Hilldene (ward)

Hilldene was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering from 1965 to 2002. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and last used for the 1998 elections. It returned councillors to Havering London Borough Council.

Hilldene
Former electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Major settlements	Harold Hill
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2002
Councillors	1965–1978: 2 1978–2002: 3

The ward was subject to a boundary revision in 1978 that increased the number of councillors from two to three. The ward covered part of the London County Council-built Harold Hill estate that was completed in 1958.^[a] The ward was only represented by Labour Party councillors, most notably Arthur Latham who was MP for Paddington North and then Paddington.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1969	Arthur Latham		Labour
1964–1968	W. Russell		Labour
1964–1971	Reg Whiting		Labour
1975–1986			Labour
1969–1971	Stanley Heath-Coleman		Labour
1971–1975	May Rudlin		Labour
1974–1982	Ron Whitworth		Labour
1978–1990	Bessie Whitworth		Labour
1982–1990	Dennis Cook		Labour
1992–1998			Labour
1986–1990	Dereck Smith		Labour
1990–2002	Wilf Mills		Labour
1990–1992	Mark Flewitt		Labour
1990–1998	Anthony Hunt		Labour
1998–2002	David Hill		Labour
1998–2002	Ann Roberts		Labour

1978–2002 Havering council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 1978.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[1]

1998 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilf Mills	1,088
	Labour	David Hill	1,085
	Labour	Ann Roberts	1,042
	Conservative	John Neill	442
	Conservative	Cornelius Desmond	372
	Conservative	Andrew Everett	363
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[2]

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Cook	1,894	71.27	2.61
	Labour	Wilf Mills	1,700
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	1,682
	Conservative	Anne Cannings	481	18.48	7.64
	Conservative	David Hayhow	452
	Conservative	Henry Tebbut	436
	Liberal Democrats	John Hewitt	258	10.25	New
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Jasper	254
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Plant	246
Registered electors			6,298		235
Turnout			2,679	42.54	4.53
Rejected ballots			1	0.04	0.61
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1992 by-election

The by-election took place on 2 July 1992, following the resignation of Mark Flewitt.^[3]

1992 Hilldene by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Cook	982	54.2
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Hurlstone	441	24.4
	Conservative	John Nicholls	388	21.4
Turnout				28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[4]

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Flewitt	2,178
	Labour	Wilf Mills	2,154
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	2,151
	Conservative	Henry Tebbutt	774
	Conservative	David Lei	766
	Conservative	Roy White	751
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[5]

1986 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Cook	1,586
	Labour	Dereck Smith	1,430
	Labour	Bessie Whitworth	1,405
	Conservative	David Ratcliffe	1,026
	Conservative	Martin Davis	1,025
	Conservative	Mark Melvin	985
	Alliance	Graham Bridgeman-Clarke	355
	Alliance	Rodney Dorken	326
	Alliance	William Barrett	309
	National Front	Christopher Dowsett	108
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[6]

1982 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Cook	1,380
	Labour	Reg Whiting	1,303
	Labour	Bessie Whitworth	1,258
	Conservative	David Ratcliffe	707
	Conservative	Marilyn Tonks	657
	Conservative	Shireen Sycamore	652
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[7]

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Whiting	1,479
	Labour	Bessie Whitworth	1,440
	Labour	Ron Whitworth	1,412
	Conservative	Stanley Martin	771
	Conservative	Geoffrey Wright	729
	Conservative	Jane Wright	695
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

External image
Map showing Hilldene ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1975 by-election

The by-election took place on 24 April 1975.

1975 Hilldene by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Whiting	1,195
	Conservative	Stephen Brabner	326
	Liberal	David Ingle	239
Turnout				25.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[8]

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Whitworth	1,558
	Labour	May Rudlin	1,524
	Conservative	W. Thompson	341
	Conservative	R. Brabner	325
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 by-election

The by-election took place on 8 July 1971.^[8]

1971 Hilldene by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	May Rudlin	1,299
	Conservative	Les Reilly	116
	Communist	R. Cohen	56
	Dwarf	C. Thomson	22
	Liberal	T. Keeper	21
Turnout				20.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[9]

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Heath-Coleman	2,684
	Labour	Reg Whiting	2,668
	Conservative	M. Heagerty	213
	Conservative	M. Orrin	199
	Communist	R. Cohen	137
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1969 by-election

The by-election took place on 4 December 1969.

1969 Hilldene by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stanley Heath-Coleman	986
	Conservative	R. Ramsey	199
	Communist	R. Cohen	56
	Independent	K. Roe	53
Turnout				19.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[10]

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Latham	1,088
	Labour	Reg Whiting	1,049
	Conservative	P. Marsden	572
	Conservative	J. Barrance	519
	Communist	R. Cohen	104
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[11]

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Hilldene (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Latham	1,720
	Labour	W. Russell	1,719
	Conservative	A. Dicks	228
	Conservative	J. Holiday	228
	Communist	W. French	59
Turnout			1,997	30.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. The remainder of the estate was represented by councillors elected from the Gooshays and Heaton wards.

References

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