1994 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

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1994 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
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All 57 seats up for election to Waltham Forest London Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
Registered160,833[1]
Turnout71,808, 44.65%[1] (Decrease 6.16)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Huw Morgan-Thomas Unknown Unknown
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader since 1994 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat Leytonstone Unknown Unknown
Last election 30 seats, 38.84% 16 seats, 34.74% 11 seats, 23.60%
Seats before 30 16 11
Seats won 27 16 14
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady Increase 3
Popular vote 81,960 44,677 61,225
Percentage 42.83% 23.34% 31.99%
Swing Increase 3.99 Decrease 11.40 Increase 8.39
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


No Overall Control

The 1994 Waltham Forest Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went into no overall control.[2]

Background

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Election result

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Waltham Forest local election result 1994[3][4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 27 1 4 Decrease 3 47.37 42.83 81,960 Increase 3.99
  Conservative 16 0 0 Steady 28.07 23.34 44,677 Decrease11.40
  Liberal Democrats 14 4 1 Increase 3 24.56 31.99 61,225 Increase 8.39
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 1.07 2,051 Decrease 1.35
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.55 1,050 Increase 0.47
  Militant Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.22 423 New
Total 57 191,386

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an Incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate who is standing in a different ward

Cann Hall

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Cann Hall (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clyde Kitson* 2,081 53.89 Increase 1.95
Liberal Democrats Keith Rayner* 1,962
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Phillips 1,925
Labour Rita O'Reilly 1,578 40.83 Decrease 0.39
Labour Marcel Bhugon 1,483
Labour Simon Tucker 1,461
Conservative Thomas Kelly 255 5.28 Decrease 1.56
Conservative Roger Hemsted 170
Conservative Brian Walker 159
Registered electors 7,805 Decrease 23
Turnout 3,895 49.90 Decrease 3.31
Rejected ballots 3 0.08 Decrease 0.04
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cathall

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Cathall (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liza Cragg 2,005 65.66 Increase 4.36
Labour David Lee* 1,936
Labour Terence Wheeler* 1,871
Liberal Democrats Huw Jenkins 483 15.76 Increase 3.50
Liberal Democrats Peter Mason 471
Liberal Democrats Angela Wait 442
Conservative Maureen Chambers 331 10.44 Decrease 3.86
Conservative Peter Chambers 316
Conservative Sylvia Herrington 277
Independent Thomas Jones 240 8.14 New
Registered electors 8,166 Decrease 114
Turnout 2,994 36.66 Decrease 4.92
Rejected ballots 9 0.30 Increase 0.13
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Chapel End

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Chapel End (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Belam* 2,103 52.41 Increase14.66
Liberal Democrats Patricia Atherton 2,052
Liberal Democrats Graham Woolnough* 1,970
Labour Jack Kaye 1,095 26.13 Increase 3.28
Labour Sylbert Rudder 992
Labour Rukhsana Khan 967
Conservative David Angus 688 16.35 Decrease15.72
Conservative Michael Caplan 618
Conservative Philippa Stone 604
Green Richard Burkett 199 5.11 Decrease 2.22
Registered electors 7,917 Decrease 307
Turnout 3,973 50.18 Decrease 5.64
Rejected ballots 3 0.08 Increase 0.04
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Chingford Green

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Chingford Green (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Arnold* 2,121 50.02 Decrease 8.05
Conservative Michael Fish* 2,078
Conservative Michael Lewis* 1,988
Liberal Democrats John Beanse 1,295 29.04 Increase 7.00
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Coates 1,229
Liberal Democrats Monica Phemister 1,068
Labour Jill Daines 754 18.03 Increase 5.63
Labour Beryl Eccleston 742
Labour Elizabeth Lee 732
Independent Christine Johns 120 2.91 Increase 2.31
Registered electors 9,037 Increase 162
Turnout 4,315 47.75 Decrease11.16
Rejected ballots 3 0.07 Decrease 0.04
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Endlebury

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Endlebury (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mladen Jovcic* 1,584 57.64 Decrease 9.12
Conservative Waldemar Neilson-Hansen* 1,419
Liberal Democrats Kathleen Mudie 607 22.98 Increase10.28
Liberal Democrats William Goss 590
Labour Paul Connell 518 19.38 Increase 6.53
Labour Yasmin Beg 492
Registered electors 6,254 Decrease 10
Turnout 2,773 44.34 Decrease10.83
Rejected ballots 7 0.25 Increase 0.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Forest

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Forest (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Rahman†[n 1] 1,818 47.86 Increase 8.59
Labour Kabal Dhillon 1,768
Labour Denise Liunberg* 1,768
Liberal Democrats Patrick Smith 1,685 44.93 Increase 6.04
Liberal Democrats Juliet Strachan 1,681
Liberal Democrats James Tynan 1,662
Conservative Jahn Baksh 287 7.21 Decrease 7.31
Conservative Fiore Hampstead 260
Conservative Martyn Hempsted 260
Registered electors 7,903 Decrease 207
Turnout 4,019 50.85 Increase 0.65
Rejected ballots 11 0.27 Increase 0.02
Labour hold
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour hold

Grove Green

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Grove Green (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tarsem Bhogal* 1,868 55.10 Increase 6.99
Labour Andrew Lock 1,818
Labour Paul Redcliffe* 1,807
Liberal Democrats Paul Mason 900 26.00 Decrease 3.32
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Morton 880
Liberal Democrats Sydney Morton 811
Conservative Mohammed Ishaq 419 10.71 Decrease 3.35
Conservative Gillian Hemsted 339
Conservative Kathleenn Smith 311
Green Maureen Measure 272 8.19 Decrease 0.32
Registered electors 7,991 Decrease 240
Turnout 3,408 42.65 Decrease 7.60
Rejected ballots 6 0.18 Decrease 0.01
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hale End

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Hale End (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Finlayson* 1,065 37.32 Decrease17.64
Conservative Douglas Norman* 1,053
Liberal Democrats James O'Rourke 876 30.58 Increase19.87
Liberal Democrats Ian Paterson 860
Labour Jean Black 702 24.70 Increase 1.58
Labour Patrick Hart 699
Green Robert Tatam 210 7.40 Decrease 3.81
Registered electors 5,356 Decrease 155
Turnout 2,866 53.51 Decrease 4.30
Rejected ballots 2 0.07 Decrease 0.09
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hatch Lane

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Hatch Lane (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Watts* 1,655 48.41 Decrease 5.49
Conservative Laurie Braham* 1,652
Conservative Geoffrey Walker 1,627
Labour Christopher Duran 1,017 28.93 Increase 2.96
Labour Donald Henry 1,012
Labour Sagar Sehgal 920
Liberal Democrats Joan Carder 790 22.66 Increase11.03
Liberal Democrats Edna Harper 769
Liberal Democrats Michael Foulds 750
Registered electors 8,291 Decrease 291
Turnout 3,681 44.40 Decrease 9.35
Rejected ballots 7 0.19 Increase 0.06
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

High Street

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High Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Liaquat Ali 1,876 54.02 Increase 7.02
Labour Jennifer Williams 1,808
Labour Aktar Beg* 1,722
Liberal Democrats Peter Hatton 1,030 30.46 Increase 8.75
Liberal Democrats Peter Woollcott 1,024
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Mir 995
Conservative Janice Guest 552 15.53 Decrease13.73
Conservative Anthony O'Connor 524
Conservative Anne Havelock-Lipman 478
Registered electors 8,098 Increase 16
Turnout 3,626 44.78 Decrease 6.05
Rejected ballots 8 0.22 Increase 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Higham Hill

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Higham Hill (2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Wheatley 1,665 66.76 Increase 8.43
Liberal Democrats Robert Carey* 1,596
Labour Kazim Altan 647 25.13 Decrease 0.82
Labour Amarjit Devgun 581
Conservative Albert Read 209 8.11 Decrease 7.61
Conservative Nazir Khiljee 187
Registered electors 5,038 Increase 39
Turnout 2,547 50.56 Decrease 4.33
Rejected ballots 5 0.20 Increase 0.09
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hoe Street

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Hoe Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sylvia Poulsen* 2,088 52.51 Increase 2.33
Labour Mohammed Nasim 2,081
Labour Eric Sizer* 2,079
Conservative Ashgar Ali 896 20.32 Decrease 5.14
Conservative David Richards 795
Conservative Mushtaq Sheikh 726
Liberal Democrats Michael Harkin 618 15.30 Increase 5.90
Liberal Democrats Frank Blewett 615
Liberal Democrats Anthony Long 588
Green Stephen Lambert 471 11.87 Decrease 1.10
Registered electors 9,246 Increase 202
Turnout 4,069 44.01 Decrease 6.10
Rejected ballots 10 0.25 Increase 0.03
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Larkswood

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Larkswood (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walter 2,013 51.25 Decrease 8.44
Conservative Eric Williams* 1,948
Conservative Michael Thompson 1,932
Labour Carolyn Brown 1,134 28.34 Increase 7.61
Labour Patricia Evans 1,132
Labour Evelyn Wilson 991
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Bird 797 20.41 Increase 9.68
Liberal Democrats Violet Wells 791
Liberal Democrats Keith Wenden 759
Registered electors 9,841 Increase 95
Turnout 4,214 42.82 Decrease 9.39
Rejected ballots 13 0.31 Increase 0.27
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lea Bridge

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Lea Bridge (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Buckley 1,865 62.86 Increase 9.64
Labour Sarah Buckley 1,848
Labour Meher Khan* 1,714
Conservative Bashir Chaudhry 599 18.45 Decrease10.63
Conservative John Goodman 545
Liberal Democrats Jeniffer Sullivan 492 15.46 Increase 1.77
Conservative John Penrose 450
Liberal Democrats Mariette Mason 447
Liberal Democrats Caroline Tynan 396
Independent Francis Owusu 93 3.23 Decrease 0.78
Registered electors 8,141 Decrease 75
Turnout 3,080 37.83 Decrease 6.84
Rejected ballots 10 0.32 Increase 0.07
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Leyton

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Leyton (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Sullivan* 2,081 52.63 Increase 6.25
Liberal Democrats Loretta Hodges 1,981
Liberal Democrats Charles Tuckey 1,893
Labour Denis Gray* 1,874 47.36 Increase 2.72
Labour Sajid Ramzan 1,748
Labour Crispin St Hill 1,735
Registered electors 8,344 Decrease 40
Turnout 4,065 48.72 Decrease 1.60
Rejected ballots 12 0.30 Increase 0.06
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Leytonstone

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Leytonstone (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Gray*[n 2] 1,801 51.55 Decrease 2.50
Labour Huw Morgan-Thomas* 1,790
Labour Chris Brind 1,737
Liberal Democrats Grace Chandler 881 24.83 Increase14.89
Liberal Democrats John Howard 853
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Toull 832
Conservative Mohmedhanif Bagas 627 13.61 Decrease 8.56
Conservative Geoffrey Carr 401
Conservative Raymond Luker 379
Green William Measure 345 10.01 Decrease 3.84
Registered electors 8,254 Increase 30
Turnout 3,538 42.86 Decrease 3.76
Rejected ballots 8 0.23 Increase 0.07
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Lloyd Park

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Lloyd Park (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Evan Jones* 1,750 49.81 Increase 7.76
Labour John Pearson* 1,624
Labour Narinder Matharoo* 1,430
Conservative Susan Webb 720 19.40 Decrease15.26
Liberal Democrats Eric Tidmarsh 665 19.84 Increase 8.18
Liberal Democrats Stanley Forecast 632
Liberal Democrats Patricia Tidmarsh 616
Conservative Khalid Bhatti 580
Conservative Mustak Banglawala 571
Independent David Bracegirdle 352 10.95 New
Registered electors 8,257 Increase 6
Turnout 3,373 40.85 Decrease 9.57
Rejected ballots 5 0.15 Steady
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St James Street

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St James Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Murray 1,925 44.98 Decrease 0.45
Labour Mohammad Khan 1,779
Labour Mohsin Beg 1,741
Conservative Iris Bishop 776 18.75 Decrease 7.20
Conservative David Webb 748
Conservative Saleem Khan 746
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Tidmarsh 515 11.76 Increase 1.72
Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy 485
Liberal Democrats Richard Tidmarsh 424
Militant Labour Louise Thompson 423 10.48 New
Green Lisa Nolan 321 7.96 Decrease 7.05
Independent Ali Abbasi 245 6.07 New
Registered electors 9,719 Decrease 13
Turnout 3,777 38.86 Decrease 3.60
Rejected ballots 5 0.13 Decrease 0.04
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Valley

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Valley (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gover 1,351 43.02 Decrease20.23
Conservative Nial Finlayson 1,350
Conservative Jeremy Evans* 1,339
Labour Ruth Carroll 916 28.22 Increase 4.03
Labour Stephen Garrett 871
Labour Ian Etherington 863
Liberal Democrats Henry Boyle 707 21.32 Increase 8.76
Liberal Democrats Mary Phillips 663
Liberal Democrats Jolyon Walker 632
Green John Baguley 233 7.44 New
Registered electors 8,395 Decrease 16
Turnout 3,223 38.39 Decrease10.61
Rejected ballots 8 0.25 Decrease 0.02
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wood Street

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Wood Street (3)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Leighton 1,957 45.62 Increase16.25
Liberal Democrats Neal Chubb 1,877
Liberal Democrats Sean Meiszner 1,776
Labour William Anstey* 1,740 40.56 Increase 2.25
Labour Peter Dawe 1,651
Labour William Shepherd* 1,596
Conservative Robert Brock 588 13.82 Decrease18.50
Conservative Mohammed Sheikh 565
Conservative Denis Sullivan 546
Registered electors 8,780 Increase 500
Turnout 4,372 49.79 Increase 8.21
Rejected ballots 3 0.07 Decrease 0.10
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Notes

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  1. ^ Rahman was a sitting councillor representing the High Street ward
  2. ^ Gray replaced Cllr Patrick Haynes after his resignation in 1992[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Minors, Michael; Grenham, Denis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 2024" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 172–175, 218–219. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Waltham Forest Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis; Vaid, Lovedeep. "London Borough Council By-elections - May 1990 to May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2024.