Heaton (Havering ward)

Heaton is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns councillors to Havering London Borough Council.

Heaton
Electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Heaton ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Population	17,211 (2021)[a]
Electorate	11,525 (2022)
Major settlements	Harold Hill
Area	3.041 square kilometres (1.174 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 2 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Mandy Anderson   Keith Darvill   Frankie Walker
GSS code	E05013975 (2022–present)

The ward was subject to boundary revisions in 1978, 2002 and 2022. The revision in 1978 increased the number of councillors from two to three. The ward has covered western parts of the London County Council-built Harold Hill estate that was completed in 1958.^[b] It has been dominated by the Labour Party throughout its existence. Notable councillors have been Michael Ward, who was MP for Peterborough and Keith Darvill, who was MP for Upminster.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	W. Morley		Labour
1964–1971	Michael Ward		Labour
1968–1971	D. Burn		Labour
1971–1978	Jocelyn Spindler		Labour
1971–2006	Denis O'Flynn		Labour
2010–2014			Labour
2018–2022			Labour
1978–1982	Robert Harris		Labour
1978–1994	Geoffrey Otter		Labour
1980–1982	Michael Blake		Labour
1982–2001	Ruby Latham		Labour
1994–1998	Ghassan Karian		Labour
1998–2002	Ken Clark		Labour
2001–2002	Sean Willis		Labour
2002–present	Keith Darvill		Labour
2002–2006	Wilf Mills		Labour
2006–2010	Christine Fox		Conservative
2006–2010	Gary Adams		Conservative
2010–2014	Paul Mcgeary		Labour
2014–2016	Philip Hyde[c]		UKIP
			Independent
2014–2018	Ian de Wulverton		UKIP
2018–2022	Ramota Lawal		Labour
2022–present	Mandy Anderson		Labour
2022–present	Frankie Walker		Labour

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.^[1]

2022 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mandy Anderson	1,267	48.7
	Labour	Keith Darvill	1,200	46.1
	Labour	Frankie Walker	1,153	44.3
	Conservative	Oluwatoyin Ajidele	775	29.8
	Conservative	Edward Green	645	24.8	−
	Conservative	Richard Rimkus	598	23.0
	Residents	Martin Glenn	563	21.6
	Residents	Wendy Brice-Thompson	548	21.0
	Residents	Mary Bakoulas	463	17.8
	Residents	Bill Lavender	308	11.8	N/A
	Residents	Lesley Tyler	292	11.2	N/A
Turnout				23.79%	−6.39
Majority			378	14.5	+9.8
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Havering council elections

Heaton ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Darvill	1,109	35.7
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,063	34.2
	Labour	Ramota Lawal	1,050	33.8
	Conservative	Wendy Brice-Thompson	904	29.1
	Independent	Christopher Cooper	843	27.1
	Conservative	Keith Wells	829	26.7
	Conservative	Garry Pain	723	23.3
	Independent	Philip Hyde	673	21.7
	UKIP	Ian de Wulverton	557	17.9
	UKIP	Brian Parker	367	11.8
	UKIP	John Thurtle	296	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Deeks	105	3.4
Turnout				30.18%
Majority			146
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

2016 by-election

The by-election took place on 5 May 2016, following the resignation of Phillip Hyde.

2016 Heaton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,122	30.1	+0.4
	Conservative	Keith Wells	951	25.5	+6.8
	UKIP	John Thurtle	864	23.3	−14.9
	Independent	Christopher Cooper	515	13.8	+13.8
	Green	Peter Caton	107	2.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Coles	86	2.3	+2.3
	BNP	Denise Underwood	73	2.0	−11.7
	National Front	Kevin Layzell	14	0.4	+0.4
Majority			171
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3] Philip Hyde sat as an independent councillor from 2015.^[4]

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Philip Hyde	1,549
	UKIP	Ian de Wulverton	1,506
	Labour	Keith Darvill	1,206
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,165
	Labour	Paul McGeary	1,135
	Conservative	Robert Binion	761
	Conservative	Wesley Smith	636
	Conservative	Matthew Sutton	606
	BNP	Kevin Layzell	556
Turnout				37
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[5]

2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Darvill	1,823
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,739
	Labour	Paul Mcgeary	1,696
	Conservative	Christine Fox	1,614
	Conservative	Patricia Clark	1,566
	Conservative	Christopher Ryan	1,521
	BNP	Michael Braun	954
	BNP	William Whelpley	945
	UKIP	Ian De Wulverton	810
	Residents	Mark Kettley	459
	Residents	Anne Anne	363
	Residents	Peter Willers	306
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[6]

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Fox	930	29.7
	Labour	Keith Darvill	902	28.8
	Conservative	Gary Adams	899
	Labour	Ken Clark	884
	Labour	Caroline Wood	811
	Conservative	Gary Murphy	794
	BNP	Anthony Easton	595	19.0
	UKIP	Colin Rout	568	18.1
	UKIP	Lawrence Webb	431
	UKIP	Ian de Wulverton	401
	Independent	Terence Burland	139	4.4
	Independent	Damian Wakeman	122
Turnout				32.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[7] As an experiment, it was a postal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on election day.

2002 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Darvill	1,434
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,402
	Labour	Wilf Mills	1,353
	Conservative	Keith Wells	1,087
	Conservative	Mark Joy	1,069
	Conservative	Edward Bates	1,060
	Ind. Working Class	Henry Wilson	991
	Ind. Working Class	Neil Stanton	941
	Ind. Working Class	John Morley	933
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Havering council elections

Heaton ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

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

2001 by-election

The by-election took place on 25 January 2001, following the death of Ruby Latham.

2001 Heaton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Willis	582	46.2	−14.4
	Conservative	Edward Bates	240	19.0	−1.5
	Residents	Eric Staggs	139	11.0	+11.0
	Independent	Neil Stanton	135	10.7	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Wilson	91	7.2	+7.2
	UKIP	Terry Murray	74	5.9	+5.9
Majority			342	27.2
Turnout			1,261	15.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1998 election

The election on 7 May 1998 took place on the same day as the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum.^[8]

1998 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Clark	1,159
	Labour	Ruby Latham	1,149
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,143
	Conservative	Richard Wilson	392
	Residents	Winifred Davies	361
	Residents	David Evans	357
	Conservative	David Eden	343
	Residents	Peter Galloway	333
	Conservative	Jeanne Eden	321
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[9]

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	2,192
	Labour	Ruby Latham	2,187
	Labour	Ghassan Karian	2,124
	Conservative	David Ratcliffe	629
	Conservative	Hazel Tebbutt	619
	Conservative	Richard Richardson	603
	Liberal Democrats	John Porter	403
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wilding	352
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Williams	350
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[10]

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruby Latham	2,529
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	2,465
	Labour	Geoffrey Otter	2,380
	Conservative	David Ralcliffe	928
	Conservative	Clive Milton	922
	Conservative	Dirk Russell	828
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[11]

1986 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,768
	Labour	Geoffrey Otter	1,678
	Labour	Ruby Latham	1,471
	Conservative	Gareth Fox	760
	Conservative	Garry Hillier	707
	Conservative	Paul Piddington	622
	Alliance	Harold Offen	506
	Alliance	Lesley Durso	452
	Alliance	Henry Blackborow	403
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[12]

1982 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,260
	Labour	Geoffrey Otter	1,227
	Labour	Ruby Latham	1,186
	Conservative	Helen Forster	857
	Conservative	Stephen Brabner	854
	Alliance	Barry Keates	836
	Conservative	Pamela Light	794
	Alliance	John Kiff	767
	Alliance	Donald Rogerson	748
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1980 by-election

The by-election took place on 15 May 1980, following the resignation of Robert Harris.^[12]

1980 Heaton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Blake	2,040
	Conservative	Anthony Spencer	471
	Liberal	Edward Freeman	233
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[13]

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Harris	1,632
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,567
	Labour	Geoffrey Otter	1,465
	Conservative	Nigel Boyle	972
	Conservative	John Hann	956
	Conservative	Julian Chiningworth	942
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

External image
Map showing Heaton ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[14]

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jocelyn Spindler	1,301
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,278
	Conservative	D. Cure	373
	Conservative	R. Forster	353
	Liberal	B. Maynard	184
	Liberal	A. Rabone	152
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 by-election

The by-election took place on 8 July 1971.^[14]

Heaton by-election, 8 July 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denis O'Flynn	1,014
	Conservative	A. North	170
	Liberal	B. Grant	38
Turnout				17.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[15]

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jocelyn Spindler	2,234
	Labour	Michael Ward	2,211
	Conservative	D. Cure	286
	Conservative	E. Souter	279
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[16]

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Ward	955
	Labour	D. Burn	922
	Conservative	C. Kemp	709
	Conservative	D. Cure	683
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[17]

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Heaton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Morley	1,642
	Labour	Michael Ward	1,615
	Conservative	P. Foulger	206
	Conservative	M. Line	176
	Communist	V. Carpenter	62
Turnout			1,888	29.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries
2. The remainder of the estate has been represented by councillors elected from the Gooshays and Hilldene wards.
3. Philip Hyde changed parties in 2015