1994 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
5 May 1994
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| Registered | 160,833[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 71,808, 44.65%[1] ( 6.16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 27 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 47.37 | 42.83 | 81,960 | 3.99 | |
| Conservative | 16 | 0 | 0 | 28.07 | 23.34 | 44,677 | 11.40 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24.56 | 31.99 | 61,225 | 8.39 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.07 | 2,051 | 1.35 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 1,050 | 0.47 | ||
| Militant Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 423 | New | ||
| Total | 57 | 191,386 | |||||||
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an Incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate who is standing in a different ward
Cann Hall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Clyde Kitson* | 2,081 | 53.89 | 1.95 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Rayner* | 1,962 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Phillips | 1,925 | |||
| Labour | Rita O'Reilly | 1,578 | 40.83 | 0.39 | |
| Labour | Marcel Bhugon | 1,483 | |||
| Labour | Simon Tucker | 1,461 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Kelly | 255 | 5.28 | 1.56 | |
| Conservative | Roger Hemsted | 170 | |||
| Conservative | Brian Walker | 159 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,805 | 23 | |||
| Turnout | 3,895 | 49.90 | 3.31 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.08 | 0.04 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Cathall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Liza Cragg | 2,005 | 65.66 | 4.36 | |
| Labour | David Lee* | 1,936 | |||
| Labour | Terence Wheeler* | 1,871 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Huw Jenkins | 483 | 15.76 | 3.50 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Mason | 471 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Wait | 442 | |||
| Conservative | Maureen Chambers | 331 | 10.44 | 3.86 | |
| Conservative | Peter Chambers | 316 | |||
| Conservative | Sylvia Herrington | 277 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Jones | 240 | 8.14 | New | |
| Registered electors | 8,166 | 114 | |||
| Turnout | 2,994 | 36.66 | 4.92 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.30 | 0.13 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Chapel End
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Belam* | 2,103 | 52.41 | 14.66 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Atherton | 2,052 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Woolnough* | 1,970 | |||
| Labour | Jack Kaye | 1,095 | 26.13 | 3.28 | |
| Labour | Sylbert Rudder | 992 | |||
| Labour | Rukhsana Khan | 967 | |||
| Conservative | David Angus | 688 | 16.35 | 15.72 | |
| Conservative | Michael Caplan | 618 | |||
| Conservative | Philippa Stone | 604 | |||
| Green | Richard Burkett | 199 | 5.11 | 2.22 | |
| Registered electors | 7,917 | 307 | |||
| Turnout | 3,973 | 50.18 | 5.64 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.08 | 0.04 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Chingford Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Arnold* | 2,121 | 50.02 | 8.05 | |
| Conservative | Michael Fish* | 2,078 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Lewis* | 1,988 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Beanse | 1,295 | 29.04 | 7.00 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Coates | 1,229 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Monica Phemister | 1,068 | |||
| Labour | Jill Daines | 754 | 18.03 | 5.63 | |
| Labour | Beryl Eccleston | 742 | |||
| Labour | Elizabeth Lee | 732 | |||
| Independent | Christine Johns | 120 | 2.91 | 2.31 | |
| Registered electors | 9,037 | 162 | |||
| Turnout | 4,315 | 47.75 | 11.16 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.07 | 0.04 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Endlebury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mladen Jovcic* | 1,584 | 57.64 | 9.12 | |
| Conservative | Waldemar Neilson-Hansen* | 1,419 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Mudie | 607 | 22.98 | 10.28 | |
| Liberal Democrats | William Goss | 590 | |||
| Labour | Paul Connell | 518 | 19.38 | 6.53 | |
| Labour | Yasmin Beg | 492 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,254 | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 2,773 | 44.34 | 10.83 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.25 | 0.13 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Forest
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Rahman†[n 1] | 1,818 | 47.86 | 8.59 | |
| Labour | Kabal Dhillon | 1,768 | |||
| Labour | Denise Liunberg* | 1,768 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick Smith | 1,685 | 44.93 | 6.04 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Juliet Strachan | 1,681 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James Tynan | 1,662 | |||
| Conservative | Jahn Baksh | 287 | 7.21 | 7.31 | |
| Conservative | Fiore Hampstead | 260 | |||
| Conservative | Martyn Hempsted | 260 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,903 | 207 | |||
| Turnout | 4,019 | 50.85 | 0.65 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.27 | 0.02 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Grove Green
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tarsem Bhogal* | 1,868 | 55.10 | 6.99 | |
| Labour | Andrew Lock | 1,818 | |||
| Labour | Paul Redcliffe* | 1,807 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Mason | 900 | 26.00 | 3.32 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Morton | 880 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sydney Morton | 811 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammed Ishaq | 419 | 10.71 | 3.35 | |
| Conservative | Gillian Hemsted | 339 | |||
| Conservative | Kathleenn Smith | 311 | |||
| Green | Maureen Measure | 272 | 8.19 | 0.32 | |
| Registered electors | 7,991 | 240 | |||
| Turnout | 3,408 | 42.65 | 7.60 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.18 | 0.01 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Hale End
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lesley Finlayson* | 1,065 | 37.32 | 17.64 | |
| Conservative | Douglas Norman* | 1,053 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James O'Rourke | 876 | 30.58 | 19.87 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Paterson | 860 | |||
| Labour | Jean Black | 702 | 24.70 | 1.58 | |
| Labour | Patrick Hart | 699 | |||
| Green | Robert Tatam | 210 | 7.40 | 3.81 | |
| Registered electors | 5,356 | 155 | |||
| Turnout | 2,866 | 53.51 | 4.30 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.07 | 0.09 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hatch Lane
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jane Watts* | 1,655 | 48.41 | 5.49 | |
| Conservative | Laurie Braham* | 1,652 | |||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Walker | 1,627 | |||
| Labour | Christopher Duran | 1,017 | 28.93 | 2.96 | |
| Labour | Donald Henry | 1,012 | |||
| Labour | Sagar Sehgal | 920 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Joan Carder | 790 | 22.66 | 11.03 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edna Harper | 769 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Foulds | 750 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,291 | 291 | |||
| Turnout | 3,681 | 44.40 | 9.35 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.19 | 0.06 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
High Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Liaquat Ali | 1,876 | 54.02 | 7.02 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Williams | 1,808 | |||
| Labour | Aktar Beg* | 1,722 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hatton | 1,030 | 30.46 | 8.75 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Woollcott | 1,024 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Mir | 995 | |||
| Conservative | Janice Guest | 552 | 15.53 | 13.73 | |
| Conservative | Anthony O'Connor | 524 | |||
| Conservative | Anne Havelock-Lipman | 478 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,098 | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 3,626 | 44.78 | 6.05 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.22 | 0.03 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Higham Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Wheatley | 1,665 | 66.76 | 8.43 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Carey* | 1,596 | |||
| Labour | Kazim Altan | 647 | 25.13 | 0.82 | |
| Labour | Amarjit Devgun | 581 | |||
| Conservative | Albert Read | 209 | 8.11 | 7.61 | |
| Conservative | Nazir Khiljee | 187 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,038 | 39 | |||
| Turnout | 2,547 | 50.56 | 4.33 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.20 | 0.09 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Hoe Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sylvia Poulsen* | 2,088 | 52.51 | 2.33 | |
| Labour | Mohammed Nasim | 2,081 | |||
| Labour | Eric Sizer* | 2,079 | |||
| Conservative | Ashgar Ali | 896 | 20.32 | 5.14 | |
| Conservative | David Richards | 795 | |||
| Conservative | Mushtaq Sheikh | 726 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Harkin | 618 | 15.30 | 5.90 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Blewett | 615 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Long | 588 | |||
| Green | Stephen Lambert | 471 | 11.87 | 1.10 | |
| Registered electors | 9,246 | 202 | |||
| Turnout | 4,069 | 44.01 | 6.10 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.25 | 0.03 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Larkswood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Walter | 2,013 | 51.25 | 8.44 | |
| Conservative | Eric Williams* | 1,948 | |||
| Conservative | Michael Thompson | 1,932 | |||
| Labour | Carolyn Brown | 1,134 | 28.34 | 7.61 | |
| Labour | Patricia Evans | 1,132 | |||
| Labour | Evelyn Wilson | 991 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Bird | 797 | 20.41 | 9.68 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Violet Wells | 791 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Wenden | 759 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,841 | 95 | |||
| Turnout | 4,214 | 42.82 | 9.39 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.31 | 0.27 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Lea Bridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anthony Buckley | 1,865 | 62.86 | 9.64 | |
| Labour | Sarah Buckley | 1,848 | |||
| Labour | Meher Khan* | 1,714 | |||
| Conservative | Bashir Chaudhry | 599 | 18.45 | 10.63 | |
| Conservative | John Goodman | 545 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeniffer Sullivan | 492 | 15.46 | 1.77 | |
| Conservative | John Penrose | 450 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mariette Mason | 447 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Tynan | 396 | |||
| Independent | Francis Owusu | 93 | 3.23 | 0.78 | |
| Registered electors | 8,141 | 75 | |||
| Turnout | 3,080 | 37.83 | 6.84 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.32 | 0.07 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Leyton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Sullivan* | 2,081 | 52.63 | 6.25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Loretta Hodges | 1,981 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Tuckey | 1,893 | |||
| Labour | Denis Gray* | 1,874 | 47.36 | 2.72 | |
| Labour | Sajid Ramzan | 1,748 | |||
| Labour | Crispin St Hill | 1,735 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,344 | 40 | |||
| Turnout | 4,065 | 48.72 | 1.60 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.30 | 0.06 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Leytonstone
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jennifer Gray*[n 2] | 1,801 | 51.55 | 2.50 | |
| Labour | Huw Morgan-Thomas* | 1,790 | |||
| Labour | Chris Brind | 1,737 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Grace Chandler | 881 | 24.83 | 14.89 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Howard | 853 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Toull | 832 | |||
| Conservative | Mohmedhanif Bagas | 627 | 13.61 | 8.56 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Carr | 401 | |||
| Conservative | Raymond Luker | 379 | |||
| Green | William Measure | 345 | 10.01 | 3.84 | |
| Registered electors | 8,254 | 30 | |||
| Turnout | 3,538 | 42.86 | 3.76 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.23 | 0.07 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Lloyd Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Evan Jones* | 1,750 | 49.81 | 7.76 | |
| Labour | John Pearson* | 1,624 | |||
| Labour | Narinder Matharoo* | 1,430 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Webb | 720 | 19.40 | 15.26 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Tidmarsh | 665 | 19.84 | 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 | 6 | |||
| Turnout | 3,373 | 40.85 | 9.57 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.15 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
St James Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Diana Murray | 1,925 | 44.98 | 0.45 | |
| Labour | Mohammad Khan | 1,779 | |||
| Labour | Mohsin Beg | 1,741 | |||
| Conservative | Iris Bishop | 776 | 18.75 | 7.20 | |
| Conservative | David Webb | 748 | |||
| Conservative | Saleem Khan | 746 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Tidmarsh | 515 | 11.76 | 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 | 7.05 | |
| Independent | Ali Abbasi | 245 | 6.07 | New | |
| Registered electors | 9,719 | 13 | |||
| Turnout | 3,777 | 38.86 | 3.60 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.13 | 0.04 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Gover | 1,351 | 43.02 | 20.23 | |
| Conservative | Nial Finlayson | 1,350 | |||
| Conservative | Jeremy Evans* | 1,339 | |||
| Labour | Ruth Carroll | 916 | 28.22 | 4.03 | |
| Labour | Stephen Garrett | 871 | |||
| Labour | Ian Etherington | 863 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Boyle | 707 | 21.32 | 8.76 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Phillips | 663 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jolyon Walker | 632 | |||
| Green | John Baguley | 233 | 7.44 | New | |
| Registered electors | 8,395 | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 3,223 | 38.39 | 10.61 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.25 | 0.02 | ||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Wood Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Leighton | 1,957 | 45.62 | 16.25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neal Chubb | 1,877 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Meiszner | 1,776 | |||
| Labour | William Anstey* | 1,740 | 40.56 | 2.25 | |
| Labour | Peter Dawe | 1,651 | |||
| Labour | William Shepherd* | 1,596 | |||
| Conservative | Robert Brock | 588 | 13.82 | 18.50 | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Sheikh | 565 | |||
| Conservative | Denis Sullivan | 546 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,780 | 500 | |||
| Turnout | 4,372 | 49.79 | 8.21 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.07 | 0.10 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Notes
- ^ Rahman was a sitting councillor representing the High Street ward
- ^ Gray replaced Cllr Patrick Haynes after his resignation in 1992[5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.