooper 255 6.36 N/A
Turnout 4,011 43.55
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Valentines edit

Valentines (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ross Hatfull* 2,317 72.18 N/A
Labour Khayer Chowdhury* 2,267 70.62 N/A
Labour Farah Hussain* 2,105 65.58 N/A
Conservative Andrew Francis 739 23.02 N/A
Conservative George Dunkley 645 20.09 N/A
Conservative Unditi Shubhaker 421 13.12 N/A
Independent Barrymore Scotland 258 8.04 N/A
Independent Max Reid 211 6.57 N/A
Turnout 3,210 31.60
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wanstead Park edit

Wanstead Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Bain* 1,766 60.07 N/A
Labour Paul Merry* 1,641 55.82 N/A
Conservative Pat Bennett 976 33.20 N/A
Conservative Richard Kays 919 31.26 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pallet 322 10.95 N/A
Turnout 2,940 48.27
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wanstead Village edit

Wanstead Village (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Blackman 2,009 46.33 N/A
Labour Paul Donovan 1,935 44.63 N/A
Labour Daniel Morgan-Thomas 1,764 40.68 N/A
Conservative Scott Wilding 1,754 40.45 N/A
Conservative Michelle Dunn* 1,707 39.37 N/A
Conservative Steve Wilks 1,683 38.81 N/A
Green Elisabeth Williams 477 11.00 N/A
Liberal Democrats Crispin Acton 393 9.06 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Bruck 349 8.05 N/A
Green Tony Csoka 301 6.94 N/A
Green Cedric Knight 293 6.76 N/A
Turnout 4,336 44.50
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References edit

  1. ^ "Redbridge - Election Results".
  2. ^ Ilford Recorder: "Redbridge Labour win a massive 51 seats in the 2018 local elections" PUBLISHED: 10:12 04 May 2018
  3. ^ "Redbridge London Borough Council".